# Charterstone: Digital Edition — Build the new Eternal City!

> Digital board game adaptation for building the Eternal City in a campaign. (iPhone/iPad app by Acram Digital.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/charterstone-digital-edition/id1457338857 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Acram Digital](https://appshunter.io/developer/1536417257)
- Category: Games, Entertainment, Board, Strategy
- Price: $9.99
- Rating: 3.60/5 from 14 App Store ratings · 130 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 329 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2020-03-25
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/charterstone-digital-edition/id1457338857/reviews.md

## What is Charterstone?

The official digital adaptation of Jamey Stegmaier’s board game - Charterstone!
It’s a campaign strategy game with high replayability, where players build the new Eternal City!
 
Build and discover in Charterstone!
 
Just take a look at the honors the board game received: 
2018 Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming Nominee
2017 Meeples' Choice Nominee
2017 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee
2017 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee
2017 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee
2017 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Nominee
2017 Cardboard Republic Architect Laurel Nominee
 
The campaign is divided into a series of separate games. Each game will have its own unique rule and bonus objective. Each game will build upon the previous one and add something new! Your decisions and play style will affect the progress and the end of the campaign. What’s more, there are no negative interactions between players. In other words, you score points on the back of your own strategy, not by undermining your opponents. It’s especially important when playing against your friends or family in online or hot-seats multiplayer!
 
So what is the game about? Can you convince the forever king to declare your village the new Eternal City? 
 
• Pick one of the 6 unique characters to lead your charter
• Discover new buildings, scoring possibilities and game mechanics
• Strategize and manage your workers, buildings and resources
• Watch the ruleset, and the village, expand from game to game
• Build upon your progress from previous games
• Uncover the story as you progress through the campaign
 
What can you expect? 
• Official Charterstone rules, consulted with Jamey Stegmaier himself
• Play with AI, friends or both - great experience for both solo and group play
• Online cross-platform multiplayer
• Hot-seats style local multiplayer
• AI opponents - Easy, Medium or Hard
• Full 12 games Campaign
• Single Game mode - a flexible and adjustable mode for a quick match!
• Save your map at any time and play it later with your friends
• Pre-set and randomly generated maps
• Awesomely animated board game map, buildings, cards, characters and more!
• Full replayability - no two campaigns will be the same
• Beautiful art by Mr. Cuddington and Gong Studios
• Unique experience of a board game with the convenience of a digital platform
• No negative interactions between players - no backstabbing! 
 

WARNING: Charterstone: Digital Edition needs at least 2GB of RAM to work properly. Some older devices like iPad Air, iPad Mini and Mini 2, iPad 4 or iPad 6 only have 1GB of RAM.
 
Get it now!

## Key features

- Campaign strategy game
- Build the Eternal City
- Discover new buildings and mechanics
- Manage workers and resources
- Online and local multiplayer
- AI opponents
- Full 12-game campaign

## Chart rankings

- #102 in Top Paid · Board (US App Store)

## What do users think of Charterstone?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and animations
- 🎮 Faithful digital adaptation of board game
- 🎵 Great music and sound design
- 🤖 Competent AI opponents
- 📱 Smooth UI and intuitive interface
- ♻️ Automatic bonus tracking and management
- 🎯 Engaging legacy campaign gameplay
- 🎲 Satisfying opening crates mechanic

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 📖 Poor tutorial for new players
- 🔤 Text too small on mobile devices
- ⚠️ Game-breaking bugs in campaign mode
- 🔌 Compatibility issues with older devices
- 🔄 Slow gameplay with long wait times
- 🚫 Online multiplayer frequently broken
- 💾 Save file corruption on crashes
- ❓ Unclear rules explanations in-game
- 🔔 Notification system not working properly

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Game crashes when entering online lobby
- Loading screen stuck at 0% or 1%
- Freezes on opponent's turn during campaign
- Game 6 and Game 9 specific crash issues
- Incorrect turn assignment in multiplayer
- Potion Master card awards incorrect VP
- Minion selection shows all players' minions instead of own
- Influence calculation picks wrong winner
- Robot placement objective scoring broken
- Charterstone roll mechanic not working correctly
- Game stuck in loop selecting companion
- Campaign advancement pile selection error
- Meeple drag action causes freeze
- App crashes after naming village
- Online sync issues between platforms

**Most requested features**

- Font size adjustment slider
- Pinch zoom functionality
- Ability to create custom maps for single games
- Skip forced confirmation actions
- Better building information visibility
- Notification settings in-game
- Backup save functionality
- Ability to see available buildings at a glance

## Recent user reviews (10 of 130)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/charterstone-digital-edition/id1457338857/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Lieber auf Englisch spielen

*2025-04-07*

Das Spiel ist gut aber wenn man es auf Deutsch spielt, macht es einem die fehlerhaft übersetzte Anleitung schwerer, die Regeln zu verstehen, weil bestimmte wichtige Begriffe mal so, mal so übersetzt werden.

**Developer response:** Hey Sprachlabor, thanks so much for your feedback. We're sorry to hear that some of the German translations are making it harder to understand the rules. To help us improve, could you please point out where the translations feel off or inconsistent? You can either:

- Send us in-game feedback with detailed description, or
- Email us at contact@acram.eu

If you can include a few examples of the incorrect or inconsistent terms, that would be super helpful for us to fix them quickly. Danke! :)

### 3/5 — モンスターは居ないがゴーストは居る

*2024-02-04*

キャンペーンモードがチュートリアルを兼ねた本編
全12回を通して種々の要素が追加されていき
予想外の変化に対し臨機応変に柔軟性を持って対応する所が楽しみどころ
ストーリーは各要素の理由づけ程度で控えめ

App Store上では対応言語が英語のみとなっているが
2024年1月時点で日本語を含む8言語に対応している
翻訳の具合はまぁ・・・外国製であることを考えれば許容範囲
ゲームをプレイする分には問題ないが、
用語や言い回しなどは理解しようとする多少の努力が必要になる

自分が理解するのに時間がかかった点だけ以下に書いておきます
「栄光」は星を全て埋めたら効果が発動する
　いわゆる極振りが必須
「能力」は丸がひとつごとに効果が得られる
　バランス振りでも大丈夫
「アシスタント」カードの一部はテキストが表示されていないが 
　基本的に、背景の建物を使用すると下部のアイコンで記された報酬を得る
　湾港労働者は評判を得る事が発動条件

### 3/5 — Terrible tutorial

*2023-08-24*

Game looks slick but has one of the worst tutorials I’ve seen - just throws walls and walls of text at the player with no real sense of guiding you or teaching you how to play the game. Seems like a game designed for people who know how to play it already, so I’d be cautious about buying unless you’re already a Charterstone player.

### 1/5 — Nada de Español

*2023-07-29, version 1.2.9*

El juego está muy entretenido si tienes un nivel básico de inglés. Pero me parece una tomadura de pelo que esté hasta en japonés y no en español.

### 5/5 — Très bon mais ça demande du temps

*2023-02-10*

J’ai acheté ce jeu il y a un an et j’ai eu du mal à rentrer dedans. Je trouvais le principe un peu opaque. Et puis il y a peu j’ai décidé de redonner une chance au jeu et j’ai vraiment accroché. C’est un jeu prenant, facile à comprendre et dur à jouer, avec un très chouette scénario. La version iPad est tellement facile sur la mise en place. Mais un tuto rapide vidéo aurait été sympa. Mais on est sur un jeu legacy, donc on découvre au fur et à mesure. A découvrir.

### 1/5 — Cannot Even Use It

*2023-01-13*

Bought to play with my partner, but the game continually restarts every time I enter the Lobby. Would like my money back.

### 2/5 — No More Online Functionality

*2023-01-13*

With the most recent software update, every time I try to go to the online Lobby the game crashes.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback. Could you please submit a ticket (an envelope icon) in game? :)

### 2/5 — Achat inaccessible

*2022-12-10*

Bonjour,
Est-ce possible de me réactiver l'accès à l'application achetée en mars 2020 ?

**Developer response:** Hello,
please contact us at contact@acram.eu :) We will do everything in our power to help you out!

### 4/5 — solid digital adaptation

*2022-08-28*

really nice digital version of a solid worker placement legacy game. would be 5 stars if you had the option to create your own map from scratch for single games, but the campaign was fun to play through

### 1/5 — Impossible de jouer

*2022-07-29*

Je n’arrive pas à passer le premier ecran du jeu et aucune aide possible dans l’appli.

**Developer response:** Hello, thanks for your feedback. Could you please send us an in-game ticket (envelope icon)? This way we'll get a lot of additional info that might help us solve your issue. :) If you have any further questions please contact us here or at ml@acram.eu

Bonjour, merci pour vos commentaires. Pourriez-vous nous envoyer un ticket en jeu (icône d'enveloppe) ? De cette façon, nous obtiendrons de nombreuses informations supplémentaires qui pourraient nous aider à résoudre votre problème. :) Si vous avez d'autres questions, veuillez nous contacter ici ou à ml@acram.eu

## Frequently asked questions about Charterstone

### What is Charterstone: Digital Edition?

Charterstone: Digital Edition is the official digital adaptation of Jamey Stegmaier's award-winning board game. It's a campaign strategy game where players work to build the new Eternal City. The game is divided into a series of separate games, each with unique rules and objectives that build upon previous ones.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include picking one of six unique characters, discovering new buildings and scoring possibilities, managing workers and resources, and experiencing an expanding ruleset and village. It offers a full 12-game campaign, single-game mode, AI opponents, and both online and local multiplayer options.

### How much does Charterstone: Digital Edition cost?

The app is free to download and play, but it does contain in-app purchases. Specific pricing for any in-app content is not detailed in the provided description.

### What are the system requirements for Charterstone: Digital Edition?

The application requires at least 2GB of RAM to function properly. Older devices such as iPad Air, iPad Mini, Mini 2, iPad 4, or iPad 6, which may only have 1GB of RAM, might not be compatible.

### Can I play this game with friends?

Yes, the app offers excellent multiplayer experiences. You can play with friends online through cross-platform multiplayer or locally using hot-seats style multiplayer. The game also features AI opponents for solo play.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.9 — 2022-12-17

[Feature] Functionality allowing players to delete online accounts was added.
[Fix] Issue causing the Charter symbol to overlap the text on Objectives has been fixed.

### 1.2.8 — 2022-06-22

[Localization] Japanese localization has been added!
[Fix] Player Buildings window has been improved.
[Fix] Error with the human player ID missing in the online game has been fixed.

### 1.2.7 — 2021-10-22

We have fixed the bug preventing players from rejoining their online games.

### 1.2.6 — 2021-07-02

This update aims to fix several individual game rooms plagued with edge-case impossible situations.

### 1.2.5 — 2021-06-24

Updated iOS requirements to better reflect the actual hardware requirements of the app.

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