Betrayal at House on the Hill looks really cool for Halloween, building a haunted mansion tile by tile, then at a certain point it all kicks off, one of 50 story scenario's is triggered, and 1 player becomes a traitor. There are story books for each side and it gives different win conditions for the traitor and the good guys.

Last Night on Earth also looks good, Will wheaton featured it in his latest episode of TableTop on Geek & Sundry.

I'm all for ios talk also, they are pretty much all I play on my iPad, slowly losing interest in action video games of any sort.

Anyone playing Summoner Wars ios? I absolutely love it, been playing a few randoms online which is much more satisfying than against the AI.

City of Horror
Sounds amazing. I imagine there's absolute carnage during a game of this with everyone hating everyone else.

I bought the iOS versions of Tigris & Euphrates, Qin, Alien Frontier and Caylus last night. Will try and dip into them later. 

If you're looking for some other board game iOS recommendations, here are a few well worth checking out: Elder Sign, Le Harve, Forbidden Island, Puerto Rico, Ticket To Ride and Carcassonne.

Qin is a neat little tile building game. Fast-paced and I'm getting my ass kicked even on a two-player easy game. Well worth a look.

Spent three splendid hours with Mage Knight this afternoon. It was my third time playing the walkthrough solo scenario but I was a bit more adventurous this time. Gatecrashed a werewolf and an Orc Summoner who were enjoying a couple of gin cocktails in the middle of an ancient ruins. Epic battle ensued and thanks to my new-found skills and mindless followers, I defeated the blighters - despite the summoner's best attempts to confuse me by summoning another werewolf - and made off into the bright sunlight clutching a shiny artifact for my troubles.

Also plundered a dungeon, tried to burn down a monastery and threatened a village with my huge sword. Utterly brilliant.

What I love most is the selection of actions open to the player at every turn. The sheer range of options can be overwhelming at first, but once you settle into the groove, things just fall into place. I was sitting for 10 minutes looking at the board, unsure if I should really attack a mage tower - but the thought of loot and power urged me onwards. Make no mistake, Mage Knight is a quite brilliant game. If you're sitting on the fence or put off my the price, my advice would be to go for it. Yes, there's a lot to learn, but it's so beautifully put together that this learning process is fun.

Amazing.

FFS. Damn kilted and shinji. It's 12.15 and I am looking online for Mage Knight prices and stock. I didn't realise it could be played solo.

Added Smash Up to my collection today. It was a toss up between that and King of Tokyo and the idea of robot wizards was too much to pass up.

Also, found a lovely new game store in the fine city of Galway. Dungeons and Donuts, does exactly what it says. Play some D&D, eat some donuts. Good donuts too, a little pricey but that's fine. Have Pandemic on order as a tester, hoping it'll work out. Damn fine donuts

Well, thanks to Shinji and Kilted, Mage Knight just turned up.

I told the missus she can buy it as my xmas present this year, lessened the guilt somewhat.

I hear ticket to ride Nordic is the one to get for two players.

Bought (well my girlfriend) got dominion seaside omg pirate ship is bloody amazing!
Also bought string railway which should be a bit of fun. Was tempted by smash up but I too have doubts about its two player credentials (based on the dice tower review).

Dude if you want to get a two player game get starwars x wing. Play on a small grid (2ft by 2ft) and have a laugh!

Nah they're pre painted which is part of the attraction for me. Its basically like playing with toys with a lot of dice rolls.

Any shouts for a good two player game, nicely portable, to take on holiday?

+1 for Summoner Wars, we bought the Elves vs Orcs set for our holiday, decantered the paper mat, cards, dice and chits into a zip-lock bag and away we went.

We also took Battle Line, which is just a deck of cards and 9 pawns, really cool poker-like game.

Citadels is also great with 2, and comes in a very compact box.

This week in board games: 

Smash Up continues to be a massive success around family evening times. Many games were had, people were ganged up on, victories were snatched and alliances shattered. There was even one glorious moment where one player (sister) intentionally scored a base, giving victory to another (dad) preventing someone else (me) from winning due to a previous offence. It was deliciously petty.

Twilight Struggle is clearly an excellent game but a tough sell for some. I guess it seems a little long and possibly a little dry. I haven't gotten enough experience yet to provide compelling anecdotes to play but I reckon it'll have good staying power.

Have 4 players lined up for a Pandemic (if it arrives) / Mage Knight fest next saturday. Not sure anyone knows what they're in for but I'm excited

You boardgamers, would this be of interest to a non-boardgamer?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2229165/

I like geeky shit regardless of context, does the subject sound interesting as I know eff all about it.

I shall grab it and see then. I loved the Tetris doc despite not playing it since I was five.