Gaming Trend editor Dan Edelen writes: "What we are now experiencing in digital platform gaming is nothing short of a renaissance—all spurred by strategic board games.
But is this a positive trend for good old-fashioned board games, no nVidia GeForce required? And is it possible that cardboard, plastic, and wood can offer what pixels can’t?"
The classic deck-building game Dominion comes to mobile, and there has never been a better time to try it out.
The genre-defining card game Dominion is now available as as an app for Android, iOS, and PC via Google Play, the App Store and Steam.
The Humble Bundle Twin Sails Collection just launched recently. It includes 37 items including A Game of Thrones: The Board Game, Ticket to Ride, Carcassone, and more. As always, a percentage goes to support charity.
I have a shelf of hundreds (yes, hundreds) of boardgames. Many of them are the "hobby" boardgames that get turned into iPad apps. For me, nothing replaces a physical boardgame. It's nice to unplug, to sit down, and to play against someone across the table. Undeniably, it's 1,000 times easier to "set up" Agricola on the iPad instead of setting up the boardgame, but I still prefer the physical thing.
For what it's worth, anyone with a mobile or tablet should try out Neuroshima Hex. Fantastic boardgame and fantastic app with a really cool post-apocalyptic theme.
My family prefer playing Monopoly(and other games)on a physical board rather than computers. I don't mind digital when I'm playing by myself though.
digital board games are not better, they are just far more accessible and way easier to set-up and play. and in many cases cheaper. but nothing beats playing with friends and family in person.