App Profile: Cascadia Digital

FrankWimmer

Rating: 5/5

I've been playing this almost non-stop for the last 3 days. Terrific implementation with a good user interface. I love the variety of options included. Although online multiplayer is included, I rarely play online, so I was thrilled to see the many solo challenges and options. For this to be such a new released, I've been very impressed with how stable the game has been. I've encountered a brief server interruption a couple of times, but it's always been brief and reconnected quickly. If you have a compatible iPad, it's highly recommended.

Saxguy007

Rating: 4/5

This has been a great game for late night solo play action when everyone else is gone to bed. My matches with the AI have been very tight. I found the gameplay smooth, and the tutorial was very helpful in that I had not played my copy of the cardboard for a couple years. I have to ding it though because it has a bug where and I can’t see the bonus token icon on the four hexagonal tiles in the offer until I drag one into play only then does the little white up arrow appear. That is a nuisance. You want to be able to see the white arrow bonus icon when you’re looking at the tiles, considering choosing one.

micharion

Rating: 4/5

If you love playing Cascadia, this is a lovely way to do so. I’ve been playing it daily. Surprisingly, it falls into more of a zen puzzle experience for me then some other digital board games. Pass and play is implemented well. So it is also a great way to get a quick game of Cascadia in without the setup/put-away of the actual game. My minor criticisms are the following. At least on older iPads (like mine), the battery drain is worse than a vampire at an all-you-can-eat-human-buffet. Caught me by surprise. Would be great if Dire Wolf worked out a way to turn off some of the particle effects and such. Another thing that would likely be too much a lift at this point of the release, after scoring has concluded, a way to review how each thing scored on each board. That feels like a missed opportunity for those that can struggle with how to score some of the more complicated animal variants. That said, I still get about 2 rounds of the game in a day worth the money and the battery headaches.