Maquis Board Game

The idea behind this game is great, really great. But for some reason the app handicaps the player every way possible. You, playing as the Resistance, must go first. Then the patrols are placed. That's not fair, or realistic. In reality, the Resistance would have some idea where the patrols are. At least one patrol should go first. And town's morale automatically decreases as the game progresses. Even if nothing bad happens! That's just silly. And here's one more thing. The Resistance starts with nothing. Nothing at all. Not with an old shotgun, and not even with a loaf of bread. Again, that's just silly.

But… what is the likelihood of an update with new music and full screen support on newer phones. Cause that would be great!

The digital version is much more difficult than the physical boardgame because it implements Patrol Placement incorrectly. In the physical boardgame, a patrol unit is placed in one of 3 locations. If the first location has a patrol unit OR a resistance worker, it is placed in the next location listed on the card. If that one is occupied, it then is placed in the last one. ONLY if all 3 spaces are occupied, it then goes through the list again, but instead arrests(removes from the game) a resistance worker if they occupy the space it is supposed to be placed in. In this digital version, Patrols are instead placed on the first open space OR the first space occupied by a resistance worker. This oversight makes the game much worse than the physical boardgame. If the devs fix this, my rating would be 4 stars instead.

Just got the physical version and was excited to see there’s an iOS version. Only problem i have is that I can’t figure out how to use the passports and I didn’t see it in the tutorial.

Music runs on a 45 second loop. Great for 3 minutes, very annoying after that. Rules are confusing. It took me an hour figuring how to complete missions (send a person to the mission card) and had to look it up online. Game rules are written in horrible font w terrible layout. Game video/tutorial is even worse that handbook. It’s not explained how the soldiers/policemen move so it’s impossible to predict anything. You just lost the game Losing screen is too abrupt and explain nothing. Suddenly you lost the game, sometimes having no idea why or how. Game being hard is not a problem in itself, but here it’s a problem. Even on ‘very easy’ it’s very unsatisfying to play. Game seems completely random and based on luck alone.

... you need the actual board game to enjoy this. The app by itself is very confusing to learn without actually having played the board game before.

This game app is helping me to be patient whilst I await for the board game to be reprinted (on Kickstarter). By then, I plan to know the game well enough to play strategically and at the advanced level! Thank you for making this app available, and for a decent price.

This app is doesn’t come close to the actual board game. It is missing many of the missions.

What a challenge! Haven’t won yet but man is it fun!

I like the concept of the game but I feel it needs some more tweaking so you’re not reliant on luck to win. Basically, there is absolutely no room for error: if the enemy moves to a desired location before you do (and in this case, it’s the 2 radio stations where you get most of your supplies), there is no plan B. You don’t have enough staff to implement a plan B and because supplies are pooled into just 2 locations that could be under enemy control, it usually means there’s nothing meaningful you can do in one turn (and since you have to beat the game in 14 turns, you can’t afford to waste a turn). So it’s a frustrating game that needs to find a better balance between strategy and luck.