Tichu
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | $2.99 | Steve Blanding | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Shall I Teach You About Tichu?
Legend has it that over 642 million Chinese play Tichu nearly every day! I don't know about that. All I know is that Tichu might very well be the world's best card game.
Tichu is a partnership game for four players where partners battle to be the first to play all of their cards and score points. Each hand is filled with strategy and risk. Will you be the first player to play all of your cards? Perhaps you'd like to make a little wager on that? Are you willing to risk 100 points? How about 200?
Tichu has long been the favorite card game of all time on BoardGameGeek. Find out why! I promise that you won't regret it!
Tichu boasts the following great features:
* Fully licensed and authorized by designer Urs Hostettler and publisher Fata Morgana Spiele.
* Computer controlled opponents boast a challenging and lifelike Artificial Intelligence that is configurable in numerous ways.
* Up to 4 humans can play linked over Bluetooth or Game Center.
* Full support for Game Center! including achievements, leaderboards, and world-wide multiplayer!
* Extensive tutorial and in-game documentation will teach you how to play and have you playing like a champ in no time.
* Shake-A-Hint™ feature helps you play while you learn.
* Music and sound effects.
* Keep track of up to 4 games at once.
* Keep track of your game's progress with a fully automated score sheet.
* Track your statistics over multiple game sessions.
* Play in English or German.
* Optimized high resolution images for iPhone 4 and iPad.
(It also looks fantastic on older iPhones and iPod touch.)
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Note: If you encounter any issue which you think is a bug, or even if you would just like to drop me a line, please send me email at steve-at-housefullofgames-dot-com. Posting bug reports in the comments below doesn't help me because I can't contact you to ask for more details. Please don't hesitate to write. I'd love to hear from you!
Reviews
I love the game but My eyes hurt!
nicolewscu
Make the cards a little bigger. It would be nice to be able to turn the screen horizontally to make them larger. But I do love the game.
Dumb partner
Pwner101
Does your partner just go on stupid mode when all AI are set to the hardest level? It’s so hard to imagine why your partner would waste bombs taking the trick you’re about to win after you called Tichu, or laying cards which obviously will give the other team the lead. It gets so frustrating. And I’m not sure hardest difficulty means they play harder. It seems like they have more bombs when they call grand/tichu than my team....
Game play is corrupt
Magnetchief
Not sure that the game is playing correctly. The AI players are able to lead out with three pairs. Where as I cannot lead out with better than A single pair. Then the full house lead by an AI player cannot be beaten. Even with a higher full house. Somethings not quite rite with this game
Great way to learn
JesseMax
I have friends that play Tichu regularly and I’ve been left out since I don’t know how to play and they’ve been far ahead in strategy. They taught me how to play recently, but I struggled with learning the right strategy. This app has helped with that immensely. Being able to adjust your opponents and try different partners has been outstanding for learning the game. It’s greatly improved my game! The partner can make some pretty bonehead moves sometimes (like taking a trick from you when you’ve called Tichu and clearly heading out). But, then again, I make some bone head moves as well. One wish - sometimes I hit Call Tichu and then play my cards, forgetting to hit ‘OK’ to confirm. I wish it would either prevent play until you hit okay or allow you to back up a round and replay.
Good Solo, but Game Center does not work for us.
TDFNS
A few friends and I purchased this app with the hope of playing together remotely via Game Center. We have not been able to get that to work at all yet. The game is fine as a single player experience I suppose, but very disappointed that multiplayer with friends will not work.
Fix online play
Ipad Game Player 201
Would rate higher but purchased to play with friends online which does not work, crashes every time link is established
Pretty good game but....
ThyngamaBob
I have played this game for a few years and enjoy both the design and AI. But when playing with my wife via bluetooth the game is unreliable. We keep getting kicked off after playing for 20-30 min and sometines cannot rejoin. This issue has been there for years.
GREAT BRAIN EXERCISE
fluffyfurrykittens
This is a sophisticated partnership game with many layers of finesse. Difficult to learn in real time so this is a great learning tool!
My most played App
Spielsalot
Tichu is my favorite game of all time and since you really need exactly four players, and they have to understand the game well to play it well, the app is really the only way I get to play. When we’re able to sit at a table with strangers again I would love to get a Tichu league going in some Assisted Living facilities.
