Physical-virtual game board and content delivery platform

A physical-virtual gaming system, comprising:

• one or more active game pieces where an active game piece emits an active signal, receives responses to the emitted active signal, and communicates with a computer application running on a computing system or device, and where each active game piece comprises a unique ID;
• one or more passive game board overlays comprising one or more logical locations over which an active game piece can be placed in accordance with an on-going game, where each game overlay comprises a unique ID for associating with logical layout digital information describing the layout of logical locations associated with the overlay;
• one or more passive game board bases comprising one or more physical locations, where each game base comprises a unique ID for associating with physical layout digital information describing the layout of physical locations associated with the game base, where each physical location comprises passive electronic means for responding to an active signal emitted by an active game piece;
• one or more computer applications running on one or more computing systems or devices, where the one or more computer applications receive or determine the game overlay ID and based at least in part upon the game overlay ID retrieves the associated logical layout digital information, where the one or more computer applications receive or determine the game base ID and based at least in part upon the game base ID retrieves the associated physical layout digital information, where at least one of the one or more computing systems or devices is in communications with the active electronic means of a given active game piece, where at least one of the one or more computer applications determines the unique identity of the given game piece and the current logical location over which the given game piece is substantially located, and where the determination of the current logical location is based at least in part upon communications with the active electronic means, the logical layout digital information and the physical layout digital information, and
• providing a unique sensory output to a gamer in accordance with the on-going game, where the determination of the unique sensory output is based at least in part upon a determined current logical location of a uniquely identified game piece.