Mansions of Madness

Sam Pak

1 year ago

This is by far the best app assistant for any physical board game I've ever had the pleasure of using. Flawless design. Intuitive. Easy to use. Makes Mansions of Madness my #1 favorite game on the market. It's so good that it makes me worry how it's going to transition to future app platforms decades from now if traditional smart phones and app stores become obsolete! Also, wouldn't mind an "undo" button 😄

A Google user

6 years ago

Don't listen to the hateful and bad reviews. This game is amazing. I have played it with friends and solo and every time we play is different. People go insane and makes it even more fun, especially the agendas in Horrific Journeys which I was fortunate to get! I use an HDMI cable and wireless mouse when using a tv with external speakers to enhance the amazing atmospheric music the game uses. If you are complaining about the setup, consider investing in organization. Thank you FFG for this gem!!

Akaoni_Black

5 years ago

This is a great game and great app. Even the same scenario changes with each playthrough as the layout, monsters, and events change, though the overlying narrative stays the same. The only 2 things keeping me from giving it 5 stars is that the narrator only narrates the opening and closing cutscenes, I wish they hired him to narrate all the events in game as well. And the bigger thing is user created content. If they added a way for users to generate scenarios that would be awesome!

A Google user

6 years ago

Great app but needs more improvement on the controls. I have the app on my Samsung Note 9 and shared it on my Smart TV. I have a keyboard or a mouse connected to my device but when I run the app it only support the touchscreen of my mobile. Tried my pen too but has the same problem. I would give a 5 star to this app if the external peripherals would work with it. We had much more fun having the app running on my TV but the fun was cut in half when we had to look my phone screen all the time.

A Google user

5 years ago

Been playing mansions for a long time...2nd edition digital stuff is cool and handy but SWEET MOTHER OF GOD they need to put in an "undo last action" feature. Have had several games be totally ruined 2 or 3 hours in because players accidentally enter in 0 for rolls that change the outcome of the story, when they would have passed. Honestly just sucks and makes everyone feel terrible.

Bulletmagn3t

2 years ago

The app is amazing and adds a whole new flair to the original version of the game. Makes game play more fluid and the flavor texts are a great addition. If there was one thing I wish this app could do would have the ability to cast from my phone or tablet to my TV. This would help with other players being able to read all of the text and actions instead of having to read everything aloud.

A Google user

6 years ago

This is an AI app that takes the place of a dungeon master in a traditional pen 'n paper RPG. It is not a a game in and of itself. You need to have the boardgame "Mansions of Madness" 2nd edition by FFG in order to use it. For what it is designed for it does a great job, and you can't beat the price!

Ray McLaughlin (Hardcore Ray)

4 months ago

Love the game and app however the new Turn of the Page DLC is broken. I got stuck in the shop. I'd interacted with everything and everyone however the game would not move on.

J Quin (JQuin)

2 years ago

Small selection for the price. Very fun but only 4 scenarios come with the price of the game. I've started the game over multiple times and have only seen 1 other variation so far, just let us choose it if there really are different maps in each scenario. Replayability suffers when it's the same exact thing, which drops the value of the game for me. Big reason it dropped to 2 stars is the raplayability. Not all figures have a piece to fit into the stands, narration throughout would be great, etc

A Google user

5 years ago

I have no issues with the app. It does a wonderful job. I would add voice to every text though. Anyway, my only big issue is the limited scenarios for such a high value purchase, and the randomisation of the maps. The randomisation could have been much better (i own 3expansions). The ability to create your own scenarios would have been an amazing added value to the board game. It may have been one of the best board games out there and its a shame not to be because of this :(

Jam (Jam)

5 days ago

it says it's an offline game then when you play it it's claiming you must watch ads for the game to function 🤣🤣 how stupid is that.

Mike k

5 years ago

Like a few others pointed out.. first we need an undo button, like please.. I had to start scenarios over because of it!!Narration of all texts would have been neat.. Randomization of the tiles could have been better.. it says it does.. I have not seen it yet. I get the same outline everytime. Makes the scenario very predictable! And for the LOVE OF GOD, I own the second edition plus an expansion and yet, in total, i have 7 scenarios only, + the 3 you can purchase.. add more scenarios please!

A Google user

5 years ago

I've noticed that when you kill the first Hunting Horror in the Cycles of Eternity scenario there is a sound effect for the defeated monster. As far as I know, that's the only time you hear it, for any of the scenarios. I think it would be more immersive and rewarding if you heard this every time. Maybe add 2 more for variety and play them randomly when a monster is defeated. Just a thought

Steven Hernandez

2 years ago

Love the game and the app is great. One thing I'd really appreciate the development team doing would be to add an option to disable certain puzzle types. My play group and I are just awful at the sliding picture puzzles and it makes us feel just kinda stuck. I'd also suggest a way to disable puzzles altogether just to give the option, or make it cost X clues to auto succeed. Usually this is the kind of thing we could handle with house rules but we're stuck here because of the app integration.

Jomari Peterson

1 year ago

Very easy to use. Would love if it provided the manual and some supportive help on using the app internally. It took two games for our family to realize we are supposed to end the investigation phase every round. It should have know that we did more actions than allowed just through basic consideration of the number of players selected. Supporting keeping track of items would also be cool. Being able to save more than 1 game is absolutely needed.

Chris

2 years ago

It'd be perfect if it tracked barricade, investigator, item, and monster positions throughout the game. Then you wouldn't have to leave the board setup in between sessions if you don't finish a scenario in one session. Otherwise, top notch. It would be nice to have a way to track custom scenarios. Used to be able to use Valkyrie for this, but Google and FFG patched that away.

A Google user

6 years ago

An excellent companion to the game, but still lacking some features that would make it exceptional. For example, it should have icons for the investigators to allow players to click them to denote that their turns are complete (and then the app could un-select them to start each new round). It could also allow for the investigators and monsters to be shown on the map so that the AI could better help players navigate through where the monsters move, how far they move, who's in range, which monsters trigger a horror check and much more. Perhaps the biggest concern is that you have to buy into a platform. DLC purchased for this app will not work anywhere else. I'd rather see an Asmodee login to the app that knows what DLC I own and allow me to use that on any platform.