Big Bang Board Games come to iPhone/iPod touch

If you're looking for a collection of classic timewaster games for your iPhone or iPod touch, look no further than Freeverse's Big Bang Board Games, which includes Chess, Backgammon, Checkers, Mancala, Reversi, 4-In-A-Row, and Tic-Tac-Toe.

The artwork and gameplay is taken directly from the Mac version of the game, and Chess has a portrait (3D) and landscape (2D) mode.

Unfortunately, each game only has a one-player mode. It would be nice to have a two-player option, for those situations where you're waiting with your significant other for a table, or in line for a movie.

Other than that, they're great games for my (sigh) favorite activity: sitting quietly through endless telephone meetings. Note to self: my clients don't read TUAW, do they? Just kidding, everyone!

Big Bang Board Games is available in the App Store for $7.99.

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Justin

Big price drop on this App :)

http://appstoredeals.com/?p=221

October 24 2008 at 10:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Shane

I downloaded this and ya....love it...well worth it. i own the same set of games on the mac. checkers, however, does not work correctly most of the time. it crashes as soon as i move a piece.....Plz fix this!
there is already a forum post on the freeverse forums. http://forum.freeverse.com/viewforum.php?id=23

September 14 2008 at 12:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Eric Matisoff

Also, if you're a Reversi fan, there's a well-programmed Free app called Morocco that I've been enjoying...

September 12 2008 at 2:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Brian

Brian from Freeverse here.
Just wanted to say that we are definitely planning to add 2-player functionality in a future update. So if you buy the game now, you'll get that functionality at a later date. We'd really like to use Apple's Push technology to power multiplayer games, we're still waiting for it to be released.

September 12 2008 at 12:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

LuminousNerd.com

So..how does it work? Are the graphics good? Does it perform well? Is it glitchy? Is it fun? Is there anything different about it???

What a terrible review...

September 11 2008 at 7:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Almadi

The only board game I want on the touch is Catan.

September 11 2008 at 7:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply