Return to Dark Tower

I have the original game from when I was a kid. The game is much more technologically advanced. It’s a very exciting game and with the mini figures it really stands out. The tower spins and lights up. It even spits skulls out at you. The app keeps track of almost everything else except your character. The game is really well done and thought out. The tower sits in the middle of the board and is very menacing. All-in-all an excellent game.

We wanted to retreat from the final battle card of the game. We accidentally pressed the confirm button twice, instead of once, triggering game end. Because there is no undo button for that, we wasted hours of play to not be able to see the end of our game. Unacceptable. Don’t make an app-based game if you don’t know how to account for accidental input.

Cant play both expansion together in app

First things first, this game is AMAZING. The app makes the experience smooth, and adds a lot to the unpredictability of what is going to happen between turns. I love it! There are two things I want to bring up that would take the app all the way to a five for me: 1. COVENANT EXPANSION TWEAK We played it with the Covenant expansion last night for the first time. It was super fun, but we made a mistake that we couldn’t reverse. We were so excited to get three Offerings on a building that we immediately built it in the app. We then checked the rules again and realized that you have to go to that space and perform the “Build” action before you add the building to the app and start using it. So we went back to the buildings screen and held the button down to remove the building, which DESTROYED it. That building was lost to us for the rest of the game, with no way to undo the mistake we had made. There needs to be a way for the players to be able to course correct if they did the wrong thing by accident. 2. GARBAGE WEASEL QUEST For this mission you have to perform the “Quest” action on a space to try to find the informant. In the description for the quest it says something like, “Check for rumors in villages, citadels, and bazaars.” We checked every one of those buildings, all we got were “Dead End” screens. No rumors. No hints. No help at all. After checking a few more random spaces (leaving all other tasks behind to try to find this guy), we gave up and started spamming the engine, checking every single space in the app to see if it glitched or something. We finally find him halfway down the list, on a random location in the middle of the board. A couple of thoughts crossed my mind here: A. Were we supposed to get a “rumors” screen somewhere in there? Something that says, “He was last seen in the North” or something like that? If so, this mission is bugged and needs to be fixed. B. If this is working as intended, I’d recommend taking this mission back and making some tweaks to it. There are 60 spaces on the board where you can “Quest” and only 40-ish turns that the players can take in the whole game. Even if they abandoned everything else (killing monsters, cleansing corruption, doing monthly quests), they still might never find the guy. It was very deflating to try at about 15 different locations without so much as a breadcrumb. One of the best things about this game is that it’s TOUGH but FUN. This mission wasn’t fun, it was just tedious, and we

This is a great game, I have been making sure to show everyone I can, the game and be able to try it out themselves. The hardest part of explaining the rules is trying to describe how battling foes and questing in dungeons work, along with how you utilize your advantages. I wish there was a tutorial part that lets you show an example on the app how these aspects work without having to start a full game. This is my only suggestion. I stress again I love this game and am trying to get as many people that I can to try it. Those aspects and the advantage system is the first I’ve seen so I’m not use to describing how they work. I would like a tutorial section that you could pick without having to connect to the tower so I can visually show how battles and dungeon diving works in game. This I feel would help bring in more players to the game. I love that the rest of the game is fairly straight forward. I start off my explanation by stating it’s a cooperative game and the three ways to lose. Then go over what you can do on your turn. Most people who at least play games in some form grasp these right away. Looking forward to covenant expansion.

Our family really likes this game. The tower and the app have worked great for us! So much variety with the different opponents and quests. Highly recommend!

Love it. Great game and great app. Hope more levels are added sometime

Love this app and game. Whole family sat down earlier this evening and we had a blast. Very interactive and the functions were flawless. Would like to see more effects and sounds in the future.

I remember playing the original game way back when. My friends and I played it a ton and really loved it. Fast forward to today and restoration games updated version and you find a game that is better in every way. If you think of the app and the tower together as a single unit, they take a board game and elevate it into a totally immersive experience. The game has numerous ultimate foes and monsters that switch game to game. There are different end goals each game. The replayability of this game is quite high. The company plans on keeping the app updated and fresh. At a time in the future if they no longer can keep it updated they plan to release the source code. This is a game that you will come back to again and again. This might be Restoration Games best game yet. 10/10

I love the game and am happy to have backed it. That said, the game is too easy. It lacks any degree of tension or dread. You can generally ignore most foes throughout the game with little effect. The overwhelming numbers of advantages that can be gained renders even the adversary battle simple to win. The ability to retreat, then return with previously spent advantage intact, really destroys the dread that should be present when facing the adversary. It feels to me like the app needs more difficulty options and some rule adjustments. Another letdown is the end of game process - win or lose, the end of the game is fairly dull and unremarkable. On the plus side, the app has been solid for me, with no crashing or troubles noted.