Emerald Guardian
gamer level 5
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Player Stats
Critic (lvl 1)
110 xp
110 xp
Explorer (lvl 2)
426 xp
426 xp
Professor (lvl 1)
181 xp
181 xp
Reporter (lvl 1)
118 xp
118 xp
About Me
I'm a huge fan of all sorts of games. From an early age my parents taught me chess backgammon and cards. We spent long nights saying Sorry, checking rooms for a Clue, or creating a Monopoly. I guess it was in my genes and reinforced by my training to become a gamer. So I embraced games wholeheartedly, collecting CCGs, star wars minis, and whatever new board game I could get my group to play. Now I dabble in game design and still love a good game of Catan or pandemic.
Ticket to Ride Pocket
My friend told me yesterday that Ticket to ride was currently free at the app store. I was always uncertain about ticket to ride, it seemed too simple to me, but hey a free game is a free game. I received so much more than I expected.
Not only is ticket to ride a great game itself, (which I may not have discovered without this app since I had convinced myself it was too simple and didn’t have any friends who owned it) but this is a beautiful adaptation. It comes with a great video, an extremely helpful tutorial, and fantastic animations that help you track your progress. As others have mentioned the AIs are competitive, and I have to struggle to keep up at times.
I love the asynchronous play option which is currently not available in the iPad version. This is going to be a lot more fun to have a couple games going with than words with friends.
Pros
A fun to play adaptation of a great game
beautiful graphics and animations
soothing music
it’s currently free
Cons
Screen size makes clunky fingers a problem at times
Some of the menus are not that attractive
You have to use iOS game center to play with your friends
It may no longer be free depending on when you look at this
Overall I’d say it’s still well worth the $1.99 when this app is no longer free. I hope you enjoy it.