System and method for detecting an addition of a game piece to a stack of game pieces

A game for identifying game pieces in a stack of one or more game pieces and updating a virtual world of a digital user experience based on the game pieces identified in the stack, the game comprising:

• a game piece of known weight comprising a tag;
• a tag reader configured to determine a type of the game piece, wherein the tag of the game piece is readable by the tag reader;
• a load cell configured to detect a change that corresponds to an addition of the game piece to the stack of one or more game pieces present in a defined area associated with the game;
• and
• a platform comprising at least one face for receiving the stack of one or more game pieces,
• wherein the platform is communicatively coupled to the load cell and the tag reader,
• wherein the addition of the game piece in the defined area is detected by the load cell when the game piece is added to the stack of one or more game pieces,
• wherein the type of the game piece is determined by the tag reader when the game piece is in physical proximity to the platform, and
• wherein the game further comprises a first processor communicatively coupled to the tag reader and the load cell and a computer-readable medium having non-transitory processor -executable instructions stored thereon,
• wherein execution of the instructions causes the first processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• receiving an output from one or more of the tag reader and the load cell, wherein the output comprises one or more of the addition of the game piece and the type of the game piece;
• and
• causing, based at least in part on the one or more of the addition of the game piece and the type of the game piece, an update to the virtual world of the digital user experience.

A method of detecting an addition of a first game piece to a stack of one or more game pieces and displaying the game pieces in a digital user gaming experience, the method comprising:

• identifying a type of the first game piece using a tag reader, wherein the first game piece comprises a tag, and wherein the first game piece is identified when it is in physical proximity to the tag reader;
• causing the type of the first game piece to be represented in a digital user experience displayed on a display of a computing device;
• detecting, using the load sensor, the addition of the first game piece to the stack of one or more game pieces present on a platform, wherein the load sensor detects a change that corresponds to the known weight of the game piece when the game piece is added to the stack of one or more game pieces present on the platform;
• and
• causing, based at least in part on the addition of the game piece and the type of the game piece, the digital user experience displayed on the display of the computing device to be updated to indicate that the first game piece was added to the stack of one or more game pieces present on the platform.