iOS turn based gaming

There are so many iOS turn based games you can play against friends & randoms. You are spoiled for choice from board games & word games to quiz & drawing.

Thus I have decided to say farewall to a few that I have been playing over the last couple of years.

Firstly Wordfeud, it was always the poor cousin to Words with Friends & just never get the recognition it deserved. Letting you play in various languages & also giving you the option of a random board layout.

Next we have a few Zynga with Friends games that people have just stopped playing Hanging with Friends & Scrabble with Friends. Hanging with Friends took the hangman game and gave it a Zynga paintbrush & Scrabble is basically the Boggle board game with a grid of letters you have to make words to get points.

Lastly I say goodbye to Jenga which is a shame but the notification system on it is just broken & the developers no longer seem interested in fixing the issue.

So what am I currently playing?

Carcassonne, Words with Friends, Hero Academy & Disc Drivin will always be on all my iOS devices because they are all excellent examples of turn based gaming.

Others that I am still playing are Draw Something (iPad only), Song Pop (Although I am quickly getting bored of this), Trivie (again annoying because it is tailored to the US market on the question bank) & Friendle (Backgammon only with random players because no-one seems to be playing this anymore).

I have a few others that I am testing with Abbas & trying to figure out how to play them like Bang, Ticket To Ride & Outwitters. Before I decide on keeping or deleting them.

Hero Academy Challenges

In the recent Hero Academy update a new feature was added in "Challenges". These have you controlling various teams to kill the opposing team in a set number of turns using various skills.

A nice puzzle variant to Hero Academy

I've completed the first section Meet the Council & decided to upload some youtube videos showing the walkthroughs. Now time to go visit the Dark Elves.

Hero Academy - ATTACK !!

Poor Abbas, this match is a bit one-sided

Hero Academy - Dwarves

New heroes are introduced regularly to Hero Academy by the developers Robot Entertainment but the prices for these new teams are usually priced at a premium of £1.49

Dwarves recently went on sale to 69p because of the release of another new team The Tribe.

I enjoy playing this lovely strategy title but I think the developer needs to look at what it can offer to its gamers for free instead of just spending their time developing & charging for teams. Look at all the free content given on Angry Birds or the free disc drivin maps, how about they look at the maps or gameplay types the player can play with the teams & give that away for free?

Anyhow I am still enjoying playing the game albeit only with a few players, most from UGVM have moved on, If you want a game send me an invite to gospvg

New Game - Hero Academy

Another turn based iOS game, this time Hero Academy has you control your army to destroy your enemies crystals. You can only make five moves per turn from using items on your bottom bar to heal, cast magic, defend or any of the other special moves that you get dealt.

It's a simple game but only time will tell if it has any long term appeal.

My username obviously is gospvg if you fancy a game.
Just to add apologies if I take longer to play my turns, too many turn-based iOS games on the go...