Big Daddy Creations did an absolute fantastic job building this app.
So how does this digital version play? Pretty spectacularly I must say. If you read my review of the Neuroshima Hex board game (or even the intro paragraph above), then it’s quite obvious that I love this game. While working in info mode is a bit of a clunky approach, the information presented is very easy to understand. The points are largely irrelevant other than for adding to your games center score. I would have rather seen functionality where you just press and hold on a tile to bring up the info window (similar to how Le Havre: The Inland Port approached it).Īt the end of the game, an info screen will display showing a player’s points for the game. This was the only part that I’d like to see done a little better. It’s a bit clunky to have to constantly enter and exit the info mode, especially for new players.
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This will allow you to tap any tile to get the full rules for its special abilities. The panel also lets you enter an information mode by pressing the “i” button. If you want to discard more than one tile, you can press and hold a tile to activate the discard mode again (much like when you want to delete an app on your phone). Each will wiggle with a little “X” to allow you to choose which one you want to discard. When it’s your turn, this panel will slide out and it will show you the three tiles you currently have to choose from. On the left side of the board (or the bottom of your screen on the iPhone) is the game’s only panel. The board is made up of 19 individual hexes, each of which can hold one unit, module, or HQ. Once you are in the game, the screen is dominated by the game board and its post-apocalyptic background. So everything you see in the app should look very familiar if you’ve played the board game. The Neuroshima Hex app has been out for a while now, but the app has recently been given a facelift to align it with the look of the 3rd edition of the tabletop game. Be the last player with an HQ still on the board (or have the most points left when players run out of tiles) and you win! The app is very well designed and the app makes it easy to select and move around tiles. The games combat system is delightfully simple and easy to understand. Once someone plays a battle tile (or the board fills up), units will attack in descending initiative order. Tiles come in the form of units (both ranged and melee), Modules (boosts other units), or Instants (one time use tiles). The game is played on a hexagonal board with the object being to reduce your opponent’s HQ to zero points.Įach turn, a player draws three tiles from their stack, discards one and may then play the other two onto the game board. Each player controls one of the games 4 unique factions (Humans, Mutants, Robots, or Gangs).
But the quick of it is that Neuroshima Hex is an abstract, tactical board game for 2-4 players. The review I linked to above is perfect if you want to know all about Neuroshima Hex, so I’d start there if you’d like an in-depth analysis on the game. So the only remaining question is if it’s as much fun to play on our tablets as it is on our tables. Developer Big Daddy Creations has taken this Portal Games staple and brought it to our tablets and phones. You can read my full thoughts in my review here, but the short of it was I loved it! I have since bought just about every expansion available for the game and it has turned into one of those games that I’m always willing to play.Īfter playing the game quite a number of times, I was elated to discover that there was already an iOS app available for Neuroshima Hex. However I kept hearing rumblings about how good this decade old game was, so I figured why not give it a shot. I’m usually not one for abstract games, so it wasn’t too high on my radar to being with. It’s a game that’s been around for many years, yet I’ve never got around to trying it. In 2015 I got my first chance to play the Neuroshima Hex board game.