Disney and NetMarble have teamed up to develop a new board game for Android devices called Disney Magical Dice. Along with the announcement of this game heading to Google Play soon comes the pre-registration for folks interested in this game in the US going live as well.
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Games Workshop and Nomad Games have released their third joint effort on Android today called Talisman: The Horus Hersey. This new addition to the Talisman franchise continues to take place within the Warhammer 40K universe, and if you follow the storylines in that world, then you are probably guess from the title of this game that is takes place just after the cataclysmic events of the Horus Heresy.
Ortus Arena is the adaptation of a board game by Firebrush Studios that will soon be available for a few different platforms, one of which being Android. This particular game features a hexagon-filled playing area where players will be controlling their Warlord and subsequent soldiers as they take on their opponent for domination.
Tsuro is a simple board game about walking a path, and remaining on it longer than the other players. Thanks to Thunderbox Entertainment, Tsuro now has a virtual port of the board game that is now available on Android. In this game, players will be placing tiles down on to the board to create or extend a path that must be pursued.
While GDC is generally a time where plenty of mobile games get unveiled, it is also a time where plenty of beta testing phases begin. Another game that now has its beta testing starting up is Galaxy of Trian which is now available for download for folks wanting to test the game out.
MHGames has announced that their newest puzzler called Oddhop will be landing on Android later this Spring and have released details about what exactly will be coming with this game. This particular game takes place in more of a board game style, where players will be presented a hexagonal terrain filled with different animals.
Hnefatafl is an ancient Scandinavian board game that antedates chess. There are several different variations of play, but the gist of the game is simple. There are two players, each controlling an opposing force, one black and the other white. The black army is the invading one that hopes to capture the king of the white army, and begins with pieces arrayed on all four sides of the board, near its perimeter.
Try to conquer the world in the 19th century in Colonial Conquest, now available from Google Play
Released by Argonauts Interactive, Colonial Conquest is a new strategy game that’s been released on to Android. Set in the late 19th century, players will oversee one of several regional powers that all have global domination aspirations. Players will assume the role as one of the heads of state from one of the following nations: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, or Japan.
Fans of the Patchwork board game can now play it digitally in Patchwork The Game, now available for download
Released by Digidiced, Patchwork The Game is the port of the eponymous board game. In Patchwork, players are looking to build the best (prettiest?) looking patchwork, on a 9 x 9 grid. The board game is designed for two players, competing head-to-head, with each purchasing tiles with buttons (the board game’s currency) and “time” (an in-game mechanic that measures out how long it’ll take to finish the stitching for that piece).
Joycity’s rather popular Monopoly-style multiplayer board game called Game of Dice has received a pretty big update themed around pirates. For those of you not familiar with this game, Game of Dice is essentially a combination of Monopoly gameplay, but mixed with TCG mechanics and RPG elements to round everything out.