Railroad Ink Challenge By: Horrible Guild I don't play a ton of board games these days, but I do appreciate when one adapts well to digital form, especially mobile. Horrible Guild's Dragon Castle is one example, and it was designed so well that I knew to be on the lookout for any future games from the developer. Railroad Ink Challenge is their latest and it's adapted perfectly to mobile devices, working in…
Viticulture By: DIGIDICED (UPDATE: The contest is over and the winners have been sent their codes. Thank you to everyone who entered!) Digidiced is well-known for bringing popular physical board games to the App Store, and their latest is the winemaking game, Viticulture, from Stonemaier Games. It has you planting grapes, making wine and filling orders with the goal to become the most successful winery in Tuscany. I'm new to the game…
Onirim - Solitaire Card Game By: Asmodee Digital **Update: See my thoughts on the new Crossroads and Dead Ends expansion and scoring system.** A lot of board games have been making their way over to iOS lately. Some are better than others, but most suffer from the simple fact that they were originally designed to be played with friends in the same room. Some digital games do still offer that and if…
Exploding Kittens╬ô├╢┬╝Γö¼┬╜ - The Official Game By: Exploding Kittens (The Oatmeal) The highly successful Kickstarter-funded card game, Exploding Kittens, by The Oatmeal recently got an iPhone version. I didn't download it until recently when it got online multiplayer capabilities. Since then, I've been playing quite a bit and I've picked up some decent strategies. I'm by no means an expert, but I thought I would offer some tips I think would be…
Tsuro By: Thunderbox Entertainment **Update, 2/8/2016: The review has been amended to correct a mistake about the Facebook games not syncing between multiple devices. They do sync!** Tsuro, "the game of the path," is a laid back board game that's been adapted for iOS devices by Thunderbox Entertainment. I knew next to nothing before playing it, but the simple rules pulled me in right away. They're very easy to understand, as there…
