butzopower
proud of his butz
Herp, yea.
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iOS Online Boardgaming Megathread (Carcassonne, Everything Playdek, & Many More)
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Herp, yea.
I once made a hand of 16 runes and 21 power against the AI. I also cleared the deck once. The infinite is fucking hilarious
I think I've stopped playing against the AI months ago, after I've started playing multiplayer... nothing beats human creativity. Also, I beat Got the Shakes after losing to you butz, so I'm feeling better already.
(Lost brutally to RaySpencer in Nightfall though, that hurt.)
Oh, also, if anyone wants a live game in Nightfall or two, I'd be down in the next 2h. Have to catch up on all the gaming I missed on Vacation.
Also, WHERE IS APPLE, APPROVE THAT EXPANSION ALREADY GODDAMNIT. I want my update and fix.
Also, WHERE IS APPLE, APPROVE THAT EXPANSION ALREADY GODDAMNIT. I want my update and fix.
I've got it, just wanted to practice it a bit offline first. Playing the expansion in some 3 and 4 player games with people from the thread already though, haha. I'll accept soon.
I know, I'm in one of them, which made the 1v1 non-acceptance even more confusing
EDIT: Another tied Ascension win, the 2nd in 2 days, after I never had that before. Madness!
It makes sense though
I feel like in Nightfall, whoever starts has a WAY bigger advantage than in Ascension though, because they'll be first to have claimed cards in their hands to respond. (e.g. I usually play the green guy in the first 2 turns, and if I get to start, I can get a green-response card to chain the other guy's green guy and play it when he plays his. Doesn't work if I'm 2nd, then he'll chain me and have the upper hand)butzopower
proud of his butz
Here's the beatdown from earlier (sorry it's so big, retina screen and all):
I'm proud of my lack of starting cards in that chain.
I'm proud of my lack of starting cards in that chain.
You're mean.
EDIT: Oh, I thought you were gonna post the end-screen. I believe the score in the end was like 104-69 or so if I remember correctly
butzopower
proud of his butz
You're mean.
EDIT: Oh, I thought you were gonna post the end-screen. I believe the score in the end was like 104-69 or so if I remember correctly
You had me like, 20 - 3 in Nightfall.
I was actually a bit worried, since you had like 6 Mech, and if had you another turn, you would have gotten at least 2 extra cards from my Askaras.
RaySpencer
Member
Heh, I woulda loved to play more games too, but I had to leave for work. And the wifi here sucks butthole. I can't connect to any playdek games
haha yeah i've been having lots of crazy close games recently in ascension and nightfall. damn i can't wait for the ascension update
Picked this game up on Friday. It seems pretty well done save for not having the greatest explanation of how to play the game (so basically Ghost Stories all over again). Will learn it and definitely play some rounds.
Two topics from BGG that can be added to the list of "I'll believe it when I see it"...
1) The official Dominion app isn't vaporware. There is an actual developer, FunSockets (?). But is it HTML5 based or a native app? (Hint: I pretty much lose interest if it isn't an iOS app.)
2) BDC plans to submit the Neuroshima Hex update that adds async play next week. Right. (Though if that's true and done well, this game is right up there with Carcassonne, TTR, and Ascension.)
http://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/10218/ios-news-dominion-battle-of-the-bulge-happy-meeple
1) The official Dominion app isn't vaporware. There is an actual developer, FunSockets (?). But is it HTML5 based or a native app? (Hint: I pretty much lose interest if it isn't an iOS app.)
2) BDC plans to submit the Neuroshima Hex update that adds async play next week. Right. (Though if that's true and done well, this game is right up there with Carcassonne, TTR, and Ascension.)
http://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/10218/ios-news-dominion-battle-of-the-bulge-happy-meeple
So I can't buy the Ascension expansion. Clicking the button on the Main Menu does nothing - on some other screens with the logo (like Game Invites), it will play a SFX but nothing else happens. I heard from a friend that a pop-up should appear.
I've tried deleting and reinstalling the app, turning off/on my Internet connection - and still no luck. Anyone have any ideas?
I've tried deleting and reinstalling the app, turning off/on my Internet connection - and still no luck. Anyone have any ideas?
No idea. Maybe try contacting the developer? If all else fails, the upcoming update is supposed to manage the IAPs differently. You might have better luck with that.
Cool, thanks. Guess I'll wait for the update. And if that fails there's always contacting the devs.
Just picked up my first iPad and a couple of the boardgame apps to go along with it - Ascension and Cabals at the minute. Have played through the tutorials and a couple of games, so looking forward to playing with a few guys from Gaf.
Is it just a case of adding myself to the spreadsheet in the OP and sending out some invotes? What's the general etiquette for asking people for a game of, say, Ascension?
Is it just a case of adding myself to the spreadsheet in the OP and sending out some invotes? What's the general etiquette for asking people for a game of, say, Ascension?
superrobot
Member
Slightly for my own benefit I've done a quick experiment by downloading the google doc as a csv and creating a google doc table. This is the link
https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?snapid=S487920W4P4
If you click on options, then in the filter you can drop down and select by Game (e.g. TTR Pocket) and put X or O in the box and apply it should it will dump just the users with TTR Pocket and X in a list.
It might make it easier to see (on an iphone) who has a particular game when sending out invites.
You can link the table directly to the google doc but I'm not sure if it just takes a snapshot at the time its created (I didn't want to mess around with the raw document).
https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?snapid=S487920W4P4
If you click on options, then in the filter you can drop down and select by Game (e.g. TTR Pocket) and put X or O in the box and apply it should it will dump just the users with TTR Pocket and X in a list.
It might make it easier to see (on an iphone) who has a particular game when sending out invites.
You can link the table directly to the google doc but I'm not sure if it just takes a snapshot at the time its created (I didn't want to mess around with the raw document).
superrobot
Member
Go for it. An underscore usually means the user is very keen to play.
Sounds good - will add my details in when I get home from work this evening. Only got a couple of games at the minute, so I'll see how I get on with those before jumping into any other ones.
Also - thanks for that updated table too. Looks much clearer to navigate than the original!
RaySpencer
Member
Wtf is a promo pack?
I'm guessing it will be these (http://www.ascensiongame.com/store?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=27&category_id=1):
RaySpencer
Member
Sounds good to me, I won't turn down more cards.
Some of those have been named specifically (Vedah, Pathwarden, Deep Drone, Void Mesmer, Kythis) at one point as being "included" in this update ... plus the Rat King
http://videogamegeek.com/blogpost/9922?commentid=2910312#comment2910312
All of these would be good.
I keep checking the appstore for the update but it's just not happening i still wonder what the new features will be :/ hopefully multitasking is one of them.
Also, nightfall NEEDS a function like Ascension where you can look at all the cards that are in your deck, so you know which cards you've aquired in which multiplayer game.
i still wonder what the new features will be :/ hopefully multitasking is one of them.Also, nightfall NEEDS a function like Ascension where you can look at all the cards that are in your deck, so you know which cards you've aquired in which multiplayer game.
I keep checking the appstore for the update but it's just not happening
I did this too yesterday. Going to just wait patiently now.
Have added myself to the list, though I'm sat there looking rather lonely with just Ascension on my 'games owned' row. I'm sure it'll increase with time though!
Will send out a couple of invites to people that have marked it as a 'really want to play' game, but please do bear in mind that I'm brand new to this whole thing, so don't expect anything close to even resembling a challenging match
Will send out a couple of invites to people that have marked it as a 'really want to play' game, but please do bear in mind that I'm brand new to this whole thing, so don't expect anything close to even resembling a challenging match
RaySpencer
Member
Carc is old news ! Booo carc! Long live Ascension!
Im super pumped to play Ascension in a new way.
Yeah, the event cards seem like an interesting spin on things.
Are there new expansions for the actual board game on the horizon? Seems like the iOS game is almost caught up now.
http://www.ascensiongame.com/store
The next physical card set, Immortal Heroes, is set for August featuring a new card type 'Soul Gem' :
http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/05/04/ascensions-immortal-heroes-expansion/
butzopower
proud of his butz
Awesome on the promo cards, I just saw those the other day for the base game, and was hoping they'd add the to iOS.
Gamecocks625
Member
You guys and your nerdy card wizard stuff.
Carc! Carc! Carc!
Carc! Carc! Carc!
Give in! You know you want to!
And man, those soul gems cards would be fun as hell. Can't wait for the physical release. Would make some of those banishing cards into crazy combo starters
DukeSucks
Member
Have added myself to the list, though I'm sat there looking rather lonely with just Ascension on my 'games owned' row. I'm sure it'll increase with time though!
Will send out a couple of invites to people that have marked it as a 'really want to play' game, but please do bear in mind that I'm brand new to this whole thing, so don't expect anything close to even resembling a challenging match
Sent you a request.
Anybody can send me as many requests as you want in in this game, I love it. Don't play my turns a lot during the day, I usually wait til night to use the ipad since its harder to see the cards on my phone and I don't really know what they all do yet.
I've been getting destroyed in endgame here lately, guess I need to rethink my strategy, or at least look at what my opponents are drawing.
And we will get gamecocks to buy this game eventually lol
Good stuff, will accept it when I get back from work. I played a few more games against the AI yesterday evening and I think I'm sort of getting the hang of it. Definitely need to research some strategies from somewhere though; I'm not always sure I know exactly what I'm trying to do and tend to just grab all kinds of mismatched cards. I guess it just comes down to experience though.
All of my turns will be done on an evening most of the time as I only have an iPad to play it on (phone is Android and I'm stuck with it until the middle of next year
).It's fine for Carc. I need to get back into Ascension though and stop playing it on both. Their syncing just stinks and it keeps making me abandon games!
tldr: invite me to Ascension games!
Nah, if you own the expansion you can set up games with just the base set if you'd like. Everyone can play together.
and Gamecocks, you will spend that dollar! Trust me it's good, nerd wizardry be damned.