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Review – “Free Board Games for the iPad”
App developer: Metaversal Studios
Website: www.metaversalstudios.com
There aren’t too many Free iPad apps out there, but luckily there’s one that offers some of the most popular board games, with great graphics and small but decent selection of games. GameRoom includes Checkers, Reversi and Go, with the ability to build your own custom game using the grid and pieces included from those games.
One would suspect that the graphics and mechanics of a free App might not be up to par, especially on the large iPad screen, but GameRoom is actually quite stunning. Even if this was just a Checkers App, I would download it just to have a portable Checkers set with me all the time. You never know when that could come in handy. On your lunch break, while commuting on the train or bus, trying to distract bored children.
An unexpected but welcome feature is the Rule Book, which offers you information and the rules of game play for each of the games built in. And you don’t have to quit your came to go in and check the rules. So if you need to check if a certain move is allowed – you can flip into the Rule Book, and flip back to your game easily.
The developers have included a ‘News Feed’ directly on the main page, so obviously you’ll be informed of App updates, but hopefully this means that they’ll be adding additional games as the App gets more popular. Even if it doesn’t, it’s still worth a look.
Honestly, this is a well designed free App. The graphics are great, the games work great, and with free Apps pretty much lacking specifically for iPad recently, I highly suggest you download it, just to have you may use it more often than you think!
~ChantelleJoy
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