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Post  RikTheChief Fri 23 May 2014, 20:22

Does anybody think there might be any mileage in an app which keeps track of tokens, victory points, money etc? It could have a built in calculator, dice roller etc. Half of me thinks it's a good idea the other half thinks its stupid...any thoughts?
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Post  RikTheChief Fri 23 May 2014, 20:27

I drew this.  In the pub.
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Post  PaulC Fri 23 May 2014, 23:05

Some games have a specific app to do this. Many of them charge for the app. A free generic app would be a useful tool.
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Post  RikTheChief Mon 26 May 2014, 11:12

This is my first prototype.  Let me know what you think.

It's Android only at the moment, so you Apple fanboys will have to wait a bit longer!

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Post  PaulC Wed 28 May 2014, 20:37

Looks like a great start.
If you can add dice other than D6 and make the faces customisable you'll be onto a winner!
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Post  Admin Thu 29 May 2014, 09:22

How hard would it be to have default profiles for the more popular games (Catan, Agricola, Pandemic, etc) and the ability for a player to create/form their own new profiles for his/her favourite game to load in...


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Post  RikTheChief Thu 26 Mar 2015, 14:16

Updated to a new version with extra features, a new colourful layout and various other improvements

For club members you can download the full version from here, it is also available from the Google store

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0RGwo3mpo9XRlZZUTNiR1phZVk/view?usp=sharing

Unfortunately still only Android at the moment.

Any feedback would be appreciated!
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Post  RikTheChief Tue 16 Jun 2015, 17:06

Somebody last week (sorry I can't remember who you were!) was looking for a spare dice and Kes suggested an app - it just so happens my Board Game Helper app has a dice roller built in.

Unfortunately it's Android only at the moment, but it's free (to club members) and you can download it from the link above.
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Post  SamVS Tue 16 Jun 2015, 18:02

We ended up raiding Dead of Winter for it's bag of dice, and then found out we only needed the dice to decide the first player. Lol.
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Post  SamVS Tue 16 Jun 2015, 18:03

I expected somebody to just pull a die out of their breast pocket or behind their ear.
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Post  SamVS Fri 19 Jun 2015, 19:49

Rik, I downloaded the app but I can only see one screen titled Tokens, that let's me add money and resources (but not take them away or do anything else with them). I can't seem to access any other page. I downloaded onto a Motorola Moto G.
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Post  RikTheChief Fri 19 Jun 2015, 20:45

There should be a drop-down box marked 'Tokens', if you tap here it should let you select the different modules.  Can you see this?

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Post  SamVS Fri 19 Jun 2015, 20:49

Not quite. Screenshot attached

Edit: Okay, it doesn't want to let me attach from my phone, I guess.

I have basically the same screen as you but everything below the last resource isn't there.
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Post  RikTheChief Fri 19 Jun 2015, 21:41

OK Thanks for the feedback, I'll do some research and see if I can find out what the problem is.

Any chance you could keep it on your phone so I can have a look next time I see you?
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Post  SamVS Fri 19 Jun 2015, 21:43

Yep, no problem. Excellent customer support here already Razz
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Post  RikTheChief Thu 10 Mar 2016, 11:24

At the risk of self promotion here's some free keys for my Board Game Helper app, simply enter them in the Google Play store under 'Redeem'. Sorry it's Android only at the moment.

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