https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/charterstone-digital-edition/id1457338857 Charterstone: Digital Edition Acram Digital The official digital adaptation of Jamey Stegmaier’s board game - Charterstone! It’s a campaign strategy game with high … $9.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsThe official digital adaptation of Jamey Stegmaier’s board game - Charterstone! It’s a campaign strategy game with high replayability, where players build the new Eternal City! Build and discover in Charterstone! Just take a look at the honors the board game received: 2018 Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming Nominee 2017 Meeples' Choice Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Nominee 2017 Cardboard Republic Architect Laurel Nominee The campaign is divided into a series of separate games. Each game will have its own unique rule and bonus objective. Each game will build upon the previous one and add something new! Your decisions and play style will affect the progress and the end of the campaign. What’s more, there are no negative interactions between players. In other words, you score points on the back of your own strategy, not by undermining your opponents. It’s especially important when playing against your friends or family in online or hot-seats multiplayer! So what is the game about? Can you convince the forever king to declare your village the new Eternal City? • Pick one of the 6 unique characters to lead your charter • Discover new buildings, scoring possibilities and game mechanics • Strategize and manage your workers, buildings and resources • Watch the ruleset, and the village, expand from game to game • Build upon your progress from previous games • Uncover the story as you progress through the campaign What can you expect? • Official Charterstone rules, consulted with Jamey Stegmaier himself • Play with AI, friends or both - great experience for both solo and group play • Online cross-platform multiplayer • Hot-seats style local multiplayer • AI opponents - Easy, Medium or Hard • Full 12 games Campaign • Single Game mode - a flexible and adjustable mode for a quick match! • Save your map at any time and play it later with your friends • Pre-set and randomly generated maps • Awesomely animated board game map, buildings, cards, characters and more! • Full replayability - no two campaigns will be the same • Beautiful art by Mr. Cuddington and Gong Studios • Unique experience of a board game with the convenience of a digital platform • No negative interactions between players - no backstabbing! WARNING: Charterstone: Digital Edition needs at least 2GB of RAM to work properly. Some older devices like iPad Air, iPad Mini and Mini 2, iPad 4 or iPad 6 only have 1GB of RAM. Get it now! Information Seller:Acram Digital Genre:Board, Strategy Release:Mar 25, 2020 Updated:Dec 17, 2022 Version:1.2.9 Size:328.9 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal skoptic Well-Known Member Apr 3, 2015 634 82 28 #2 skoptic, Mar 26, 2020 1st Stegmaier game in the App Store! (This beats Scythe which Asmodee pretty much ruined for me with their typical non async matchmaking) Let’s hope this is better and like Istanbul from Acram Makara Nou Well-Known Member May 29, 2019 563 152 43 Male https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9mojIWbYFolADF7ZwPJQxA?view_as=subscriber #3 Makara Nou, Mar 26, 2020 i heard they even have cross platform progress sync skoptic likes this. skoptic Well-Known Member Apr 3, 2015 634 82 28 #4 skoptic, Mar 26, 2020 So mp works like Istanbul for reference. Async play and (what I consider) async matchmaking. You can setup a room, close app and game starts when people join, no need to stay in app (I mean it’s 2020 and we’re talking mobile apps, who the very fuck would deliver that kind of silly functionality in multiplayer games!!! Ahem... cough.....Asmodee.... muppets ) I’m not bitter about not getting to play Terraforming Mars or Scythe at all.... Honestly.... I’m yet to get stuck in, but the app looks swish and well presented JasonLL Well-Known Member Feb 21, 2014 546 106 43 Male #5 JasonLL, Mar 26, 2020 Last edited: Mar 26, 2020 I definitely have to check this out. I remember watching a Rahdo board game video on this a while back and he was really positive on the game (his most anticipated game of that year.) Here is the YouTube video: ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,774 1,003 113 #6 ste86uk, Mar 26, 2020 Am I the only one who doesn’t know what the hell this is or what your even suppose to do? chengchisang Well-Known Member May 25, 2018 119 31 28 #7 chengchisang, Mar 26, 2020 According to the email from developer: I think it is kinda like those resource management game. Need to check the how to play vids. ste86uk likes this. ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,774 1,003 113 #8 ste86uk, Mar 26, 2020 How is the asynchronous gameplay for anyone that’s done online vs other players? This does look and sound interesting from reading some online, but it seems a lot for me to pay taking a chance when I don’t even know if I’ll like it or not. I guess I’ll wait to hear what people here have to say about it. rowe33 Member Jan 19, 2013 11 0 1 #9 rowe33, Mar 27, 2020 Do NOT buy this right now on iOS. It's broken. Keeps crashing and you can't really play online. The first online game I tried is stuck on my turn and I can't even load (invalid saved game data, error code -2). Not sure if single player works or not. skoptic Well-Known Member Apr 3, 2015 634 82 28 #10 skoptic, Mar 27, 2020 It’s not broken on iOS and plays fine on 2 devices (iPad 12.9 and iPhone XSMax both on iOS 13.4). Please give details of your setup if you have issues and log a bug with the developer. @ste86uk - this is a well established desktop legacy board game, so there is lots of info online or at board game geek about the game if you want to investigate. It is a worker placement / resource management legacy game. If those things don’t mean anything, you may want to check the web in a bit more detail. Only you know if you will like it Artwork is a bit ‘cutesy’ but game seems solid. They want you to play the campaign first if you haven’t experienced the legacy game before. Makes sense chengchisang Well-Known Member May 25, 2018 119 31 28 #11 chengchisang, Mar 28, 2020 The first ever board game that comes with a “spoiler warning” tag… The “tutorial” thing can do a lot of work. Some cards do not show the exact/correct amount of resource needed to use, and I am not sure how the progress thingy works, especially in terms of winning. skoptic Well-Known Member Apr 3, 2015 634 82 28 #12 skoptic, Mar 28, 2020 I think as a legacy game, the it’s based on progressive disclosure rather than ‘here are all the rules upfront’? Which cards are showing the incorrect amount? chengchisang Well-Known Member May 25, 2018 119 31 28 #13 chengchisang, Mar 28, 2020 If I recall correctly, it was the Pumpkin Market card, in which you can sell pumpkins for coins and VPs. Maybe since I am not familiar with the game, the card only states one pumpkin with other resources. Turns out I need to pay for 2 pumpkins. skoptic Well-Known Member Apr 3, 2015 634 82 28 #14 skoptic, Mar 28, 2020 It works OK here - it’s 2 pumpkins (& 2 other resources) to build it (icons at top of the card). Once built it’s 1 pumpkin to use it to generate a coin and a VP (icons at bottom of the card) chengchisang Well-Known Member May 25, 2018 119 31 28 #15 chengchisang, Mar 29, 2020 Thanks LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,282 141 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #16 LordGek, Jun 20, 2022 Last edited: Jun 20, 2022 If anybody is still playing, how do you bring up the hovertext describing a building's function in more detail than just it's assortment of icons? I've accidentally pulled it up on a few buildings but can't ever do so reliably. Is it some weird combo of double tapping or a hard press of multiple digits simultaneously? UPDATE: Never mind, I figured it out. You can't bring up hovertext while another popup is being displayed, like a little thought balloon from your avatar suggesting your next action (no clue if they'll always be helping guide the player or if this is just an issue in the tutorial). 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1st Stegmaier game in the App Store! (This beats Scythe which Asmodee pretty much ruined for me with their typical non async matchmaking) Let’s hope this is better and like Istanbul from Acram
So mp works like Istanbul for reference. Async play and (what I consider) async matchmaking. You can setup a room, close app and game starts when people join, no need to stay in app (I mean it’s 2020 and we’re talking mobile apps, who the very fuck would deliver that kind of silly functionality in multiplayer games!!! Ahem... cough.....Asmodee.... muppets ) I’m not bitter about not getting to play Terraforming Mars or Scythe at all.... Honestly.... I’m yet to get stuck in, but the app looks swish and well presented
I definitely have to check this out. I remember watching a Rahdo board game video on this a while back and he was really positive on the game (his most anticipated game of that year.) Here is the YouTube video:
According to the email from developer: I think it is kinda like those resource management game. Need to check the how to play vids.
How is the asynchronous gameplay for anyone that’s done online vs other players? This does look and sound interesting from reading some online, but it seems a lot for me to pay taking a chance when I don’t even know if I’ll like it or not. I guess I’ll wait to hear what people here have to say about it.
Do NOT buy this right now on iOS. It's broken. Keeps crashing and you can't really play online. The first online game I tried is stuck on my turn and I can't even load (invalid saved game data, error code -2). Not sure if single player works or not.
It’s not broken on iOS and plays fine on 2 devices (iPad 12.9 and iPhone XSMax both on iOS 13.4). Please give details of your setup if you have issues and log a bug with the developer. @ste86uk - this is a well established desktop legacy board game, so there is lots of info online or at board game geek about the game if you want to investigate. It is a worker placement / resource management legacy game. If those things don’t mean anything, you may want to check the web in a bit more detail. Only you know if you will like it Artwork is a bit ‘cutesy’ but game seems solid. They want you to play the campaign first if you haven’t experienced the legacy game before. Makes sense
The first ever board game that comes with a “spoiler warning” tag… The “tutorial” thing can do a lot of work. Some cards do not show the exact/correct amount of resource needed to use, and I am not sure how the progress thingy works, especially in terms of winning.
I think as a legacy game, the it’s based on progressive disclosure rather than ‘here are all the rules upfront’? Which cards are showing the incorrect amount?
If I recall correctly, it was the Pumpkin Market card, in which you can sell pumpkins for coins and VPs. Maybe since I am not familiar with the game, the card only states one pumpkin with other resources. Turns out I need to pay for 2 pumpkins.
It works OK here - it’s 2 pumpkins (& 2 other resources) to build it (icons at top of the card). Once built it’s 1 pumpkin to use it to generate a coin and a VP (icons at bottom of the card)
If anybody is still playing, how do you bring up the hovertext describing a building's function in more detail than just it's assortment of icons? I've accidentally pulled it up on a few buildings but can't ever do so reliably. Is it some weird combo of double tapping or a hard press of multiple digits simultaneously? UPDATE: Never mind, I figured it out. You can't bring up hovertext while another popup is being displayed, like a little thought balloon from your avatar suggesting your next action (no clue if they'll always be helping guide the player or if this is just an issue in the tutorial). A simple tap on the balloon acknowledges your avatar's tip and lets you access building hovertexts until they decide to chime in again.
