What IOS games have you been playing?

I've been enjoying playing the iOS 4X space exploration game, Dangerous .

I'm thinking of buying a new iPad. But I can't decide between the newest version and this $8 million iPad 2 . Now with dinosaur bones! No, really.

Bullwinkle wrote: This Elder Sign: Omens update is great. The new investigators, adventures, and campaign are good, but the best part is that they seem to have upped the difficulty considerably. The base campaign (Azathoth) has gone from a near-certain victory to a toss-up, and most wins and losses are by the skin of your teeth. And the Cthulhu campaign is even harder.

Big-time agreement.

My former Azathoth winning percentage: 60 percent, +/- 5-10 percent. My current Azathoth winning percentage: 15 percent? Maybe? It's brutal.

And the Cthulhu campaign? Yikes. I came close the other day, but a juicy +3 Doom tokens wiped me out. And those +3's seem to be coming up a lot ...

I downloaded Elder Sign from my Android phone, but baulked at the many pages of rules and lack of a tutorial. I don't watch videos. Is it likely a good idea to try and read the board game rules first on a PC as a sufficient grounding in how to play?

MattDP wrote: I downloaded Elder Sign from my Android phone, but baulked at the many pages of rules and lack of a tutorial. I don't watch videos. Is it likely a good idea to try and read the board game rules first on a PC as a sufficient grounding in how to play?

Have you looked at it since the update? I think it has tutorials now.

Just want to chime in and agree on the ELDER SIGN update. They really juiced it, and it's pretty awesome. Still has the same rolling-rolling-roll--aw-fuck-I'm-dead gameplay, but there's more meaningful decisions along the way, especially with the CTHULHU expansion. I just steamed to the Pacific in no time (3 doom counters?) in one game and was rocking cocks over there with the red charm and the green super tome, but despite two solid cracks at the big feller, he just annihilated my party at R'lyeh. Great times.

MattDP wrote: I don't watch videos.

You need to re-think this. Sort video instruction such as found in Elder Sign is the absolute perfect way to learn a new app.

I sincerely wish every app developer would follow FFG's lead here: short videos paired with rules topics that never require scrolling.

TheDukester wrote:

MattDP wrote: I don't watch videos.

You need to re-think this. Sort video instruction such as found in Elder Sign is the absolute perfect way to learn a new app.

No, I cut that short because I couldn't be bothered to explain. It's more that I can't watch videos. I spend most of my gaming time on my phone huddled under a blanket in my toddler's bedroom so she can't see the screen light while I wait for her to go to sleep. The noise of a video would disturb here even more. Of course I could watch it later, but my free time is precious. So I'd rather have a play-through tutorial if I can get one.

MattDP wrote: I spend most of my gaming time on my phone huddled under a blanket in my toddler's bedroom so she can't see the screen light while I wait for her to go to sleep. The noise of a video would disturb here even more.

Wouldn't headphones solve this problem rather easily?

Bullwinkle wrote: Wouldn't headphones solve this problem rather easily?

Possibly. But I feel the need to be able to hear what's going on, since I can't see, in case she's sick or somesuch. Could turn the volume down I guess.