Keltis
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | $1.99 | United Soft Media Verlag GmbH | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Play numbered cards to move your figures as far as possible along the colored paths of stone, collect as many wishing stones and bonus points as possible on your way to beat your opponents!
A clever strategy with the use of your cards, tiles and paths with some luck of the draw leads to victory. Play as many cards as possible in the right order - but never lose track of your opponents' tactics!
This faithful adaptation of the original Keltis boardgame includes the first path of the solitaire mode "Keltis Campaign" which offers a challenging single player experience with increasing difficulty.
But thats not all: The three remaining paths of the campaign can be unlocked via In App Purchase.
The expansion set "New Challenges" is also available for download as an App purchase directly from the game. Its a completely new board layout with AI controlled opponents for hours of challenging fun.
Features:
- Three difficulty settings for beginners and experts
- Easy rules based on the original board game
- Comprehensive tutorial
- Local multiplayer-mode (hot seat) for up to 4 players
- Online multiplayer via Game Center (NEW in version 1.5)
- English and German language supported
- Three additional paths of the "Keltis Campaign" available as In App Purchase
- Expansion "New Challenges" available as In App Purchase
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Reviews
Nice game but random crash
catan_player
The game is very nice but random crashes happens. And the high scores and stats are very simple.
Fun for lost cities fans
mrbass.org
I finished the First Campaign Path and at end it has three more Paths namely, Granite, Moonstone and Diamond Paths. It is $3 for those in app purchase. Also to play New Challenges it's another $3. So yea it's $10 app ...$4 for Keltis (play against AI or humans mix and match 2 to 4 player). Campaign is solo mode but kinda different where you reach your target score to advance to next stone in path. New Challenges is like a mix of paths with 5 different colored wishing stones and discard tiles. Tutorial is excellent although I just played first couple games it's easy to follow. Bump up game speed in settings as default is turtle slow. Note this does have the variant ascending/descending which is chosen once you place your second card (assuming not same value) up or down.
Great game, crammed interface
OH_Boardgamer
Great version of the boardgame known as Lost Cities in the US. Overall presentation and music is very nice, however the interface seems a bit crammed - but don't be fooled by the amount of numbers: The game's rules are easy to learn. I'm playing on an iPod touch 1G running OS 3.1.3 without any crashes. Edit: Campaign is now available and a fun way to play the game in solo mode. Not cheap but imho worth the $3.
Excellent Strategy Game
xamax987
this is a great card based strategy game, similiar to "lost cities". the board is kinda small on the iphone, but its only a 3.5 inch display. I play it on my ipad, and the board is so much bigger. any plans for a seperate ipad version ?
Great game, weak app
Chris Farrell
A lot of crashes, no multiplayer, the solitaire "campaigns" are kind of lame. I'm a huge fan of the board game, but this is just a mediocre app. Find the Keltis Oracle game instead, it's a much better implementation.
Too many crashes
Spagirl79
Fun game but lots of technical problems and keeps crashing. Wish I hadn't bought it.
Fun game
Acrobatman
Great app. It is lots of fun to play. Sometimes the controls are not responding as well as you would wish, but overall addicting.
BROKEN for iPod touch running 4.1
mshapiro
Loads title screens but crashes loading the initial game menu. Wait for an update to 1.1 before buying.
Good game, bad software
Pentalon
The rules/gameplay are great but the implementation is too buggy and unpolished. It crashes frequently, doesn't save/restore games in progress when you exit and re-enter, and does dumb stuff like obscure the board with a dialog when the game is over, preventing you from reviewing the end board. It doesn't even highlight the winner clearly or say who won -- you have to look at the scores and hope you're only playing 2 player so that the end game dialog doesn't obscure some of the scores. C'mon guys, get it together. Reference the Carcasonne implementation for how to do it right.
