# iPad Game Suggestions **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 28, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-game-suggestions/629695 "2012-07-28T17:37:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-game-suggestions/629695/1 "2012-07-28T17:37:57Z")
Does anyone have any suggestions for iPad game? I’m looking for either turn based games I can play with my wife (she’s got an iPad as well), or other really great games. I thought about getting the monopoly one, but the reviews indicated that it had issues with crashing. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-game-suggestions/629695/2 "2012-07-28T22:05:48Z")
I’ve been playing Outwitters nonstop for about a week now. It’s turn by turn strategy where each player controls a team of beasties in an attempt to get to and destroy the other base. You can play with your wife taking turns on the same iPad or each using your own. It’s also got a really robust league system so you can play strangers and it will automatically match you with people of roughly your skill level. There are three factions you can play with, each of which has seven units. Six of them are functionally the same, with the special unit varying from team to team in what it can do. The game comes free with one team, and that’s all you need to play forever, but you can buy additional teams. They’re cheap – currently $3 for the whole schmear. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-game-suggestions/629695/3 "2012-07-28T22:17:37Z")
A million times recommend **Ticket to Ride**. It’s not just one of the best board game ports on iOS, it’s one of the best games period. It has both LAN mode (if you each have an iPad) and a pass-and-play. Really, iOS is great for implementations of many board games, and a lot of strategy/German/adult board games have gotten good ports. I also get a lot of play out of **Puerto Rico** and **Tigris and Euphrates** , though I haven’t tried playing them multiplayer. I’ve heard nothing but good things about the **Carcassone** app, but haven’t bought it. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-game-suggestions/629695/4 "2012-07-29T02:27:59Z")
The [Le Havre](http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35677/le-havre) single player implementation is great, and [Caylus](http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18602/caylus) is good also. Though I don’t know how well multiplayer is implemented in either. Both are very heavy / crunchy though (and 2 player Caylus is odd, I’d have a computer player or 2) [Ascention](http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/69789/ascension-chronicle-of-the-godslayer) is one port I like better than the physical game (but again I’ve only played single player) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-game-suggestions/629695/5 "2012-07-29T02:57:23Z")
If you like RPGs, Avernum is terrific. Lots of fun, hours of gameplay, well worth the price. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-game-suggestions/629695/6 "2012-07-29T03:16:34Z")
Osmos is a visually stunning game where you navigate these bubbles around in the vacuum of space. Really addictive. I also like Scribblenauts, and the obligatory words with friends/Scrabble! And if you have friends with smartphones/tablets, get draw something! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-game-suggestions/629695/7 "2012-07-31T13:47:57Z")
I like single-person puzzle games, like **Where’s My Water?** and **Cut The Rope**. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-game-suggestions/629695/8 "2012-07-31T14:23:10Z")
The **Awakening** series is really good. _Dreamless Castle, Moonfell Wood, Goblin Kingdom_. A very casual collect items and use them to solve puzzles game with a fairy tale story line. Also, if you like something like bejeweled but more in depth gameplay **4 Elements** is fun. You make jewel links to break away the space behind them allowing an element to flow through that space on a scrolling game screen to a predetermined goal before the timer runs out.