I don’t play many games on the iPhone. Words with Friends changed that and now I have another addiction. The game is Slay.
It is a turn based, hexagon winning war game that is delightfully simple yet deep. It’s very easy to pick up and play but the levels get very challenging as you move into the game.
Essentially you have a landscape that is split between several powers with each owning small areas of land. Your job is take over the whole landscape in a fashion similar to the board game “risk”. The more area you control, the more money you have and so the better army you can afford. The first level of army are peasants who can only take unprotected land. Two peasants make a spearman who is much more powerful. After that you have knights and barons that are very powerful but also cost a lot to keep and so you best have plenty of land to look after these guys. There are rules as to who can move where based upon the power of pieces. If you can make ground so that you cut your opponents land in half then this can have a dramatic effect on their army as you effectively “starve” their army. The rules are simple yet complex enough to make the game chellenging and thought provoking.
I managed to pick this up for free a few days ago when it was on sale and I’m delighted by that. However, it is definitely worth a fee. If this sort of games interests you at all, take a look – I think its very good.
What I’d love to see added is an online multiplayer mode similar to words with friends. That would be great.
