Physical-virtual game board and content delivery system

A physical-virtual gaming system comprising means for:

• using a game overlay comprising a layout of logical locations to guide the movement of game pieces in accordance with a game;
• using a game board comprising a layout of physical locations, whereupon the game overlay comprising logical locations is placed, to detect the physical locations of game pieces;
• associating a game piece with a player and automatically determining the progress of a player in accordance with a game based at least in part on electronically determining a physical location of the game piece and translating the physical location into a logical location;
• providing virtual content, information or electronic control signals in accordance with the game based at least in part upon the determined progress of the player, where the virtual content, information or electronic control signals affect any one of, or any combination of a shared game app and computing device, a private game app and computing device, or a game device including interactive wearables, and
• providing virtual content and information as either a visual secret message output to a player wearing active glasses or an audio secret message output to a player using private speakers.

A physical-virtual gaming system comprising:

• one or more game pieces comprising electronics, where each game piece is uniquely identifiable using digital information;
• a first multiplicity of visually demarcated logical locations where each game piece may be placed by a player in accordance with a game, where each logical location is uniquely identifiable using digital information, where the logical locations form a first layout, and where the first layout is represented using digital information;
• a second multiplicity of visually hidden physical locations over which each game piece may be placed by a player in accordance with a game, where each physical location is uniquely identifiable using digital information, where the physical locations form a second layout, and where the second layout is represented using digital information;
• a first computing device for determining a unique physical location associated with a unique game piece, where the computing device uses the digital information related to the first and second layouts to translate the unique physical location of the unique game piece into a unique logical location, and where the computing device updates a game database with digital information indicative of the translated unique logical location of the unique game piece, and
• one or more game cards whose features can change based upon at least a translated unique logical location of a unique game piece, where features include any virtual content or information to be provided to a player who selects a given card, where the virtual content or information is provided by a game app either being executed on the first computing device or being executed on a second computing device that is in communications with the first computing device.