RaySpencer
Member
Ugh, I hate these cross platform games that dont have notifications. I dont play Frozen Synapse very much because you dont know when its your turn, or when you're invited to a match. If I played enough I would check daily I guess.
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iOS Online Boardgaming Megathread (Carcassonne, Everything Playdek, & Many More)
- Thread starter AstroLad
- Start date
You buy "gold" from the online webstore with money, then spend that gold ingame for boosters.
My steam nick is the same as my GAF nick, add me!
They usually send me an email when it's my turn. I don't understand why they didn't add notifications though.
RaySpencer
Member
Ugh, that sound horrible, haha. Glad I use an special email just for all these games.
Thats good, hopefully its actually soon, and not PlayDek soon
Yeah I didn't realize they changed the system. I had bought a starter deck or two during the beta with my credit but it seems they refunded it and now cards are no longer available on the website.
edit:
I found out the hard way you just have to wait for all the decks to load before choosing.
RaySpencer
Member
The AI sucks in SolForge. Just crushing Hard like 80% of the time, its kinda stupid.
That's weird, because during closed beta, Hard was CRAZY hard, and easy was CRAZY easy. They must've made it too easy after complaints.
RaySpencer
Member
Thats probably what happened. Because this seems a little silly.
RaySpencer
Member
Hhhhhooooooolllllllyyyyyy fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuckkkkkkkkkkk
This game runs slow as hell online.
Its basically unplayable. Maybe my internet suddenly became shit, or maybe the guy I was playing with had shit internet, and somehow that slowed my turns down too, but fuck trying to play SolForge real time is brutal.
edit: Uhhh Notifications are in already I guess? I just got one for my match with Astro.
This game runs slow as hell online.
Its basically unplayable. Maybe my internet suddenly became shit, or maybe the guy I was playing with had shit internet, and somehow that slowed my turns down too, but fuck trying to play SolForge real time is brutal.
edit: Uhhh Notifications are in already I guess? I just got one for my match with Astro.
I'd assume servers are overloaded these days.
RaySpencer
Member
Probably, but it's still pretty crazy. Haha.
Edit:
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Hereafter rolls are rigged
YES! I had you
Super mega rigged!
Edit:
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Hereafter rolls are rigged
YES! I had you
Super mega rigged!
RaySpencer
Member
Play whatever you want
This is the best practice I could ever hope for, haha. I selected Benders this game though, if you dont want to do Mirror matches.
RaySpencer
Member
Yeah. Your deck seems pretty strong. I didn't know how they worked at first, I will want a rematch when I lose our game. Haha.
Edit: Errrrr... Our match is gone? Did I accidentally forfeit? Or did you quit out? Why is it gone!?
GG holmes. Yeah I think that net on my HQ ended up backfiring a little because it helped seal in the base and Neojungle apparently has no ranged attackers.
I'm glad I got those two hits when I did though. You really need to horde your offense with Vegas. They go fast and once they're gone, it's a long trip to the end of the game without doing any more damage.
Yeah I didn't realize I had zero ranged. I thought I was in a pretty good position and then you drew the sniper round and blew open a huge hole in my defense. :<<<<<<<
And of course I didn't get my bomb until my last tile so I couldn't reciprocate.
RaySpencer
Member
Still waiting for my NH invite from superrobot!
Seems like we have two matches now.
It's so much easier to play this on Steam (still not perfect). Wow.
RaySpencer
Member
I only have the 1, the old one disappeared for me.
Any good tips on deck building? I got like 25 booster packs which I unwrapped yesterday, but spent the rest of my time just staring perplexed at the deck building screen.
Also, weren't kickstarters supposed to get some faction starter packs (I was on tier $25)? I only had those booster packs.
The starter packs should've been unwrapped as part of your collection to begin with.
KS Update #41 said:
I know I've only opened 3 boosters yet I have enough cards to make a deck out of each faction.
I am no expert at all, and I did finally lose my first game handily though so far been doing alright. (Again, wish they kept records -- or at least Elo -- hope that's coming out.)
All I did was decide on a faction and then saw a few cards and said "oh cool, this buffs zombies," and then threw in most of the zombies I had. Then I noticed Zombies are really good at dying and coming back and also killing, so I grabbed cards that buff on deaths. What I've not totally been able to find is event cards that are good so my zombie deck is extremely unit-heavy. I made a robot deck too that tries to have more events and so far so good with that one. But definitely a learning experience right now. Really looking forward to the campaign and tournament modes to put things to the test.
RaySpencer
Member
The thing I noticed in the first few rounds of our first game, is your zombies are really strong right off the bat. I dont know if they get worse later, but they dont seem to have the slow scale to greatness like the starter cards.
All my shit is really good later on, a bunch of my matches vs the hard AI, I would go down to 40 or 30 HP fairly early, and they are still at 90, but then I destroy them in a quick couple rounds once I start getting all my level 3 dudes.
The big difference for me fighting AI and fighting you though, is that it seems like I would lose all my HP during levels 1 and the first half of 2, which is pretty crazy.
edit: Oh our first game reappeared for me, haha. Ive lost before we even hit level 3. Your deck is like a zerg rush
Yeah, Robo deck is lots of fun too. Just need a snappier interface, some persistent stats, and I could definitely see being into this. I backed at the $120 tier so have some decent cards I guess. Don't know how pay to play it really is though, because the Legendary cards don't seem super buff compared to some of the normals, just different. The only thing Legendary/Heroic seem to have is more synergy with decks, but there are definitely some Normal and Rare cards that are quite good.
App News: Vlaada Chvátil Talks About Czech Games Edition's Plans for the Future
Through the Ages being done in-house along with Galaxy Trucker, though its development has not started yet. They're emphasizing quality with lots of features. Mentions async and realtime multiplayer, campaign etc. for Galaxy Trucker.
Sounds good!
Through the Ages being done in-house along with Galaxy Trucker, though its development has not started yet. They're emphasizing quality with lots of features. Mentions async and realtime multiplayer, campaign etc. for Galaxy Trucker.
Sounds good!
RaySpencer
Member
Yeah, Im enjoying my Robo Tree deck.
Im hoping I can compete with you guys while spending tops 10 bucks on getting some boosters. If im just going to lose to everyone because they spent 120 bucks on the kickstarter then this one wont last long for me, haha. Enjoying it enough so far though, so thats good.
I noticed most randos online have pretty mediocre decks, so definitely could beat them as well. And then when Challenge mode comes out that will be interesting, also Tournament though at that level might get difficult. One thing I haven't done is go out of faction much. That might be interesting. Right now I'm very strictly in faction. Wish there was a way to browse cards on the web.
superrobot
Member
The points he makes with regards to providing a fun reason to keep playing single player sound good. That's something that the Codito games don't have.
He sounds like knows how async games should work too.
I hope they can pull it off.
Also allowing BGO to keep going is a nice touch.
superrobot
Member
While I'm waiting for wifi that doesn't block my games...
https://twitter.com/iosboardgames/status/368128134404927488
Playdek + Lords of Waterdeep
https://twitter.com/iosboardgames/status/368128134404927488
Playdek + Lords of Waterdeep
Hell yes. Great combo.
Awesome. Agricola was a great port, so we know they'll be fine with LoW. Really looking forward to it.
RaySpencer
Member
Good game man. I had such a lucky bullshit start, I had you backed into a corner, with no commons, no champs, and not even a wall to spawn thing from. My big champ ready to smack you down, I even had an event to add 2 more dice next round....
But you had the exact 2 cards you needed, the major burn to drop him down to 3 HP left, and then a precise to make your summoner go 3/3. Boom from then on I was on my heels the rest of the game. Crazy close, and loads of fun.
Great game.
Where can i throw my money at playdek?
roodiculous
Member
Yeah it sucked I brought out my champion on accident by brushing against the screen hence the location. And then I moved my lions like an idiot. I knew right away it was over.
RaySpencer
Member
It started on the 12th Astro!
Current tournaments:
NeoGAF Neuroshima Hex Tournament 3
ROUND 6
Smiley getting the bye this round.
Important Links:
Challonge Link
Google Spreadsheet - Army Tracker
Rules:
- Seeding based off of NH Finals 2 then Tournament 2 and then signup order
- Swiss rules!
- There will be a finals tourney for the top 4
- 10 Round to start, I may add more.
- There is 13 people, so every round someone will get a 'bye' they will just be rewarded with a win.
SUPER IMPORTANT, READ THIS SHIT!!!
- You MUST use every single army, and you may only use an army again once you have used every single army.
- You MUST report your army used in each match, I will keep track of them in a spreadsheet that only I can alter.
- If you cheat with your armies, its an automatic loss!
- Top invites bottom, Top gets first pick.
_______________________________________________________
NeoGAF Summoner Wars Tournament 1
ROUND 1
Superrobot getting the bye this round.
Important Links:
Challonge Link
Army Tracker
Rules:
- Seeding based off of past SW tournament and then win percentage.
- Swiss rules!
- There will be a finals tourney for the top 4.
- 11 Rounds right now.
- There is 13 people, so every round someone will get a 'bye' they will just be rewarded with a win.
- Set it to 14 days to cover all random life events, but please dont take 14 days, I will bug people if it starts getting too long.
- Armies are hidden, and mirror matches are allowed, so either person can send the invite
SUPER IMPORTANT INFO
- You MUST use every single army, and you may only use an army again once you have used every single army.
- You MUST report your army used in each match, I will keep track of them in the spreadsheet above.
- If you cheat with your armies, its an automatic loss!
Current tournaments:
NeoGAF Neuroshima Hex Tournament 3
ROUND 6
Smiley getting the bye this round.
Important Links:
Challonge Link
Google Spreadsheet - Army Tracker
Rules:
- Seeding based off of NH Finals 2 then Tournament 2 and then signup order
- Swiss rules!
- There will be a finals tourney for the top 4
- 10 Round to start, I may add more.
- There is 13 people, so every round someone will get a 'bye' they will just be rewarded with a win.
SUPER IMPORTANT, READ THIS SHIT!!!
- You MUST use every single army, and you may only use an army again once you have used every single army.
- You MUST report your army used in each match, I will keep track of them in a spreadsheet that only I can alter.
- If you cheat with your armies, its an automatic loss!
- Top invites bottom, Top gets first pick.
_______________________________________________________
NeoGAF Summoner Wars Tournament 1
ROUND 1
Superrobot getting the bye this round.
Important Links:
Challonge Link
Army Tracker
Rules:
- Seeding based off of past SW tournament and then win percentage.
- Swiss rules!
- There will be a finals tourney for the top 4.
- 11 Rounds right now.
- There is 13 people, so every round someone will get a 'bye' they will just be rewarded with a win.
- Set it to 14 days to cover all random life events, but please dont take 14 days, I will bug people if it starts getting too long.
- Armies are hidden, and mirror matches are allowed, so either person can send the invite
SUPER IMPORTANT INFO
- You MUST use every single army, and you may only use an army again once you have used every single army.
- You MUST report your army used in each match, I will keep track of them in the spreadsheet above.
- If you cheat with your armies, its an automatic loss!
Sorry, spaced on this. inviting now.