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Barjees – Family Game Review
Barjees is a Family/Board/Education game from M Kareem Daker, first launched in 9th May 2011.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 52+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Barjees Stand Out
The Middle Eastern game of Barjees is now on iOS for the first time! Barjees is a cross and circle-type game similar to Pachisi, Parcheesi and Ludo. Designed to be very realistic with cowry shells and 3D pieces. Bring your traditional Barjees experience digitally to your iPhone and iPad. You can play Barjees in a single player game against the AI or challenge a friend in a two player game.
This Family game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Barjees is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 28th December 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
- Support for bigger screen sizes and iPhone X
Download & Availability
Barjees is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
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Its very important to add it to Google Store apps for android devices.
It took us back years to when we used to play it with family and friends as we sat on the floor around the rouqa and threw the wadaa this Electronic version is realistic and fun to play, we highly recommend it to all ages.
Great on iPad. Really frustrating to move pips on iPhone. Keep scooting back to starting point.
We like the simplicity but moving the pieces to the green spots isnt always easy, it doesnt detect it fast. We would love to play against real opponents online. Also as a beginner it would be helpful if while playing against the computer if it could give some smart recommendations or suggestions, or maybe have a smart summary at the end rating each move done and what couldve been a better alternative.(saw this at a chess game app) Great app overall, would love to see an update in the near future.
We love Barjees! However, after a day or so from downloading it, when we open the app to play, we get a black screen and nothing else. When we delete the app then re-download it, we are able to play. Then the following day, its the same thing: a black screen. What is going in.
Its an awesome game ! We remember it , when we were a child ! Playind with our grandparent and our neighbor in jabal ! But, Could please link it to fb maybe so we could play online multiplayer with our friends.
Of course we love barjees! Thats why Im on it all the time :) however, we have found that we cant turn off the sound effects even after switching it off in the settings. Also, we used to be able to listen to music and play barjees. Now it silences any other app while you are actively playing a game.
We really enjoy this game EXCEPT for the way the AI works. As with so many other games, it manipulates the AI level by influencing the dice rolls. It takes a lot of the fun out of it to know the dice rolls are not truly random. Whats the point of playing a game where the computer decides if you can win or not.
We really like this game except for the fact that playing pieces will not always stay where you move them. We have to constantly replay a move to get the piece to stay. Also when two game pieces occupy the same space it is hard to select or move a game piece if one is headed in and one going out.Also the computer opponent get some really fantastic points almost seems unnatural.
We're 13 and never knew they had this game on here, so we searched it up and there it was. We told our mom and she was like omg we can't believe it. We have the real board game at home and now she can play it anywhere even when we're not there to play. She said it reminds her of when she was little and played this game. Thanks for this awesome game.
Elegant graphics and excellent game. Brought back so many memories.
We just want to say that this is a great game that we grew up playing and it's good to finally see it on the iPad. Our only suggestion is if the developer can take advantage of the whole screen, this way the board will look bigger. Other than that, adding the ability to play against other players on their iOS devices or via online would be a great addition.
This game brings back many memories. Great game, thanks for making the app, very hard to find anymore.
Perfect game thanx Please try to make it run faster.
Thx Karim for the lovely game. Way to go. Hopefully will see more game and apps from you. All the best. BazKaz.
This game bring back all the good memories as if we are playing it with our late grandmother.
Our parents taught us this game when we Was young and we played every time we traveled to the middle east. Super fun and exactly the same as the real game. Awesomeness.
Great game, but needs iOS 11 update and a bug fix, when the player wins it locks and you have to shut down the app to play another game.
We love this game, the look is so authentic, and it brings us much nostalgia. But playing vs the computer is tough: the computer gets very convenient dice so often! It's tough to win! Anyway, we're happy it exists and will still continue to play.
It's the best entertainment game.
Looks like a good and intriguing game but it does not work. We toss the shells and it just goes immediately the other player. We have tried over and over and it never let's us move a piece to the board. If we are doing something wrong don't know what. Could sure use better instructions too.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.3
- Size: 27.61 MB
- iOS: 10.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [M Kareem Daker]()
Last updated: 28th December 2017 | Genre: Family, Board | Developer: M Kareem Daker