First app was Calculator. Why does the iPad not come with a Calculator pre-isntalled, but with like 5 news/books apps that I'll never ever use?
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First app was Calculator. Why does the iPad not come with a Calculator pre-isntalled, but with like 5 news/books apps that I'll never ever use?
RaySpencer
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Calculator? Wtf man. Waste of space, everything else you own can calculate shit.
ECLIPSE!
Hey Smiley, don't go and steal my title of best loser. Joking aside, if you there is a seat for me...
On another matter, I thought Eclipse while having a very good tutorial was complex. And then I just discovered Le Havre. I think I lost brain cells. I'm sure this is like Agricola a hard game to approach with rules only and so simple when you view a live game, only problem is I'm not sure I will find one in French. So much possibilities. And these workers are beast, they obliterate food like it's nothing.
On another matter, I thought Eclipse while having a very good tutorial was complex. And then I just discovered Le Havre. I think I lost brain cells. I'm sure this is like Agricola a hard game to approach with rules only and so simple when you view a live game, only problem is I'm not sure I will find one in French. So much possibilities. And these workers are beast, they obliterate food like it's nothing.
... I played Le Havre on my iPhone. Your argument is invalid.
RaySpencer
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I actually have played most of my Le Havre games on my phone, but its another one that definitely benefits being played on an iPad.
I think Le Havre is really easy to learn actually, because you can just use the question mark helper, it just tells every turn what would be something worth doing. Its a pretty easy crutch to lean on though, haha. I know Ive phoned in a couple games with it, dont think I won them, but I wasnt last. haha.
:lolololol
superrobot
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I actually have played most of my Le Havre games on my phone, but its another one that definitely benefits being played on an iPad.
I think Le Havre is really easy to learn actually, because you can just use the question mark helper, it just tells every turn what would be something worth doing. Its a pretty easy crutch to lean on though, haha. I know Ive phoned in a couple games with it, dont think I won them, but I wasnt last. haha.
I did this too. After a while you should be able to spot better moves. I've only got an iPhone but it is playable. The approach Playdek are taking with Agricola looks better. They aren't trying to fit 120 different things on the screen at one time.
Scotland Yard looks like it should be fun but it is live games only. Switch away from the app and it nukes the game. Very poor.
There's an AI/pass and play version of Survive on the AppStore, there's a link on the BGG IOS page.
RaySpencer
Member
Yeah, I know how to play Le Havre now, I've played enough games legitimately and I won when me and my friends played the actual board game, it's still really easy to just hit the '?' Hahah.
Yeah live games suck, if only because I want to close my iPad, or open something else on it and then it's gone like you said. Scotland Yard is still installed though, so I will give it a shot at some point. I did enjoy it against the AI haha.
I don't know what Survive is, I will check it out.
RaySpencer
Member
That wins big games.
Booyah.
Booyah.
RaySpencer
Member
Nightfall final is now a best of 5 between me and Smiley and I won.
So I will be changing the tournament results to show that I'm clearly the greatest of all time.
Better luck next year Smiley!
So I will be changing the tournament results to show that I'm clearly the greatest of all time.
Better luck next year Smiley!
LOL Nice try. I won the best of 1 and best of 3. :lol
RaySpencer
Member
Pffft.
I'm the one with the keys to the house!
Edit: update, I just won the best of 7 now too so I will be taking my crown now.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
The boardgame is awesome, the app has had mixed reviews:
http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2012/11/09/is-dominant-species-on-the-ipad-smart-enough-to-survive/
RaySpencer
Member
So I've been playing Small World on my iPad all day so far. Zomfg so good. And they're updating it to the kickstarter version that'll have online async play too, right? This is going to be so amazingly good with async multiplayer... it's already amazing for singleplayer. Needs a couple different bots, though.
Yep, yep, and yep!
RaySpencer
Member
This sucks! I keep beating Smiley, but he won that stupid first match that actually won him the tournament. Haha.
Technically I also won 2 of the first 3. Suck ittttttt.
Also, take your Eclipse turns, not just your Nightfall turns! I'll lose that first match anyway, didn't realize I needed to have influence to claim the discovery award. woops. I'm kind of getting the hang of the game in AI matches though. Won one, for what it's worth!
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RaySpencer
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Technically I also won 2 of the first 3. Suck ittttttt.
Also, take your Eclipse turns, not just your Nightfall turns! I'll lose that first match anyway, didn't realize I needed to have influence to claim the discovery award. woops. I'm kind of getting the hang of the game in AI matches though. Won one, for what it's worth!
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Yeah you won game 1 and 3. The 2 most important games. But now I'm 4 in a row!!
iPad is at home. I'm playing actual board games at my friends house.
aaaah.
Same reason I probably won't be able to take many turns during the day - Only access to my phone when working Man, Survive looks like hot buttered ass. Too bad, as I thought that'd be a good one to play with the wife. Oh well.
http://pockettactics.com/2013/06/01/survive-hits-the-app-store-perhaps-we-should-hit-it-back
Has anybody played Totems?
http://pockettactics.com/2013/03/29/review-totems/
Awesome review... seems like fun. I'll give it a try.
http://pockettactics.com/2013/03/29/review-totems/
Awesome review... seems like fun. I'll give it a try.
Whoooo congrats to the Gafstro 2 players for finishing the first 4p gaf eclipse game.
tm24 take your turns
gg, sir you owned us all -- big green production
Whoa, Totems has actual online multiplayer with ELO ratings. I am mightily impressed. Seems like fun and really quick, while maintaining strategy. If anyone else owns it, let me know and we'll get some games going. It's only 2.99, anyway. There are "only" 4 different maps so I'm not sure how fast there starts to be a clear pattern for each map, but in theory there shouldn't be much repetition...
Yup, my first impression was good too. Then i began to lose brain cells again. I don't know why I keep playing boardgames lol, maybe I should go back to Pay Day :-X
There are some bad design choice in the app imho though. For example the fact that when it's your turn in an online game, the board is 'as is', no little replay of the former player to keep things in perspective.
And about the game itself, I don't know, the fact that all the totems are not used give me a sens of randomness that I'm not sure I'm cool about. Nice game eh, I'm not saying it is bad.
RaySpencer
Member
Any reviews I totem? I will pick it up if its decent.
like 5 posts above yours :lol Got 5/5 from PocketTactics, which is why I gave it a try to begin with. Games are quick enough to have them live and not async, so it's not as bad as it could be. Seems like fun for a few short games once in a while. Definitely not the depth/replayability of a Nightfall/Eclipse, but fun and quick.
RaySpencer
Member
Oh haha. I read your post where you talked about it, but not the one where you first mentioned it. Haha.
I will pick it up, but is it even a board game?
kind of, the "take the entire adjacent area" concept is from boardgames. Don't remember which one off the top of my head, but it's one of those crazy old ones. Like the one in a square with black&white pieces that you can turn the other one's pieces. gah the name's on the tip of my tongue.
Othello / Reversi ?
That's the one! Totem strikes me as a quick mix between Reversi/Othello and Risk.
RaySpencer
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What app do you guys recommend for uploading pictures so I can put more of that shit in this thread?
NEEED MORE PICTURES!!!
NEEED MORE PICTURES!!!
picup
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By far the best.
Also works from your idevice straight up, which is double awesome.
RaySpencer
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Awesome, thanks guys!
Good game too! I'm surprised I got second, since I was stuck in that corner. But then you guys let Astro do what ever he wanted even though he was building monoliths and had a huge amount of planets.
RaySpencer
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What? Naw thats hardly a losing position, you can fix that easy.
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RaySpencer
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Great.
I hope those Neuroshima Hex games are getting close to done, I wanna play more!! Me and Slacker finished our game quick, haha. I need my FIX!!
After that one fight with Trip went south, i had to retreat and play D. And i had to protect my borders so i couldn't advance and cause havoc with my roid destroyers
RaySpencer
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Yeah. You got shafted there but I was still sure you were going to keep coming at me, so I just went into a monolith building mode and tried to scrap as many points as I could. I didn't realize Astro had done the same until it was too late
I usually like to play an aggressive style game because it keeps things a little more interesting when everybody is fighting, but sometimes that just doesn't work!
I fucking love Eclipse.