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iOS Online Boardgaming Megathread (Carcassonne, Everything Playdek, & Many More)
- Thread starter AstroLad
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Gamecocks625
Member
Just beat Astrolad in Carc but it didn't give me an achievement in gamecenter. Fix this, Apple!
roodiculous
Member
butzopower
proud of his butz
It was just the first example I could think of, I'm sure there are other cases. I looks like creators weren't even originally aware of the infinite combo in the base game, so I think it's worth seeing all the actions through to see what could emerge.
Been rough for me too of late. In the last 4 games against GAFfers I got 2 first places but the other two were 4th places, which dragged it down a lot.
Hahahahah
I didn't think you'd sit through the whole thing mannnn .... it took forrrrevee!
lol
TOO MANY CARDS
You kept defeating the fanatic and always ended up getting enough to defeat him again, ridiculous. And still, the game ended PRETTY close. (like, 5 honour or sth)
Ewww, is that what the iphone UI looks like? Gross.
Yeah that looks terrible compared to the iPad version haha.
lol
I shoulda kept track of what I got out of it ... Im not positive it was worth all that work.
looked cool tho
Haha yeah, I think I tied three of the eight games I played today.
Playing through some of these turns really does not make me look forward to playing the tabletop again. Soooo much accounting to do and so many potential effects in play at once.
butzopower
proud of his butz
Smiley just pulled some ridiculous moves to tie it 80-80 for the win, like he'd been counting the whole time or something.
Also, this was definitely my most ridiculously lucky game of Ascension ever:
By like turn 5, I had Pathwarden, Avatar of Aiyana, and Raj, Psionic Master.
Yeah I got really lucky there, made some moves to get 2 honour from the Shaman in the end and was really surprised to see I'd tied it lol. WORTH IT.
Still waiting approval.
While you wait you can check out some screenies of the new content :
http://www.neuroshimahex.com/1006/multiplayer-update-sent-fort-approval/
Added features:
- !!! Asynchronous Online Multiplayer !!!
- New iPad Retina support
- push notifications for online multiplayer
- private games for online multiplayer
- cool chat for online multiplayer
- player profile and avatars
- better modifiers visualisation
- better Tutorial
- fast forward skips entire battle
- better Undo
- Restore button for IAPs
- redesigned Store, Menu and Game UI
- new game engine
- problems and crashes with iPod 2G and iPhone 3G
- achievements not increasing
Hope I'm not stretching the scope of this thread too much, but since we're all board gamers here: The iPad version of Forbidden Island snuck out an update with some new features:
** New Features! **
∙ 1 new island shape available immediately (Treasure Island)
∙ 10 new island shapes available through 1 in-app purchase.
∙ 11 new GameCenter Achievements for winning the game on each of the new islands.
** Improvements! **
∙ Better Facebook and Twitter integration: now you can choose to post/tweet game wins and losses without enabling automatic Achievement posting/tweeting.
∙ Saved games now show the difficulty setting and Island shape in the Resume screen.
∙ Corrected the Explorer's movement options when using the Navigator's ability: he can now move diagonally.
∙ Improved launch time when starting a game.
∙ Corrected some grammar errors in the Tutorial.
∙ Cleaned up memory leaks.
Looks like a solid update. I can't tell how much the IAP is yet, but I'll probably end up getting it. I like the alternate layout idea.
** New Features! **
∙ 1 new island shape available immediately (Treasure Island)
∙ 10 new island shapes available through 1 in-app purchase.
∙ 11 new GameCenter Achievements for winning the game on each of the new islands.
** Improvements! **
∙ Better Facebook and Twitter integration: now you can choose to post/tweet game wins and losses without enabling automatic Achievement posting/tweeting.
∙ Saved games now show the difficulty setting and Island shape in the Resume screen.
∙ Corrected the Explorer's movement options when using the Navigator's ability: he can now move diagonally.
∙ Improved launch time when starting a game.
∙ Corrected some grammar errors in the Tutorial.
∙ Cleaned up memory leaks.
Looks like a solid update. I can't tell how much the IAP is yet, but I'll probably end up getting it. I like the alternate layout idea.
Cool chat
oh, were you the one who attacked me for 11 damage? I always forget who did what to me in Nightfall because there's so many games. Now I have a written record for vengeance.
Looks like Forbidden Island will belong in this thread eventually after all. Someone at Touch Arcade received this via email from a dev:
"The price [for the IAP] is $0.99. With the extra programming effort, we figured it was fair. We're also planning Retina Display and online multiplayer updates for the future that will be free."
"The price [for the IAP] is $0.99. With the extra programming effort, we figured it was fair. We're also planning Retina Display and online multiplayer updates for the future that will be free."
RaySpencer
Member
Oh man! That neurohima hex update looks awesome. Can't wait!
Be sure to update the Google Doc Spreadsheet if you've got Neuroshima Hex. I'll be looking for opponents, particularly if you've got the expansions.
RaySpencer
Member
Yo Smiley! It's your turn in every ticket to ride again! Get on that!
Yo Smiley! It's your turn in every ticket to ride again! Get on that!
Grrrrrrrrr
RaySpencer
Member
Not my fault the notifications suck! Check yo apps! Haha.
Man, when that neuroshima updates comes out ima buy all the dlc's they send at me! Gimme it alllllllllllll!!
I didn't play it thaaaat much (due to lack of pvp), but I hope all the decks are properly balanced and one doesn't emerge as the one everyone always picks first, that'd suck.
RaySpencer
Member
Yeah, I never played a super lot, but that was because of the lack of multiplayer! I did play a decent amount though, and loved the hell out of it. I'm sure it's pretty balanced, and if it isnt, now that it will be multiplayer, all those balance issues would probably get sorted out pretty quick. Haha. If it turns out that one team/group/race is OP, then we can just not use it. No problems!
Damn, I gotta go back and play Neuroshima now that the online is dropping. Used to be so good at that game when it first came out but I haven't even played with the expansion factions. Need to sharpen up.
I don't think balance will be an issue at all. It's an extremely popular tabletop game so I doubt there are money (unlike, say, your flavor-of-the-week iOS strategy games). Also there is definitely a ton of luck and tactical thinking involved in how the tiles break for you. There's really no way to even create a dominant strategy because of the fact that there are only one or two copies of the critical tiles.
edit: also forgot you can do random armies. that should be the default imo
I don't think balance will be an issue at all. It's an extremely popular tabletop game so I doubt there are money (unlike, say, your flavor-of-the-week iOS strategy games). Also there is definitely a ton of luck and tactical thinking involved in how the tiles break for you. There's really no way to even create a dominant strategy because of the fact that there are only one or two copies of the critical tiles.
edit: also forgot you can do random armies. that should be the default imo
It is boss. It's a common mechanic, has a good theme and is generally awesome.
Gatekeeper
Member
Many good Ascension games Galvatron! I'm a little tired of barely losing each one tho -.-
You have the Ascension update to ease the pain though!
But I've already played like 150 games of that -- need new hotness!
Gatekeeper
Member
Man I'm going to get crushed by everyone at NSHex
Do you play Carc?
hahahaha smh
Had a few really good games of Ascension last night with a couple of gaffers, with a couple of them played "live" (or as near as can be called that, anyway). It's *so* much easier to work out where you're going wrong when you get instant feedback like that, rather than having, say, several hours in between turns.
New expansion is amazing, too. Great stuff!
New expansion is amazing, too. Great stuff!