Mü vs Gugong

Rated 5 dimples by AppSmiles.com and 9/10 on The iPhone App Review! PLAY ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST CARD GAMES! Mü is a real thinking-man's trick-taking game. It offers the strategy of Bridge without all of the hassle of having to learn any bidding conventions. Find out for yourself why this game is beloved by gamers the world over. HOURS OF REPLAYABILITY AND VARIETY Partnerships and trump suits change with every hand. Sometimes trump is long, sometimes it's short, and sometimes there isn't any trump at all! It all depends on the bidding. LET THE GAME TEACH YOU HOW TO PLAY A quick-start tutorial and in-game tool-tips can help you quickly learn the basics of the game. You can also learn by reading the full rules complete with examples right from within the game. PLAY AGAINST CHALLENGING AI OPPONNENTS Mü boasts challenging and lifelike Artificial Intelligence opponents, each of which can be configured to match various skill levels. PLAY AGAINST YOUR FRIENDS OVER BLUETOOTH Want to play with a friend? Link your games over Bluetooth! Use the AI opponents to fill any empty seats around your virtual table. ENDORSED BY MÜ CREATOR FRANK NESTEL Frank Nestel has been involved from the beginning of development to ensure that the game would live up to his high standards of excellence. PLAY IN ENGLISH, GERMAN, SPANISH OR PORTUGUESE German Translation provided by Frank Nestel himself! Find out for yourself why the community at www.boardgamegeek.com rate Mü so highly, many of whom will tell you that Mü is their favorite card game of all time! Follow Mü on Facebook at http://facebook.com/MuGame. See the demo video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNEYVF2i4hQ.

China, 1570. China is under the reign of the Longqing Emperor, of the Ming Dynasty. He inherited a country in disarray after years of mismanagement and corruption. He resided in the Forbidden city, which was the seat of many emperors under the Ming Dynasty. Constructed from 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings and covers 72 ha (over 180 acres). It is also under the Ming Dynasty that the Great Wall of China was rebuilt, fortified, and expanded. Around this period, China was under heavy attack from the Mongols, so maintaining the Great Wall was essential. Most of what we now have left of the Great Wall, we owe to the Ming dynasty.  The country was already famous for its very intricate bureaucracy, but this also led to a lot of corruption. Even though the penalties for corruption were very high, the highest Officials of the Forbidden City would pretend to uphold the ban on corruption, by accepting gifts of petitioners, and returning one of seemingly lower value.  Gugong uses this extraordinary custom as its basis. Players take on the role of powerful Chinese families trying to gain influence and power by exchanging gifts with Officials. The gift cards you offer as a player have to be of a higher value than the one you receive, forcing you to make strategic choices regarding which actions you want to take each turn. You will travel around China, sail down the Grand Canal, purchase precious jade, help construct the Great Wall, secure advantages through decrees, influence the game through intrigue, and ultimately, receive an audience with the emperor. In this App version of the board game you will play vs. Meng, the solo automata, with three different level of difficulty.   The App includes a short tutorial which explain the basic concepts of the game to help the player dive in immediately, and a full set of written rules.