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Carcassonne
The Coding Monkeys have done an excellent job of transforming the sensational board-game title of Carcassonne to the iPhone. That's jumping the gun on the review, but if you're already a fan of the addictive board-game published by Hans im Glück then that should be all you really need to hear.…
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Enigmo 2 Review
Enigmo 2 is Pangea Software's response to their already successful and critically aclaimed physics puzzle game Enigmo. In this offering Pangea has brought better graphics and even 3D world manipulation, but does that make it a better game? The first major hurdle players unfamiliar to Enigmo as a series will need to come to grips with is the set of controls available. Each of the earlier levels attempts to teach the physics and new features of the game, but forgets to let players get c…
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BOGGLE Review
Boggle is a port of the well known, word based board game for the iPhone. The gameplay is still the same; players are given a 4x4 square full of jumbled letters and they have to make as many words using those letters. Players are given a time limit and score based on the length of the word. You construct words by tapping on the letters in sequence and submit them by tapping the final letter again. The words must be 3 or more letters and only adjacent letters can be selected for each w…
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Animal Kingdom Review
Animal Kingdom is a puzzle game where players take control of 8 different animals, each with different strength levels. The game is very similar to chess in that certain pieces can move certain places and you must verse your opponent in a battle of wits and strategy. Players must either reach the centre square in the enemy's area or eliminate all other animals in order to win the game. You control your animals by tapping on them to select them and then tapping in the direction you wan…
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THE GAME OF LIFE Classic Edition Review
For those of you who are familiar with the Milton Bradley series of board games, you will have heard of Life; the game where players progress through various stages of life earning money, buying a house, and starting a family in order to retire rich and happy. Well with the release of The Game of Life for the iPhone, players can access this classic board game at the touch of a fingertip. The gameplay remains the same as the original board game; players must spin a dial to move their p…
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BoXiKoN Review
Boxikon by Paul Burkey is an odd puzzle game, but that's not a bad thing at all when you're attempting to cram 74 different shape combinations in to a grid to score some points. Available for several years on PC and Mac, the iPhone version is a polished arcade puzzle game and delivers a Tetris come Bejeweled style of gameplay that's almost immediately addictive. Boxikon uses a drag and drop system that utilises a second finger to rotate the piece currently selected. While this can be…
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Subway Shuffle Review
Subway Shuffle is a puzzle game where players must move their train cart across the tracks to get to the end of the level. However, players must move other train carts out of the way in order to clear a path for them to do so. Players control their carts by sliding them along the tracks using their finger. Carts are restricted to their respective coloured tracks and cannot move across other tracks, so players will need to juggle different coloured carts in order to clear a path for yo…
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20Q™ Mind Reader Review
There's a perverse pleasure to be had in pitting a human mind against a fake one and 20Q Mind Reader by Digital Chocolate takes the classic game of "20 Questions" to the next entertaining level. Users are invited to play against the virtual mind reader while correctly answering its questions, but attempting to stump the AI can be just as fun as playing along. No virtual mind is bound to be perfect and this one proves to have its weaknesses. The AI was boggled by thinking of a "speed l…
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SCRABBLE Review
Scrabble is an iconic board game that has been around 1938, popularised in the 50's and is almost globally known in its gameplay. Simplicity reigns supreme in EA's release of Scrabble on the iPhone and you couldn't expect anything less from such a simple, yet challenging game. The letter tiles all use a simple drag and drop system for placement with the rest of the interface being responsive to simple touches. The iPhone has also been well considered by the use of a "Recall" button to…
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Lux DLX 2 Review
Board games are a booming field for game developers on the iPhone and it's easy to see why, with the ability to essentially "pass the phone" between players you eliminate the fuss and hassle of setting up a game with dozens, if not hundreds of pieces. Lux DLX by Sillysoft Games attempts and succeeds at being a clone of the popular board game Risk while saving you from shifting around the extraordinary amount of tokens and dice required for each game. The game's controls are its only r…
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Croke Review
Croke is an iPhone version of the action board game Crokinole and has similar rules to shuffleboard. Players must push their discs towards the middle of the board to get a higher score, while knocking other player’s discs off or away from high scoring sections. Players control their discs by sliding their finger to position they wish to shoot from and then pull back on the spring behind ti to launch. The disc speed and power is measured by how far you pull back the spring. There…
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Meteor - Brick Breaker Review
Meteor Brick Breaker is a brick smashing game where players control a small space ship and must smash all of the bricks in front of you in order to complete the level. Players can also utilize various power-ups and bonuses in order to break the bricks faster. Players control the spaceship by dragging their finger across the slider bar in the direction they want to move and launch the ball by tapping the ball itself. They must make sure to always keep the ball bouncing; otherwise they…
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PathPix Review
PathPix is a puzzle game where players must draw lines between matching coloured numbers to make an image. The lengths of the lines are restricted by the numbers at the two ends. For example, if you want to join up two boxes of five, the path between them must be five spaces long. Players drag out a path once they have found a matching pair of numbers in close proximity to each other. Players can also drag the drawn line back to its starting box in order to undo it or adjust it. The n…
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Trivial Pursuit Review
Trivial Pursuit is a port of the popular board game for the iPhone. Players move around the game board answering questions in different categories in order to earn wedges for their game piece. The first person to get all 6 categories right and earn all wedges wins the game. The controls are easy, everything is controlled by tapping on the screen. Players can tap or shake their iPhone to roll the dice and again tap to choose the direction of movement. The games questions are presented…
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CLUE Review
Clue is a puzzle game where players must investigate various murder cases by interviewing suspects, gathering clues and making accusations. If players are familiar with the Clue franchise, then you’ll know the framework for the murder mysteries that you will need to investigate. Players use the iPhone’s touch screen to talk to characters, change rooms and find clues. The controls are simple to use and players will not have a problem navigating through the different screens…
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UNO™ Review
Uno has been a card game classic for over 30 years and has branched out to offer itself to a multitude of platforms, so its iPhone debut was always inevitable. Finally Uno fans everywhere can enjoy Uno on the go with Gameloft's faithful adaption for the iPhone. Jumping into the Quick Play option from the main menu will take you instantly into a game of classic Uno. The screen is split into 4 sections, one for each player taking part in a match, with the center of the screen being dedi…
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