I’d tried the physical release of the game, but the app does such a better job of replicating the way the game plays out in the show with animated actions and the like. So this means I’m always having a number of turn-based games going, getting my butt royally kicked by my BGG & Twitter friends!Ĭard Wars was something I was pretty excited to try out too, as I’m a huge Adventure Time fan. The one I play the most, though, would be Star Realms, which I think is the only board game app you can actually play cross-platform on. The great thing about a lot of app ports of card games is it heavily cuts down the fiddly layout, you can quickly bang out a game, and not worry about sorting cards at the end of it! One of my favourites is Ascension, a deck builder that is free, but that you can also expand to include new releases of cards with in-app purchases (IAP). (Note, no mention of Hearthstone here as it’s board-game adjacent in that there’s only the app, even though it’s a card game app.) Say no more! (Especially don’t say “yay let’s play Dominion!” because the most popular deck building game doesn’t even have an iOS release!). So you’re into card games? Well, friends.
And I think you can count on Zynga having clones of most of those. Electronic Arts seems to have cornered the market for ‘modern’ classics like Boggle, Scrabble, Life, and Monopoly. Where better to start than with some classics, and those really well known games? A quick search of Google Play offers a multitude of apps for backgammon, chess, Go and more. These aren’t meant to be exhaustive reviews (I may do highlights down the line), more of a grab bag of info. I’ll make a note of why I included the ones that aren’t when they pop up. Let’s take a look at what you can sink your teeth into right now – all but 1 or 2 of these are authorized ports to a mobile format, which is a great sign of things.
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But when I had a browse over the games I have or have tried on Android, and a lot of others that are available beyond that, I realize that Android board gamers are in a great spot right now and it’s only likely going to get better! There’s some great games that aren’t yet available on Android – such as Lords of Waterdeep, or Puerto Rico – and that does give me the sads a little. My other half has an iPad, so I’ve had the chance to see what’s available and what the quality of games are on iOS. As a platform that’s less focused on for game development, Android’s taken a bit longer to hop on board – but now in 2015 there’s a great selection of games available through Google Play and the Amazon App Store.
In the last 4-5 years, board game apps for iOS have been steadily growing in number and quality.
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