Solid design
Design of this app is excellent and scoring is a breeze.
Rather good, with just a few small complaints
I hope more board game companies can deliver a product as good as this. This is a companion app that allows random assignment of boards, a scoring aid, and tracking of scores long term. That is all very good, but it falls a bit short. I only ask three things:
1. I'd like to add the users up front, before the game begins. Assigning them after scoring is just odd. I know they did it so that players wouldn't have to add a bunch of names before they play the first time, but it feels wrong. When playing the physical game the first thing you do is provide a board to each player. This app acts as if the flow should be to play the game then decide who gets each wonder and score. This should be swapped.
2. If we add the users up front then the app should be able to randomize player order. Gameplay is greatly affected by who sits to your right or left. I'd love the app to seamlessly deliver player order.
3. This is minor from my perspective since I have both iPad and Iphone, but I'd like to see the new wonder in this app delivered completely on the iPhone. This wonder only allows play on the first side of the board if you have the iPhone based on real estate on the board. I think it could have been programmed to allow both.
1. I'd like to add the users up front, before the game begins. Assigning them after scoring is just odd. I know they did it so that players wouldn't have to add a bunch of names before they play the first time, but it feels wrong. When playing the physical game the first thing you do is provide a board to each player. This app acts as if the flow should be to play the game then decide who gets each wonder and score. This should be swapped.
2. If we add the users up front then the app should be able to randomize player order. Gameplay is greatly affected by who sits to your right or left. I'd love the app to seamlessly deliver player order.
3. This is minor from my perspective since I have both iPad and Iphone, but I'd like to see the new wonder in this app delivered completely on the iPhone. This wonder only allows play on the first side of the board if you have the iPhone based on real estate on the board. I think it could have been programmed to allow both.
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7 wonders companion
Okay, wow! Love this! You can use your iPad as your wonder board for any of the wonders, which includes the Catan and Cupertino boards as well as the original set. Flip boards to sides A & B, touch an icon and what it means in terms of gameplay is explained. Looks like the score calculator could use just a little more automation polish (there are still some calculations it could do for us, since it has all the input it should need), but hopefully that will be taken care of in a future update. It is exciting to see iOS used so well to supplement a board game. Hopefully other games will see similar things made for them. Automate the scoring a little more and this is an automatic 5 star!
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Very good companion for an excellent game
This companion comes with all the scoring elements that other companions have, plus access to the promo boards as well as an exclusive one which is Apples home base Cupertino. The abilities on this new wonder can change. The app has a very professional look and works really well. There is one main spelling mistake on the Cupertino explanation, loose when it should be lose but otherwise this is a very good app, I only have one question...
When are we getting the 7 wonders game as an app, I would buy it in a heartbeat?
When are we getting the 7 wonders game as an app, I would buy it in a heartbeat?
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