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iOS Online Boardgaming Megathread (Carcassonne, Everything Playdek, & Many More)
- Thread starter AstroLad
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Cool, I'll probably pick up Elder Sign eventually.
Cool with me. I'm pretty sure I set up the game and I had no idea there even was an async toggle, hah.
You should pick up Neuroshima Hex and Ghost Stories before Elder Signs. IMHO of course but I find both of them better than Elder Signs. Neuroshima Hex is great because once you are done/bored with the single player part then you can play me in Async!
If you get Neuroshima Hex and like it, check out Neuroshima Hex Puzzle.
This iPad is going to be the end of me. So many games I can finally catch up to now that I have wanted to play.
Le Havre, Neuroshima Hex, Tigris and Europhrates, Ticket to Ride, Puerto Rico, Caylus, Dominant Species, BattleCON, dont know if Battle Academy counts but it almost should.
I am about to be ruined. D:
Le Havre, Neuroshima Hex, Tigris and Europhrates, Ticket to Ride, Puerto Rico, Caylus, Dominant Species, BattleCON, dont know if Battle Academy counts but it almost should.
I am about to be ruined. D:
Anyone who wants to play Lost Cities, feel free to send me friend requests / game invites! sladeums and smiley, get in on this!
I own NH so I guess I'll give it another try. It didn't really stick with me the first time around, though.
I own NH so I guess I'll give it another try. It didn't really stick with me the first time around, though.
mediapulp_wes
Member
If you want a basic board game you can play with young kids (something akin to Frustration), buy Fluke HD. It's on sale at the moment for 69p
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Do any board games let you play async? I finally "got" Carcassonne this weekend and totally love it now (FINALLY), but I can't always sit down for a half hour to play...
Carcassonne is THE async game.
All friend matches are async. Other excellent async titles:
-Ascension (it's like PA)
-Lost Cities (by the makers of PA -- iPhone but you can blow it up 2x and it looks fine -- simple but very fun just like Carc)
-Summoner Wars (think you got this -- you should really give it a(nother?) shot -- justifiably Pocket Tactics GOTY)
-Stone Age (also iPhone, but good game)
Some others that are good but a bit deeper so you'd have to spend maybe an hour or so learning the rules:
-Le Havre
-Tigris & Euphrates
-Neuroshima Hex
Carc is actually async if you play with friends. Just add anybody in the OP spreadsheet and they'll play. I'm assuming you've been playing the 'quick games' which are sit down and play.
Carcassonne is THE async game.
Other excellent async titles:
-Ascension (it's like PA)
-Lost Cities (by the makers of PA -- iPhone but you can blow it up 2x and it looks fine -- simple but very fun just like Carc)
-Summoner Wars (think you got this -- you should really give it a(nother?) shot -- justifiably Pocket Tactics GOTY)
-Stone Age (also iPhone, but good game)
Some others that are good but a bit deeper so you'd have to spend maybe an hour or so learning the rules:
-Le Havre
-Tigris & Euphrates
-Neuroshima Hex
I was going to add hero academy but I'm pretty sure you have that already as well. PA: Gamers vs Evil, also excellent. I dunno if Astro's mentioning it in reference means that you already have it.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Oh man, you guys, THANKS!!!
#Community
#Community
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Added myself to spreadsheet. Thanks again, dudes!
And yeah, you guys are pretty up to date on my games. I have HA and PA and am getting back into Food Fight.
And yeah, you guys are pretty up to date on my games. I have HA and PA and am getting back into Food Fight.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
In Carcassonne, how do you add friends directly from your GC friends list? Or do you have to do it via the email?
Other than a small pool of cards, I find it to be pretty great. It's kinda like only having the base set of Dominion to play with. Do you not like it?
It feels brain dead. There isn't enough of a variation in the cards to really make it stick with me. Basically every game ends with the red pile getting depleted and the green never getting touched. I've tried spicing it up by making attack only decks, trying to go all tokens, etc but it just seems blah. And I'm .500 so it's not because I stuck! It does make me want to play tons more ascension though.
I see where you're coming from, but I pretty much discount that part because it's the base game right now. Ascension and Dominion both felt the same to me until I got expansions for them.
So in the sense that there's lack of variety? Yeah that kinda sucks. The game itself doesn't though. I also disagree about the green pile being untouched always. I feel it's closer to a 40/60 spread between green/red decks with the bias towards red decks given the current card diversity.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
So am I missing something with the Carcassonne GC integration or is AstroLad the only person on my Friends List who actually plays it? GC ID is KidInsomnia.
bigwinnerx
Member
I've been making my newest ones with just T&B and without the river.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Do people just exchange email addresses to get Carcassonne games going? Super confused.
That's the old way before GC was integrated. You can use the ingame list to invite people that are GC friends if they have the game.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I have the latest version, but right now the only person on my ingame list is AstroLad, even though I know there are other GC friends who have it and have played it recently.
Weird. I'll add you when I get home and see if you can start a game then? (I don't think we're actually GC friends because we only played with HA's user system.)
Maybe it takes a little while to populate? I know Playdek games are like this sometimes.
As for expansions, I like base for 2p, one of T&C or I&C for 3, and both for 4.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Yeah. I sent you a request yesterday or the day before.
What list are you pulling from? In-game or GC? If I go to create a new game and scroll down past email (the old method) friends, all my GC friends appear -- including yourself which we just connected today. That's weird if they're not showing up for you.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Did you not know about the scroll functionality for any apps? OMG all your unread email passages.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
>_<
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Expecting a flood of requests now that people know I'm too stupid to even scroll down...
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Okay, dumb question #368.
How do I know when it's my turn? If my opponent's scroll is faded out, it's my turn right? I think it's just my connection sucks, each game I go into, the top right corner has my opponents tile and the spinning wheel loading sign over it.
How do I know when it's my turn? If my opponent's scroll is faded out, it's my turn right? I think it's just my connection sucks, each game I go into, the top right corner has my opponents tile and the spinning wheel loading sign over it.
No, I think that's normal...
The little meeple icon in your game list will show green when it's your turn. It'll be brown when someone else has moved since you last were in the game, but it's not your turn. Also, if you have badges/notifications on, you'll see that too on your Carc icon. Carc has probably the best async system out there.
Yup! If it's your turn you'll have a badge on the icon, and a green meeple as described. The only thing you don't get badges on are new invites (though you do get notifications for those), so it helps to check for those sometimes. Also if you are in a game you'll have a green meeple in the gear if it's your turn in another. Hit the gear and you can go the Next Game from there which will take you to your turn.
RaySpencer
Member
Im really bad at Lost Cities.
Did you have more cards that you could play or had you run out of options? You can take cards back from the discard piles instead of drawing a new one from the deck to prolong the game at the end (will take twice as long to end the game if only one person is drawing).
There is strategy to increase your chances of winning, but it does come down to a bit of luck too. A lot like Carc in that regard.
RaySpencer
Member
Yeah, its one of those things where I know how the game works, and at least have a decent idea of what to do any given turn....I just end up fucking around instead though, I dunno! haha
Mike Works
Member
There is luck in Carcasonne, but I find there's far more luck in Lost Cities. And this is coming from the guy who's in first in the LC tournament.
Luck in Carc scales up with # of players and also # of expansions. If you're playing 5p with the base game it might be fun but yeah you might as well flip a coin.
Lost Cities though per the rules it's supposed to be played w/ 3 rounds of play and you add up the scores (which is how I always played it) because yeah you can get crazy lucky in one round. Wish the app had that option.
Lost Cities though per the rules it's supposed to be played w/ 3 rounds of play and you add up the scores (which is how I always played it) because yeah you can get crazy lucky in one round. Wish the app had that option.
One Foul Note
Member
Lost Cities is abusing me terribly, I get the gist of the general rules but the Ai still keep ripping me a new one generally all the time. When I next have the chance I might set up a few games with the gaf community here and hopefully pick up some tricks.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
How do coin cards work in Lost Cities and why do I get so many of them
Coins are basically multipliers. Each coin adds another -20 to your score for that column, but also increases the multiplier of that color. So if you use one it's x2, if you use two, it's x3, and if you use three of them, it's x4. They also count towards the 8-card bonus, so you could get the +20 bonus for only having 5 cards played on the field if you had 3 coin cards (6 cards with 2 coins or 7 cards with 1 coin card played).
The flip side is the additional risk you take on if you don't reach the positive. It's something I get burned on all the damn time. :lol
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Summoner Wars is hard
Going to wind down on PA games. I dunno what it is, but it's really not grabbing me like Ascension did. Always the last game I take my turns in.
I think going for green cards in PA is viable, but Thereafter definitely proved it in our last game. Those multiplier cards are brutal if you can get them going.
Anyone reading: I'm accepting all Lost Cities, Racer Feud and Carc invites!
I think going for green cards in PA is viable, but Thereafter definitely proved it in our last game. Those multiplier cards are brutal if you can get them going.
Anyone reading: I'm accepting all Lost Cities, Racer Feud and Carc invites!
Summoner Wars is hard
Yeah, it's not newbie friendly until you get some games under your belt. It took me 10 or so games against top players to figure out what I needed to do. The lack of chat didn't help :-(.
What race are you plaing? Would you like some advice deck building tips?
Summoner Wars is hard
It's basically HA, but with non-guaranteed attacks. A lot of the game is also learning what each deck (team) can do so you know what to expect from the enemy, as well as what you can do with your own synergies.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
ASTRO HOW YOU KEEP GETTIN SUCH GOOD PA CARDZ
Yeah, like DOTA, you really need to play a few games with each faction to get the hang of it. Luckily there are only a handful rather than a bazillion.