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iOS Online Boardgaming Megathread (Carcassonne, Everything Playdek, & Many More)
- Thread starter AstroLad
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If you wait it does populate the list, but I think it populates with everyone on your list? Maybe? It's a bit messy. Game itself is really well done though imo. Never got into SW (actually sold the tabletop) but I could totally see getting into this.I'm down for Small World games. Love the game. Haven't updated to the new version yet, but I already own it
Edit: good to go!
Edit2: it tells me I don't have any gamecenter buddies that have the game? I can't invite anyone
Glad people are finally jumping on the Small World bandwagon.
Only reason I didn't before was lack of async and 2+ player. DoW generally does a good job presentation-wise, but they miss odd/obvious stuff. Mission solved.
Glad people are finally jumping on the Small World bandwagon.
Need more of these to be universal :| I read somewhere that Eclipse is supposed to get a universal update sometime in the future.
aaah yeah, I had to wait like 10 seconds for the list to populate. Sent everyone with a DOW account a friend-invite - new registered guys, invite me!
also sent you 2 (and heel) a game.
Gatekeeper
Member
I'm totally down for small world games. Gc is Z3R0_5UM
I beat Astro in SW tournament. Lots of lucky rolls. I was benders, he was vargath. But I failed at getting a screen shot
I beat Astro in SW tournament. Lots of lucky rolls. I was benders, he was vargath. But I failed at getting a screen shot
superrobot
Member
This is a lot of fun.
http://www.prostrategyfootball.com/
You call the plays and your tiny players then fail to heed your instructions and allow Baltimore to score a long range touchdown with seconds left on the clock. The idiots!
Lots of customisation and tweaks are possible in setting up each play.
It's a one man developer and it's 2x on the iPad. $4.99
It has async GC multiplayer. Yay.
You can play matches or complete seasons against the AI.
It has weather.
Reminds me a lot of playing Madden on the megadrive (without a keypad).
http://www.prostrategyfootball.com/
You call the plays and your tiny players then fail to heed your instructions and allow Baltimore to score a long range touchdown with seconds left on the clock. The idiots!
Lots of customisation and tweaks are possible in setting up each play.
It's a one man developer and it's 2x on the iPad. $4.99
It has async GC multiplayer. Yay.
You can play matches or complete seasons against the AI.
It has weather.
Reminds me a lot of playing Madden on the megadrive (without a keypad).
Squirrel Killer
Member
I dun goof'd. I really need to learn the army names. I had New York in the last round, not Steel Police.
RaySpencer
Member
I dun goof'd. I really need to learn the army names. I had New York in the last round, not Steel Police.
It seemed a little out of order. Heh
I will fix it later.
They're strong at first, but lose steam quickly.
RaySpencer
Member
Is that how long the SmallWorld 2 ones are?
yeah... you can choose between 2 days, 1 day and... a shorter setting that I forgot now. :/
Wow, hot damn! Hopefully they change that. But what kind of clock is it? A turn clock or an overall clock a la Playdek?
It's a turn clock, I think. Our game has 47h left and we definitely didn't start just an hour ago. So there's at least that. Still... 2 days is a bit short.
It's a turn clock, I think. Our game has 47h left and we definitely didn't start just an hour ago. So there's at least that. Still... 2 days is a bit short.
Yeah, not as horrible that way at least. Still should probably be 3 days to account for weekends. Game is great though even though some of the powers feel cheap (part of the fun and I'm sure there are ways around it).
I'm constantly amazed that so few developers don't just copy Playdek's awesome async implementation.
Nethersnare seems interesting. I'd think it should cost a little more, but it's only one monster at a time.
Yeah, that's good stuff since you're just calling dibs at that point. You still have to kill the monster to get the benefit and there's only 1 in the deck. No probs there...
but, end-game monster?
Take-all-heroes-on-the-board-for-free hero?
I don't know...
and all the expansions are a buck off each
Oh dang. Yeah, it is showing as your turn for me. If you want to rematch we can do that too. Your choice.
My first post in this mega thread but I started Ascension a few days ago and I'm totally hooked. I'm still relatively new to the world of Boardgaming (Ticket To Ride being the only other game I've played) but I did use to game MTG back in the day.
In any case, I noticed that there was a tournament a few months back for Ascension. Any ETA on the next round?
In any case, I noticed that there was a tournament a few months back for Ascension. Any ETA on the next round?
That sounded really promising. I really liked that boardgame.
Seeing games like this, as well as some wargames, whether someone will finally step up and make the Game of Thrones boardgame digital. Would so love that.
I just found out about Orions 2:
http://toucharcade.com/2011/07/18/orions-2-review/
Anyone tried this? Baffled that there's no iPad version though.
Probably not until the Neuroshima Hex and Summoner Wars tournaments going on right now finish.
RaySpencer
Member
Who's running it now though?
I finished both 1 and 2. It's okay. The AI is brain dead and there bugs abound. The mechanics are solid though.
RaySpencer
Member
That's a shame. Though maybe I'll get the first one since it's just a buck...
Someone made a draft webapp for Solforge:
http://solforge-draft.herokuapp.com/#/
Good for practice before the next major update, though it amplifies how stupidly overpowered the shapers are.
http://solforge-draft.herokuapp.com/#/
Good for practice before the next major update, though it amplifies how stupidly overpowered the shapers are.
superrobot
Member
Tanto Cuore is coming soon.
http://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/23322/app-news-playdek-news-from-tokyo-game-show-2013
http://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/23322/app-news-playdek-news-from-tokyo-game-show-2013
jessecuster
Member
So yeah, as soon as Ascension is on another operating system I am leaving iOS behind.
That is how much I hate iOS7.
That is how much I hate iOS7.
superrobot
Member
Ha ha.
I do like that the Game Centre holds notifications for turn based games, so that might help with the Ticket To Ride/Codito problems.
I do like that the Game Centre holds notifications for turn based games, so that might help with the Ticket To Ride/Codito problems.
Functionally, iOS 7 is far superior to iOS 6. But I can see why someone may not like the visual design. Personally, it doesn't bother me, and some of the visuals have even been improved (good riddance, sucky skeuomorphics).
All in all, I'm very happy to have updated even though I hate the new Safari icon.
All in all, I'm very happy to have updated even though I hate the new Safari icon.
Yeah, can't wait to see async games start using the turn tab. Perfect for the board game world.
Send me Small World 2 invites, people! How are the expansions?
RaySpencer
Member
I almost wish Playdek would stop announcing new games. They are making so many already, and they can take forever to come out, and then when they do, they dont update some of them much at all. Nightfall has like 7 expansions, and all we have in the app is 1 of them.
Most of it is great, some of it is weird though. Im not a huge fan of the massive fogged glass bar on the bottom of the home screen, or that the GC popup when you load a game is like 1/3 of the screen. It has little issues all over the place, but the command centre is awesome enough to make up for 90% of those issues, haha.
Also, use Chrome