Hardback
Hardback
Hardback is a deck-building word game, a prequel to Paperback.
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11.27%
8.45%
4.23%
30.99%
45.07%
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Comments
Phil Oertel
★
"Login is broken. I was able to create an account but couldn`t login. Some kind of generic HTTP error. Bought this to play multiplayer, so, pretty useless without that."
Version: 1.0
"Login is broken. I was able to create an account but couldn`t login. Some kind of generic HTTP error. Bought this to play multiplayer, so, pretty useless without that."
Version: 1.0
Joan Fleischer
★★
"Like 2 years after my original review and there are still large periods of time when no online games will appear and if I log out and try to log in, I get a ``generic error`` and can`t log back in. I`m annoyed that I`ve paid for this and can`t play with actual people. When it`s not your turn, you can`t open that game to see what you most recently did. When people stop playing there`s no way to continue with AI or push a notification to them. So it just sits there."
Version: 1.0
"Like 2 years after my original review and there are still large periods of time when no online games will appear and if I log out and try to log in, I get a ``generic error`` and can`t log back in. I`m annoyed that I`ve paid for this and can`t play with actual people. When it`s not your turn, you can`t open that game to see what you most recently did. When people stop playing there`s no way to continue with AI or push a notification to them. So it just sits there."
Version: 1.0
Alex Wilson
★
"Sadly broken by the Android 13 update on my Pixel 4a, it will now only launches into a black screen. Hopefully this can be fixed soon. Will happily update this when it does get fixed, this is (was) my go-to game on my phone."
Version: 1.8
"Sadly broken by the Android 13 update on my Pixel 4a, it will now only launches into a black screen. Hopefully this can be fixed soon. Will happily update this when it does get fixed, this is (was) my go-to game on my phone."
Version: 1.8
A Google user
★★★★★
"This game is AMAZING!!! Scrabble meets Dominion. I am constantly learning, adapting, and experimenting. AI is great. You can adjust the difficulty to you liking. Pass and play is fantastic! We`ve been playing it every day for months!"
Version: 1.0
"This game is AMAZING!!! Scrabble meets Dominion. I am constantly learning, adapting, and experimenting. AI is great. You can adjust the difficulty to you liking. Pass and play is fantastic! We`ve been playing it every day for months!"
Version: 1.0
A Google user
★★★★★
"Bug? Appears that Inked cards are coming from the player pile, rather than the deck. Edit: Thanks for the update.. appears I`ve been playing the actual card game incorrectly this whole time!"
Version: 1.0
"Bug? Appears that Inked cards are coming from the player pile, rather than the deck. Edit: Thanks for the update.. appears I`ve been playing the actual card game incorrectly this whole time!"
Version: 1.0
Brooklyn Beck
★★★★★
"Fabulous game and a great online translation from the original card game"
"Fabulous game and a great online translation from the original card game"
A Google user
★★★★
"Really good and fun. Dictionary is a little weird sometimes though and it would be better if you could think about your hand on other`s turns."
Version: 1.0
"Really good and fun. Dictionary is a little weird sometimes though and it would be better if you could think about your hand on other`s turns."
Version: 1.0
Matt Harrison
★★★★★
"Just started, but game is really fun so far. Very easy to get started with, tutorial takes only minutes. It`s kind of mix between Scrabble and engine-building. You aquire victory points, money, etc. based on letters you play. And with money you can buy more powerful letters that do even more. There`s additional mechanics, but that`s the heart of it. Other points: - Decent on battery - Nice graphics - Great music"
Version: 1.9
"Just started, but game is really fun so far. Very easy to get started with, tutorial takes only minutes. It`s kind of mix between Scrabble and engine-building. You aquire victory points, money, etc. based on letters you play. And with money you can buy more powerful letters that do even more. There`s additional mechanics, but that`s the heart of it. Other points: - Decent on battery - Nice graphics - Great music"
Version: 1.9
A Google user
★★★★
"Excellent game, fun, challenging and lovingly created with an historical aesthetic. You can play online with other humans or against the computer, both modes are good. Only thing that is odd is some words are not allowed which I know are real words, and there is no way to suggest a word get added to the dictionary, that would be a nice feature."
Version: 1.0
"Excellent game, fun, challenging and lovingly created with an historical aesthetic. You can play online with other humans or against the computer, both modes are good. Only thing that is odd is some words are not allowed which I know are real words, and there is no way to suggest a word get added to the dictionary, that would be a nice feature."
Version: 1.0
A Google user
★★★★
"No doublt this is similar to Paperback. I like the mechanic for using any
cards as wilds. The push your luck mechanic also work well. But the Genre
cards are what break this game for me. Very often it becomes who can
cumulate the same genre cards fastest win the game kind of scenario.
Doesn`t really matter if you spell any long impressive words because a
3-letter word of the same genre can worth 10 stars. And if your opponent
can spell 3 or 4 of those you lose. Other than that, I think it is a fun
game and it is different enough from Paperback. But I think Paperback is
more fair. By the way, can developer please add an undo function to buying
ink please? Sometime I wanted to sell ink but pressed the wrong button for
buying instead. Can`t seems to find a way to undo that."
Version: 1.0
"No doublt this is similar to Paperback. I like the mechanic for using any
cards as wilds. The push your luck mechanic also work well. But the Genre
cards are what break this game for me. Very often it becomes who can
cumulate the same genre cards fastest win the game kind of scenario.
Doesn`t really matter if you spell any long impressive words because a
3-letter word of the same genre can worth 10 stars. And if your opponent
can spell 3 or 4 of those you lose. Other than that, I think it is a fun
game and it is different enough from Paperback. But I think Paperback is
more fair. By the way, can developer please add an undo function to buying
ink please? Sometime I wanted to sell ink but pressed the wrong button for
buying instead. Can`t seems to find a way to undo that."
Version: 1.0
Allen Boxer
★
"I really, really adore this board game and its mechanics and gameplay. Unfortunately the app suffers from multiple bugs, typos and a poor AI system. Worse than those things though is the bizarre dictionary. Otherwise obvious words to English speakers aren`t counted in favor of three different spellings of a form of Hindu ghost (true story). Maybe the developer ran out of funds to continue improvements, who knows? Oh, sometimes the game will also be completely unavailable online. So that`s fun."
Version: 1.0
"I really, really adore this board game and its mechanics and gameplay. Unfortunately the app suffers from multiple bugs, typos and a poor AI system. Worse than those things though is the bizarre dictionary. Otherwise obvious words to English speakers aren`t counted in favor of three different spellings of a form of Hindu ghost (true story). Maybe the developer ran out of funds to continue improvements, who knows? Oh, sometimes the game will also be completely unavailable online. So that`s fun."
Version: 1.0
A Google user
★★★★★
"Fantastically done. Beautiful art, solid gameplay, and great implementation. My only gripe would be that I`d love an undo button."
Version: 1.0
"Fantastically done. Beautiful art, solid gameplay, and great implementation. My only gripe would be that I`d love an undo button."
Version: 1.0
Kate Gray
★★★
"I love the card game, Hardback, and was keen to have an online version. The game play is good but disappointingly there is no AI to play against. It`s annoying having to play for both players. If I had someone else to play against, I wouldn`t be playing the digital version.There is an online option but there haven`t been any people to play against."
Version: 1.0
"I love the card game, Hardback, and was keen to have an online version. The game play is good but disappointingly there is no AI to play against. It`s annoying having to play for both players. If I had someone else to play against, I wouldn`t be playing the digital version.There is an online option but there haven`t been any people to play against."
Version: 1.0
Aaron Smith
★
"My wife and I have the actual card game version of this game and love it so much. The app, however, is extremely buggy, to the point that it`s not even playable. For weeks now, I can`t play online games with my wife (I`m sick in a hospital right now), which was the whole purpose of buying this game. Upon creating a new round, it simply disappears. How unfortunate!"
Version: 1.0
"My wife and I have the actual card game version of this game and love it so much. The app, however, is extremely buggy, to the point that it`s not even playable. For weeks now, I can`t play online games with my wife (I`m sick in a hospital right now), which was the whole purpose of buying this game. Upon creating a new round, it simply disappears. How unfortunate!"
Version: 1.0
A Google user
★★★★★
"Excellent implementation of this great deckbuilder!"
Version: 1.0
"Excellent implementation of this great deckbuilder!"
Version: 1.0
Joe Pilato
★★★★
"An incomplete version of a great game. Adverts don`t work in multiplayer. I wish computer players could be added to multiplayer."
Version: 1.0
"An incomplete version of a great game. Adverts don`t work in multiplayer. I wish computer players could be added to multiplayer."
Version: 1.0
A Google user
★★★★
"Fun game. Having an issue when playing against an AI - if the AI is not able to make a word, the game freezes."
Version: 1.0
"Fun game. Having an issue when playing against an AI - if the AI is not able to make a word, the game freezes."
Version: 1.0
A Google user
★★★★★
"Excellent word game, highly recommended"
Version: 1.0
"Excellent word game, highly recommended"
Version: 1.0
A Google user
★★★★★
"Heads up it looks like the servers might have crashed last night. Lost my friend list and active games"
Version: 1.0
"Heads up it looks like the servers might have crashed last night. Lost my friend list and active games"
Version: 1.0
Peter McDonald
★★★★
"Not quite as fun as Paperback in my opinion, but still a great word based deck builder. Some of the Gothic script is hard to read. A lot of fun"
Version: 1.8
"Not quite as fun as Paperback in my opinion, but still a great word based deck builder. Some of the Gothic script is hard to read. A lot of fun"
Version: 1.8
net.fowers.hardback
Installs: 1,000+
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Version: 1.99
Category: Board Games
Pegi : Everyone
Publish Date : Jun 28, 2018
Update Date : 2023-08-21
Android Version : 5.1
Version: 1.99
Category: Board Games
Pegi : Everyone
Publish Date : Jun 28, 2018
Update Date : 2023-08-21
Android Version : 5.1
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