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Dragonrah posted:I'm not sure if you're trolling me or if I'm being unclear. I own an iPad. None of my friends own any iOS devices. I even own most of the games in the OP, but have no one to play with. Anyway, that wasn't my question. This being a board game thread, I was hoping some posters would know of some comparable games on android on par with these iOS games. I've been Googling and haven't found anything so my hopes are not very high. No trolling. I didn't realized you had one too.
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Dragonrah posted:I even own most of the games in the OP, but have no one to play with. Join the Groupme channel!
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Quickpull posted:Join the Groupme channel! https://groupme.com/join_group/3767847/Sofhaw
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Mar 6, 2014 06:42
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Tigris and Euphrates, Neuroshema Hex, Ticket to Ride, and Catan are all on Android. They all have their pros and cons, but ultimately they are solid.
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Rusty Kettle posted:Tigris and Euphrates, Neuroshema Hex, Ticket to Ride, and Catan are all on Android. They all have their pros and cons, but ultimately they are solid. Unless Big Daddy improved their server infrastructure with the android port of Neuroshima Hex, I would strongly suggest that you steer clear of that. It's a fun game, I really like it, but I have never completed a game online. Either your friend will never receive the invitation, the game will never be created after they receive and accept, the game will flat out disappear from your games list after a few turns, or a gremlin will find some other way to ruin your game. Their servers are still broke as gently caress, as of ~3 months ago when I last tried.
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Bummey posted:Unless Big Daddy improved their server infrastructure with the android port of Neuroshima Hex, I would strongly suggest that you steer clear of that. It's a fun game, I really like it, but I have never completed a game online. Either your friend will never receive the invitation, the game will never be created after they receive and accept, the game will flat out disappear from your games list after a few turns, or a gremlin will find some other way to ruin your game. I was able to play a game with a friend about a month ago, but it was only one game we completed it over one sitting. It wasn't a days long game like many iOS board games turn into.
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Mar 6, 2014 19:47
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Rusty Kettle posted:I was able to play a game with a friend about a month ago, but it was only one game we completed it over one sitting. It wasn't a days long game like many iOS board games turn into. If you play it in one go, without closing the app, you may be okay. If you can even get a game started, that is. If you plan on playing an online game over more than one session, beware.
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Dragonrah posted:I'm not sure if you're trolling me or if I'm being unclear. I own an iPad. None of my friends own any iOS devices. I even own most of the games in the OP, but have no one to play with. Anyway, that wasn't my question. This being a board game thread, I was hoping some posters would know of some comparable games on android on par with these iOS games. I've been Googling and haven't found anything so my hopes are not very high.
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Lords of Waterdeep has become my go to iPad board game. I love Carc, but I think I have played it too much. Waterdeep is such a great, no-nonsense implementation. I'm starting to get itchy for another seriously polished IOS board game, though. So far, Lords of Waterdeep, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride are the only ones really fluid enough for me. Agricola's implementation is too fluffy, and everything else isn't quite at the level that these four are. I guess I've been spoilt in some ways by these games. Still, I am at a place where I need another game to come out. poo poo, I'd even consider a really polished loving Munchkin at this point or Arkham Horror (Oh god, who am I kidding, even IOS couldn't make Arkham Horror playable). I'm hoping that the 7 Wonders implementation due in the next month or so fills this gap for me.
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Have you tried Lost Cities? Same folks who made Carc.
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Funso Banjo posted:Still, I am at a place where I need another game to come out. poo poo, I'd even consider a really polished loving Munchkin at this point or Arkham Horror (Oh god, who am I kidding, even IOS couldn't make Arkham Horror playable). Don't hold your breath. People have been trying to coax Steve Jackson into letting them adapt Munchkin for iOS since at least 2009, and he apparently just hates video games and/or free money. Fantasy Flight thinks that Arkham Horror is too big of an IP to waste on some puny app, so they're waiting for a big name company to come along make a AAA game out of it.
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I think the Small World app is really good now.
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I'd be down for some games if anyone wants to. Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Agricola (still learning, so fair warning), Neuroshima Hex lol, Ascension, and I can pickup anything else that comes along and I'll have people to play. GC: Walkedairplane
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ZerodotJander posted:I think the Small World app is really good now. Yeah, the update to Small World took a really lackluster implementation and made it phenomenal. It's easily on par with or better than what Playdek puts out.
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Funso Banjo posted:(Oh god, who am I kidding, even IOS couldn't make Arkham Horror playable). I cut you.  I would pay many cheeseburgers for a good AH port. He'll, even the original AH version would be awesome.
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You know what would make a loving great ios game? Betrayal at House on the Hill. Someone should get on that.
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Bummey posted:You know what would make a loving great ios game? Betrayal at House on the Hill. Someone should get on that. It would have to be Multi-Device.
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Bummey posted:You know what would make a loving great ios game? Betrayal at House on the Hill. Someone should get on that. Also not likely to happen. WotC doesn't care about anything they own that's not called Magic or Dungeons and Dragons.
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Grocer Goodwill posted:Also not likely to happen. WotC doesn't care about anything they own that's not called Magic or Dungeons and Dragons. I've been waiting a long, long time for them to print more copies of it.  Those fuckers.
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Mage Knight would be utterly fantastic, imo. That's my number one most wanted. I occasionally set it all up and run a solitaire game over the course of a week, so automating the setup and everything would be heaven.
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I'd kill for Dominion, especially if it came with asynchronous multiplayer. And an option to ban Chapel.
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More people need to play New World Colony. Fantastic game.
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I wish someone would make a good Omega Virus port. 
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Bottom Liner posted:More people need to play New World Colony. Fantastic game. I tried really hard to get the hang of that when it first came out on iOS, but it ended up making me feel completely retarded. There is something about that design that I just can't wrap my head around.
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If you could only have one game which is better: Stone Age, eclipse, new age, suburbia, San Juan or lords of the waterdeep?
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Ropes4u posted:If you could only have one game which is better: If you're speaking specifically of the iOS implementations then I'd say it's pretty clearly Lords of Waterdeep.
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I really like San Juan but I can never find anyone else to play it with. Doesn't seem to be extremely popular.
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Notorious QIG posted:I'd kill for Dominion, especially if it came with asynchronous multiplayer. And an option to ban Chapel. What happened with Dominion? I still have the free knockoff app that was supposed to go away when the non-free version came out, but I don't remember what came of that. Was that the HTML 5 site that launched, was crap, and shut down within a week or something?
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Ropes4u posted:If you could only have one game which is better: Yeah, as actual board games, there could be a debate. As far as IOS goes, implementation quality, polish, AI and multiplayer . . . Lords of Waterdeep is far ahead of the others you've listed.
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I was hoping suburbia would get good reviews as it looks like a good solo game.
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Paradoxish posted:Yeah, the update to Small World took a really lackluster implementation and made it phenomenal. It's easily on par with or better than what Playdek puts out. Whoa whoa, seriously. Was this for Small World 1 or 2?
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Lt_Tofu posted:Whoa whoa, seriously. Was this for Small World 1 or 2? Small World "2" is just a free update to the original app from iPad launch day. It's stupid and confusing that they changed the name. It's not an all new game, but it is an app now on par with Playdek stuff, as was mentioned.
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Beelzebozo posted:Small World "2" is just a free update to the original app from iPad launch day. It's stupid and confusing that they changed the name. It's not an all new game, but it is an app now on par with Playdek stuff, as was mentioned. Aye, it is a good implimentation. That said, the multiplayer is not great. It's handled fine, just there seems to be a small player-base, and games like Carcassonne or Ticket to Ride spoil you with such easy to find multiplayer games. Ropes4u posted:I was hoping suburbia would get good reviews as it looks like a good solo game. Suburbia is a great game that I love. But the IOS implementation is just lacking. There are bugs, but I can let those go because they aren't game breaking. But the interface is pretty bad. Not what I would call user-friendly, and for a while I couldn't work out how to enter and exit different multiplayer games. You mentioned Waterdeep, though, and as a few others have pointed out, it's in a different league. There are 3-4 games which stand out on IOS, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Ascension (though I don't like the game myself, presentation and implementation is flawless) and Agricola, they are in a different league to all the others. Waterdeep is in that kind of league. If any IOS board game newbie was just starting out, these would be the essentials you HAVE to download. These games alone make the iPad a worthy purchase if you ask me.
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Funso Banjo posted:Aye, it is a good implimentation. That said, the multiplayer is not great. It's handled fine, just there seems to be a small player-base, and games like Carcassonne or Ticket to Ride spoil you with such easy to find multiplayer games. It looks like I will score lord of the waterdeep and wait for Suburbia to be fixed. Thanks to everyone for the advice
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Funso Banjo posted:Aye, it is a good implimentation. That said, the multiplayer is not great. It's handled fine, just there seems to be a small player-base, and games like Carcassonne or Ticket to Ride spoil you with such easy to find multiplayer games. Oh, is that so? Bummer. I only really play it with friends. Don't know if I've really tried to get a random game since the beta test. (Internet Brag: scroll to the beta testers section of the credits; I am Brandon Debes  )
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Can anyone chime in as to what games have good local play (ala same network virtually instantaneous like ticket to ride)? Looking for more games with hidden information that can be played on two ipads in bed; so two-player games area ideal.
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Walked posted:Can anyone chime in as to what games have good local play (ala same network virtually instantaneous like ticket to ride)? Small World 2 fits this description perfectly. It's by the same company as TtR so the local play works the same way even.
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Beelzebozo posted:Small World "2" is just a free update to the original app from iPad launch day. It's stupid and confusing that they changed the name. It's not an all new game, but it is an app now on par with Playdek stuff, as was mentioned. Awesome, this is the first I have heard that the game wasn't poo poo. Smallworld is one of the few physical board games I held on to since it is so easy to teach to new players. Plus, I really like playing it.
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So I've got a flight coming up and ascension going free is pretty nice. However reading poo poo on the iphone screen is kind of a pain. What boardgames on the ios are the best for one device pass and play?
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