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iOS Online Boardgaming Megathread (Carcassonne, Everything Playdek, & Many More)
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If you follow Playdek's Twitter feed, they're hiring quite often.
RaySpencer
Member
Then why are you guys making a big deal out of it this time? Haha.
Confused!!
You guys made it seem like someone left, for a specific reason, I just don't seem to know who left or why. Haha.
Gatekeeper
Member
Yes. My Gamecenter is Z3R0_5UM.
Let's get back to using the spreadsheet to find games. Added Agricola and Rivals for Catan.
Check to see if you're up to date or add yourself to the list:
Google Doc spreadsheet
Check to see if you're up to date or add yourself to the list:
Google Doc spreadsheet
RaySpencer
Member
I hate when you put new things on there!!!
Now I have to find out WTF Star Trek Rivals is...
Now I have to find out WTF Star Trek Rivals is...
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Apologies if I've been slow getting to my turns, I've been swamped with job interview prep stuff.
lol I didn't add that one! Never heard of it.
RaySpencer
Member
Well, Ive tested it now. Its a well made app, and looks really good!
Oh, but the game is boring as fuck. So I deleted it.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
It gets more interesting when you get more cards, but it is more on the simplistic side. I enjoy it being a Trek geek.
RaySpencer
Member
I refuse to believe your lies!! Its way too simple.
Plus, its movie Trek, and thats just not as good as TNG.
Because it's one of my favourite iOS games and one of the best TBS games of the platform, and because it's getting an async multiplayer version... I'm cross-posting this:
Well now, this is a pretty darn eventful week for strategy and tabletop, with XCOM, Rivals for Catan and all. Yipes.
For those of you guys who liked Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion, or folks who just like turn-based strategy wargames in general, I just wanted to let you guys know we've just kicked off the iOS open beta for Ravenmark: Mercenaries. Mercenaries is the asynchronous multiplayer sequel to the original Ravenmark, and its free-to-play model is inspired by a League of Legends style customization system. (read: not pay-to-win!)
The open beta will be about three weeks long, and it's currently only available on the Singapore, New Zealand and Australia App Stores. If you folks in the Americas and Europe wanna get in on the beta... well, I think I can trust Gaffers to be resourceful enough to find a way to play.Check it out here
I honestly cannot make it through a BGG post about iOS games without pulling my hair out.
RaySpencer
Member
Superrobot asked the pocket tactics guys and they said I didn't have async
Sounds awesome to me, how do I download things from other countries now!?
Totems is prey neat, simple territories game. It's pretty simple, but interesting enough to be worth a dollar id say.
Never heard of the other game.
Superrobot asked the pocket tactics guys and they said I didn't have async
Sounds awesome to me, how do I download things from other countries now!?
Totems is prey neat, simple territories game. It's pretty simple, but interesting enough to be worth a dollar id say.
Never heard of the other game.
I asked the guy and he said if the beta goes well and he thinks their server can handle it, they might open the beta for Canada too! So we wait...
Well, Playdek still has Smash Up in development... And that wargame they were making? Forgot the name.
Goku is probably bringing out RFTG :'( but fuck them :'(
RaySpencer
Member
I heard playdek might have canceled smash up. But I'm not sure if it was true.
I think I'm good for a whole on new stuff, eclipse has been amazing. Agricola is great too, I just find it hard to figure out what I'm doing in every game. Haha. Somehow it manages to be more complicated to keep track of than eclipse, which is crazy. Haha.
Edit: Smiley it's Goko not Goku. Haha. People won't be able to find info on this stuff if you type it wrong everytime.
Edit2: Actually, I've got a question.
Since there isn't much new games coming out soon (that we know if anyway), what board games do you want to come out? Obviously there is a lot out there, but what are some ones you would really like to play?
I think I'm good for a whole on new stuff, eclipse has been amazing. Agricola is great too, I just find it hard to figure out what I'm doing in every game. Haha. Somehow it manages to be more complicated to keep track of than eclipse, which is crazy. Haha.
Edit: Smiley it's Goko not Goku. Haha. People won't be able to find info on this stuff if you type it wrong everytime.
Edit2: Actually, I've got a question.
Since there isn't much new games coming out soon (that we know if anyway), what board games do you want to come out? Obviously there is a lot out there, but what are some ones you would really like to play?
Game state's pretty easy if you go to the A menu. You can even see cards. All the catching up I have to do in any game is just check my occs/improvements and previous worker placements. But it helps to know the cards though so you don't even have to read them.I heard playdek might have canceled smash up. But I'm not sure if it was true.
I think I'm good for a whole on new stuff, eclipse has been amazing. Agricola is great too, I just find it hard to figure out what I'm doing in every game. Haha. Somehow it manages to be more complicated to keep track of than eclipse, which is crazy. Haha.
Edit: Smiley it's Goko not Goku. Haha. People won't be able to find info on this stuff if you type it wrong everytime.
Edit2: Actually, I've got a question.
Since there isn't much new games coming out soon (that we know if anyway), what board games do you want to come out? Obviously there is a lot out there, but what are some ones you would really like to play?
RaySpencer
Member
It only shows the cards I've played though. So much depends on the cards I still have and what in working towards, that's my issue. It's mostly just from playing so many games at once and having so many different cards.
I mean it's fine, the game plays amazingly, and it's fuckloads of fun to play, I just find its taking me longer to take my turns in Agricola than it does in Eclipse, and hats funny as hell because eclipse has some serious server issues. Haha.
I heard playdek might have canceled smash up. But I'm not sure if it was true.
I think I'm good for a whole on new stuff, eclipse has been amazing. Agricola is great too, I just find it hard to figure out what I'm doing in every game. Haha. Somehow it manages to be more complicated to keep track of than eclipse, which is crazy. Haha.
Edit: Smiley it's Goko not Goku. Haha. People won't be able to find info on this stuff if you type it wrong everytime.
Edit2: Actually, I've got a question.
Since there isn't much new games coming out soon (that we know if anyway), what board games do you want to come out? Obviously there is a lot out there, but what are some ones you would really like to play?
Psht, not like people should look them up anyway
Which boardgames do I want? For starters, a non-GOKO version of RFTG. 7 Wonders would make for an amazing online async game, too. (Especially with good ingame stat tracking, like the stat tracking apps already do). Small World and Catan will get online async soon, so that's good.
Through the Ages is owned by who?
Yeah I hear you. I'm also biased because I've played a good amount of Agricola so checking played cards and hand takes ~10 seconds at most.
RaySpencer
Member
Psht, not like people should look them up anyway
Which boardgames do I want? For starters, a non-GOKO version of RFTG. 7 Wonders would make for an amazing online async game, too. (Especially with good ingame stat tracking, like the stat tracking apps already do). Small World and Catan will get online async soon, so that's good.
Through the Ages is owned by who?
Yeah, a real RFTG would be great, I hate that goko sucks so much. Playdek needs RFTG, they make great card games. I think 7 wonders sounds like an awesome code monkeys game. So simple and fun, it would be rad.
Totally forgot about small world 2, I guess that's probably out next big game.
The games I would really want would probably be CO2, Belfort and somehow make Power Grid work, but the bidding thing makes it more difficult.
Edit:
Yeah, I've only played Agricola 3 times, and each time with different decks, so knowing the cards is pretty impossible right now. Haha. I should bang out some games with the AI.
Oh my, yes it would. Wonder what the deal is with that. Please tell me someone is at least thinking about it. Those guys released the decent but sadly never updated Ghost Stories app, as well as the pretty 7W scoring app, but I think they must be doing development in house which doesn't bode well for getting a robust game unless they change that approach.
You want to talk about a wasted catalog though -- Fantasy Flight. Yikes.
We play a round of 7 Wonders daily at work, it's so perfectly suited for async on top of being a lot of fun. You get 21-24 rounds of everybody doing something very simple (since the game state is very easy to verify and your cards change all the time so there's little knowledge about past moves needed), it'd be great. I hope somebody's working on it...
RaySpencer
Member
7 wonders is so much fun because you can crank out an awesome game of it with 7 people in 15 minutes. Haha.
Edit: take your turn in NH smiley! You can't hide from this loss forever!!
Edit: take your turn in NH smiley! You can't hide from this loss forever!!
NeoJungle is hard and relies more on good tiles showing up than most other armies
Upcoming stuff that I know of:
Magic 2014 - Possibly on Wednesday
Ascension: Immortal Heroes expansion - In March Playdek said it was planned for June
Summoner Wars update - In May Playdek said it was planned for July
Small World 2 - Summer
Space Hulk - Summer
Wits and Wagers - Summer
Galaxy Trucker - Summer
Magic 2014 - Possibly on Wednesday
Ascension: Immortal Heroes expansion - In March Playdek said it was planned for June
Summoner Wars update - In May Playdek said it was planned for July
Small World 2 - Summer
Space Hulk - Summer
Wits and Wagers - Summer
Galaxy Trucker - Summer
RaySpencer
Member
Woah. Wtf? Galaxy trucker? Fucking awesome.
Is magic async? I've barely touched 2013. Haha.
Is magic async? I've barely touched 2013. Haha.
Some Galaxy Trucker screens here.
Some video in an interview from June: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xqWivXrzsU
No idea on Magic async. I've never played but I'll be giving it a try.
RaySpencer
Member
Looks like the photocopied the game pieces. Heh. That's ok, the game is so fun I can't wait to play it. Though it will kind of lose a lot of the fun of playing it live, since you get to make fun of people's dumb fucking ships. Haha.
Gatekeeper
Member
Why do you say it's a dud?
Eh, I will first answer for the forever alone side of me : I would like a King of Tokyo adaptation. Yeah, the whole affair with virtual dices would suck, but hey, forever alone...
But on a more serious note, why not A few acre of snow ? Seemed like a really cool game at the time.
RaySpencer
Member
No async makes these games really hard to play consistently.
How many people play TtR iPad edition? I know I never touch it, but I like to have a game or 2 of TtR Pocket going at all times.
I used to play a lot of live games with it. It has (or at least had) a good community, always had several games available.
I play it for the quick live game when I just want to play. It still has a good community because the iPad TtR app enables you to play against PC/Mac players.
RaySpencer
Member
I'm playing the worst and stupidest game of Agricola I've ever played or seen in my life.
It's round 8 and I already have 4 beggar cards, I have no clue how that happened. I don't even have the 2 free beggar occupation card either. Really stupid. Haha.
It's round 8 and I already have 4 beggar cards, I have no clue how that happened. I don't even have the 2 free beggar occupation card either. Really stupid. Haha.
We're getting there... it's his turn now! -points-
RaySpencer
Member
superrobot
Member
If you are (or ever become) a parent, social services should keep a very close eye on you.
RaySpencer
Member
Haha, But I'm even forgetting to feed myself in this game!
superrobot
Member
Twice I've thought I was in R14 instead of R13, placed my last guy and thought "Yes! I've won" only to be surprised by another round, then I lose
RaySpencer
Member
Twice I've thought I was in R14 instead of R13, placed my last guy and thought "Yes! I've won" only to be surprised by another round, then I lose
I don't know, I think if much rather lose it in the last round than to shit the bed right off the bat. Haha.
RaySpencer
Member
Oh man!!
Close game Blahness. I placed a few trains in really fucked up places. I mixed up my routes and your routes while switching from iPhone to iPad. Haha.
Good game.
Do you have the Swiss map? I want a reason to buy it
Close game Blahness. I placed a few trains in really fucked up places. I mixed up my routes and your routes while switching from iPhone to iPad. Haha.
Good game.
Do you have the Swiss map? I want a reason to buy it
superrobot
Member
I have it. It's mad.Oh man!!
Close game Blahness. I placed a few trains in really fucked up places. I mixed up my routes and your routes while switching from iPhone to iPad. Haha.
Good game.
Do you have the Swiss map? I want a reason to buy it
Just got 56 points in Agricola solo mode. Had the Chief and the Master Builder so got to 6 stone rooms yielding 18 points which probably made the difference. Torched 11 sheep in one turn
Oh man!!
Close game Blahness. I placed a few trains in really fucked up places. I mixed up my routes and your routes while switching from iPhone to iPad. Haha.
Good game.
Do you have the Swiss map? I want a reason to buy it
That was a good game! I do have the Swiss map and it is different but fun. It is very easy to cut off or get your route cut off in Swiss which makes it a bit more stressful
biggyfries
Member
Hmm...would be willing to play someone in TtR, iPhone edition.
*cough*TtRTourneyPlease*cough*
*cough*TtRTourneyPlease*cough*
Oh man!!
Close game Blahness. I placed a few trains in really fucked up places. I mixed up my routes and your routes while switching from iPhone to iPad. Haha.
Good game.
Do you have the Swiss map? I want a reason to buy it
I was quickly scrolling down and saw the 132-1 and the "close game" comment...oh man, that was almost some great trash talking.
RaySpencer
Member
Considering he was the one that beat me, it would have been really great trash talking. Haha.