Caylus app for iPhone and iPad
The year is 1289. To strengthen the borders of the Kingdom of France, King Philip the Fair decided to have a new castle built. For the time being, Caylus is but a humble village, but soon, workers and craftsmen will be flocking by the cartload, attracted by the great prospects. Around the building site, a city is slowly rising up…
The players embody master builders. By building the King’s castle and developing the city around it, they earn prestige points and gain the King’s favour. When the castle is finished, the player who has earned the most prestige wins the game.
* Pass & Play mode for playing on one device with your friends
* multiple AI players, every with a different strategy
* asynchronous multiplayer with push notifications
* challenging gameplay
* amazing hand drawn artwork
Caylus received multiple awards:
* 2011 Juego del Año Tico Nominee
* 2006 International Gamers Award winner
* 2006 Deutscher Spiele Preis winner
* 2006 Nederlandse Spellenprijs winner
* 2006 Spiel des Jahres winner, Special Award for Complex Game
* 2006 BoardGameGeek Golden Geek winner, Game of the Year’ and Best Gamer’s Game
* 2006 Hra roku (Czech Game of the Year) nominee
* 2005 Tric Trac d’or (France), Game of the Year, Winner
* 2005 Meeples’ Choice Award winner
Pros and cons of Caylus app for iPhone and iPad
Caylus app good for
A very animated version of the original board game. If u have not played the board game the in game tutorial will not be enough. Watched some video explanations of the game mechanics and printed off 2 sets of rules. By the second game it clicked and I got it. A very deep and rewarding game. U can really get immersed in it and all the choices. Brilliant game. Awesome purchase for sure.
Difficult to learn, just like the board game, but very rewarding.
Perfect app of an incredible board game. Caylus as a game is a work of art, actions and resource collection mixed with shrewd ecomics and careful planning. As the king of worker placement games, the gameplay is tight and skillful, as the psychology behind each move creates a game that can work on many levels for different types of gamers and different strategies.
As an app, the theme is even more deeply integrated with a superb interface and excellent graphics. The depiction of the board and playing pieces removes the abstract feel of the board game and ties in the theme perfectly. A strong selection of computer controlled opponents and multiplayer options also helps this app stand above many of the other board game apps onipad. Long live the king!
AI isnt the best, but thats to be expected. Would give 5 stars if it allowed you to save more than one game at a time. Would love to see more strategy games made into apps (puerto rico plz).
Fantastic implementation, but it would be lovely to have some Game center integration and local WiFi/Bluetooth support.
After putting 50+ hours into Neuroshima Hex, I knew Caylus would be an insta-buy for me. Big Daddys Creations did not disappoint; Caylus is near perfect. I had not played the game before, but I found that the included instructions and tutorial were sufficient to learn the basics. At this early stage, the Apprentice level AI provides an appropriate challenge. I hope I can count on clever and devious AI waiting for me in the higher difficulties. Bottom Line: this is one of the 3 best board games on iOS.
Some bad moments
I had this app for a while now and I really enjoyed it until it started to crash everytime I would try to play online. I deleted the app thinking that it would solve the problem and when I tried to reinstall it said that I had to pay again to get it back. It never happened to me before whenever I deleted an App and reinstalled it after that they would ask me to purchase it again. Im really disappointed about that and I hope that I can get the app back without having to pay a second time for it.
I have a first generation I pad running 5.1.1
Looking at this game specs I should be able to play it.
So far I cant even open the app. I just want to play and enjoy a great game.
I have taken many steps to try and fix the problem such as uninstalling the game and reinstalling it. Restarting the I pad. Etc... I dont know how to send a message to the developers but I will try. I will change this rating if I can fix the issue and I can try the game. Until then I guess Im out the price of the app with nothing to show for it....
.... This looks like a great game.
Ill change my review to 5 stars which this game otherwise deserves, but the latest update has derped the CPU so that they only focus on money, not VPs. Now unplayable. Please fix.
The AI is bugged only going for gold. In addition you cant use any buildings where you spend money
As others have noted: the AI is broken! AI Players only go for gold! Fix it.
Used to be a great game, but the last update ruined the AI - single player game not challenging at all now.
