iOS Board Games

United States
Reno
Nevada

HeySuburbia wrote:

What a nice surprise! Downloading now based purely on Playdek's work on Ascension.

Same here; never played, never really heard of this game. But I'm willing to extend a pretty large helping of trust toward the Playdek folks. Ascension is just that good.

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 6:00 am
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Mark Myers

(Gennataos)

Bahimiron wrote:

blindspot wrote:

Bahimiron wrote:

Did my comment get deleted because of all the racist stuff I said? Cos if not, I'm both shocked and disappointed.

I deleted it because this thread is not about Summoner Wars. It was an experiment, because we don't often delete comments.

Well then, I'll have to keep that in mind for every time from now on that I ever see an off topic post ever.

You may have intended it to be a joke about your disappointment that Food Fight wasn't the Summoner Wars release, but it really did read as a troll post...at least, that was my inference from it.

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 6:51 am
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JJ Pearson

United States
landrum
South Carolina

Gennataos wrote:

Bahimiron wrote:

blindspot wrote:

Bahimiron wrote:

Did my comment get deleted because of all the racist stuff I said? Cos if not, I'm both shocked and disappointed.

I deleted it because this thread is not about Summoner Wars. It was an experiment, because we don't often delete comments.

Well then, I'll have to keep that in mind for every time from now on that I ever see an off topic post ever.

You may have intended it to be a joke about your disappointment that Food Fight wasn't the Summoner Wars release, but it really did read as a troll post...at least, that was my inference from it.

As the one who responded to said comment, I considered it a joke. At worst, perhaps a light-hearted expression of disappointment. However, as this comment is not directly related to the Food Fight application, will this be deleted? As might be the case with the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th posts under this topic. If this is an experiment of the powers of redirecting the flow of a topic, it appears to have redirected it in a rather, different, fashion. However, the intent of this post is a joke, right?

To be relevant, this seems like an intriguing game. The aspect I'm most interested in, and would like to hear more about, is the single player campaign. Is it similar to the Assassins Creed game, or what?

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 9:43 am
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Brian Fay

(brainbane)

United States
Waukesha
Wisconsin

Downloaded this right after reading it was out. IT was a blast at Gen Con, but never made it into the shopping cart. Now I can play with my food while rocking my son to sleep...fantastic!

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 12:00 pm
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Andre Lucato

(AndreKada)

Brazil

Gennataos wrote:

Bahimiron wrote:

blindspot wrote:

Bahimiron wrote:

Did my comment get deleted because of all the racist stuff I said? Cos if not, I'm both shocked and disappointed.

I deleted it because this thread is not about Summoner Wars. It was an experiment, because we don't often delete comments.

Well then, I'll have to keep that in mind for every time from now on that I ever see an off topic post ever.

You may have intended it to be a joke about your disappointment that Food Fight wasn't the Summoner Wars release, but it really did read as a troll post...at least, that was my inference from it.

I respectfully disagree, as Summoner Wars release date jokes have been a constant thing around iOS forums in BGG, becoming almost an internal meme.
Though I have to agree on keeping the subject of the thread at FoodFight, which is indeed a undoubtedly a great release, I believe there was no need for a drastic measure such as deleting someone else's post.

edited: my common English mistakes

Edited Sat Feb 4, 2012 12:40 pm
Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 12:10 pm
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Matthew Collier

United States
Plattsburgh
New York

I hope they do an IAP for the pre-order cards "Aunt Butterface", "Humping Dumpty", "Insert Name of Third One I Can't Read Here", as well as an IAP for the upcoming expansion

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 1:20 pm
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Jason Hartloff

(NYColts18)

United States
Albany
New York

And don't forget our favorite card, "Grilled Chessus"

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 1:58 pm
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Matthew Collier

United States
Plattsburgh
New York

NYColts18 wrote:

And don't forget our favorite card, "Grilled Chessus"

thankfully Grilled Cheesus, Flap-Jack the Ripper, and The Invader are already included in the base app

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 2:37 pm
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Matthew Collier

United States
Plattsburgh
New York

must have them!!!! lol

Edited Sat Feb 4, 2012 2:41 pm
Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 2:41 pm
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Chris Kirk

(Ravenmaniac)

United States
Millersville
Maryland

Picked this up because I'm a fan of card games and was impressed by Ascension. It's worth the $4. Still getting a handle on the game, but after first couple games had fun, even though I lost.

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 4:51 pm
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Nick Thomas

(Card)

Canada
Kitchener
Ontario

How is the game compared to Ascension?

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 6:40 pm
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Kevin Sussman

(Mr_Bickman)

United States
Los Angeles
California

blindspot wrote:

Bahimiron wrote:

blindspot wrote:

Bahimiron wrote:

Did my comment get deleted because of all the racist stuff I said? Cos if not, I'm both shocked and disappointed.

I deleted it because this thread is not about Summoner Wars. It was an experiment, because we don't often delete comments.

Well then, I'll have to keep that in mind for every time from now on that I ever see an off topic post ever.

Well, like I said, it was an experiment and your post just happened be the first example of something we can try to control or just let lie. Our only tools for moderation are either attempting to steer the comments or to delete posts. We don't have forum lock, as we are not BGG admins. Our controls are no more sophisticated than any other BGG bloggers.

I'm sorry it had to be your post and the one that followed. I can't promise there will be any consistency or even further experiments. Please accept my apologies.

The company that released the amazing Ascension, and has left us all greatly anticipating Summoner Wars, releases their next effort, Food Fight, and we're not allowed to mention their upcoming game? This is somehow considered off-topic?

I know others have already expressed their disappointment about this "experiment" in censorship, but I really felt the need to point out to the moderators and to other readers that this is very uncool.

Also, apologizing in advance for having no consistency and telling readers to expect posts to be deleted as "experiments" is very disheartening.

I am a big fan of this blog; I get that it's new to BGG and am willing to chalk this incident up to growing pains, but I urge the moderators to keep their rules and more importantly, their sense of equity, consistent with the rest of BGG.

Again, the only reason I feel this is worthy of a rant is because I generally am such a big fan of the iOS Blog.

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 6:59 pm
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Gabe Alvaro

(blindspot)

United States
Berkeley
California

Mr_Bickman wrote:

The company that released the amazing Ascension, and has left us all greatly anticipating Summoner Wars, releases their next effort, Food Fight, and we're not allowed to mention their upcoming game? This is somehow considered off-topic?

I know others have already expressed their disappointment about this "experiment" in censorship, but I really felt the need to point out to the moderators and to other readers that this is very uncool.

Also, apologizing in advance for having no consistency and telling readers to expect posts to be deleted as "experiments" is very disheartening.

I am a big fan of this blog; I get that it's new to BGG and am willing to chalk this incident up to growing pains, but I urge the moderators to keep their rules and more importantly, their sense of equity, consistent with the rest of BGG.

Again, the only reason I feel this is worthy of a rant is because I generally am such a big fan of the iOS Blog.

Points taken Kevin. And I appreciate that you enjoy the blog.

Btw, my apologies were for the deletion of the posts, not for the future. We've been pretty laissez-faire since we started and I believe we can keep it that way in the future. You are not likely to see much, if any, further post deleting.

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 8:02 pm
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Kevin Sussman

(Mr_Bickman)

United States
Los Angeles
California

blindspot wrote:

Mr_Bickman wrote:

The company that released the amazing Ascension, and has left us all greatly anticipating Summoner Wars, releases their next effort, Food Fight, and we're not allowed to mention their upcoming game? This is somehow considered off-topic?

I know others have already expressed their disappointment about this "experiment" in censorship, but I really felt the need to point out to the moderators and to other readers that this is very uncool.

Also, apologizing in advance for having no consistency and telling readers to expect posts to be deleted as "experiments" is very disheartening.

I am a big fan of this blog; I get that it's new to BGG and am willing to chalk this incident up to growing pains, but I urge the moderators to keep their rules and more importantly, their sense of equity, consistent with the rest of BGG.

Again, the only reason I feel this is worthy of a rant is because I generally am such a big fan of the iOS Blog.

Points taken Kevin. And I appreciate that you enjoy the blog.

Btw, my apologies were for the deletion of the posts, not for the future. We've been pretty laissez-faire since we started and I believe we can keep it that way in the future. You are not likely to see much, if any, further post deleting.

Much appreciated. Thank you!

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 8:56 pm
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Ryan Full

(miyu)

United States
Vienna
West Virginia

Card wrote:

How is the game compared to Ascension?

It plays slower than Asencion IMO. When playing online you will spend a handful of turns back and forth drafting before the play bit. I understand it is no difference than buying cards in Ascension (and I don't think games will take more turns than Ascension to play) but it makes it feel slower.

I am very much enjoying it. Played the campaign for an hour or so today. Haven't gotten many/any multiplayer invites yet do can't discuss that too much.

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 9:57 pm
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Alysa

(Aenea)

Netherlands
Zoetermeer

This is Zotteke, one of my cute kitties!

Ryan, you can also try the Boot Camp mode in the games you create, either offline or online then you just get 9 random cards and the game starts immediately...

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 10:09 pm
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Ryan Full

(miyu)

United States
Vienna
West Virginia

Aenea wrote:

Ryan, you can also try the Boot Camp mode in the games you create, either offline or online then you just get 9 random cards and the game starts immediately...

Oh I know, but if I play I want to play the drafting "full game."

And like I said, it isn't like the game is really slower. It just mentally feels a tiny bit slower. I do think that Food Fight will be a much more challenging game for me to play a bunch of simultaneous games.

In Ascension I have like 18-22 games running at a time and am able to do decent. I don't think I can do that with Food Fight. The cards you draft are far more dependent on previous choices - significantly more than buying cards in Ascension.

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 10:20 pm
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Gary Weis

United States

California

blindspot wrote:

Bahimiron wrote:

Did my comment get deleted because of all the racist stuff I said? Cos if not, I'm both shocked and disappointed.

I deleted it because this thread is not about Summoner Wars. It was an experiment, because we don't often delete comments.

Oops! Looks like my post that included the release date for Summoner Wars got deleted, too... ;-)

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 11:17 pm
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Gary Weis

United States

California

MCollier wrote:

must have them!!!! lol

It's unlikely these will ever be available in the iOS version. Even adding them as unlockables would cause a shift in the age rating of the app, and we like seeing the current response from people who are enjoying playing this app with their children.

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 11:20 pm
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Matthew Collier

United States
Plattsburgh
New York

incinerator wrote:

MCollier wrote:

must have them!!!! lol

It's unlikely these will ever be available in the iOS version. Even adding them as unlockables would cause a shift in the age rating of the app, and we like seeing the current response from people who are enjoying playing this app with their children.

awww

too bad not even the possibility of a lockable toggle to turn them on and off. Owell I completely understand, either way a fantastic job was done, i'm now contemplating picking up the physical version

Edited Sat Feb 4, 2012 11:50 pm
Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 11:31 pm
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Gary Weis

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California

miyu wrote:

Aenea wrote:

Ryan, you can also try the Boot Camp mode in the games you create, either offline or online then you just get 9 random cards and the game starts immediately...

Oh I know, but if I play I want to play the drafting "full game."

And like I said, it isn't like the game is really slower. It just mentally feels a tiny bit slower. I do think that Food Fight will be a much more challenging game for me to play a bunch of simultaneous games.

In Ascension I have like 18-22 games running at a time and am able to do decent. I don't think I can do that with Food Fight. The cards you draft are far more dependent on previous choices - significantly more than buying cards in Ascension.

The draft game is definitely the better way to play when playing with an experienced group of players. Drafting well is the best way to combat the random ordering of your troops. Paying attention to what you're passing (and what is being passed to you) is just as important as the cards you are choosing to keep.

Food Fight is a very different game from Ascension. It's very likely that players who really enjoy Ascension won't feel the same way about Food Fight (and vice versa). Food Fight will likely be more attractive to the casual gamer as its theme is very well integrated with the game mechanics.

Food Fight isn't as well suited to asynchronous play as Ascension was. It still possible to play that way, but it's not ideal. Much like Gabe has suggested for Ticket to Ride, it's probably best to think of the asynchronous feature as a save mechanism so you can come back to a game later if you can't complete it on one sitting. Food Fight has more interleaving of decision points, plays better with more players, and requires much more player memory during drafting to be played effectively. We had the technology for asynchronous play, so we included it. One advancement that's probably worth noting is that we've developed something we refer to as "simultaneous asynchronous" play. So during the draft and plating, everyone can make decisions at the same time. And if someone falls a little behind during drafting, they can make multiple choices in a row to get caught up. This type of play isn't possible with the iOS 5 asynchronous play feature, and we'll be able to leverage this in Nightfall, Agricola, and several other titles we haven't announced yet.

We tried to offset this by focusing more on the local play experience. We added achievements and a lengthy campaign that features new abilities for each of the 19 boss characters. We won't be adding a campaign to every title we publish.

Edited Sat Feb 4, 2012 11:53 pm
Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 11:50 pm
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Gary Weis

United States

California

Here's something that might tie everything together and provide a bit of Playdek history.

Does anyone know the connection between Ascension and Food Fight prior to our involvement with either of those products?

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 11:52 pm
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Keith Collins

(MajMalfunction10)

United States
Seymour
Indiana

incinerator wrote:

We added achievements and a lengthy campaign that features new abilities for each of the 19 boss characters. We won't be adding a campaign to every title we publish.

I was not expecting much out of Food Fight because I did not really like the demo of the game at GenCon 2011. But, because of the quality of Ascension and the other games coming, I gave it a shot.

So, I literally drained my entire battery on my iPad today playing throught the campaign plus several other sessions. In my book, that means you guys knocked this one out of the park. I really like it.

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 11:56 pm
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JJ Pearson

United States
landrum
South Carolina

incinerator wrote:

MCollier wrote:

must have them!!!! lol

It's unlikely these will ever be available in the iOS version. Even adding them as unlockables would cause a shift in the age rating of the app, and we like seeing the current response from people who are enjoying playing this app with their children.

I salute you, sir. You have just earned me as a customer for every game you produce.

incinerator wrote:

blindspot wrote:

Bahimiron wrote:

Did my comment get deleted because of all the racist stuff I said? Cos if not, I'm both shocked and disappointed.

I deleted it because this thread is not about Summoner Wars. It was an experiment, because we don't often delete comments.

Oops! Looks like my post that included the release date for Summoner Wars got deleted, too... ;-)

NNNOOOOOoooo....... cry

Posted Sun Feb 5, 2012 12:28 am
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R Mayers

(VegasRobb)

United States
Las Vegas
Nevada

Downloading now

Posted Sun Feb 5, 2012 1:21 am
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Ryan Full

(miyu)

United States
Vienna
West Virginia

incinerator wrote:

And if someone falls a little behind during drafting, they can make multiple choices in a row to get caught up. This type of play isn't possible with the iOS 5 asynchronous play feature, and we'll be able to leverage this in Nightfall, Agricola, and several other titles we haven't announced yet.

We tried to offset this by focusing more on the local play experience. We added achievements and a lengthy campaign that features new abilities for each of the 19 boss characters. We won't be adding a campaign to every title we publish.

Allowing the catch up bit is a good idea and I imagine will make up for some of that downtime.

But it is tough to hear much else over the name dropping of Nightfall and Agricola.

rool:

Both games I am super anxiously awaiting!

Like another poster mentioned - kudos for supporting gaming with families. I hate missing out on promos in the digital space but I understand not wanting the rating to shift.

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Eric Leath

(Whisperhand)

United States
Newark
OH

gamesandgrub.blogspot.com

incinerator wrote:

MCollier wrote:

must have them!!!! lol

It's unlikely these will ever be available in the iOS version. Even adding them as unlockables would cause a shift in the age rating of the app, and we like seeing the current response from people who are enjoying playing this app with their children.

To recap:

Mentioning Whale Asscrack -- Okay with the ESRB
Referencing BDSM with eggs -- NOT Okay with the ESRB

Posted Sun Feb 5, 2012 2:43 am
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The Gray Dog Passes Go

United States
Reno
Nevada

Very pleasantly surprised. The tutorial was great, I grasped the rules by the third game, and I'm currently cruising through the campaign. Money well spent.

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Jason W

(TravelSized)

United States
Madison Heights
Virginia

Can someone explain what's going on after the campaign match? The game tells me to select a card and drag it down, but I'm not sure what the purpose of this is. I couldn't find a reference to it in the rulebook.

Posted Sun Feb 5, 2012 3:19 am
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Kenneth Wynne

(TheWynner)

United States
Allison Park
Pennsylvania

sweet...kinda surprising. ill prob be getting this...fun game.

ps: this guy is also waiting on summoner wars

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Nick Thomas

(Card)

Canada
Kitchener
Ontario

TravelSized wrote:

Can someone explain what's going on after the campaign match? The game tells me to select a card and drag it down, but I'm not sure what the purpose of this is. I couldn't find a reference to it in the rulebook.

Yeah... is this just a trophy case? Loving the game so far. Any Playdek game will be a must-buy from now on. Impressive.

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The Gray Dog Passes Go

United States
Reno
Nevada

I sort of remember it from the tutorial ... you're building your decks for the final-final-final showdown. I think.

At the end of the campaign, you have to beat the final boss three straight times: breakfast, lunch, dinner. I think.

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Matt Hyra

(Matt Hyra)

United States

California

TravelSized wrote:

Can someone explain what's going on after the campaign match? The game tells me to select a card and drag it down, but I'm not sure what the purpose of this is. I couldn't find a reference to it in the rulebook.

The info is at the end of the "How To" of the Campaign tutorial. You are choosing cards that you will craft into 3 End-Game Armies to fight The DISPOSALER (the final boss of the campaign).

Posted Sun Feb 5, 2012 5:14 am
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reaching out from the Inbetween Spaces

(Jorune)

United States
Baldwin
New York

Hey all-

As someone who plays his ipod touch 4G in places where I have no wifi, is the game playable offline? Is the AI any good? Or is there only a campaign mode for single player games?

Jorune

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Matthew Collier

United States
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New York

Jorune wrote:

Hey all-

As someone who plays his ipod touch 4G in places where I have no wifi, is the game playable offline? Is the AI any good? Or is there only a campaign mode for single player games?

Jorune

there is indeed offline play, the AI seems acceptable, it's beaten me a few times as I've begun leaning card interactions, also there seems to be 3 difficulty levels for the AI

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Andre Lucato

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Brazil

I found the AI pretty decent, well at least for me, who has just been introduced to the game,I've had my butt kicked several times already.

Almost sure it's due to the fact that the fantastic artwork keeps drawing my attention.

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Eric Leath

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Newark
OH

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CaptainCosmic wrote:

I sort of remember it from the tutorial ... you're building your decks for the final-final-final showdown. I think.

At the end of the campaign, you have to beat the final boss three straight times: breakfast, lunch, dinner. I think.

That's exactly what's going on. Should also be noted that you can click on the icons for each specific meal in order to assign the acquired card to a particular battlefield meal (I didn't realize this until all 24 of my breakfast slots were filled)

The final boss (a Giant Garbage Disposal) isn't too hard to beat. I just drafted a bunch of pancakes for each meal and stacked 5 of them each battle. Backed with the right instants, you should win handily.

Sadly, I haven't seen that many people with this game on my friends list. So, if anyone would like to play, my GC name is "Whisperhand"

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The Gray Dog Passes Go

United States
Reno
Nevada

I can't connect for online play — error message every time.

Yet all of my other online games are working just fine.

Disappointing.

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Ryan Full

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United States
Vienna
West Virginia

Harm. I have a couple online games running at the moment and am connecting. Maybe restart your device?

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Samuel Hinz

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Australia
Brisbane
Queensland

That's strange I'm assuming you've tried the regular power off and on again trick?

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Kiren Maelwulf

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Canada
Richmond
BC

CaptainCosmic wrote:

I can't connect for online play — error message every time.

Yet all of my other online games are working just fine.

Disappointing.

I have 6 or so games running right now, no problems so far. Maybe reinstall.

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The Gray Dog Passes Go

United States
Reno
Nevada

Edit: not sure if it was a hairball or what, but I can connect now. It's just weird that it my only game not working for online play.

Oh, well — doesn't matter now.

Edited Mon Feb 6, 2012 7:23 pm
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Gary Weis

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California

CaptainCosmic wrote:

Oh, yeah, I've done all that. And uninstalling erased all of my campaign progress, too, which was a wonderful development.

Error message, every time. Yet all my other games — Ascension included — are playing just fine.

Sorry to say, but it might be refund time.

I can so your connection in our log, and then an immediate disconnection. I can see you have one game going, but I assume that was an invite and you've never been able to connect? I'm pretty sure I know what the problem is, but I won't be able fix it until tomorrow.

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Alysa

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Netherlands
Zoetermeer

This is Zotteke, one of my cute kitties!

CaptainCosmic wrote:

Sorry to say, but it might be refund time.

That is a bit premature isn't it? If the rest of us have no problems with it, it is not a generic fault but a bug that only rears it's head in certain circumstances and am sure it can be fixed if you contact Playdek...

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The Gray Dog Passes Go

United States
Reno
Nevada

incinerator wrote:

I can see you have one game going, but I assume that was an invite and you've never been able to connect?

This is correct (or it seems like a pretty safe assumption). I do have the red little red "1" badge, which I didn't do anything to bring about. So I'm guessing it's an invite.

If you could look into that would be great. Even better if you think you might know what's up.

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M C

(craniac)

United States
Orem
Utah

Seems like it's not a good fit for the kids, but there's always Ascension.

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Benjamin Piehler

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United States
Kansas City/Lawrence
Kansas

Excited to try this game. My friends seem to gravitate towards games which are simple to learn, and this seems to be a good fit until I teach them something with a little more "meat".

On a side note, I'm new to the site and the board game culture in general... Bought Carcasonne for iOS and got hooked. I'm eagerly waiting for more games to be released for iPad, and to add to my board game social contacts

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The Gray Dog Passes Go

United States
Reno
Nevada

incinerator wrote:

I'm pretty sure I know what the problem is, but I won't be able fix it until tomorrow.

Gary, I just made it as far as the lobby for the first time. I think it's all going to work out.

And I do see an invite waiting for me. I'll see if I can act on it.

Thanks for your concern; if you don't hear from me again, though, please assume that it all worked out for the best.

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Tim Jordan

(LordGek)

United States
Springfield
Oregon

Can anybody explain the Campaign Stats?

While I know what the Plating stage is, what the heck is my "Top Plating Score"?

No clue what is being indicated by Margin and Chips

(in case folk have no idea what I'm talking about, click on the down arrow at the bottom right corner of the Campaign map and then the fourth option)

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Manny Calavera

Singapore

WOW! I'm lovin' this game! Well worth the $3.99!!! I liked it so much i bought the table top card game... with that 3 promos!

Having a blast now with the Campaigns.

Can anyone help me understand these cards:

1) Seppuku Sushi - Remove next troop from your army... joins your serving.

2) The Invader - Copy Target Instant that was played this meal... may choose new instant.

3) Frankenspud - Put your current troop into discard pile... Copy target troop in your army... becomes troop this serving.

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Manny Calavera

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LordGek wrote:

Can anybody explain the Campaign Stats?

While I know what the Plating stage is, what the heck is my "Top Plating Score"?

No clue what is being indicated by Margin and Chips

Found it! The arrow button bottom right.

Plating?
Margin??
Relevance???
Chips?????

Let me email them...

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Gary Weis

United States

California

Grim Fandango wrote:

Can anyone help me understand these cards:

1) Seppuku Sushi - Remove next troop from your army... joins your serving.

2) The Invader - Copy Target Instant that was played this meal... may choose new instant.

3) Frankenspud - Put your current troop into discard pile... Copy target troop in your army... becomes troop this serving.

Your army stack is the randomized pile of cards that you plated. Seppuku takes that card that you would use for the next serving and adds it to your current troop. Usually, this means you won't plate a troop for the 5th serving, but hopefully you've already locked up the meal by then. Seppuku works best if you manipulate which card you'll be adding (either by waiting for the 4th serving and remembering which card you have left, or by using Grilled Cheesus or Buckaroo).

The Invader can copy any instant played at the current meal, by you or any of your opponents. You can choose a new target means that you can choose an opponents instant to copy and then apply it to one of your own troops. Note that if you play Vlad the Clampire during plating, he wasn't played during a meal, so he isn't a valid target to copy. In this case, hold onto Vlad until the first serving so you can copy him after you play him.

Frankenspud lets you eliminate one of your current troops and replace it with a copy of any other troop you've played so far this meal. This is great way to double up on a General or Commando Steak. Don't play it on the first serving if you only have 1 troop in play - you'll end up with nothing to copy!

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Kevin Sussman

(Mr_Bickman)

United States
Los Angeles
California

How important is the memory element in the game? If anyone's played Starship Catan, is it like that in terms of what you have to remember?

Edited Tue Feb 7, 2012 6:53 am
Posted Tue Feb 7, 2012 6:52 am
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incinerator wrote:

Your army stack is the randomized pile of cards that you plated. Seppuku takes that card that you would use for the next serving and adds it to your current troop. Usually, this means you won't plate a troop for the 5th serving, but hopefully you've already locked up the meal by then. Seppuku works best if you manipulate which card you'll be adding (either by waiting for the 4th serving and remembering which card you have left, or by using Grilled Cheesus or Buckaroo).

The Invader can copy any instant played at the current meal, by you or any of your opponents. You can choose a new target means that you can choose an opponents instant to copy and then apply it to one of your own troops. Note that if you play Vlad the Clampire during plating, he wasn't played during a meal, so he isn't a valid target to copy. In this case, hold onto Vlad until the first serving so you can copy him after you play him.

Frankenspud lets you eliminate one of your current troops and replace it with a copy of any other troop you've played so far this meal. This is great way to double up on a General or Commando Steak. Don't play it on the first serving if you only have 1 troop in play - you'll end up with nothing to copy!

Super! Thanks for the scenarios, that explains!

Help us decipher the Campaign Stats screen above?

I know it's a lil too early but... any idea if the Snack Attack expansion is forthcoming?

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Tim Jordan

(LordGek)

United States
Springfield
Oregon

Grim Fandango wrote:

LordGek wrote:

Can anybody explain the Campaign Stats?

While I know what the Plating stage is, what the heck is my "Top Plating Score"?

No clue what is being indicated by Margin and Chips

Found it! The arrow button bottom right.

Plating?
Margin??
Relevance???
Chips?????

Let me email them...

Can't wait to hear what you find out.

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JJ Pearson

United States
landrum
South Carolina

Not sure where to post this, so I'll drop it here.

I was fighting Vlad in the campaign, and had played Crunchy. I had three sushi, but I can't remember what else. I played Seppuku and the flaming guy, and the app crashed. Now, when I attempt to return to that battle, it loads to exactly 21% and stops indefinitely(current record is 10 minutes). I already rebooted my IPad, and I really don't want to start over. iPad 2, 32gb, wifi only, if that helps.

Posted Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:47 pm
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Nick Thomas

(Card)

Canada
Kitchener
Ontario

Hi Gary,

Any planned updates with new functionality?

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Matt Hyra

(Matt Hyra)

United States

California

Mr_Bickman wrote:

How important is the memory element in the game? If anyone's played Starship Catan, is it like that in terms of what you have to remember?

Typically, there is no memory element at all.

If you are playing 1v1 Draft, you would do well to remember how many Instants you passed to your opponent.

The only other thing is it can help sometimes to remember what troops are remaining in your 5-man army, so you can play your Instants when and where you should. For example, if you realize that you are fighting with your last Lunch troop, you might as well use your Medic Mustard.

These are high level things, tho. Typically you don't need to remember anything.

Thanks,
Matt Hyra
Cryptozoic R&D

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George Rothrock

(grafzepp)

United States
San Diego
California

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TravelSized wrote:

Can someone explain what's going on after the campaign match? The game tells me to select a card and drag it down, but I'm not sure what the purpose of this is. I couldn't find a reference to it in the rulebook.

You are drafting your "in game army" - after every successful battle, you get to draft a card from those that went through your hand during the battle, to save for the final boss fight.

You can draft into and save to three armies, one for breakfast, one for lunch and one for dinner. There are rules about what you can draft. When you launch Campaign Mode, there is a pop-up, and one of the options is "How To" starting on page 6 explains the end-game armies.

Hope this helps. Cheers,
grafzepp

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JJ Pearson

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chardris77 wrote:

Not sure where to post this, so I'll drop it here.

I was fighting Vlad in the campaign, and had played Crunchy. I had three sushi, but I can't remember what else. I played Seppuku and the flaming guy, and the app crashed. Now, when I attempt to return to that battle, it loads to exactly 21% and stops indefinitely(current record is 10 minutes). I already rebooted my IPad, and I really don't want to start over. iPad 2, 32gb, wifi only, if that helps.

Nvm. Fixed itself. Frankenspud Is a beast!

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Tim

(red turtle)

Australia
Mitcham
VIC

It seems this thread is being checked so...

Gary,
I think I am currently having the same issues as I had when Return of the Fallen came out.

When I first log in, I cant connect to the server and it times out. I immediately log in again and it connects immediately.
I can not invite any of my game center friends to a game. All I get is open when I go to create a game. No friends list. Mimy has invited me so I know it works.

I think this is related to the fact that I have a large number of Game Center friends. But I am not sure about that. Both of these issues were resolved at the same time with ascension not long after the expansion was released.

Thanks

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Manny Calavera

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LordGek wrote:

Can't wait to hear what you find out.

It's been 4 days- still no news from them email or here on those Campaign stats.

Hmmmm.... WHY???

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Nick Thomas

(Card)

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Kitchener
Ontario

I really, really hope they will at least add Ascension style timers.

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George Rothrock

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San Diego
California

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Grim Fandango wrote:

[q="LordGek"]Can anybody explain the Campaign Stats?

While I know what the Plating stage is, what the heck is my "Top Plating Score"?

No clue what is being indicated by Margin and Chips

Hi all!

my apologies for the delay in replying! The scoring is tracked for each battle fought, and we're storing the best five. We're looking at adding an over-all Campaign score and a way to see your best, so you can compare your recent Campaign score with your best. Need to do a little interface work for that.

Currently, it's Campaign Battles.

As to the categories, we worked with Matt Hyra, the designer and we assign point values for

Plating: 200pts per card that you under-plate (if you plate 3 cards = 400 points)- rewards the daring play
Margin: 10 points for every VP greater than your opponent. So, against a Snack King, it’s the difference at the end, if you scored won with 10, and Bernie Colon had 8, you'll earn 20 points
Relevance: You get 10 points for each troop that matches the Battlefield
Chips: You get +75 points per Chip won and -50 points per Chip lost.

A little esoteric, I know. We're looking at making it a more user friendly.

Cheers,
George

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