Comments on: Playing Alone, Together.

Question: Playing Alone, Together.

The Whelk — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 11:28:18 -0800

SO has a frequent long, boring train ride. He also has a brand new Android phone, like I do. What are some two-player games that two people could play together over an android phone to help ride out the train monotony?

By: Kololo

Kololo — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 11:31:24 -0800

Draw Something? Scrabble?

By: BrashTech

BrashTech — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 11:58:03 -0800

Thematically appropriate: Ticket to Ride

We also like Ascension.

By: Dorinda

Dorinda — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:38:51 -0800

Seconding Ticket to Ride.

By: evidenceofabsence

evidenceofabsence — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:41:52 -0800

My boyfriend and I played GalaxIR while waiting for a delayed Amtrak train, once. It was kind of fun to see how our individual strategies evolved against one another.

By: EndsOfInvention

EndsOfInvention — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:56:34 -0800

Ticket To Ride isn't available on Android unfortunately.

By: jesourie

jesourie — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 13:26:34 -0800

Carcassonne!

By: midatlanticwanderer

midatlanticwanderer — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 13:55:45 -0800

Words with Friends.

By: JaneL

JaneL — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:11:09 -0800

Scramble with Friends

Hanging with Friends

By: ambrosen

ambrosen — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:39:26 -0800

jessourie: In an inhumane travesty of spectacular proportions, Carcassonne does not have online multiplayer.

By: computech_apolloniajames

computech_apolloniajames — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 20:46:56 -0800

Is this the NYC subway or an above-ground train? Having spotty or continuous access to the web will make a difference in what games will work best. I play WWF with my sweetie, but if you're underground for 45 minutes, you'll be able to get only one round per trip.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 20:47:56 -0800

Above ground for an hour, then a short subway ride.

By: jesourie

jesourie — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:07:48 -0800

ambrosen, I'm confused. I've played Carcassonne with my boyfriend when we were in different states, many times. (We've also played against each other on our respective phones while sitting next to each other in bed, but that's a whole different level of ~~obsession~~ committment.) I've also played three-player games with people on other sides of the city on numerous occasions.

We were all using the app for iPhone, so maybe it's different for Android...?

By: EndsOfInvention

EndsOfInvention — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 02:58:37 -0800

Android Carcassonne only has local multiplayer.