Physical representational objects with digital memory and methods of manufacture and use thereof

A method of making a gaming interaction using computing apparatus, comprising:

• accessing electronically by the computing apparatus a respective memory in at least a first game piece and a second game piece;
• uploading to the computing apparatus first game character state from a digital memory in the first game piece representing a first game character;
• uploading to the computing apparatus a second game character state from a digital memory in the second game piece representing a second game character;
• calculating, by the computing apparatus, a gaming interaction according to interaction rules;
• and downloading, by the computing apparatus, to at least one of the game piece digital memories modified game character state for the game character of that game piece;
• accessing electronically by the computing apparatus executable programming code in the first game piece, the executable programming code, when executed, providing an activity that is related to the first game character.

A method of making a game move on game apparatus comprising computing apparatus, game pieces with digital memories and a reader/writer apparatus adapted to sense the movement of game pieces, comprising:

• sensing the movement of a game piece with the reader/writer apparatus;
• uploading game character state relating to the moved game piece to the computing apparatus;
• identifying a destination of the game piece;
• determining changes in game state and game character state resulting from the movement of the game piece;
• and
• downloading modified game character state relating to the moved game piece to the computing apparatus;
• downloading from the game piece to the computing apparatus executable programming code which when executed on the computing apparatus provides an activity relating to the game piece.

A method of printing a card containing a visual representation of a character and a digital memory containing digital content relating to the character represented visually on the card from an existing such card, the method comprising:

• uploading the digital content from the existing such card to a computing apparatus associated with a printer;
• extracting image data from the digital content and using the image data to print the visual representation of the character on the new card;
• and
• copying the digital content to the digital memory of the new card;
• swapping the digital content of the new card with second digital content on a third card, the second digital content related to the character, but not identical to the digital content.