What do you guys think of digital board game apps? I’m a big fan of the good ones, I’ve currently been playing a lot of Root and Castles Of Burgundy.
Anyone else? Some people I know are purists and only play on the table, others enjoy being able to play on the go (I fall into the latter camp!)
I get the most mileage out of boardgamearena. I think of digital board games as “diet” board games. still good, but a lighter version of the original
My spouse adores the Ticket to Ride and (for a long time but not anymore after an update) Pandemic apps. I like the Twilight Struggle one as well and played a lot of that during covid when I couldn’t see friends to play.
I play almost exclusively on Tabletop Simulator simply because it’s much easier to gather a group of people interested in a game online.
I’m a fan. I used to play a lot of Ticket to Ride on iOS. Having it as an app takes the fiddliness of all that shuffling out of it. Plus, it’s nice to be able to play only a few turns here and there.
I play a lot on BGA/Yucata and also play app implementations for some games. Generally I much prefer the BGA/Yucata versions over the app ones because of the more faithful implementations, the better matchmaking and the consistent UI.
I have no problem with mixing digital and on-table, the more ways to play the better! And it’s really nice to be able to try games online before buying them. The best way to sell me a game is a good BGA or Yucata implementation.