Best iPhone Applications For Board Gamers

Ryan Christianson

United States
Lynnwood
Washington

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I'm an iPhone owner, and developer. I've created an iPhone app for keep track of game scores, and I have found another great app called "Mach Dice". So I thought I should make this list, and gather a list of all the best iPhone apps for board gamers.

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Posted Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:29 pm

1. Thread: Score for iPhone/iTouch

Ryan Christianson

(ryanch)

United States
Lynnwood
Washington

This thread talks about my iPhone App, called Score ($1):

You can get the app in iTunes from here: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftwa...

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Edited Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:07 am
Posted Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:27 pm

Snooze Festival

(snoozefest)

United States
Hillsborough
North Carolina

We love our pups!! Misu, RIP 28 Nov 2010. Tikka, RIP 11 Aug 2011.

So is there a version where you can take pictures of the players? I don't see anything about that in the app description.

Posted Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:13 pm
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Ryan Christianson

(ryanch)

United States
Lynnwood
Washington

snoozefest wrote:

So is there a version where you can take pictures of the players? I don't see anything about that in the app description.

The player picture taking is in version 1.1. I've given the new version to Apple, and now they are reviewing it. If you buy the app you get the upgrade for free, or you can wait till the new version is out

Posted Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:42 pm
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Jade Yoo

(jade2e)

Korea
Seoul

I'm korean boardgamer.

Wonderful Application Ryan, I've searched a several programs for counting scores and 'Score' is definately best program of all. I bought it without hesitation.

but i don't know how to match pics to each players. can u give me a guide?

Cheer up and thx again for wonderful program.

Jade (Korea)

PS : I also posted 'Useful iphone/ipod touch application for boardgame' on my own blog. check it out.

http://yoopage.com/322 (Korean text. sorry for inconvenience)

Edited Tue Sep 2, 2008 8:27 am
Posted Tue Sep 2, 2008 8:26 am
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Pedro Vaquero

(Ikarus)

Spain

Pinto (Madrid)

Visita www.ludikaRus.com

Purchased!!!

Great App...

Posted Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:50 pm
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2. Thread: Mach Dice for iPhone/iTouch

Ryan Christianson

(ryanch)

United States
Lynnwood
Washington

Simply the best dice rolling app for the iPhone ($1). http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftwa...

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Edited Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:41 pm
Posted Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:29 pm

Jade Yoo

(jade2e)

Korea
Seoul

Is it possible to choise different colors for each dice?

if it's possible, i'll rush to buy it!

thx for good information

Posted Tue Sep 2, 2008 8:31 am
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Tracy Smith

(Puquak)

United States
Bothell
Washington

With v2.0 you can change colors: http://www.machwerx.com/apps/MachDice/

Posted Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:26 pm
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donald fast

(don_f)

Canada
Vancouver
BC

How about the The Dicenomicon ??

It allows enough control to help for more complicated dice rolling and displaying fancy results.

Posted Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:02 pm
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3. Board Game: Sorry! [Average Rating:4.57 Overall Rank:7716]

Gabe Alvaro

(blindspot)

United States
Berkeley
California

Tiny Violin
Whip this out to show your heartfelt sympathy for your opponent's misfortune. It's the tiniest app in the world, playing "my heart bleeds for you". Just $0.99
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftwa...

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Edited Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:58 pm
Posted Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:23 pm

4. GeekList: Treating Analysis-Paralysis: We've Got the Timer, Now How Much Time?

Gabe Alvaro

(blindspot)

United States
Berkeley
California

The iPhone had a timer right from the get go. Pull it out when someone is going too slow.

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Posted Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:28 pm

Tim Seitz

(out4blood)

United States
Glen Allen
VA

Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But God does not take away life; instead, he devises ways so that a banished person may not remain estranged from him. 2 Sam 14:14

What I'd like is a multiplayer timer - like a chess clock but for up to 6-8 players

Posted Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:04 am
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Ryan Dalton

(Daltonovich)

United States
Anne Arundel
Maryland

I just load up a 10 minute loop of the theme music from jeopardy on youtube which I then play on my iphone when the analysis paralysis starts to kick in. Believe me, it works!

Posted Tue Apr 12, 2011 1:07 am
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5. Board Game: Scrabble [Average Rating:6.45 Overall Rank:828]

Aaron Sapp

(lantern314)

United States
Stillwater
Oklahoma

CheckWord is a free app that tells you whether a word is a legal scrabble word.

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Posted Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:03 pm

6. Board Game: Crokinole [Average Rating:7.81 Overall Rank:31]

Jim Spoto

(jspoto)

United States
Orlando
Florida

Croke(tm) is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Version 1.0: Supports single player, two player on a single phone, and two player networked (automatch): play opponents from around the world!

Application link: http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=Smq3RC8yf5I&offe...

Developer site: http://dot-matrix-interactive.com/

Developer support: http://forums.dot-matrix-interactive.com/

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Posted Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:02 am

7. Magic: The Gathering :: Thread: CCG Seer for the iPhone

Josh Street

(rjstreet)

United States
Mount Pleasant
North Carolina

Currently very likely to either be roleplaying or planning to roleplay

CCG Seer is a comprehensive card catalog for Magic the Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, World of Warcraft and Vs. with integrated search, deck building and a life tracker. CCG Seer is regularly updated and retails for $2.99 US. As always, you can pick it up at iTunes!

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftwa...

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Posted Sun May 3, 2009 2:37 pm

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Aaron Cappocchi

(agentzen)

United States
Los Angeles
California

I think it'd be useful to mention the price for each app, or if they are free.

Posted Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:55 pm
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Ryan Christianson

(ryanch)

United States
Lynnwood
Washington

agentzen wrote:

I think it'd be useful to mention the price for each app, or if they are free.

I agree, and also include the get it on iTunes link.

Posted Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:08 am
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rekz karz

(rekzkarz)

United States
El Cerrito
California

I can't recommend it, but I'm reading about WAGIC, at http://sites.google.com/site/kiplring/, an open iPhone CCG player app.

The programmer says they want to make an OPEN CCG game player, and all the players need are photos of the cards to actually play. Seems like the core concept is good, but I'm not so sure the actual interface is usable.

However, I'm importing all of the ShadowRun TCG card images, which I recently downloaded as a plugin while fiddling with Lackey, http://lackeyccg.com/ a surprisingly good card playing interface for PC/Mac/Linux which also is open, meaning you can play if you get photos of all the cards...
Um, I was saying I'm dloading those into my iPhone so maybe I can play w/Wagic?

Anyone have any opinions on Wagic? Or Lackey? I think Lackey has a thread on here... AHA!
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/14036

Posted Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:26 am
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kiplring lee

(kiplring)

United States
Unspecified
Unspecified

I hit this site while I check up feedbacks of my iPhone application - wagic.

Above site is no more exist, because I do not need to update deck everyday.

Now user can download the newest decks from http://www.magic-league.com/decks/.

Please check out the tutorial for wagic 2.1 http://www.scribd.com/doc/26635462

Posted Mon Feb 15, 2010 5:58 am
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donald fast

(don_f)

Canada
Vancouver
BC

Any new recommended iPhone apps in the last year?

Posted Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:02 pm
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rekz karz

(rekzkarz)

United States
El Cerrito
California

Followup:
Lackey sorta works. After patching & wiggling around a tragic UI, i played one game of ShadowRun TCG w/someone. Was slow & painful -- just like i remember the game.

All reviews describe Wagic to be a bold concept but a horrible delivery. No have not tested & can't confirm.

I can confirm I have not played ANY good ccg's on iPhone, yet.

Just dloaded Stack & Deploy which has a lot of positive reviews, but seems both challenging and a bit awkward.

Edited Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:19 pm
Posted Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:17 pm
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