App keeps crashing
The game is great, but every so often, it just stops working for online games.
Poor dictionary, annoying UI
The dictionary is missing common words, which is a cardinal sin for game of this type. A number of cards involve choices (e.g. 1 coin or one VP), and the UI needs a cumbersome number of clicks to navigate this. Just give us a coin-VP slider and a ink-vs-remover slider!
Hardback is great!
Hardback faithfully represents the board game. I haven't played with any of the optional additional mechanics, but a few comments for the developers:
1. You can quit on your turn, and some times you'll get a different hand of cards. This seems like a remediable cheating angle
2. You *have* to quit fairly frequently, because the game will get into a state where it won't accept taps, which is annoying.
3. I'm not a huge fan of how easy it is to accidentally move letters in your word into your letters you're not using. This wouldn't be a big deal if you didn't need to drag things so much, but I'd prefer a swipe-down or something to single tap dismissing a letter
4. It would be really nice if the keyboard worked, so if I typed letters, they'd just move from my list of letters up to the word (and keyboard shortcuts for pressing your luck would be nice, too)
1. You can quit on your turn, and some times you'll get a different hand of cards. This seems like a remediable cheating angle
2. You *have* to quit fairly frequently, because the game will get into a state where it won't accept taps, which is annoying.
3. I'm not a huge fan of how easy it is to accidentally move letters in your word into your letters you're not using. This wouldn't be a big deal if you didn't need to drag things so much, but I'd prefer a swipe-down or something to single tap dismissing a letter
4. It would be really nice if the keyboard worked, so if I typed letters, they'd just move from my list of letters up to the word (and keyboard shortcuts for pressing your luck would be nice, too)
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Multiplayer is broken
The game itself is enjoyable but as others have said the online multiplayer is unusable since I cannot add new friends on the new server. The developer has not yet responded to my support requests. I’d hold off on any purchase until this is resolved.
Fan of physical, OS version could use work
Online issues still continued. I am unsure to add new friends when my list is empty.
I just lost all my friends and all my open games. Same with other people I know. Something is broken as I can't add them back now. The UI feels clunky especially async online play. Dev should model this more after the old Carcassonne game where players can see the board even if it isn't their turn. You should have a bar along the bottom that displays players score and ink counts. All buttons should be more defined and identifiable. Would be great to be able to zoom and pan around the board to see details of cards. Play a sound with the notification so we get a buzz. Would love to see this game realize its full potential.
I just lost all my friends and all my open games. Same with other people I know. Something is broken as I can't add them back now. The UI feels clunky especially async online play. Dev should model this more after the old Carcassonne game where players can see the board even if it isn't their turn. You should have a bar along the bottom that displays players score and ink counts. All buttons should be more defined and identifiable. Would be great to be able to zoom and pan around the board to see details of cards. Play a sound with the notification so we get a buzz. Would love to see this game realize its full potential.
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Can’t log in or reset password
This has been going on for weeks now. It won’t accept my password and when I try to reset, the “reset password” button doesn’t work. I was really enjoying this game until this point but it was primarily a long-distance game for me. There’s no point without online access to my play friends.
Excellent, but………
Great game! Will certainly stretch your vocabulary to find the right word to get the extra 3 points you need to snatch victory in the last turn.
A few suggestions that really really do need attention.
1. For a word game to include spelling errors in the labels/game instructions is just plain shoddy workmanship. Fix them!
2. Really need some form of statistics for keeping track of local scores - how many games played, won, lost, highest scores, champion words, etc at various levels.
3. Would vastly improve replay value if there was a leaderboard function.
Notwithstanding the above, excellent game and highly recommended!
A few suggestions that really really do need attention.
1. For a word game to include spelling errors in the labels/game instructions is just plain shoddy workmanship. Fix them!
2. Really need some form of statistics for keeping track of local scores - how many games played, won, lost, highest scores, champion words, etc at various levels.
3. Would vastly improve replay value if there was a leaderboard function.
Notwithstanding the above, excellent game and highly recommended!
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An incredible gem
This game is perfect and the app is perfect.
Should be lower
I really wanted to play this game with my wife and it looks like it could’ve been a really good game which is why I gave it four stars. Unfortunately I get an HTTP error when I try to connect to an online game. It looks like they don’t really support this anymore so I’m guessing I just got it for no reason. Too bad.
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Great game but…
One of my favorite word games ever but there’s a glitch that eventually disallows you from playing online. I have reached out to technical support several times but they tell me they will not look into the issue. Terrible customer service. Don’t bother picking this up. You will be disappointed.
Can’t access so why did I pay for it?????
At some point it locks you out of the account, says incorrect password and if you try to reset it just gets stuck so there is no way to do so...so the whole reason I overplayed to play this game with friends and family long distance asynchronously is lost as I am locked out and are games are done. Disappointing
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Loads of fun!
Great game! Loads of fun! I enjoy this one more than paperback... & I love paperback!
Cheating AI
How does AI player (hard) score .06 cents on the very first turn when a player can only score 5 max. Odd. I feel cheated.
Technical issues
Great game but there are so many problems with the app, generic http errors!! Also the dictionary is not great - it doesn’t accept standard words. We paid for the app - can these bugs be fixed please ?!
Broken on iPhone 11 Pro
A great great time waster. I love this game (as I do all Fowers games). Sadly it’s broken on my new phone as the display fails to adjust to the extended screen size meaning the black ink store is hidden. So disappointing. Though hopefully an easy fix if the game is still being supported.
Fun game, NEEDS zoom
I bought this after playing the board game, which is great.
The app is tiny! My vision is normal, but this is painful and hampers the fun. Please remove some of the dead space on the board to enlarge cards, and enable pinch to zoom.
The app is tiny! My vision is normal, but this is painful and hampers the fun. Please remove some of the dead space on the board to enlarge cards, and enable pinch to zoom.
Great multiplayer game for couples
There aren’t enough turn taking games like this made in such great quality. My wife and I love playing this game and we even bought the real life version. The tutorial is good but could be a little better. You need to read the rules to really understand what the abilities do. The online play is very solid but I’d prefer to stay in the game and play with my letters while waiting for my turn.
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Does not work, support ignores my request
My IPad meets all the requirements but it will not run. I tape the icon, my screen goes black and then flips to the minimize state. It will not come back up when tapped. I contacted the company and they seemed to be working on it and then just forgot me. I contacted them again to be told that a closed ticket means they are working on it!! Really?????? I asked for a refund or a substitution of another game. No response. Really tired of trying to get support.
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Good game, okay app
I like the game, but the app needs to be developed a little more. Every time a game gets up to 5 active timeless classics, the AI opponent freezes and the app crashes. At that point, there’s nothing to do but abandon the game and start a new one, because the bug will keep kicking you off the app. Hopefully they’ll fix this in an update soon. It would also be nice to be able to purchase some of the fan fiction variants.
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Great card game. Mediocre app
This is yet another so so mobile version of a wonderful card game. It does not work properly on iPhone X and it has not been updated for newer iPad pros. When the app works it is a lot of fun but the app gets in the way. On the iPhone it loses track of ink and has scoring glitches. On the iPad it occasionally freezes. I really want to love this app and I hope it gets the updates it deserves.
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