The Legends of Andor is not only available as a board game, but also as an app. If you can't get enough of Andor, you can find our contribution to it here future Andor part "The Eternal Cold".
Numerous board games now also have app offshoots or app variants. So does The Legends of Andor. United Soft Media Verlag has brought a digital Andor game onto the market with "The Secret of the King". You can now find out what it can do and what it offers.
How do I play the Andor app?
Once you have installed the game, you start with a small tutorial. You can skip this if you already know the gameplay of Andor. It's still worth it to familiarize yourself with the controls. In general, the interface is quite full, but not overloaded. You can see the schedule and you can zoom in and out. For each character, the options for action – movement, fighting, resting and ending the move – are displayed at the bottom left. As usual, your timeline is at the top. As I said, at first glance it all seems very crowded, but you get used to the layout and handling very quickly. I played the game on a 10″ tablet. All statements on handling refer to the device. I can't judge how well the game runs on a mobile phone, but I have my doubts - simply because the screen is much smaller.
Once you've downloaded the game, you don't need another internet connection. It is thus a classic single player/offline game. The game is for one fixed price (currently €5,99) and contains no advertising and no further in-app purchases. You can find the app here PlayStore and here for the PlayStore.
What does the game offer you?
Pros/Cons – For whom is the app worthwhile?
Overall I really like the app so far. The implementation is consistent for me and the music is a nice addition to the game. The game always ran smoothly for me (Lenovo Tab M10FHD) without any problems.
However, there are a few aspects that bothered me. For one, there is no real retraction. You can undo pure movements, but not everything else. Movements only as long as you are not performing any further actions. This can get really annoying, because one small mistake can doom the entire legend. The board game has a clear advantage here. After all, it can always happen that you have chosen the wrong character or the wrong action.
Another weakness is that the goals are not always clear. There are some areas where you can view the current goals and you also have hints on the timeline when events occur. However, it still happened that a legend was suddenly lost because an event (which I had not had in mind) was not allowed to occur. Maybe that was just me, but I have the impression that I never had such problems with the board game. So keep an eye on the goals.
As with the board game, the game has a certain twist frustration factor. Battles against monsters are rolled and the monsters have a certain advantage (equal dice are added) over the heroes. As a result, it can happen that a legend that runs perfectly is then lost due to bad luck with the dice - and that can be really annoying. But now an advantage of the app: You only need a few clicks and the legend starts again.
Since there are some legends, you have sufficient playing time; I think it is good value for money. Once you've played all the legends, you can increase the level of difficulty (if you haven't played on hard right away). The replay value is probably similar to the board game. You know the story, but still things can happen here and there that affect the story. In the board game, for example, there are different opponents or events are selected at random. Whether the app also has such elements, I do not know yet. But I can imagine that if the legends are old enough, you can definitely play them again - after all, you probably don't remember the exact history of all legends.
If you like the principle of Andor and also like app games, you will also have fun with the app. In bed, on a long train journey, during a break - you can now always have Andor with you. If you don't like Andor or the focus on time and resource management, you probably won't have any fun with the app.
More information about the game can be found here, on the game page.
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