Being an owner of an iPhone, I’m always excited to see new board game related apps. Fantasy Flight’s new iPhone app for Arkham Horror, the Arkham Horror Toolkit, is one of the best I’ve seen yet. It isn’t the full game, but it’s the next best thing. A constant companion to streamline your gameplay.
The app has four main features:
– Choosing and tracking your character stats
– Rolling dice
– Viewing the city map
– Randomly drawing event cards
Currently going for $2.99, this is a must buy. You’ll get your money’s worth from the dice feature alone. Especially considering it is a third the cost of the Arkham Horror Dice Set (though the physical dice are quite a nice addition).
When you purchase the app you’ll get the characters, maps and event cards for the base game. Not to worry though, because if you’ve purchased an expansion, the toolkit has in-app purchases to add the other expansions to it. These range in price from $0.99 to $1.99.
My favorite feature is being able to just click on the city or other world location and have the app randomly give me an event. I would love to see them add Mythos cards… and with a long history of creating quality products, I wouldn’t be surprised if they did.
Click here to learn more about the awesome features.
App store link: Arkham Horror Toolkit
Nice, gonna check it out!
Just got this game a month or two ago, have been dreading putting it all out and trying the first game, this looks like a great idea to help beginners like me!
got the app. really like it
I prefer the dice in my hand, it all just feels a little more real.
O.o
As I wanted to have an iPhone this program …
The app was a great disappointment to me, but then I hadn’t played the board game beforehand..
Wow. This app is pretty sweet and saves some table space. Wish they’d of included a few more card stacks too though.
The app has a ton of potential, but is not fully realized. The best feature is the ability to draw Arkham (or expansion town) encounters and Other World encounters. This saves table space by reducing the need for stacks of cards on the table and shuffling.
The other features are just eye candy. The character tracker has no capability to manage items so you’re better off staying on the table for that feature. The dice feature, meh. The board map… well it should be right in front of you. While nice to look at, I can pass on all of these.
The encounter card drawing ability is worth the cost, but the app is not a slam dunk across the board. It does show great potential if it continues to get updates to improve the character tracking abilities.
I agree 100%, this app is sweet!