Istanbul: Digital Edition

A Google user

5 years ago

It's not easy to keeps the feeling of board game in digital edition, but this one this fine for me. However, it's still incomplete without both expansions.

Friedrich Atmodjo

3 months ago

Suddenly my app becomes the beta version and cannot continue playing my current online session ? The app says beta version cannot play online.

Bizarro Pete

1 month ago

Game runs great, has quite a few options, and is playable offline!

Peter Lee

3 years ago

Love playing this game, even against the AI, but especially with friends. Haven't yet played online games yet. I would love and really advocate for expansion packs to be added! I'd definitely pay for them!

nikita kayal

3 years ago

It's a great digital version of the game. Very well worth the game.Not too many players online but since I play with family, we don't have to worry about that. Very stable multiplayer and well implemented.

LeadClaymore

4 years ago

Great game love both the board game and the digital edition. I wish the expansions we're playable, DLC or free. My only complaint for the implementation of the game is the UI is a bit clunkey with multiple confirms for some actions.

Mark Allen

1 year ago

Great app implementation of one of my favorite games! However, can you all please update the app icon for Android/Google Pixel? It's just the tiny square icon surrounded by a white circle. The Istanbul icon doesn't fill the entire space. (To fix, I believe you need to upload an adaptive circle icon for Android that doesn't have anything go over the icon borders)

Rattenus Rattoonus

6 months ago

Bought immediately when I realised that the Mocha expansion is coming soon! So far, so good. The interface is clean, and there is the physicality of the original board game still intact. The AI seems to be strong as well, but I'll update my opinion as I get better at the game.

Esther Ellis

1 year ago

The digital version is as good as the physical version! It's amazing! I think it would have been better to have added the Letter and Coffee expansions. It would have made the game mare fun and heavier. I also think there should be a harder level AI. Even hard AI is easy. Nonetheless, this game is amazing and I highly recommend it.

Stephen Lee

2 years ago

This is a fantastic port that really streamlines the gameplay and set-up. The physical game might take a group of 3 players over an hour to setup, play and tear down can now be started and completed in less than 10 minutes which is fantastic. Also, unlike other board game apps, it's very smooth and there's virtually no lag or bugs I've seen. An expansion would make this even better but as it stands now, this is pretty much everything you can ask for in a board game app.

Jen Noel

1 year ago

Really love this game but for some reason I cannot access the chat feature. There is no chat icon beside the notification icon on the right hand side as there should be. I am playing with someone and they keep sending me messages and I can't respond which is very frustrating. I have search and searched the settings and cannot find anywhere that it may be turned off or something. One time as a fluke I was able to access the global chat, but I could never get there again. Please help!

Tin Long Yip

1 month ago

Sometimes the bonus card have bug and does not show what bonus catlrd I have and unable to use during my turn

Gary Malkin

4 years ago

I only play this with AI, so can't comment on the online mode, but I absolutely love this. The AI on hard level is unusually challenging (for me at least). The game itself plays very well. It's simple to learn but hard to master. Random set up makes the tactics in each game different, as does player count. It's a very different game with 2 than with 5. It's also very quick to play with games lasting maybe 10-15 minutes. The artwork is top notch and the app functionality very smooth.

Joe Williamson

2 weeks ago

Terrible UX on mobile. There are some real easy wins which could make this better to use. One: don't keep flashing that current action text. It's annoying an unecessary when you're trying to think. Two: the cards are tiny enough as it is. Why on earth would you cover the bottom 5th of the screen with a dark gradient as a background for that flashing text which doesnt even consume the gradient? Please ditch the flashing text and make the gradient sensible or removable on mobile.

Ali Tavakoli

1 year ago

It's 2024 and I'm still loving this game. Great implementation of an already great board game that just flows smoothly. Everything is intuitive after a handful of plays. I would love to see some expansions in 2024, at least the two main ones (Coffee, Letters) from the physical "Big Box" edition. Any expansion would be an immediate purchase for me, and I'll bet a lot of others, given the number of 5-star reviews I see here!

Mike Summers

8 months ago

Very good digital implementation of a great board game. I like the interface decisions they made, to make the different options visually "work" on a phone. (Just pasting on the board game art/interface doesn't typically work well.) I do wish they had notifications enabled to let you know when it's your turn on an asynchronous game.

A Google user

6 years ago

I own the cardboard version of the game and I loved it so I was excited to pick up the digital version. The app very well done with one major flaw. Asynchronous play doesn't notify you when it's your turn. Most of my digital table top gaming is done asynchronously with friends and the fact that there isn't a notification means the games frequently get forgotten. If you don't care about asynchronous play though, I would highly recommend. The app is polished and the game itself is fantastic.