Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/legends-of-andor/id1436700869 Legends of Andor USM This epic fantasy adventure takes you to a fantastic kingdom full of magical creatures and brave heroes. Play a warri… $5.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsThis epic fantasy adventure takes you to a fantastic kingdom full of magical creatures and brave heroes. Play a warrior, sorceress, dwarf or archer, and defend the king’s castle! Pass difficult trials, defeat determined opponents and protect the land from a dark secret. Guide your group of heroes through twelve exciting legends in which new, challenging opponents and old companions await you. Choose your strategy carefully—you have only a limited number of moves to complete your quests. You can guide any legend to a successful resolution in several ways if you use your characters and their abilities to your best advantage. Delve deeper than ever before into the mystical past of the legendary kingdom and discover a previously unknown story of Andor that takes your heroes into inhospitable and dangerous realms beyond Rietland. Play the award-winning board game solo and take your group of heroes on exciting adventures anywhere, anytime. The Legends of Andor: The King’s Secret provides an easy introduction with simple rules and an extensive tutorial, and offers Andor fans and beginners alike a challenging gaming experience. An icy threat awaits you in the expansion "Heart of Ice": Protect Andor from a frosty danger along with the fire warrior Trieest in three additional challenging legends! The land of Andor needs your help! Can you fight off the threat from the south? • Exciting fantasy adventure • Single-player game • Epic Andor legends that you don't know from the board game • Familiar heroes, old companions, new adversaries • Discover Andor’s past • Straightforward rules and tutorial • No Andor experience necessary to play • Based on the board game The Legends of Andor from KOSMOS (awarded “Kennerspiel des Jahres 2013”) • Can be played in German, English, French, Spanish Financially supported by FFF Bayern. ***** Questions or suggestions: Mail to [email protected] We are looking forward to your feedback! News and updates: www.andorgame.de, www.facebook.com/AndorGame ***** Information Seller:USM Genre:Board, Strategy Release:Jan 23, 2019 Updated:Oct 04, 2023 Version:1.2 Size:481.9 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Quoad Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2015 1,108 217 63 #2 Quoad, Jan 23, 2019 :hmm: Definitely watching... nkarafo Well-Known Member Mar 2, 2011 864 14 18 #3 nkarafo, Jan 23, 2019 Any impressions? squarezero Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Dec 10, 2008 13,716 1,240 113 Male Chief Strategy Officer Salem, Massachusetts, USA #4 squarezero, Jan 24, 2019 I’ll try to get a game in tonight. Looks good. Talbs likes this. AltsKev Well-Known Member Nov 12, 2016 566 157 43 Male Developer #5 AltsKev, Jan 25, 2019 any impressions ? squarezero Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Dec 10, 2008 13,716 1,240 113 Male Chief Strategy Officer Salem, Massachusetts, USA #6 squarezero, Jan 25, 2019 Sorry — haven’t had a chance. Definitely over the weekend. Son of Anarchy Well-Known Member Oct 5, 2015 717 130 43 Male #7 Son of Anarchy, Jan 25, 2019 I’ve bought it but not played a game yet. I’ve opened it up and had a look around though and first impressions are wow, the artwork is honestly spectacular, the app itself is super polished and presented beautifully. I can see that there’s quite a bit of content and I’m genuinely excited about finding the time to play properly. Definitely happy with the purchase so far. Quoad Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2015 1,108 217 63 #8 Quoad, Jan 26, 2019 All of this sounds promising. Must say, my two hesitancies are the huge backlog of games I’m finally getting round to playing (Halcyon 6 mostly atm); and the knowledge that I’m terrible at persisting with (well, finding the time to crack, tbh) complex board games. Very interested tho. pjft Well-Known Member Feb 15, 2011 1,082 8 38 #9 pjft, Jan 26, 2019 Thanks. Looking forward to more impressions. What's holding me back (other than @Quoad's reasons which I kind of share as well) is that from the description it's not clear whether this is the full board game, but single player, or a smaller adaptation that's just meant to act as an introduction to the actual game. "The Legends of Andor: The King’s Secret provides an easy introduction with simple rules and an extensive tutorial, and offers Andor fans and beginners alike a challenging gaming experience." Pitta Well-Known Member Oct 19, 2008 3,420 148 63 Male Italy #10 Pitta, Jan 26, 2019 I’m on the third legend (which really ramps up complexity...first two legends are basically a tutorial) and it’s GLORIOUS. Possibly the best solo boardgame implementation since years, probably since Elder Sign: Omens. Game is really really good gameplay wise (very well suited to digital) and it looks stunning, the map really comes to life and the app is triple A polished. It’s crashy on iPad Air tough (I know from another forum the devs are on it and there should be a patch next week) but it plays wonderfully even on an iPhone X (doesn’t sync progresses tough). Did I mention it’s graphically stunning? Seems really simple at first but then a ton of interconnected things kick in...I’ve failed current legend several times already. UI is great imho. The story is different from the original boardgame, but I’m really liking it so far. Personally, I highly recommend this digital boardgame. Gwarmaxx, AltsKev, CrayonWarrior and 1 other person like this. AltsKev Well-Known Member Nov 12, 2016 566 157 43 Male Developer #11 AltsKev, Jan 27, 2019 Thank Pitta, each game is different ? what is the replayability ? Pitta Well-Known Member Oct 19, 2008 3,420 148 63 Male Italy #12 Pitta, Jan 27, 2019 Well the story is always the same, as are the quests so far (I’m still at third legend). You have the dice and ‘things’ position under the fog varies each time (maybe monsters position too, can’t remember) ...so you have that unpredictability...but as far as I see everything else is the same. Each legend has an hard mode too, which is really difficult. I died several times already on third legend so I can’t tell you really....you can’t play further if you don’t complete the actual legend. Each time I replayed the failed legend things were the same besides what I already mentioned, but I tried different strategies and things were different (but I still failed). You are on a time constraint for the quests (there is a doom track) and from third legend onwards complexity ramps up. CrayonWarrior Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Mar 9, 2014 212 14 18 Great southern land #13 CrayonWarrior, Jan 27, 2019 I think I’m on the next legend. You have to fetch the witch to heal the prince? You have to protect the castle, but not kill everyone. Preferably send only one hero out to get the witch, don’t worry about pushing your hero to the max, you can always use a wineskin. Getting health back isn’t hard either. Always gang up on the big guys and keep an eye on the arrows as to where the monsters go next. Love the game but there’s alot to take in. Gwarmaxx and Pitta like this. stubbieoz Well-Known Member Jun 23, 2015 1,880 358 83 Male Grey haired gamer NSW Australia #14 stubbieoz, Jan 27, 2019 What is this time constraint? I’m not really fond of games that make you rush through the gameplay. Thanks. nkarafo Well-Known Member Mar 2, 2011 864 14 18 #15 nkarafo, Jan 27, 2019 Hello Pitta. If it's the same, isn't it already predictable and boring from the side of the story? I believe that when you have finished the legends, there isn't any other thing to do. For example Lords of Waterdeep that is different in gameplay than LoA, it may not have a campaign, but every game due to a large amount of cards that are included, is different. Pitta Well-Known Member Oct 19, 2008 3,420 148 63 Male Italy #16 Pitta, Jan 27, 2019 I mean, it’s a doom tracker like many other board games. It’s not real time, it’s turn based but every character can do so many actions within a day so you have to decide what to do carefully. Each legends have a fixed number of days, after that the quest is failed. Hope it’s more clear!!! Pitta Well-Known Member Oct 19, 2008 3,420 148 63 Male Italy #17 Pitta, Jan 27, 2019 Well...actually that is true for many tight story based board games. I didn’t find repeating (failed) legends boring at all, because there are a ton of ‘moving’ parts on the map depending on your actions, but ymmv. Not sure if in further legends there will be random quests events (can’t remember if there are in boardgame...it’s been a while) but for the price seems to me there is a lot of content. It’s very easy to expand the game with new legends (as the boardgame, which sells for outrageous prices on eBay). badmanj Well-Known Member Mar 16, 2009 1,886 24 38 Software developer Reading, England http://www.underground-collective.com #18 badmanj, Jan 27, 2019 Just went to buy this but couldn't find in the UK App Store. Eventually found it under the name "Die Legenden von Andor". Now I'm reluctant to buy, in case I get a German Language version (also I don't really want the app named that on my home screen). Hope the team look in to fixing this soon... has anyone in the UK purchased, and if so did you get an English or a German version? Pitta Well-Known Member Oct 19, 2008 3,420 148 63 Male Italy #19 Pitta, Jan 27, 2019 Yes it’s the English version, it was a bug in the submission text. Actually the app is multi language. Another problem you might find (already patched in review) is that you read ‘strings’ instead of proper text. Just go to settings, select English, and go back, fixed. Quoad Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2015 1,108 217 63 #20 Quoad, Jan 27, 2019 Basically a campaign? I have no complaints about campaigns! Edit: to clarify, I think that’s me sold. Suspect I won’t grt too far - complexity tends to be a poor fit for my schedule - but sounds like the kinda app that id like to think I play, even if I never quite manage to do so. ZS77 likes this. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Password: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
I’ve bought it but not played a game yet. I’ve opened it up and had a look around though and first impressions are wow, the artwork is honestly spectacular, the app itself is super polished and presented beautifully. I can see that there’s quite a bit of content and I’m genuinely excited about finding the time to play properly. Definitely happy with the purchase so far.
All of this sounds promising. Must say, my two hesitancies are the huge backlog of games I’m finally getting round to playing (Halcyon 6 mostly atm); and the knowledge that I’m terrible at persisting with (well, finding the time to crack, tbh) complex board games. Very interested tho.
Thanks. Looking forward to more impressions. What's holding me back (other than @Quoad's reasons which I kind of share as well) is that from the description it's not clear whether this is the full board game, but single player, or a smaller adaptation that's just meant to act as an introduction to the actual game. "The Legends of Andor: The King’s Secret provides an easy introduction with simple rules and an extensive tutorial, and offers Andor fans and beginners alike a challenging gaming experience."
I’m on the third legend (which really ramps up complexity...first two legends are basically a tutorial) and it’s GLORIOUS. Possibly the best solo boardgame implementation since years, probably since Elder Sign: Omens. Game is really really good gameplay wise (very well suited to digital) and it looks stunning, the map really comes to life and the app is triple A polished. It’s crashy on iPad Air tough (I know from another forum the devs are on it and there should be a patch next week) but it plays wonderfully even on an iPhone X (doesn’t sync progresses tough). Did I mention it’s graphically stunning? Seems really simple at first but then a ton of interconnected things kick in...I’ve failed current legend several times already. UI is great imho. The story is different from the original boardgame, but I’m really liking it so far. Personally, I highly recommend this digital boardgame.
Well the story is always the same, as are the quests so far (I’m still at third legend). You have the dice and ‘things’ position under the fog varies each time (maybe monsters position too, can’t remember) ...so you have that unpredictability...but as far as I see everything else is the same. Each legend has an hard mode too, which is really difficult. I died several times already on third legend so I can’t tell you really....you can’t play further if you don’t complete the actual legend. Each time I replayed the failed legend things were the same besides what I already mentioned, but I tried different strategies and things were different (but I still failed). You are on a time constraint for the quests (there is a doom track) and from third legend onwards complexity ramps up.
I think I’m on the next legend. You have to fetch the witch to heal the prince? You have to protect the castle, but not kill everyone. Preferably send only one hero out to get the witch, don’t worry about pushing your hero to the max, you can always use a wineskin. Getting health back isn’t hard either. Always gang up on the big guys and keep an eye on the arrows as to where the monsters go next. Love the game but there’s alot to take in.
What is this time constraint? I’m not really fond of games that make you rush through the gameplay. Thanks.
Hello Pitta. If it's the same, isn't it already predictable and boring from the side of the story? I believe that when you have finished the legends, there isn't any other thing to do. For example Lords of Waterdeep that is different in gameplay than LoA, it may not have a campaign, but every game due to a large amount of cards that are included, is different.
I mean, it’s a doom tracker like many other board games. It’s not real time, it’s turn based but every character can do so many actions within a day so you have to decide what to do carefully. Each legends have a fixed number of days, after that the quest is failed. Hope it’s more clear!!!
Well...actually that is true for many tight story based board games. I didn’t find repeating (failed) legends boring at all, because there are a ton of ‘moving’ parts on the map depending on your actions, but ymmv. Not sure if in further legends there will be random quests events (can’t remember if there are in boardgame...it’s been a while) but for the price seems to me there is a lot of content. It’s very easy to expand the game with new legends (as the boardgame, which sells for outrageous prices on eBay).
Just went to buy this but couldn't find in the UK App Store. Eventually found it under the name "Die Legenden von Andor". Now I'm reluctant to buy, in case I get a German Language version (also I don't really want the app named that on my home screen). Hope the team look in to fixing this soon... has anyone in the UK purchased, and if so did you get an English or a German version?
Yes it’s the English version, it was a bug in the submission text. Actually the app is multi language. Another problem you might find (already patched in review) is that you read ‘strings’ instead of proper text. Just go to settings, select English, and go back, fixed.
Basically a campaign? I have no complaints about campaigns! Edit: to clarify, I think that’s me sold. Suspect I won’t grt too far - complexity tends to be a poor fit for my schedule - but sounds like the kinda app that id like to think I play, even if I never quite manage to do so.
