Board game apps
March 19, 2016 12:29 PM   Subscribe

Patchwork's newest update is so buggy it crashes the game. But I'm addicted! Need some other boardgame app to binge play! (On iPhone)

What I liked about the game:
- I like German board games
- is strategic
- take as long as you want to complete a turn (tetris is too hectic)
- I like playing against an AI
- there's something satisfying about creating something neat and pretty (a well balanced patchwork). I like sudoku, but it's not as visually satisfying.
- is over pretty fast (20 Minutes) I play in between things during busy days.

What I don't like:
- complicated rules
- things that depend on negotiations with others.

What should I try? I was thinking maybe the Carcassonne app, is it good? What else?
posted by Omnomnom to Computers & Internet (7 answers total) 11 users marked this as a favorite
 
You could try Go!
There are lots of apps, but SmartGo is the one I've used.
posted by LobsterMitten at 1:17 PM on March 19, 2016


The Ticket to Ride app is fun and works well on iPhone.
posted by chimpsonfilm at 3:15 PM on March 19, 2016


Agricola, Le Havre, Puerto Rico, Dominion, Ticket To Ride are all good iphone/iPad board games.
posted by saradarlin at 4:23 PM on March 19, 2016


Carcassone is a good choice. A similar game that I like is Damn Little Town, though it's closer to 5 minutes for the 7 x 7 grid. The other ones I can think of that best match your criteria are Labyrinth (more puzzle like, but it's by Knizia), Ingenious, and maybe Splendor.

Ticket to Ride is a good one. I would expect Agricola and Le Havre (and probably Puerto Rico) to fall under too complicated, but another option would be the other game Digidiced has done, Le Havre: The Inland Port. For deckbuilders, I would go for Ascension over Dominion - the app is much much better. And for a lighter worker placement game, there's Lords of Waterdeep
posted by radicarian at 7:04 PM on March 19, 2016


I like Pearl's Peril.
posted by tel3path at 12:37 AM on March 20, 2016


Another Ticket to Ride (iPhone app) fan here.
posted by rmd1023 at 7:14 AM on March 20, 2016


Tsuro!
posted by AmandaA at 12:10 PM on March 21, 2016


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