Intelligent game system for putting intelligence into board and tabletop games including miniatures

A method of using a game piece, the method comprising:

• placing a game piece on a game board including a plurality of sensors, wherein the game piece includes:
• a figurine having a body including a base and an exterior shell coupled to the base, wherein the body is physically coupled to an opto-detector that is housed by the exterior shell;
• object information stored on a memory and capable of being read by one or more of the sensors of the game board, wherein the object information is an identifier;
• a rotation mechanism coupled between the base and the exterior shell and configured to rotate the exterior shell with respect to the base;
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• a light emitting source housed within the exterior shell and configured to selectively output light having a wavelength that is invisible to the human eye;
• identifying and detecting a location of the game piece with one or more of the sensors;
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• adjusting gameplay of a game with a controller based on the identity and location of the game piece.

A game piece system, the system comprising:

• a first game piece including a first base, a first exterior shell coupled to the first base, and a light emitting source housed within the exterior shell and configured to selectively output light having a wavelength that is invisible to the human eye;
• a second game piece including a second base, a second exterior shell coupled to the second base, an opto-detector coupled to the second base, and a rotation mechanism coupled between the second base and the second exterior shell and configured to rotate the second exterior shell with respect to the second base based on the light output from the first game piece as detected by the opto-detector, wherein the first game piece comprises object information stored on a memory and configured to be read by one or more of sensors of a game board, wherein the object information is an identifier;
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• a projector coupled to receive image information from a controller, wherein the controller processes the object information and the controller transmits the image information to the projector.