Going Mobile for Board Games
It seems that almost daily another board game for the iPad or iPhone is added to the Apple App Store. The more popular board games make their way there first, and many others will likely follow.
Below is the list I’ve compiled to date.
I’ll try to keep on top of the newcomers as they’re created. You can help by letting me know about board games (and card games) missing from my lists that you’d like to know more about.
Note that some iOS versions go by different names than their board game counterparts. I can’t decide whether to list them under the iOS name or the original, so while the lists are basically alphabetical, you may have to search a little bit to find what you’re really looking for. Sorry about that.
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iPad Games
- Agricola – Playdek, Inc.
- Alchemists – Clément jacquet
- Alien Frontiers – Clever Mojo Games
- Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer – Playdek
- Backgammon Deluxe – EnsenaSoft
- BANG! [HD] the Official Video Game – SpinVector S.p.A.
- Reiner Knizia’s Battleline – Rational Brothers LLC
- BATTLESHIP for iPad – Electronic Arts
- Blackjack MH – Pepper Stuff
- BOGGLE for iPad – Electronic Arts
- Bohnanza HD – Aspirement
- Can’t Stop – Playdek, Inc.
- Carcassonne – TheCodingMonkeys
- Cargo Runners – Trouble Brothers, LLC
- Carrom 3D for iPad – Subhendu Behera
- Chameleon HD – Marcel Nijman (similar to Coloretto)
- Cyclades – Matagot
- QS Chinese Chess – Quick Solution
- Diaballik – Philippe LEFRANCOIS & Guillaume LEMERY
- Dominant Species for iPad – GMT Games LLC
- Dominion HD – Chillingo Ltd
- Eclipse: New Dawn for the Galaxy – Big Daddy’s Creations
- European War 3 for iPad – EASY Inc. (similar to Axis & Allies)
- Fantastic 4 In A Row – EnsenaSoft (similar to Connect 4)
- Fealty – Asmadi Games, LLC
- A Fistful of Penguins – Crooked Smiles, LLC
- Five-O – Curt Stein (like Scrabble, with numbers)
- Fluxx – Playdek, Inc.
- Forbidden Island – Button Mash Games Inc.
- Galaxy Trucker – Czech Games Edition
- Ghost Stories The Boardgame – Repos Production
- Gobblet by Blue Orange Games™ – App – Jonathan Hager
- Hacienda HD Family Board Game by Wolfgang Kramer – Momedia Sp. z o.o.
- Haggis – IQ Foundry
- Halli Galli™ HD – iPhSoft
- Hey, That’s My Fish! HD – Fantasy Flight Games
- Reiner Knizia’s High Society – Skotos Tech
- Tafl – MachineCodex Software (Hnefatafl)
- Imperial – Javelin Sdn Bhd
- Ingenious for iPad – USM
- IT’S ALIVE! – Monster Building Card Game – Jeremiah Maher
- Jenga HD – NaturalMotion
- Kahuna – USM
- Keg Bearer – Snowpunch
- KHET 2X – Sreeprakash Neelakantan
- Laser Chess – Modular Dreams Inc
- Le Havre (The Harbor) – Codito Development Inc.
- Liars Dice – Fluid Pixel Limited
- Lords of Waterdeep – Playdek, Inc.
- MahJong+ – Byterun
- Mancala: FS5 – FlipSide5, Inc.
- Ultimate Mastermind HD – Logical Deduction Games
- Reiner Knizia’s Medici HD – Codito Development Inc.
- Reiner Knizia’s Money – Skotos Tech
- Mü – House Full of Games
- Neuroshima Hex – Big Daddy’s Creations
- Pandemic: The Board Game – F2Z Digital Media Inc.
- Pathology HD – Kurt Schwartz (like Tsuro)
- Puerto Rico HD – Ravensburger Digital GmbH
- Reiner Knizia’s Qin – Elately
- Quarriors! – Icarus Studios, Inc.
- Reiner Knizia’s Ra – Codito Development Inc.
- Ramses II HD – Ravensburger Digital GmbH
- Reiner Knizia’s Razzia – The Mafia Board Game – Bulkypix
- Reverse Charades – Good Knight Games, LLC
- RISK™: The Official Game for iPad – Electronic Arts
- Rotex – Curt Stein
- Royal Game of Ur – Random5 LLC
- Reiner Knizia’s Samurai – Conlan Rios
- San Juan – Ravensburger Digital GmbH
- Scotland Yard – Ravensburger Digital GmbH
- SCRABBLE for iPad – Electronic Arts
- SET Pro HD – Set Enterprises, Inc.
- Small World 2 – Days Of Wonder, Inc.
- Space Hulk – Full Control Studios
- Splendor™ – Days Of Wonder, Inc.
- Stak Bots – Lightwood Consultancy Ltd
- Start Player – House Full of Games
- StreetSoccer – Athenstean
- Suburbia – Jeremiah Maher
- Summoner Wars – Playdek, Inc.
- Take It Easy – Ravensburger Digital GmbH
- Catan HD – USM (The Settlers of Catan)
- Reiner Knizia’s Through the Desert HD – Tribeflame
- Tichu – House Full of Games
- Ticket to Ride – Days Of Wonder, Inc.
- Reiner Knizia’s Tigris & Euphrates – Codito Development Inc.
- Tikal – Codito Development Inc.
- Ubongo – Korner Entertainment SL
- YAHTZEE™ HD – Electronic Arts
- Zombie Dice – Steve Jackson Games
iPhone Games
- Agricola – Playdek, Inc.
- Arimaa Trainer – Martti Juotasniemi
- Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer – Playdek
- Backgammon Deluxe – EnsenaSoft
- BANG! the Official Video Game – SpinVector S.p.A.
- Reiner Knizia’s Battleline – Rational Brothers LLC
- BATTLESHIP – Electronic Arts
- Big Two – Water Lou
- Blackjack MH – Pepper Stuff
- BloXoR – Terminal Core Games
- BOGGLE – Electronic Arts
- Bohnanza – Aspirement
- Button Men – Thrust Interactive
- Can’t Stop – Playdek, Inc.
- Carcassonne – TheCodingMonkeys
- Carrom 3D – Subhendu Behera
- QS Chinese Chess – Quick Solution
- Croke – Dot Matrix Interactive Design (Crokinole)
- iDixit – Toboco
- Dominion – Chillingo Ltd
- Elder Sign: Omens – Fantasy Flight Games
- European War 3 – EASY Inc. (similar to Axis & Allies)
- Fantastic 4 In A Row – EnsenaSoft (similar to Connect 4)
- Fealty – Asmadi Games, LLC
- A Fistful of Penguins – Crooked Smiles, LLC
- Fluxx – Playdek, Inc.
- Ghost Stories – Acmee GmbH
- Gobblet by Blue Orange Games™ – App – Jonathan Hager
- Haggis – IQ Foundry
- Halli Galli™ – iPhSoft
- Hey, That’s My Fish! HD – Fantasy Flight Games
- Reiner Knizia’s High Society – Skotos Tech
- Tafl – MachineCodex Software (Hnefatafl)
- Ingenious – USM
- IT’S ALIVE! – Monster Building Card Game – Jeremiah Maher
- Jenga – NaturalMotion
- Kahuna – USM
- Keltis – USM
- KHET – Sreeprakash Neelakantan
- Kingsburg Serving the Crown – iNigma
- Reiner Knizia’s Knights of Charlemagne – Conlan Rios
- Le Havre (The Harbor) – Codito Development Inc.
- Lords of Waterdeep – Playdek, Inc.
- Lost Cities – TheCodingMonkeys
- McGuire – Smuggly Systems Intergalactic (like Acquire)
- Mahjong!! – Byterun
- Mancala: FS5 – FlipSide5, Inc.
- Ultimate Mastermind HD – Logical Deduction Games
- Reiner Knizia’s Medici – Codito Development Inc.
- Reiner Knizia’s Modern Art: The Card Game – Skotos Tech
- Reiner Knizia’s Money – Skotos Tech
- Mü – House Full of Games
- Neuroshima Hex – Big Daddy’s Creations
- Pathology – Kurt Schwartz (like Tsuro)
- Pocket Rockets – ilia
- Reiner Knizia’s Ra – Codito Development Inc.
- Ramses II – Ravensburger Digital GmbH
- Reiner Knizia’s Razzia – The Mafia Board Game – Bulkypix
- RISK – Electronic Arts
- Roll Through the Ages – Vintru, LLC
- Rotex – Curt Stein
- Royal Game of Ur – Random5 LLC
- Reiner Knizia’s Samurai – Conlan Rios
- San Juan – Ravensburger Digital GmbH
- Scotland Yard – Ravensburger Digital GmbH
- SCRABBLE – Electronic Arts
- Shogi Z (Japanese Chess) – NUTRACTOR
- Splendor™ – Days Of Wonder, Inc.
- Stak Bots – Lightwood Consultancy Ltd
- Start Player – House Full of Games
- StreetSoccer – Athenstean
- Summoner Wars – Playdek, Inc.
- Take It Easy – Ravensburger Digital GmbH
- Catan – USM (The Settlers of Catan)
- Reiner Knizia’s Through the Desert HD – Tribeflame
- Tichu – House Full of Games
- Ticket to Ride Pocket – Days Of Wonder, Inc.
- Reiner Knizia’s Tigris & Euphrates – Codito Development Inc.
- Tikal – Codito Development Inc.
- Tricky 6 – Benjamin Zachey (like Qwirkle)
- Werewolf – Kory Heath Designs
- Zooloretto™ – Chillingo Ltd
- Zombie Dice – Steve Jackson Games