Last updated on June 4th, 2023 at 11:40 am
Cartographers
Cartographers is one of the best $3.99 to play game in the App Store.
Developed by Brettspielwelt GmbH, Cartographers is a Card game with a content rating of 4+.
It was released on 21st August 2020 with the latest update 4th November 2022
Whether you are a fan of Card, Board, games, you will find this game interesting and will absolutely like it.
Rating
73 people have rated 1.2.4
You can download the game Cartographers from APP STORE.
Description
Queen Gimnax has ordered the reclamation of the northern lands. As a cartographer in her service, you are sent to map this territory, claiming it for the Kingdom of Nalos. Through official edicts, the queen announces which lands she prizes most, and you will increase your reputation by meeting her demands. But you are not alone in this wilderness. The Dragul contest your claims with their outposts, so you must draw your lines carefully to reduce their influence. Reclaim the greatest share of the queen’s desired lands and you will be declared the greatest cartographer in the kingdom.
Experience the fascination of this tactical Flip & Write game now as an App.
- Nominated for the Expert Game of the Year 2020
- Tactical Legendary Game
- Flip & Write game from the Roll Player universe
- 3 different modes with varying degrees of randomness
- Compete with players from all over the world via weekly highscorelists
- Collect Achievements and become the most legendary cartographer of all times.
Awards:
2020 Expert Game of the Year 2020 Nominee
2019 Golden Geek Best Solo Board Game Nominee
2019 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee
2019 Cardboard Republic Socializer Laurel nominee
Updated on 4th November 2022
Startup accelerated
Fixed incorrect scorecards
Animation speed optimized
Other bug fixes
Cartographers Reviews
We love the board game and have all the map packs and mini-expansions. So we knew we had to get the app version. The app is very faithful to the game and we have spent hours and hours playing it. The only tiny thing we miss is that the flavor text included in the rules manual for each scoring card is absent in the app. We love reading about the world and miss those little details being in the game, but we also understand it is probably a pain to figure out a way to include something that isnt needed. We hope the rest of the map packs and skills come to the app in the future! Ill buy them all!
Huge fan of the board game, probably our favorite of all time. This app is awesome for bringing that to life in the palm of hand anywhere we go now (still better when playing with others but this scratches the itch). The game is great, the UI is amazing, and this just embodies all that is awesome about this game. We have one thing though, heroes dont seem to count as a terrain type for some of the classic objectives. Could fix this by playing with the heroes only objectives but figured it should be backwards compatible. Otherwise fantastic and looking forward to online play!
The adaptation is decent enough, and we can understand not having online multiplayer, but not having pass and play just feels lazy.
We love this game in our family and when we saw this we thought it would be great to play with people when we are not together. Would be awesome to see this in the game in the future!
-Cant resume previous games if you quit the app. – general bugs and touch detection – randomization seems to be an issue.
Love this game, however we have seen some technical issues that are causing issues. We have purchased the heros expansion from within the app, but we are unable to restore the purchase from another device. The restore purchase button just doesnt do anything.
Like every samples is missing.
If they simply state it in the description they wouldnt get a poor review.
Wowhow is this app for sale right now? It is incredibly broken. You cant tap the interface it is nearly impossible and the grid placement is off by a square! We have to tap the square ABOVE the square we want to place. It is painful.
We wish it was more clear that this is only single player. That needs to change! Feel like we wasted our money.
It does a very good job of representing the physical game. We actually learned how to play the physical game by playing the app, for the most part. The only issue we have with the app right now is that ever since the last update it hasnt been keeping track of games played, scores or achievement progress. Its minor and doesnt ruin the experience but we have lost several personal best high scores because of this issue.
App UI and UX are actually worse than O expected. Poor quality implementation.
Like others have stated logging in with the email you used for other games from this company does not work. They replied to us that this game doesnt use the same database. You have to first enter a username and once in the app you can link your email to the app.
First off, we are really enjoying this. We love playing the cartographers solo mode, so not having to bring the game with us places while still being able to play is great. We love the layout, it looks really great on the screen. Some minor things we hope will be added that havent been mentioned in other reviews. 1)Id like the ability to see our rank after finishing the game. Getting our score and then going back to the rules to see our rank is not a huge issue, but something small that would increase our enjoyment. Part of what makes this solo mode special over other games is you have actual goals you are actively striving to reach. Having it front and center on the score card would be great. 2)the monster and skills packs. Some folks may not be familiar with these, but having the option to use them really adds something to the physical game. Even if we had to drop a little extra cash to get these packs would be fine. Especially the skills pack which has added a ton of fun for us while playing. Now one thing that has been mentioned that we would love… Being able to play with other people. Pass and play, local play between multiple people with the app, or even an online mode. The hardest thing with this would be the passing the game to another player clockwise or counterclockwise. This could be fixed by just sending the players boards to a random player. Anyway, the game itself is wonderful and we seriously love playing, but with these additions and the bug fixes listed in other reviews would make this the perfect game for anyone into Roll and Write/Flip and Fill games!
Would really like to see multiplayer, at the least a pass and play and local games.
Also, there is a bug where we play on our iPad and the sounds are slowed and lower in pitch and it sounds like some spoopy Halloween soundtrack.
Great game. The one feature Id love to see added is the ability to see other players end game states off the leaderboard. Every time Im like how did they score that high!? So that would be an educational feature.
- love the app and have a lot of fun playing it. Yes there are things that could be done to improve but over all great job and as updates happen it will get better. 2) one thing we would love is the option to just use the app to play the physical version without having to use the sheets. (Use the physical cards, but the app will act only as a sheet) So that A group could play without having to use the paper up if everyone has it. (Similar to the welcome to… App)
Pretty good adaption of the game. One area that needs improvement is when playing offline the AI makes stupid decisions of where to put the ambush cards. It does not choose the best location. It doesnt exploit open areas, but puts them near the edge of the board so some squares are already covered. The other option that is needed is there should be an undo button in case you make a placement error.
We have played this for three weeks solid. The implementation is excellent and the app works well. We really like the yellow and red options for the puzzles along with the leaderboards. Everything is clear, colorful and we like the intuitive rotation. There are some bugs that could use attention: *music stops typically midway through a game *leaderboards dont register – example today we reached a score of 60 on red (cards and goals fixed) and it hasnt registered – and we got scores of 57, 56 and 55 before that which didnt register either *no explanation of how to achieve several goals – Example: defend against all monsters; we’ve played multiple times to try to gain but the achievement is still greyed out so we dont know what Im doing wrong *10 Guild Achievement appears broken since we’ve played daily and (I think) gotten well above this. (25 Guild could be as well but we are pretty sure we need this one first?)
One game started with a black screen there doesnt seem to be a way to return to the main menu an option to speed up the ui animations would be appreciated.
The implementation is overall pretty clean but there is little orientation for how to use the interface. This is especially problematic for something as basic as how to start a new game when you already have a game in progress. There is a prompt asking you if you want to continue but there doesnt seem to be a way to say No.
We were sad to find that this digital implementation doesnt have pass and play or online games. Additionally a way to use the app as a simple board would be greatly appreciated. Our review will jump to 5 stars if they add these features! Even if they simply make multiplayer based on a random seed (like the iOS version of On Tour!) we think the app would be greatly improved.
- We have registration issues almost every time we sign into the game. 2. Every time he ruins card comes up our game freezes and its over we need to reset the game hope one of those cards doesnt come up. Im using a late 2019 iPad Pro so we know its not our iPad.
It would be great if the software worked better, but it needs more work before it is a descent app. We are returning it. 2 stars for the gameplay itself working fine.
Only one mode available unless logged in. But to create an account, you need to read German. And even if you do create an account, multiple reviews reveal the online aspect is buggy. The game itself is implemented well, so hopefully they fix the other issues. We honestly dont know how they passed Apple review in the current state.
It won’t recognize our previously registered identity nor allow us to create a new one and we’re thus blocked from a lot of the game’s promised content. We’ll demand a refund if not updated in a timely manner.
Its good if you are thinking about learning how the game works and if you are thinking about buying the physical copy. Dont expect anything more than that. Issues it has: -No online play or pass and play – you are just basically playing solo trying to beat your previous scores. -As people have mentioned, monster randomization and placement has no variety through the AI. -Sound design is seriously lacking. -It is buggy sometimes. -No tutorial – you have to read the rules to know what’s going on. It is fun to play and the visuals are good, but the app just feels rushed and unpolished.
Just started a game and 3 times the game stopped responding. We had to close the app, swipe to remove the preview pane, and start over again.
Every time we draw a marshlands card, we can not place tiles on the board. This means we get stuck at that point and can not complete our game. This is so frustrating. We would like a refund as this is currently unplayable. Im using iPhone 12.
When we play with the physical game and the cards are truly random, we very rarely get more than one monster in a row or two per game. Occasionally, but not almost every time. It ruins the game. Sometimes 3 in a row, usually the last round. Sometimes early on You either spend the majority of the game working around the monsters or they all come in the last round where you dont have time to do anything. Complained about this a year ago. Forgot we had the game, started playing again and was reminded how bad it was. We see that others have complained about it too. It would be great if it werent for the monsters being so ridiculously over done the other thing that happens a lot is getting ruins spaces right after the monsters where you cant fill in the spaces properly: Randomly and Occasionally would be fine but this is almost every game. Also, a true option for multiplayer would be appreciated. We wonder if the developers even pay attention to our pleas given that the same concerns are echoed over and over.
This is a great solo game. We have had it freeze hard a few times, fully losing our game in progress. We suspect this will be fixed with updates. I’d love a synchronous head-to-head mode against friends.
We like the implementation of the game, but we are not as big on the solo scoring. We would like to see multiplayer. We also do not believe that someone could legitimately get a score of 130+ in the solo mode, so it skews the leaderboard.
Overall, the game plays really well. We really like how the game fills in the board and the aesthetics are great! Unfortunately, the registration system is broken if youve played another BrettSpielWelt game (for us, Ganz Schn Clever). It does not recognize our email address as being registered and does not allow us to enter our user name since it is already being used. Please fix this so we can play all modes of the game. Thanks!
Not a horrible implementation, but there a couple of issues. #1. There seems to be an issue with the randomization. It seems like about 80% of the time, the first monster card to be drawn is the three diagonal one, or otherwise its the one with two separate rectangles. We almost never see on of the other two unless we get three monsters in a game. #2. If there is a way to quit a game in the middle, we havent found it. We have to quit the app and restart. #3. Along that line, if we accidentally quit the app, theres no option to resume a previously started game. #4. Some of the trophies dont seem to work – we’ve definitely completed all 16 tasks but dont have that trophy.
This is a solid boardgame. We need more of them.
It cant save the game automatically, after we finished 10+ games, only one game is going to our score board. There is no clear way to exit the game when you finish, click menu? Or? We thought that might be why our game record did not update.
The gameplay itself works great but app is not very responsive and scoring is very slow. Wish there was a way to skip over the animations in each scoring round.
Solid implementation, however two rules errors: Monster cards should be added randomly. It should not be goblins only in the first turn Also farmland costs 1, not 2 in the print version.
Gameplay is great. Would be nice to have the multiplayer mode available though. One issue is that the labels and icons describing the fixed or random cards for a mode do not match.
We bought it and already found some bugs, all of these on the latest version of iOS: -If we minimize the app and then go back to it, it does not respond to touch input – The app does not save the session if you close it – It stopped playing audio for no apparent reason As a project manager working in software development, we do not understand how such an app can be released to the market.
This was working great, and then suddenly we were no longer logged in and cannot link our email – meaning that the challenges and leaderboard are gone.
A quick game like this shouldnt drag. Feels like an old app.
Im enjoying this game, but Im taking one star off for each of the following that severely impact enjoyment and performance. 1. The registration system stinks. It worked the first time and then required reregistration a day later. Turns out you have to register EVERY TIME the app is booted fresh (in other words, if you ever see the bootup screen for the game, the registration is wiped out and has to be redone). Not being registered means you cant be online with the game to participate in the weekly event or have your scores recorded in your personal score list. To top it off, currently, the registration system will no longer even send the registration code to our email (and no its not getting sent to our spam our mistake, we checked), so we cant be online with the game at all. We wished they used the Apple Game Center system instead. You should only have to register ONE TIME at most. 2. If you have to exit the current game, you cannot resume your game. You have to start all over. Note, Im not referring to temporarily going to the home screen or an app or two. 3. When in a game, you cant access the rule book without exiting the current game. Hopefully, this wont bug us as much when Im comfortable with the rules. Also, exiting the game is extremely unintuitive and difficult to understand how to do. Maybe the developer has done this to discourage users from exiting because it wipes the current game out and you cannot resume it. Im certain and hopeful these bugs and interface design mistakes can be fixed soon, so if youre reading this review in a few months, it might be fixed. Ill try to remember to update our review if these bugs are fixed. Despite, our bad review, the game has extreme potential. We recommend purchase if you have an interest in the board game to help support the developers to get the bugs fixed. Its still fun, mostly, but Im POd by not being able to track our scores.
There is no in game menu to restart, no multiplayer pass and play, the game has bugs with map selection.
We own this board game, and its a super fun game! Having said that, we think this app has some issues translating it to a digital play format. 1 – The App no longer lets us sign in. When we first opened it we made a login name and linked our e-mail to our login name. It worked fine. But a couple of days later, the app seems to have forgotten our login name, shows us as OFFLINE, and whenever we place in our e-mail it no longer sends us a confirmation e-mail to log in. This means we dont have access to compete in the tournaments or look at any of our personal standings of the few games we had played before. We wish there would be a login button or something to allow us to log back in. 2 – There is an odd lag for scoring. Every time we play, even though we are supposedly OFFLINE (according to the game itself) it takes a little while to register our final scores at the end of the round. We know with games like these there usually is a (very small) pause time between finishing the round and scoring, but the lag almost feels like an old computer that is about to crash. It is a bit annoying as other app games we have do not have this response time lag and do not behave this way. 3 – There is no way to check on many rules on how to play the game while youre playing. Fortunately we are familiar with the game itself, but we can see this being a big issue if you do not know the game very well. This may prevent many people from wanting to play the game online or buying this app. 4 – If you accidentally close the app mid-game, you cannot return to it. This is not playing live against opponents. The whole time we were just playing against myself. The app is in solo-mode always! So why does it not just keep or save the game half-way through it or however much you have advanced? We dont understand. We really hope these issues can be solved as we would like to continue playing this game online.