Magnifico

“My recommendation is that if you like Risk style boardgames you should by this now; heck, if you generally like boardgames or similar just buy it anyway – you won’t regret it.” (The Wargamer)

Category	Price	Seller	Device
Games	$0.99	Slitherine Software UK Ltd.	iPad

“I really like the game and this will be one that I keep on the iPad. It takes a very different approach, which is very refreshing.” (appreviewcentral)

“...it's a better game than Risk” (Digitally Downloaded) => note that he’s more talking about the board games at this moment of his article

Magnifico (Previously Da Vinci's Art of War) is a popular region-based board game where the ultimate goal is to dominate 16th century Europe. Now you can play it on the iPad!

Players are faced with tough economic and military decisions as they earn Victory Points and attempt to outbid opponents at the auction and get their hands on Leonardo Da Vinci’s most powerful war machines. Every Victory Point has to be earned by careful placement of your troops, construction of fortifications, and invasion of bordering regions. Each new turn brings a chance to acquire Da Vinci’s precious projects and get the upper hand over your opponents.

Cannons, flying machines, bombards, tanks and many more inventions will be available as options at the auction table, but only with a perfect balance of risk and caution will players make the most of them.

Play hard or play clever, Europe’s dominance is just one Victory Point away.

Main Features:

•The only strategy game with Da Vinci’s inventions and works of art! Build Castles, Tanks, Aircraft and much more!
•Bid at the auction for Da Vinci’s inventions.
•Upgrade your infantry, tanks and aircraft with new technologies to increase reliability and combat power.
•Fight battles with wondrous technologies but be careful as tanks can explode!
•Many special weapons including the Great Cannon, Submarines, Armoured Ships, Paratroopers and more!
•Compete for control of 16th century Europe on a region based map.
•Earn Victory points for most castles, territories, technologies, being Magnifico and other special actions.
•Single player mode against up to 3 AI players, selected from 10 AI characters with their own play styles.
•In depth in-game tutorial and detailed manual.
•Available in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian and Chinese!
•Based on the popular board game “Da Vinci’s Art of War - Magnifico” created by Spartaco Albertarelli

Reviews

Good game!
TheDudeAbided

Euro-boardgame of expansion and conquest in a fictional Renaissance era where da Vinci's ideas for steampunk tanks and aircraft became reality. Gameplay is pretty standard post-Risk sort of stuff. Invade areas, build up your income and troop levels, bid for superior weaponry (which is limited), build castles, then decide when and where to go at your opponents. Not necessarily groundbreaking stuff, but the AI is good (with several levels of complexity), gameplay is engaging, there are several paths you can take to victory, and the UI and tutorial are both excellent. Only complaint would be no pinch and zoom on the main map, and no game center support (yet). PS: for those who are wondering, Gyroscope card gives one extra hit to aerial attacks.

Solid Value, good AI
Mooniac

Game has been bugless. It's got enough strategy to be fun without getting granular. Best feature is multiple AI choices so you can start easy and keep it challenging as you improve. Other nice feature is that Slitherine does not SPAM you with review requests. This is the first review I have written in a while because I am so tired of Rate Me SPAM. Game is just what I expect from Slitherine.

Da Vinci Beat Downs.
Mo $$$

A nice war game where it takes skill AND luck to enforce your will. I especially love how the AI, 3 opponents, is always attacking you. But, I usually winde up wiping out 1 or 2 colors... Goal to own it ALL, except for the minimum 3 (1 per color). It would be nice if they added some more weapons or let you play a survival mode. Worth the price of admission...

Updete haz sevral mispelings
devxx

Update -> I previously rated this 5 stars and commented about how unique the game play is, how well it's designed, and how smooth it plays. It's simply a great game, fun to play, and the recent update adds new content. However, two things: - I don't think the Easy AI was "made easier" as promised. - geez, I've only seen 2 of the new cards (Missile and Mobile Bridge) but on those two there are three spelling errors! If I recall: "destruot", imfantry, and something with two m's where there should only be one. Frankly, there's no excuse for this. Please review the new cards and correct the spelling! This is too nice a game to have such blemishes. Thanks

Da Vinci Is Da Bomb
Volnon

I liked this game much more than I thought I would. I have played the board game and enjoyed it, so I figured why not try this digital version? I am glad I did! It plays very well, it is stable, and easy to learn the rules. If you like light war games, this is for you. The new maps and new cards (available as cheap in app purchases) are well worth the money, spelling errors and all. One of the best turn based board games on the iPad - give it a try. A lot of fun for a good price.

All it needs is Multiplayer
Jjjjbn3))3

The gameplay and idea of this game are great! I originally gave it 4 stars, the only thing making it 5 would be multiplayer. I don't understand why it came out with updates in maps and a few cards without multiplayer. I'm already at the point where I can beat the most difficult AIs every time. There is no point in playing this game anymore, please fix.

A Game for the Ages
Barry9022

It's not the best military strategy game I've ever played. It's not the best empire type game I've ever played. It's not the best economics game I've ever played. But it is the most challenging, intriguing and fun to play of it's kind. In fact, it stands alone as a game I can see myself playing for many years without ever getting tired of it. It really is neat. Kudo's to the authors!

A solid board-like game
? My nickname?

This is essentially a game of Axis and Allies, or maybe Risk, that has been ported over to iPad. It's a great game: it takes some learning of he rules, but for the most part the tutorial covers a lot of it, and the in-game reference manual is there for people with more patience than I.