Top 10 Board Game Apps!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- Mike here and I beeeeee playing board game apps! How about you? Which apps are your favorite to play and why?? Let me know in the comments below!
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Onirim is great since it saves you the trouble of reshuffling. Sagrada is also a must.
Looooove onirim as an app!
I sold the cards after I found it on steam and android.
100% had me at ‘I gotta keep my self distracted every minute of the day’. Same. Same. 😂
Facts. Not gonna let this brain start saying thoughts. That won’t do at all
Raiders of the North Sea's digital version is superb! one of the best implementations of a board game in a digital platform! Railroad Ink Challenge and Imperial Settlers: Roll & Write are also great and also Carcassonne, Tsuro and Lords of Waterdeep. And if you like Cartographers, the same developer (i think) also made a version of Explorers!
I play a lot of board game apps as I don't often have people to play with in person. It's fun to do while watching my favorite board game TH-cam channels, on my PC with a game on one screen and a video on the other. Ah, what a life! Besides some of the ones you mentioned, I really enjoy Wingspan and Castles of Burgundy, as well as Cat Lady, Onirim, Cottage Garden, Indian Summer, Patchwork, Sagrada, Splendor, and dare I say it, Clue. I have several more that I haven't played yet
Railroad Ink was one I played a lot because I don't like the feel of writing on dry erase boards so I'm glad I finally got to play a bunch.
My favorite is probably Raiders of the North Sea. I ended up getting rid of my physical copy that I only played solo.
LOVE the Sagrada app! Get a couple games cranked out on my lunch break...perfect way to break up my work day!
Spirit Island is the one I've been eyeing for my next app purchase, perhaps between that and Everdell. But in addition to your top two, I love Fury of Dracula as a time filler. 7 Wonders is pretty good too.
Great video, lots of games to check out! I'd love if you mention which ones are solo or multiplayer only. There's a few where you mentioned can be played with bots, super helpful. Keep em coming!
You got it! I'll probably do an amended list here soon and I'll take your suggestions into my thoughts!
Wingspan has been so great! Love playing it throughout the day. Raiders of the North Sea has a great app! Everdell is also good as well
Onirim actually has a good app implementation. It really needs the expansions added in, though. The Twilight Struggle app deserves some love, as well.
You had a lot of my favorites on the list. Love Through the Ages , play that one a lot. The Ganz Schoen games are great, as is Ticket to Ride. But, for me, Terraforming Mars isn’t as high. Solo, it’s a great app. But the multiplayer version leaves a lot to be desired, to put it kindly. As for my #1 app, that would be the app for my favorite game, Twilight Struggle. It does a fabulous job of giving the in person experience, especially when playing another person. The AI is ok for an experienced player, but good for someone who is newer to the game.
The Gaia Project app is a great implementation of a terrific game, and they somehow made an AI that can play Gaia Project well.
My favorites are sagrada, wingspan and I’m excited to mess around with the new unmatched digital edition on Steam!
So far I enjoyed those apps: Spirit Island, Root, Everdel, Mystic Vale, One Deck Dungeon, Race for the Galaxy, Scythe, Through the Ages, A Game of Thrones TBG, Bloodrage, Terraforming Mars, Wingspan and Aeon's End.
I'm planning to try Charterstone, Brass Birmingham, Concordia, Lords of Waterdeep, Isle of Skye, Nemesis Lockdown, Raiders of the North Sea and Railroad Ink and maybe Shards of Infinity, Roll Player, Yellow & Yangze or why not trying to learning Tichu, the game of which "rules cannot be explained"... I'm glad there are so many good choices now!
Nice list!
TM app lets you play a full, satisfying game of TM against the AI in around 30 minutes. I've played it so many times and they just came out with the other two maps.
We have never played a board game just on an app. We have played Awkward Suspects using the app. It would be nice to learn one of these to play. Thank you!
Yellow & Yangtze is my #1 boardgame app. Other gems are Galaxy Trucker, Dead Man’s Draw, On Tour, 6 nimmt (aka 6 Takes), Love Letter, 2 of the Uve tile laying trilogy: Indian Summer and Cottage Garden, and last but not least Concordia.
all great choices! I have yellow and yangtze but have yet to try it. Gotta get on that
I don’t have a ton of apps but I’d recommend:
-Scythe (on the computer not mobiles)
-Raiders Of The North Sea
-Root
-Terraforming Mars
-Onirim
-Star Realms
-7 Wonders
Star Realms is pretty amazing too
Truth!
I have been playing Everdell app like crazy. The challenges are a fun and unique way to spice things up for a solo match.
Nice! Gotta get that one
Star Realms is my most played board game App. Gloomhaven Digital is also really nice.
Wingspan is my most played board game app, I love it! I also enjoy Istanbul, San Juan and Raiders of the North Sea.
Great choices!
Thank you! Made me appreciate my ipad a lot more! Downloaded ticket to ride and having a blast!
Wahoo!
I have more than 35 digital board game adaptations, and play them a lot, to the point where I prefer the digital versions...no setup/teardown...no math...rules always enforced and can't be forgotten...easy to save progress and come back to when you have time...on top of that, it has all the bells and whistles that video games have, sound, music, animated sprites. In many cases, I have both the physical copy and digital, and in cases where the IRL game has a bunch of expansions that are not incorporated in the app, I still play the IRL version...but if the digital version has everything the tabletop version has...I have to admit, I'll play the digital a LOT more. My ten favorite and most played digital board games: Galaxy Trucker, Lords of Waterdeep, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Evolution, Charterstone, Tokaido, Wingspan, Burgle Bros, Blood Bowl...and some other favorites: Mystic Vale, Star Relams, Onirim, Small World, Elder Sign Omens and Dream Home...great games all. Some of the games are also on BGA, and though it's slightly easier to play games with friends on BGA, I prefer the app versions of Carcassonne, Burgle Bros and Tokaido...and likely WIngspan too, just because the apps are less fiddly and have more features.
Good video, I play a ton of Terraforming Mars on the app so it's definitely my number one, unfortunately I find the app unintuitive and often cards are programmed incorrectly.
Ascension is my favorite by far but I've played about 50 games of Finished! in the last couple of weeks. I am borrowing an ancient ipad just so that I can play it.
I play Ancient Terror, Andor, Ascension, castles of mad king ludwig, evolution, carcassonne, isle of skye, , one deck dungeon, onirim, onitama, pandemic, patchwork, splendor, Through the ages, ticket to ride, tokaido I am trying to learn how to play both agricola and le havre on app as well,
Nice! I do enjoy playing Le Havre on the app but it’s a rough one UI wise. I had no ability at all to learn the game from the app but once I learned the game elsewhere it became a great app to use to play a quick game or 2
@@TheBrothersMurph I believe that is what I will have to do too
I love Carcassone! I have played it on so many platforms.
Hero Realms has a good app to be included in #6. Has the individual characters and a small campaign.
Very true!!
Oh it does?
Maybe i should try it
awesome top 10 list! but what about Everdell ! ? the app plays so well! :D
Haha it didn’t exist when this list was made
So... I don't know how to say this without hurting anyone's feelings....but... I think I have a new favorite Murph Bro - IPad Murphy
That’s why we were so afraid to bring ol’ iPad on for a video….
Ascension is a great game, my wife and I own all 16 expansions, however, the creators of that game created something more refined that borrows elements from Star realms and is just a real masterpiece of head to head deck building, and that is Shards of Infinity! the app works really well and is incredibly fun to play. this games has 3 expansions, and even with those added in, the drawing deck is fairly small, but once you add them in, boy oh boy, what refined faction based deck builder! the only issue is that on the app they haven't released the expansions for it yet :'C
Very cool!
I agree, TM and Root are great. I would've never had the chance to play a game like Root if not for the app. I also like scythe and cat Lady
The Clever series are the only board game that I play as an app. I got into board games to get away from looking at screens so much, but the Clever series works whenever I'm anywhere & is so addictive & challenging to get those high scores. My favorite is the 2nd variant of Clever Cubed, but to be honest, each iteration has been my favorite until the new version gets released. Thanks for the list!
My only issue with terraforming mars is they don't have the expansion board. I thought 7 wonders would be on your list.
Lords of Waterdeep is pretty good. Hero Realms as well, plus online opponents
I love Istanbul's app just wish they'd come out with the expansions
I also have an appreciation for roots app since I can't get the board to the table ☹️
My top have been Scythe and Terraforming Mars.
Wingspan and Everdell have also been fantastic
Noice
Potion explosion and Isle of Skye are great apps.
Such a good idea for a board game-related list. Actually surprised I haven't seen this more. Guess you're just an original intellect, Mike!
But here's how app-ignorant I am. If I get one of these (like Dragon Castle or Potion Explosion) can I play it by myself against AI? Or do I need to play against another person? I only have one game app at this point so I'm not familiar with how they work? Thank you!
Great questions! In just about every app I’ve found you can play against computer characters and select their difficulty level and such so it’s a great way to play!
@@TheBrothersMurph Thank you!
Surprised Gloomhaven didn't make the list. It is my favorite app. I also really like deck builder apps. Takes the fiddlyness away.
Honestly it should have been! I think that app does such a good job. Chalk that one up to being out of mind because I haven’t played it in a while. Absolutely worthy of the list though
Everdell, Carcassonne, Jaipur, Sagrada, Splendor, and Wingspan all make my list. Munchkin digital app coming soon too!!!
Niiiiiiiice
great vid
I'm loving the Unmatched app(Steam) right now. It may be my favorite board game app ever.
Oh, I didn't know about a steam version of Unmatched, thanks!
Just hit early access!
Nice! That coming out is actually what prompted me to think up this list. So excited to try the unmatched app
Splendor is fantastic when I'm camping or on the plane. Perfect game I think should have a mention.
It’s a super smooth app this is true!
I mostly play Patchwork against the 'Uwe' npc - it's really hard to beat. Have also played a bit of Eight Minute Empire, The Castles of Burgundy, Catan, and of course lots of Through the Ages like Mike. I have tried the Wingspan and Terraforming Mars PC apps and found them both rather boring and clunky IMO.
Raiders of the North Sea and Viticulture are both great apps .
Star Realms/Hero Realms and Onirim worth a mention.
Great ones for sure
Do you play most of these multi-player online or solo against an AI opponent? The only app game I really play is star realms. That one is really good.
I was about to ask the same question then saw that the very first question was exactly that 😀 Lately I've been playing one deck dungeon. I own the physical game, and nothing beats the tactile feel of rolling the dice, but the app just makes the games so much easier to get in a few runs.
I play sometimes against people like my wife, never just against random folks on the internet so most play is against the AI’s
Just curious, have you played the Evolution app?
Yes indeed! Really solid
Could you do a board game apps, but, like a assistant or tool app?
Oooh I'm sure I could!
Hey Brothers Murph, first off, great video. Secondly, I've developed a board game and was wondering if you'd like to help play test it, provide some feedback on setup, rules, etc... Let me know if you'd be interesting.
Hey Travis! We don’t do play testing for games but you can always feel free to email us at thebrothersmurph@gmail.com
@@TheBrothersMurph thanks. Appreciate the response. Take care.
My Favorite games to play on my phone or Steam are:
Istanbul
Concordia (great for Live tracking of scores)
Stockpile (really a hidden gem)
Scythe
Spirit Island
Raiders of The North Sea
Patchwork
Isle of Skye
Pandemic
Onirim
Coffee Roaster
Great choices all!
Interestingly no Gloomhaven nor Unmatched.
Is digitalization the future of board games?
Thanks for very good video.
Haven’t had a chance to play the unmatched app yet but it’s what made me think to do this list actually! And haven’t played Gloomhaven in a long time so I just didn’t think of it but that app is super rad
Might be my favorite co-host yet. Who knew you guys were interchangeable with mom's old electronics?
We been saying that. Mike is gonna go on vacation and we’re gonna replace him with an old desktop loaded with windows 98 on it
@@TheBrothersMurph that is a brilliant jab. Well-played!
Scythe my number 1
Missing few games imoh (nor tastes ^^ ) :
Elder Signs
Raiders of the north seas
Street Masters
Lords of waterdeep
Onirim
Sagrada
Small World
Kingdom Rush
Spirit Island
Those are really good on smartphone/tablet, and might even be better than their boardgames versions ;)
Terraforming Mars Digital is great indeed
Also great Tool to trach it to others
How do any of these play on a 10 inch tablet?
They all should be solid
I know it’s not a real board game, but curious if TBM like slay the spire.
HEEEEEEEECK YES WE DO!
Wingspan
Aeon end
Spirit island
7 wonder
7 wonder duel
Sagrada
Lord of warterdeep
Raider of the north sea
Sagrada
Is great for me too
What about Pandemic? I think it amazing as an app!!
Haven’t played that one yet but should!
Concordia, Lords of Waterdeep, Shards of Infinity, Terra Mystica, Raiders of the North Sea, Spirit Island, Everdell, Lanterns, 7 Wonders and Duel, Fox in the Forest, Mystic Vale, Race for the Galaxy, Istanbul and Jaipur are all good apps. Unmatched is coming soon too.
Great choices! And Unmatched just came into early access on Steam woot!
Is dominion actually available on ios? I had it once upon a time but I can’t find it anymore
I have it on steam and it’s fairly recently come out there so my guess is it’d hit iOS soon
most of the time the apps are great! my problem is with the board game choice they have since most of them even in this list are terrible anyway!
Naaaaaaah they great. But what’s a game you’d love to see made into an app??
i hate not being able to read all the games you have in the background
Hahaha that’s fair that’s fair
Root?
Love that app!
Knowing how much you like le Havre I am sure you are going to love the app
My only issue with terraforming mars is they don't have the expansion board. I thought 7 wonders would be on your list.
I'm sure they're working on the various expansions for TM and I'm looking forward to it. and I definitely played a bunch of 7 wonders on the app and enjoy it