Neat iPhone apps - Page 20

terpkristin · 02-04-2012, 08:14 PM

Dola,
Oh I see: If the city with the cathedral is unfinished at game end, it is worth zero points.

Guess I need to look a little more closely at the contents of the tiles...

/tk

Vince, Pt. II · 02-05-2012, 02:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonnie

I don't know if you can message in game. Good win. That was a close one.

I thought for sure you had that one!

Lonnie · 02-07-2012, 11:26 AM

Ok, is there a way to turn off the turn notification sound? It was cool the first time, but it getting annoying now. I'm home today, but I can imaging being out at a customer site and that trumpet going off.

FrogMan · 02-07-2012, 11:32 AM

You can turn sound off for notifications in settings for your device. Once there, go to notifications, then Gamecenter then slide the sound to off.

I've done it for many apps/games.

FM

FrogMan · 02-07-2012, 11:33 AM

I'm assuming you're talking about TTR.

FM

Lonnie · 02-07-2012, 12:46 PM

That's a doh, I had TTR notification sound to off. It was Gamecenter.

BrianD · 02-07-2012, 01:28 PM

Just bought TTR Pocket for the iPhone. Never played before, but anxious to try. Invite me if you want a game. 'bdoebert'

FrogMan · 02-07-2012, 01:39 PM

114-113. Are you kidding me??? Arg. Good game Lonnie. I'm really liking the game so far.

FM

Lonnie · 02-07-2012, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrogMan

114-113. Are you kidding me??? Arg. Good game Lonnie. I'm really liking the game so far.

FM

I knew you had the longest train and I was just trying to complete my routes. That little cross between Santa Fe and OKC completed two long routes. Then I was worried you would beat me to run out of cars and I would be short, but my last two card play was enough.

GG.

BrianD · 02-07-2012, 02:53 PM

Do we have a compilation of Gamecenter IDs anywhere?

Lonnie · 02-07-2012, 03:26 PM

I just updated my sig with my Gamecenter ID.

Raiders Army · 02-07-2012, 05:38 PM

Band Boss is a pretty good game reminiscent of (I think?) Music Maven. You can't name songs or albums or use photos as artwork, but it's not bad for 99 cents. It's a little too easy, but it's pretty entertaining.

samifan24 · 02-07-2012, 09:48 PM

TK and I just picked up Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer and are currently learning how to play. Seems like a pretty good collectible card game port.

Barkeep49 · 02-08-2012, 05:59 AM

I too have enjoyed Ascension. Would love to play against some actual humans rather than just the AI.

Fidatelo · 02-08-2012, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barkeep49

I too have enjoyed Ascension. Would love to play against some actual humans rather than just the AI.

I've got the iPad version, I also like the game (was just playing last night even). I've played a couple games online against strangers, it felt pretty similar to playing the AI. I don't remember seeing a way to chat in game or anything.

samifan24 · 02-08-2012, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barkeep49

I too have enjoyed Ascension. Would love to play against some actual humans rather than just the AI.

Shoot me a Gamecenter invite. My username there is bw327

spleen1015 · 02-08-2012, 10:54 AM

Bought TTR today and have never played it before. I played one game against the AI and got waxed.

spleen1015 is my Gamecenter ID.

spleen1015 · 02-08-2012, 01:27 PM

Nice game, BrianD.

One question for you guys with TTR. How do you get extra route cards? Do you just finish that route to get credit for them or pick them up along the way?

Lonnie · 02-08-2012, 01:31 PM

Touch your stack of route cards in the bottom right and a stack will appear to the left. Touch it and it will ask you if you want to draw more routes. You draw three and must keep at least one.

spleen1015 · 02-08-2012, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonnie

Touch your stack of route cards in the bottom right and a stack will appear to the left. Touch it and it will ask you if you want to draw more routes. You draw three and must keep at least one.

Thanks for the tip! I just kicked the shit out of the AI with 7 route completed.

spleen1015 · 02-08-2012, 02:11 PM

Another stupid question.

How do I leave a Multiplayer game when it is not my turn?

When I choose quit, I see the popup and I assume if I don't chose the Abandon Definitely option that I don't quit the game, but just leave it. I tried that earlier on a game with Frogman and the game disappeared on me.

Is it just buggy right now?

FrogMan · 02-08-2012, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Another stupid question.

How do I leave a Multiplayer game when it is not my turn?

When I choose quit, I see the popup and I assume if I don't chose the Abandon Definitely option that I don't quit the game, but just leave it. I tried that earlier on a game with Frogman and the game disappeared on me.

Is it just buggy right now?

I think it's probably buggy cause I did the same thing in the past.

But who cares if it's buggy at the moment because it's FREE right now! That's right if you wanna join in a play TTR on your iPhone with some FOFC people, the game is free for the moment...

FM

panerd · 02-08-2012, 04:56 PM

For you guys playing ticket to ride do you play on the Ipad or Iphone? I have never played the game but generally find games popular with the text sim crowd right up my alley. Just wanted to know if the Iphone screen was large enough to enjoy this game or if it gets "too dumbed down" like other pocket versions of games that are too big for the Iphone.

Lonnie · 02-08-2012, 05:09 PM

I think the Iphone version is just fine. In fact I installed it on my Ipad as well instead of buying the version specific for the Ipad. Controls work fine on placing trains and drawing cards.

terpkristin · 02-08-2012, 05:11 PM

iPhone version is fine for me.

I still don't have any real feel for the strategy, though. And I think the notification system is a bit wonky.

/tk

Vince, Pt. II · 02-08-2012, 08:33 PM

The iPhone version is REALLY small. The tickets are hard to read, but when you cycle through them they highlight the cities on the map, so you don't really have to read them. Otherwise, it's pretty awesome.

samifan24 · 02-09-2012, 05:14 PM

The iPhone version of TTR, complete with multiplayer, just went free. I now have both versions but prefer playing the larger iPad version. It seems odd that they'd give multiplayer to the iPhone first and not the iPad first or both at the same time.

spleen1015 · 02-09-2012, 05:40 PM

I just bought TTR yesterday too. Bastards.

WheelsVT · 02-10-2012, 07:06 AM

I hope I remember to get TTR for the iPhone while it's still free. I have the iPad version. I'll create a gamecenter account and let you guys know what it is soon. I usually find myself pretty busy though and play a quick AI game or two before I stop and get back to other things.

Accension sounds interesting. I enjoyed the computer game of Magic the Gathering and got my brothers hooked on it for awhile. It'd be great to have something similar for the iPad. Ideally there'd be a deck building game where everyone has the same set to choose from so it really tests the strategy vs. who can buy more cards.

Barkeep49 · 02-10-2012, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WheelsVT

I hope I remember to get TTR for the iPhone while it's still free. I have the iPad version. I'll create a gamecenter account and let you guys know what it is soon. I usually find myself pretty busy though and play a quick AI game or two before I stop and get back to other things.

Accension sounds interesting. I enjoyed the computer game of Magic the Gathering and got my brothers hooked on it for awhile. It'd be great to have something similar for the iPad. Ideally there'd be a deck building game where everyone has the same set to choose from so it really tests the strategy vs. who can buy more cards.

Ascension does have that feature. In fact not only does everyone have the same set to choose from but you construct your actual deck as the game goes along from a shared grouping of cards.

samifan24 · 02-10-2012, 07:18 AM

Ascension is fun although I'm still not exactly sure what I'm doing.

Passacaglia · 02-10-2012, 09:32 AM

Ticket To Ride not compatible with my 3G. Lame.

What's a good board game (or any other kind of game, I guess) where I can play a turn maybe 2-3 times per day, and not have the game feel disjointed?

FrogMan · 02-10-2012, 10:33 AM

Carcassonne.

FM

samifan24 · 02-10-2012, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrogMan

Carcassonne.

FM

I thought you said you have Ascension, too? TK and I are waiting to play you!

FrogMan · 02-10-2012, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samifan24

I thought you said you have Ascension, too? TK and I are waiting to play you!

nah, I'm kinda holding off on Ascension. I've found that with many card collection/card playing games, I tend to get overwhelmed with who's good and/or useful and I tend to overnanalyse what to do with my cards. Because of that, I'm unsure if a game like that is for me and at $4.99, I'll wait to see if it drops in price a bit...

FM

Balldog · 02-18-2012, 03:29 PM

is there anyway to play music from your iphone through you car stereo?

FrogMan · 02-18-2012, 06:48 PM

Fairway Solitaire is a pretty good rendition of the computer game by Big Fish Games. Available in separate versions for iPhone/iPod or iPad, it's a free download that I think comes with 20 something free holes but you can unlock the whole iPhone/iPod version for 99 cents and the iPad version for $2.99.

FM

terpkristin · 02-18-2012, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Balldog

is there anyway to play music from your iphone through you car stereo?

Assuming it's a stock stereo on an old car, probably not.

If your car has BT through the stereo, then you can pair it and play that way. My dad does that all the time. I have an Aux In jack for my stock stereo. It's in the middle compartment between the two front seats of my car. I hook it my iPod that way, just plug into its headphone jack.

Or you can get an aftermarket head unit with an aux in jack or an iPhone cable.

So...maybe?

/tk

Lonnie · 02-18-2012, 08:14 PM

This is what you need.

Amazon.com: Belkin TuneCast Auto Live: MP3 Players & Accessories

Plugs into your headphone jack and then transmits on a unused FM channel. I have to use one since my car doesn't have an aux jack.

terpkristin · 02-18-2012, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonnie

This is what you need.

Amazon.com: Belkin TuneCast Auto Live: MP3 Players & Accessories

Plugs into your headphone jack and then transmits on a unused FM channel. I have to use one since my car doesn't have an aux jack.

I forgot about those! You can get them all over, non-name brand, too, like at Radio Shack. The downside is that if you live in an urban area where the FM frequencies are jam-packed, you may have some issues getting a clean signal. I had issues where I live. If you get one of these, try to find one that uses the whole spectrum, not just the ends. You will have more choices for frequency selection then..

/tk

WheelsVT · 02-18-2012, 09:02 PM

I've been playing ascension, but I fail to see the strategy other than buying the highest value cards and killing the highest value monsters. I don't have a good feel for what the other guy is building his deck with and how what I do can counteract it. Ideally this could be a collectible card game where the decks are built pregame from a series, and everyone has access to that series. That way you can have pride in what deck building strategy you used and how it stacks up to other decks... Darn. I want magic the Gathering.

Fidatelo · 02-18-2012, 09:07 PM

Another option is a tape adapter, if you have a tape deck. I use that and find it to be better quality than an FM transmitter.

Alan T · 02-19-2012, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Balldog

is there anyway to play music from your iphone through you car stereo?

My car stereo has a usb port. I just connect the ipod usb cable into it and it detects my iphone and plays it fine through there. Also charges the phone while plugged in too.

spleen1015 · 02-21-2012, 08:22 AM

I wish TTR had in game messaging.

FrogMan · 02-21-2012, 08:31 AM

Agreed. Anything you wanna say to me?

FM

spleen1015 · 02-21-2012, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrogMan

Agreed. Anything you wanna say to me?

FM

IHY!

FrogMan · 02-21-2012, 08:33 AM

LOL

Any specific move made you say that ?

FM

spleen1015 · 02-21-2012, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrogMan

LOL

Any specific move made you say that ?

FM

Well, you've really screwed me now since I have a route into Houston and no way to get there.

FrogMan · 02-21-2012, 08:38 AM

There's still a loooong way through El Paso although I could now block you by taking that two wagon way.

FM

spleen1015 · 02-21-2012, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrogMan

There's still a loooong way through El Paso although I could now block you by taking that two wagon way.

FM

Yeah, go for it.

I screwed up. I should have taken the single route spot first then one of the two 2 route spots after that.

02-04-2012, 08:14 PM	#951
terpkristin Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ashburn, VA	Dola, Oh I see: If the city with the cathedral is unfinished at game end, it is worth zero points. Guess I need to look a little more closely at the contents of the tiles... /tk __________________ GO TERPS! https://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin https://twitter.com/terpkristin

02-07-2012, 11:26 AM	#953
Lonnie High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Midlothian, TX	Ok, is there a way to turn off the turn notification sound? It was cool the first time, but it getting annoying now. I'm home today, but I can imaging being out at a customer site and that trumpet going off. __________________ Lonnie

02-07-2012, 11:32 AM	#954
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	You can turn sound off for notifications in settings for your device. Once there, go to notifications, then Gamecenter then slide the sound to off. I've done it for many apps/games. FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

02-07-2012, 11:33 AM	#955
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	I'm assuming you're talking about TTR. FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

02-07-2012, 12:46 PM	#956
Lonnie High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Midlothian, TX	That's a doh, I had TTR notification sound to off. It was Gamecenter. __________________ Lonnie

02-07-2012, 01:28 PM	#957
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	Just bought TTR Pocket for the iPhone. Never played before, but anxious to try. Invite me if you want a game. 'bdoebert'

02-07-2012, 01:39 PM	#958
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	114-113. Are you kidding me??? Arg. Good game Lonnie. I'm really liking the game so far. FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

02-07-2012, 02:53 PM	#960
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	Do we have a compilation of Gamecenter IDs anywhere?

02-07-2012, 03:26 PM	#961
Lonnie High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Midlothian, TX	I just updated my sig with my Gamecenter ID. __________________ Lonnie

02-07-2012, 05:38 PM	#962
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Band Boss is a pretty good game reminiscent of (I think?) Music Maven. You can't name songs or albums or use photos as artwork, but it's not bad for 99 cents. It's a little too easy, but it's pretty entertaining.

02-07-2012, 09:48 PM	#963
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	TK and I just picked up Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer and are currently learning how to play. Seems like a pretty good collectible card game port. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

02-08-2012, 05:59 AM	#964
Barkeep49 Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Not too far away	I too have enjoyed Ascension. Would love to play against some actual humans rather than just the AI.

02-08-2012, 10:54 AM	#967
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Bought TTR today and have never played it before. I played one game against the AI and got waxed. spleen1015 is my Gamecenter ID.

02-08-2012, 01:27 PM	#968
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Nice game, BrianD. One question for you guys with TTR. How do you get extra route cards? Do you just finish that route to get credit for them or pick them up along the way?

02-08-2012, 01:31 PM	#969
Lonnie High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Midlothian, TX	Touch your stack of route cards in the bottom right and a stack will appear to the left. Touch it and it will ask you if you want to draw more routes. You draw three and must keep at least one. __________________ Lonnie

02-08-2012, 02:11 PM	#971
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Another stupid question. How do I leave a Multiplayer game when it is not my turn? When I choose quit, I see the popup and I assume if I don't chose the Abandon Definitely option that I don't quit the game, but just leave it. I tried that earlier on a game with Frogman and the game disappeared on me. Is it just buggy right now?

02-08-2012, 04:56 PM	#973
panerd Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis	For you guys playing ticket to ride do you play on the Ipad or Iphone? I have never played the game but generally find games popular with the text sim crowd right up my alley. Just wanted to know if the Iphone screen was large enough to enjoy this game or if it gets "too dumbed down" like other pocket versions of games that are too big for the Iphone.

02-08-2012, 05:09 PM	#974
Lonnie High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Midlothian, TX	I think the Iphone version is just fine. In fact I installed it on my Ipad as well instead of buying the version specific for the Ipad. Controls work fine on placing trains and drawing cards. __________________ Lonnie

02-08-2012, 05:11 PM	#975
terpkristin Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ashburn, VA	iPhone version is fine for me. I still don't have any real feel for the strategy, though. And I think the notification system is a bit wonky. /tk __________________ GO TERPS! https://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin https://twitter.com/terpkristin

02-08-2012, 08:33 PM	#976
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	The iPhone version is REALLY small. The tickets are hard to read, but when you cycle through them they highlight the cities on the map, so you don't really have to read them. Otherwise, it's pretty awesome.

02-09-2012, 05:14 PM	#977
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	The iPhone version of TTR, complete with multiplayer, just went free. I now have both versions but prefer playing the larger iPad version. It seems odd that they'd give multiplayer to the iPhone first and not the iPad first or both at the same time. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

02-09-2012, 05:40 PM	#978
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	I just bought TTR yesterday too. Bastards.

02-10-2012, 07:06 AM	#979
WheelsVT High School JV Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: GA	I hope I remember to get TTR for the iPhone while it's still free. I have the iPad version. I'll create a gamecenter account and let you guys know what it is soon. I usually find myself pretty busy though and play a quick AI game or two before I stop and get back to other things. Accension sounds interesting. I enjoyed the computer game of Magic the Gathering and got my brothers hooked on it for awhile. It'd be great to have something similar for the iPad. Ideally there'd be a deck building game where everyone has the same set to choose from so it really tests the strategy vs. who can buy more cards.

02-10-2012, 07:18 AM	#981
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	Ascension is fun although I'm still not exactly sure what I'm doing. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

02-10-2012, 09:32 AM	#982
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Ticket To Ride not compatible with my 3G. Lame. What's a good board game (or any other kind of game, I guess) where I can play a turn maybe 2-3 times per day, and not have the game feel disjointed?

02-10-2012, 10:33 AM	#983
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	Carcassonne. FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

02-18-2012, 03:29 PM	#986
Balldog Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Macomb, MI	is there anyway to play music from your iphone through you car stereo?

02-18-2012, 06:48 PM	#987
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	Fairway Solitaire is a pretty good rendition of the computer game by Big Fish Games. Available in separate versions for iPhone/iPod or iPad, it's a free download that I think comes with 20 something free holes but you can unlock the whole iPhone/iPod version for 99 cents and the iPad version for $2.99. FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

02-18-2012, 08:14 PM	#989
Lonnie High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Midlothian, TX	This is what you need. Amazon.com: Belkin TuneCast Auto Live: MP3 Players & Accessories Plugs into your headphone jack and then transmits on a unused FM channel. I have to use one since my car doesn't have an aux jack. __________________ Lonnie

02-18-2012, 09:02 PM	#991
WheelsVT High School JV Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: GA	I've been playing ascension, but I fail to see the strategy other than buying the highest value cards and killing the highest value monsters. I don't have a good feel for what the other guy is building his deck with and how what I do can counteract it. Ideally this could be a collectible card game where the decks are built pregame from a series, and everyone has access to that series. That way you can have pride in what deck building strategy you used and how it stacks up to other decks... Darn. I want magic the Gathering.

02-18-2012, 09:07 PM	#992
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	Another option is a tape adapter, if you have a tape deck. I use that and find it to be better quality than an FM transmitter. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

02-21-2012, 08:22 AM	#994
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	I wish TTR had in game messaging.

02-21-2012, 08:31 AM	#995
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	Agreed. Anything you wanna say to me? FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

02-21-2012, 08:33 AM	#997
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	LOL Any specific move made you say that ? FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

02-21-2012, 08:38 AM	#999
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	There's still a loooong way through El Paso although I could now block you by taking that two wagon way. FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...