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Our screens are intended to replace paper and card -- but not for Etienne Mineur. The French designer's startup Volumique is reuniting digital and physical through board games. By blending origami art with smartphoness, Mineur's titles use everyday tech to augment tabletop fun. "The idea came to me when I saw one of my children playing with my phones as if it were a plane," says Mineur, 47.

He created a Battleships-like game as proof-of-concept: the phones was a boat, with animation and sound triggered by its accelerometer.

Volumique now develops a number of titles, including games for Hasbro. Its new game Dungeon Mini, out this month, uses touch-enabled figurines which players move around a virtual castle, exploring and fighting in real time.

But Dungeons & Dragons fans needn't worry: "The goal isn't to replace board games," he says. "It's for everyone to share a great time around a table."

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