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Among the best things in life is playing printed games in person with family and close friends. When those are not convenient we like iOS Board Games. News, reviews, previews, and opinions about board gaming on iPhones, iPads, iPods and even Android devices. (iPhone board games, iPad board games, iPod board games, Android board games)
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iOS Release: Forbidden Island

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16 Nov 2011
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Name: Forbidden Island

Device: iOS iPad

Launch Price: $4.99

Players: 1-4

Multiplayer: Face to Face

Seller/Developer: Button Mash Games Inc.

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/app/forbidden-island/id427419772

Release, update, price tracking info on Appshopper.com: http://appshopper.com/games/forbidden-island

Based on BGG Entry: Forbidden Island

VGG Entry: None yet.


Notes: I will quote ESPN's Stuart Scott by saying it is turning into a redonkulous week for new apps! (See our next post at 9am EST too.) If you've been on the fence about iOS board games, a week like this might finally get you on the playground.

Not only did we again not see an app coming, but this also appears to be released by a new developer, Button Mash Games, unknown to us before today. With so many apps today released without proper marketing and supporting web pages behind them, we're glad to see this app's got a nice looking and informative web page to go with it.









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This has been out since the 9th. How did we miss it? Looks gorgeous.
 
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SJack wrote:
This has been out since the 9th. How did we miss it? Looks gorgeous.

Not sure. Where did you read the 9th? I see 15th.
 
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Another game i will have to buy, looks very good!
 
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You know what would be really redonkulous?

Summoner Wars ... Ascension expansion ... Nightfall. My head would explode in a shower of bone and gristle.

But this is huge, no doubt. An utterly fantastic game, and a stealth release, to boot. A very nice surprise.
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Wow.. this was left field. Didn't see it coming at all.

Perhaps Pandemic might be next??...and that will then cover a good set of coop games (inc Ghost Stories).
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blindspot wrote:
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This has been out since the 9th. How did we miss it? Looks gorgeous.

Not sure. Where did you read the 9th? I see 15th.




9th appeared when I did a search (see screenshot above). 15th looks like version 1.0.1
Speculating, I can imagine v1 being approved but Button Mash spotted a bug and quickly fixed it with v1.0.1, and never putting version 1 on for sale.
 
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It's getting harder to not buy an iPad. Although Ticket to Ride has just been released for the iPhone/iPod.
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Picking this up. Keltis HD came out today as well.
 
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Alexjrc wrote:
It's getting harder to not buy an iPad. Although Ticket to Ride has just been released for the iPhone/iPod.


really ? since when ? how did i miss that
 
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Forbidden Island. Excellent game. only thing missing is online play.
 
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Jion wrote:
Alexjrc wrote:
It's getting harder to not buy an iPad. Although Ticket to Ride has just been released for the iPhone/iPod.


really ? since when ? how did i miss that


ticket to ride pocket has no online play. apparently 3g devices have spotty reception... Pfft... nice one days of wonder. shake
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Looks very interesting.

Just to make sure I've got this right - is the single player like Ghost Stories where you choose to play 1-4 players in an attempt to beat the game?

OK - I've figured it out!
 
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Wow, wow, wow. I just bought Tigris and Euphrates last night and now this this morning? Exciting day!!!!
 
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I now mark today as the day my board game collecting moved from cardboard to predominately digital.

I am both sad and excited at the same time.
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What an amazing app. I find this to be very well done. This game almost begged to be made into an ios version. I think Pandemic would make an amazing app also.

Anyway I am glad that I saw this. I bought it instantly and I think most of the work i have to do here in my office will sit until tomorrow.
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Wow I wasn't expecting that!
Really impressive implementation.
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FranklinTV wrote:
I now mark today as the day my board game collecting moved from cardboard to predominately digital.


Really? Your BGG "cardboard" collection looks like it is at 309 .... that a lot of digital format boardgames.

Seriously though I know what you mean. It feels like there is some rapid change happening, and I'm not sure what it means, or where it will end. For the moment I am embracing the best of what is on offer....

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CaptainCosmic wrote:
You know what would be really redonkulous?

Summoner Wars ... Ascension expansion ... Nightfall. My head would explode in a shower of bone and gristle.

But this is huge, no doubt. An utterly fantastic game, and a stealth release, to boot. A very nice surprise.


Heheh. same here!!!

I picked up Forbidden Island last night. It is very nicely done.
 
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Dear Mr. Leacock,
if you could bring Pandemic to iOS as well, that'd be fantastic. Kthnx.
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Beautiful presentation. Amazing considering it's an app no one expected from a company no one had heard of before yesterday.

Between this and Elder Sign's two week turnaround, I'm starting to get anxious at Playdek's slipped release dates. Are they saying December now?
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Excellent! I love it when something just springs onto the market. Even though it makes business sense to make a buzz, I'd much rather things to just appear and immediately be able to jump all over it, rather than wait... and wait... and wait...

Such as, where the heck is Through the Ages?
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I'd much rather things to just appear and immediately be able to jump all over it, rather than wait... and wait... and wait...

Such as, where the heck is Through the Ages?


and Summoner Wars. I'm channeling Tom Petty now...
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From what I understand Codito is doing La Harve first, THEN Through the Ages.
 
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CaptainCosmic wrote:

Summoner Wars ... Ascension expansion ... Nightfall. My head would explode in a shower of bone and gristle.


do we have any recent news on these three?
 
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WOW! This is great... now if Agricola would hit iTunes I would be stoked.
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It was posted in the Summoner Wars forums earlier this week that the iOS app has been delayed until January.
 
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It was posted in the Summoner Wars forums earlier this week that the iOS app has been delayed until January.


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Oh, well, January's not that far away. When GMT games start hitting, then I'm done for. You won't be able to tear the iPad from my hands.
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cprloe wrote:
It was posted in the Summoner Wars forums earlier this week that the iOS app has been delayed until January.

Thanks for the update.

Not to be too bitter, but I called this one a long time ago. There was simply no chance that Incinerator was going to release like four major projects in "Fall 2011," as it says at their site.

The only issue now is whether everything is delayed, or just SW.
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Alexjrc wrote:
It's getting harder to not buy an iPad. Although Ticket to Ride has just been released for the iPhone/iPod.
Well, it's still not quite the same thing, as DoW announced that this one won't have online play through cell networks (so only wifi or bluetooth), nor the Europe and Swiss exp implemented.

I call BS about the latter, as being Iphone OS users, we're used to constantly zooming and flicking the screen to view photos, web pages, and documents anyways. The could capture the details of placing train stations with that. However, if they simply don't want to go through the hassle redoing the graphics for a smaller screen, then fine... fair enough. Speaking of which, I scanned for the platform part and as soon as I saw iOS Ipad only, I skipped the article and went straight for the comments section.
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Wow great news, definitely will be buying this soon, it looks fantastic. I still have Forbidden Island sitting at home unopened from last Christmas, maybe this app will get me to open it and try it out with the family.
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OK, so after two plays and a 20-year design veteran I can say I'm pretty impressed with the implementation.

As the tiniest nit-picks: I'd personally like to see the card shuffling animation changed and/or sped up ... just flip the cards and jiggle them ... there's really no need to slide them slowly off screen then slowly back. But that's really it. Overall, well done.

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Wow great news, definitely will be buying this soon, it looks fantastic. I still have Forbidden Island sitting at home unopened from last Christmas, maybe this app will get me to open it and try it out with the family.


Unopened?! Gak. Open that game stat and get playing, it's quite fun.
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Looks excellent - I'll recommend this to my iPad friends.
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[q="Alexjrc"] DoW announced that this one won't have online play through cell networks (so only wifi or bluetooth),


Unless I'm mistaken, that's local wifi or bluetooth.
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Unopened?! Gak. Open that game stat and get playing, it's quite fun.


Will do! I have bought a lot of board games(almost 20)in the last 6 months since I'm fairly new to the hobby and I always forget to try Forbidden Island which I got for Christmas last year.
 
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I bought FI today. Looks like a lot of fun, but the tutorial leaves a bit to be desired (at least in my eyes). Maybe I'm in the minority, but I prefer tutorials that walk you through pretty much everything (these are the roles, these are the cards, this is the flood level, etc. and what they mean) instead of throwing you into a game that's already begun, giving you a few turns, then jumping you way ahead and giving you a couple more turns.

I've said this before -- in my opinion, if a game is going to include a tutorial, the developers should follow the example set by Ascension. That's a well-done tutorial.
 
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Just finished first game; excellent in every way (despite the crushing loss).

This is a top-shelf, 10/10 app. Highest recommendation.
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What? For iPad only. Boooooooo!
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Please tell me that they're release a Mac OS version like Elder Sign: Omens. No iPod touch or iPad makes me sad, seeing all these new iOS releases. I can only cross my finger for OSX releases.
 
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My kids and I play the cardboard version of this all the time. I'd say we win about 75% of the time.

I've played this app 6 times now solo (with 3 players all controlled by me) and am 1-5.

I'm starting to think that my kids are carrying me...
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Bought this today, while I've never played the fisical boardgame before, and it AWSOME.

After reading the rules, I was a bit overwheled, but after going through the tutorial (which is excelent and very clear) I managed to play and actually win my very first game.

Too bad I cannot say the same thing for Ghost stories for IOS... I bought that more than a week ago, and I still havet o figure out how to play...

Great iOS buy.

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LOL — I just lost in three turns. Fool's Landing sank right into the waves.

Surely that's some sort of record, right ... ? zombie
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I entirely agree with all the positive vibe on this game.

It's great and has excellent graphics, good tutorial and superb gameplay, although I'm yet to win.

 
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Unless I'm mistaken, that's local wifi or bluetooth.


yes VERY big difference!
 
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Please tell me that they're release a Mac OS version like Elder Sign: Omens. No iPod touch or iPad makes me sad, seeing all these new iOS releases. I can only cross my finger for OSX releases.
I thought all iOS apps were also available for OSX by default? At least that's what one Mac user told me the other day.
 
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I thought all iOS apps were also available for OSX by default? At least that's what one Mac user told me the other day.

No. Absolutely false.
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Beautiful presentation. Amazing considering it's an app no one expected from a company no one had heard of before yesterday.

Between this and Elder Sign's two week turnaround, I'm starting to get anxious at Playdek's slipped release dates. Are they saying December now?


Thanks Ron! We're really excited by the positive reaction we've seen here on BGG.

We wanted to surprise and delight everyone and it looks like it worked!
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This has been out since the 9th. How did we miss it? Looks gorgeous.

Not sure. Where did you read the 9th? I see 15th.




9th appeared when I did a search (see screenshot above). 15th looks like version 1.0.1
Speculating, I can imagine v1 being approved but Button Mash spotted a bug and quickly fixed it with v1.0.1, and never putting version 1 on for sale.


Scrumpy Jack, you're both clever and correct.

We actually released Forbidden Island on the 15th, but submitted a version to Apple slightly before. Once Apple stores a release date in their system, it's stuck there for good.
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ButtonMashGames wrote:
Bahimiron wrote:
Beautiful presentation. Amazing considering it's an app no one expected from a company no one had heard of before yesterday.

Between this and Elder Sign's two week turnaround, I'm starting to get anxious at Playdek's slipped release dates. Are they saying December now?


Thanks Ron! We're really excited by the positive reaction we've seen here on BGG.

We wanted to surprise and delight everyone and it looks like it worked!



So when is the Android version coming out so I can play too?
 
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Forbidden Island is a nice family game, ok with kids. Second fiddle to Pandemic, which I'd rather see for iOS. (Crossing fingers...)
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So when is the Android version coming out so I can play too?

Unfortunately, we aren't planning to develop an Android version of Forbidden Island. The development language and UI toolkit that we used to create the game is specific to iOS.
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I've only played one round so far, but it's quite well implemented. They haven't missed any of the little details like being able to interrupt the flood phase of another player's turn with your helicopters or sand bags (I actually won by using two helicopters that way). I'd love to see the variable island layouts added, but the screen space is pretty well filled up already. Not sure if all the strange shapes would fit without reducing the size of the tiles to the point of detriment.

So, when can we expect Pandemic?
 
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I have lost on the second player of the first turn on a 4 play game. Fools landing started as being in water and second player drew a waters rise card which in turn turned over fools landing once again.

I am having fun with this app but have yet to win a game.
 
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davidbrit2 wrote:
So, when can we expect Pandemic?


+1
 
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Sean,
Thank you so much. Me and my 7 year old son have played this like 8 or 9 times so far. He LOVES it. This is a TOP NOTCH implementation of this game and I am greatly looking forward to your next release.


rating from me on this one!!
 
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I agree, this is the kind of Iios release that sets the bar high.

It would be really interesting to hear what is being planned next by this development team, but if this release is anything to go by we only know 2 things...

1. It'll be good.
2. We won't know about it until we can buy it...

oooooh the suspense !
 
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p0pcult wrote:
davidbrit2 wrote:
So, when can we expect Pandemic?


+1
+1, but I'll wait until the expansion gets implemented as well. Otherwise, I could do without.
 
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So far I like the implementation of the board game.

Does anyone know if there's a way to zoom in on the tiles in addition to Fools Landing? The art is really gorgeous and I hoped you could use the whole IPad screen to contemplate it...

It reminds me of Myst.
 
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Sean,
Thank you so much. Me and my 7 year old son have played this like 8 or 9 times so far. He LOVES it. This is a TOP NOTCH implementation of this game and I am greatly looking forward to your next release.


rating from me on this one!!


Much appreciated, sir! :-)
 
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juanma99 wrote:
So far I like the implementation of the board game.

Does anyone know if there's a way to zoom in on the tiles in addition to Fools Landing? The art is really gorgeous and I hoped you could use the whole IPad screen to contemplate it...

It reminds me of Myst.


Hi Juan. Currently, there's no way to zoom the other tiles. Although, I share your appreciation for the artwork.
 
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Hey Sean,

I'm going to grab the game regardless, but any chance of adding something like a win/loss ratio for each difficulty and number of players (so would that be 12 separate ratios to track?). If that is too much to display in one screen, just show the relevant ratio at the end of the game (i.e. show at the end of a 2 player normal game, this configuration has been attempted 12x but only won 2x).

Thanks,
Tim "Lord Gek" Jordan
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FranklinTV wrote:
I now mark today as the day my board game collecting moved from cardboard to predominately digital.

I am both sad and excited at the same time.


I agree with this 100%, though I am just sad.
 
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