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Daily iPhone App: Rune Raiders charges into turn-based combat

by Mike Schramm (Oct 17th, 2012)

Rune Raiders isn't a new app -- it came out a little while ago and has been updated a few times (and you can actually play a version of it online in Flash). But I was looking through the App Store for a few good turn-based games recently, and Rune Raiders has been stealing more and more of my ...

Daily iPad App: The Lost Shapes builds a puzzle connection

by Mike Schramm (Mar 22nd, 2012)

The Lost Shapes is a recently released puzzle game that's not a bad title. You have a queue of tiles with lines and corners on them on the side of the screen, and you're meant to tap them out in order to make certain shapes. It's like Tetris, sort of: You have to manage both the queue of pieces ...

Catan app adds Seafarers expansion with in-app purchase

by Mike Schramm (Jan 20th, 2011)

The great Catan iOS game has added in its first expansion, available via an in-app purchase, and it's based on the Seafarers of Catan expansion from the original German board game. The expansion introduces ships and shipping routes to the kingdom-building simulation, and it includes 10 different ...

TUAW's Daily App: HEXETERA

by Mike Schramm (Dec 6th, 2010)

Here's the deal: based on that screenshot at right, you already want to play this one or you don't. You can probably guess what it is just from that. It's a falling block game, except you match triangular tiles rather than blocks. There are goals you need to meet in order to progress through the ...