KOSMOS Helper App
Well, how about simply having all the rules explained to you via narrated animations?
Learn how to prepare the game and get started without reading the rules booklet. Learn other Kosmos games without reading the manuals.
Note: This app serves similar functions for other well-known board games from Kosmos.
Features:
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* Animated Tutorial ***With audio narrations and 3D animations, this app explains all the rules for the games, including the variations for all the possible numbers of players, in an easy linear manner that requires little reading, so that you can start playing almost immediately!
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* Additional Functions ***The app also includes a timer for Tumult Royal that allows you to replace the hourglass included in the game. You can also vary the time allotted for the tax collection phase. Just look for "Timer" in the main menu.In Ubongo there is an animated assistant to find the solution to any of the task given in the basic game.
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Category : Board
Reviews (23)
The games are awesome. But, the user interface on the app is very clunky.... After downloading the storyline it's ALWAYS challenging for me to then go find the Play button to begin the story. I guess I will get better at it (the Application!) after I learn how to use it - but it seems like it should be easier to hit the play button...
This game is an amazing way to spend time away from your devices. It gradually makes your brain think harder and out of the box. I highly recommend it to anyone with some time to waste In a fun way!
Spot on. Love it and the games that are associated. Wish there was a better way to store the games you have played and maybe even a way to save the scores in app and review it. Thanks though this app has been awesome for the 12 or so we have done so far!
Kosmos is an awesome puzzle collection for a challenging family game night. This helper app is great! It has a timer and ambiance music for every game! An great experience for the whole family.
Very nice companion, love the atmospheric soundtrack during the timer and the warnings for minute limits. Also, that the rating im exit games is done automatically is awesome.
Excellent tool to use alongside each exit game. Love the character voices, the builtin timer and the graphics. Thanks so much for providing the atmosphere for the game!
Works as a timer and nice atmospheric mood setting music.
No games to be found. Completely unusable and I cannot find any fixes or guides online. EDIT: It was an unfortunate that my first interaction with the app was during some unforseen downtime. I have tried again and it is working perfectly. The narrator really gives another dimension to the game (although the audio quality isn't great at times) and the interface is so sleek. Downloads are very quick. I will definitely be trying out other board games by KOSMOS in the future. Heck of a lot of fun!
The game box said the app would have an atmospheric soundtrack but it did not. Because of this, I originally gave the game 3 stars. The developer responded that the soundtrack is integrated with the timer which explains why we didn't find it since we don't worry about timing ourselves. The game was fun without it and, now that we know, we will turn it on next time. Therefore I changed my rating to 5 stars. Enjoy!
Super cool addition to the EXIT games. Two suggestions though: 1. When having the timer, let the music run in the background when the screen is turned off or switching between apps. 2. When the game is finished and you press stop on the timer, let the voice read out the last card/ending with the awesome narrator voice. Btw. The mini-game / easter egg (game with the question mark) inside the app are very nice! Regarding installation: It took ages until it was properly working! Please fix this.
The app worked fine. No complaints there. The Exit Forgotten Island board game, however, was frustrating and confusing. The word puzzle to get the star clue made me feel like I had dyslexia. The final puzzle that uses the box might have worked if the strange object was a solid piece of plastic, but as a flimsy piece of cardboard folded in half in the middle it was impossible to use as intended. I also find the need to cut up the rulebook and game pieces extremely wasteful. Not fun.
We just started using this with The Dungeon Escape adventure. Our only complaint is the font choice. It looks cool but the italics and serif combine to make it hard to read. I wish there was an accessibility setting to change it to something less stylized. It's not an issue for us but the font is also a bit small so a setting to adjust size would be nice too.
The tutorials on this app are fantastic! I've just watched all of them for a game I'm looking at buying (City Skylines) and I think I'm ready to play without reading a word of the manual! So it's a great resource for a games night - everyone coming can have in depth knowledge of the rules before the night - saving quite a lot of time! The timer for the Exit series is also very good - adding thematic and dramatic sounds to the game, as well as giving you a rating at the end. Good work Kosmos!
A nice idea, but poorly executed. The timer/music thing worked well, and added a level of suspense, however the introductory passage linked to our version of the game was incorrect (it was talking about an entirely different scenario and cast of characters to the ones featured in ours!). We were playing the "house of riddles" game, but the introduction was talking about a creepy castle encountered on holiday and the narration was pretty lacklustre even if the information had been correct.
No Shadows Over Middle-Earth app, despite the instructions suggesting it as a useful digital timer with atmospheric soundtrack.
App initially stuck on language screen (Same happen on iPhone) On second attempt downloading content was on 5% after several minutes. On third attempt downloading worked within a few seconds. However once download was completed (for the dungeon) there were no features. Therefore it ended up being unusable for the game. Which was a shame because we enjoyed the game.
Awesome to use with the puzzles. Reader is cool, but they could be more theme oriented while reading.
The gate between worlds version of the exit games is a dud. Stay away. And not because I can't do it. I looked it up on YouTube and no one can do it because it's dud. Waste of money and time.
Great assistance for the exit box games. Games are really fun with small groups and the app is great assistance
All the content I download for the Exit games never works on my Samsung Galaxy II Tab. Which is annoying as I don't want to use this app on my phone.
The timer and score thing at the end really work with the games. Love it. Make many more exit games and keep em in this app please!!
The game was so confusing and sometimes it didn't even tell us when we needed to do something. Seriously over rated and I've priced. Color me disappointed.
I have found this app to be a brilliant companion to the various EXIT games I have played to date. Unfortunately, however, I have since bought the new Lord of the Rings themed game and it has been a few weeks and still nothin is showing in the app for this game. The box says that it is available but the app shows otherwise. It is quite bad form that you released the game without the companion app being ready.