Board games come in many varieties, and now you can have them all on your iOS device without worrying about losing pieces. There have been a lot of new ideas to give you many ways to play beyond simply chess, checkers, and monopoly. Some games fit so well in the digital space allowing you to drag objects across the screen, play with others online, and view the board game theme brought to life. Check out our highlighted board games across many different styles.
Tile placement board games require you to contemplate where to put pieces on the board for your best advantage and to confound your opponent.
The game of path.
Place a tile and slide your stone along the path created, but be careful. Other player's paths can lead you in the wrong direction.
Build cities, one tile at a time.
Your goal is to try to build cities with each tile that you place on the board. There are open fields, castle walls, roads, and more to place just right to maximize your score, and beat your opponent.
Sew up some fun with this mobile version of the physical board game.
In Patchwork: The Game, each oddly shaped piece of fabric will cost you buttons and provide you moves on the timeline game board. Once you pick your piece, you can place it on your board wherever you like. Then tap the stitch icon to secure it in place. The winner of the game is the one who reaches the end of the timeline game board first. You can play with an opponent online, locally, or against the AI.
A digital board game that is all about growing flowers with every turn.
Build up your Lotus garden, petal by petal so that they can grow to maturity and grant wisdom in the digital board game port. You can use special abilities and guardians to help grow and protect your garden as players battle for the most wisdom.
Strategy board games test your ability to use the board game rules for your best tactical advantage in every move you make. These games emphasize having your turn impact your opponent's turn and decision making, and vice versa.
Antihero is a fantastic addition to anyone's strategy game collection.
Antihero, the digital strategy board game where you're a master thief and run a thieves guild to plunder the city, is now on iOS.
The train is boarding, are you ready to win?
Ticket to Ride is based on the classic train board game. This mobile version offers online multiplayer with the game community and Pass and Play mode for up to four opponents. There is an online and offline Hall of Fame, maps with original artwork, and a turn-by-turn in-game tutorial. Claim...
Build your civilization turn by turn.
Civilization Revolution is a great turn based strategy game, and Through the Ages has similar concepts fashioned into a board game. You need to play cards at the right time to build your small tribe up with technological advancements, better governments, and grand wonders.
Rob trains with strategically timed movement cards.
A port of the train robbery board game that lets you scheme your way to pulling off a big score. Your opponents are trying to do the same thing, and you each play a movement card during your turn. Then, you watch it unfold and try to change your strategy...
A grand scale board game with fantastical card based elements.
Your ultimate goal is to become king or queen of Armello as you'll quest, scheme, hire agents, explore, vanquish monsters, cast spells and face off against other players. There's an ornate 3D depiction of the world of Armello to be immersed in the fantasy RPG style, while still connecting with...
Deduction board games are all about figuring out how everything should unfold. The Whodunnit mystery is a great example, but there are other variations in using each turn to uncover the given mystery.
Work together to figure out the murder mystery with psychic ghost help. The game is set in the 1920s, and provides a ghost that gives clues to psychics. There's a little change of pace in the cooperative set-up, and you can choose to play as either the ghost to give clues, or one of the psychics to figure out what the clues mean.
Try to pull off a heist as you assemble your team and flip over cards. Burgle Bros is a board game in which your decisions impact everyone on the team. You need to assemble your crew, make a plan, and pull off the impossible. Flip the cards over on the game board, and react to what unfolds.
Roll the dice or spin the spinner and move the corresponding number of spaces. The set up is familiar in games like Monopoly, but there are many variations based on the accessible idea.
The board game classic comes to iOS with all new animations.
Life moves quick, especially in the board game with major life progression scattered across the board. The iOS version introduces 3D graphics to depict the changing moments in your characters life as the game develops.
In Tokaido, the journey is more important than the destination.
Travel across the Japanese landscape, and try to collect as many memorable experiences as possible. The winner will find magnificent landscapes, amazing dishes, precious souvenirs, memorable temples, and more.
There's nothing like playing games with others. These board games are made to be played with others in a fast paced set up.
Heads Up! is the perfect party game! If you’re a game-nighter, you need this game installed and ready to go. It’s a ton of fun, and you won’t waste a bunch of time trying to explain the rules to everyone since it’s so simple.
Can you mingle your fingers with your partner without getting in the way? The goal of Fingle is to work together to move buttons into the right targets, but there are two of you trying to do that simultaneously. It's like Twister, but for your fingers.
Mucho Party currently offers five free games with more to unlock for a total of 40 fun-filled options. From puzzles to matching games to quick-tap action, there is something for everyone. There are six game modes to choose from where you can battle with a buddy, challenge the champion, or play with up to eight opponents.
SketchParty TV is the fun Pictionary-style drawing and guessing party game to play on your iPad and Apple TV! You could buy an easel, a huge pad of paper, and some markers, then write down a really long list of words and make up some rules and try and keep track of points and get marker smudges all over your furniture. Don't do that, let Sketch Party TV take care of it for you.
Spaceteam is a cooperative party game for 2 to 4 players who shout technobabble at each other until their ship explodes. You'll be assigned a random control panel with buttons, switches, sliders, and dials. You need to follow time-sensitive instructions, but the instructions are sent to your teammates so you have to coordinate.
Board games don't have to be turn based, and instead can be played in real time with a flurry. These games have each player jumping into the fun at once for crazy happenings on the board.
Shoot marbles head to head across various board set ups.
Marble Mixer includes three different game boards to shoot marbles on. Your marbles can collide with your opponent's marbles, and there are great physics. Have fun shooting towards point buckets, mouths, and more.
Pong mixed with pinball
When you mix pong and pinball, you get Multiponk. All it takes is one finger to control your paddle. Give your ball smooth effects and thwart the traps to win the game. Multiponk features solo mode, where you try to beat the computer, as well as a multiplayer mode that...
Can you reign supreme as King of the Opera?
The opera is on, but the tenors all want to steal the spotlight. You and up to three other players each control a singer, trying to nudge and bump each other off the stage. When the fat lady drops into the action, though, who can steal the spotlight back and...
Kids don't have to jump into board games with a ten page manual. There are classic introductory board games like Candy Land, Connect 4, Chutes and Ladders, and more.
For a fun night with the kids, SweetLand is colorful and enjoyable. Spin your way around the board and visit neat places like the Ice Cream Palace, Candy Cane Forest, Chocolate Lake, and more. With a great view of the game board and an engaging 3-D experience, see if you can make it to the Castle Cake first.
Snakes & Ladders also known as "Chutes and Ladders" in the United states. It can be played by up to four players. Each player race their token from start to finish according to dice rolls along a path. A player's score decreases if he/she lands on a grid where there is a Snake and a player's score increases if he/she lands on a grid where there is a Ladder. Snakes & Ladders game is a bit like the dice based Ludo board game.
* Play against A.I
* 3D dice
* Play Online
* MultiPlayer - up to 4 players offline
* Play with nearby iOS devices
* 6 different Snakes and Ladders board
* In-App iPod Music Player
More features:
* Universal app for iPhone and iPad
* Simple User Interface
* Sound effects: dice roll, snake, etc
* Start a new Snakes & Ladders game anytime
* Load a saved board game
* Auto-saves a game
* Facebook & Twitter integration for sharing game information
* Game Center - Leaderboard & Achievement
* Snakes and Ladders board game rules for reference
The classic game you know and love is back. Play this two-player game with a friend or outwit the CPU! Can you beat every difficulty?
Connect 4 pieces of your color in a row, column, or diagonal line. The first person to connect four in a row wins! Challenge yourself in this colorful and stimulating brain exercise.
- Easy to play with simplistic designs
- Play against a computer opponent
- Easy, Medium, and Hard levels
- Pass and play with a friend!
- Select who makes the first move or randomize
- Customizable themes with unique colored checkers
- Choose a custom character as your avatar!
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Board games have become more complex lately, but they all started somewhere. Chess, checkers, mancala, backgammon, dominoes, and chinese checkers have withstood the test of time.
You can download multiple apps, or an all in one alternative with multiple board games together in one.