Tiny Expeditions

The Tabletop That Plays Back

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The Tabletop That Plays Back

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Every Tile Tells a Story. Yours Begins Here. A smart tabletop tile that detects your miniatures, narrates the adventure through light and sound, then connects to your friends' tiles to bring your own adventure. No screen. No rulebook. Just play. The tile is the platform; the adventure is yours to design.

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Launch tags:Board Games•Internet of Things•3D Modeling

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I'm Jean-Philippe — Maker, ESP32 Tinkerer, play with AI and 3D Design and ... longtime tabletop player. This started as a drawer project and became real when I co-designed the PCB with Gemini and Claude a few weeks ago. First boards back from a Chinese fab: clean, scalable. That's when I started taking this seriously. I'm in pre-launch validation mode — trying to understand what a Starter Kit should include and at what price before I commit to production. Subscribe if you want to be first when it ships. And honestly: what's missing? What doesn't land? Comments > upvotes for me right now.

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8d ago

I built a smart tabletop tile. What should actually be in the box?

I've been building with ESP32s for years. A few weeks ago I co-designed a PCB with Gemini and Claude; first real boards back from a Chinese fab, clean and scalable. That's when a drawer project became something I'm seriously considering turning into a product.

The tile detects miniatures, triggers LEDs and audio, runs a scenario engine on-device. No screen, no subscription, no app required.

Demo: https://demo.tiny-expeditions.com

Here's where I'm stuck: if you were backing this on Kickstarter, what would need to be in a Starter Kit for the price to make sense? 2 tiles? 4? With or without miniatures? At what price does it become a no-brainer vs. a "maybe someday"?

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8d ago

I built a smart tabletop tile. What should actually be in the box?

I've been building with ESP32s for years. A few weeks ago I co-designed a PCB with Gemini and Claude first real boards back from a Chinese fab, clean and scalable. That's when a drawer project became something I'm seriously considering turning into a product.

The tile detects miniatures, triggers LEDs and audio, runs a scenario engine on-device. No screen, no subscription, no app required.

Demo: https://demo.tiny-expeditions.com

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