Friday - by Friedemann Friese

Name: Friday - by Friedemann Friese
Rating: 4.5945 (291 reviews)

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Friday - by Friedemann Friese

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User Reviews for Friday - by Friedemann Friese

Friday

Do you like stress? Do you like breaking your phone? What about punching holes in the wall? Well, this game is for you! You play a moron who gets deserted on a island. Little by little this idiot slowly harms himself, possibly by staring at the sun too long, and tries to live. If you manage to get to the end, pirates come! Yes, those one eyed, pegged leg, parrot loving wack jobs try to kill you. So, that is Friday. Even though you feel like curling up in a corner and crying because of this game. I still love it!!!!

Ashley<3aar, Mar 14, 2018

Strategic, replayable solo game

Took a while to wrap my head around the gameplay and rules but really liking this. Surprisingly deep strategy solo game, good for 5-10 minute breaks. Recommend watching videos on BoardGameGeek to learn the rules and gameplay, since the included instructions are a bit clumsy. Also I had trouble with the app crashing on iOS 13 but a delete and reinstall did the trick. Minor complaint: don’t really like the art.

bluestraggler, Feb 27, 2020

Decent port of a fun solo card game that need UI improvements

As far as solo card games go, Friday is one of the best (up there with the Oniverse series like Onirim). The theme is fun and this is one of my favorite games from that designer, Friedemann Friese (along with one of his newer economic games, Futuropia). However, the UI (User Interface) on this port needs some work. I find that the touch controls are not responsive enough and sometimes I press an arrow or button and I’m unsure if it registered the action (this rarely happens in other apps so I know it is this UI). I know the programmers are working on this so with any luck this might be an issue that will be remedied. I wouldn’t mind a higher resolution interface as well (especially for tablet use).While the vertical layout of the game works great on my iPhone (when I’m on the move), I much rather prefer playing this game on a tablet when I’m at home. Such is the case, a horizontal layout would really benefit this game. Similar games have adopted that option (Onirim for example) so I know it can be done.I’ve played this game on an iPad Pro (1st gen), iPhone 5C and XS and haven’t had the game crash once so I can at least attest to it being a stable build.If you like solo games I would recommend supporting the programmers who are still working on this fun little game and buy it!

Br0kenNick, Apr 16, 2019

One of the best solo games out there!

I own the physical game and this is a gem. I recommend you still get the box game which is the price of about 3 lattes. The app handles all of the shuffling and setup. If you know how to play already, you will understand the app version after your first game. The best way to learn before you get started is read the instruction manual on a PC first. Love this game! Solid mechanics and skill will prevail over luck. For the developers it would be nice to see when your deck is reshuffled which acts as a mental note that your played cards are now back in play again. Also I tried to see which cards I had played during the green phase and don't think I was able to see them. I was down to the last two cards in the challenge deck and wasn't sure how many of our 5 total starting attack points that make up the starting deck I had played. I wasn't sure if I had what I needed to beat the level 1 card I had chose.

CrossfitBrent, Apr 13, 2018

Fun and quick

I enjoyed the physical card game. This implementation captures all the fun with none of the mess of setting up, tracking life with tokens, and putting it all away. It is just as challenging as the original but you can whip through the games to put your losses behind you.I have encountered a couple scenarios where I tried to take ab illegal action. Usually it recovers, but at the end of the game once (I was losing to the final pirate and tried to cheat) it hung the game. But otherwise it is smooth gameplay that tries hard not to let you forget to take advantage of your potential on the board.

drjah69, Mar 12, 2022

Good adaptation

I own the physical card game and am a big fan of this version as well! I also like the leaderboard of high scores every week. However, the reason I’m not giving it 5 stars is because it doesn’t save all of your scores and give you a winning percentage for each level. I think this would be a very easy addition. It gives you a place to record your scores in the physical card game rulebook to keep track and try to beat your high score. The app should do the same.Edit: I just found where your high score is saved so at least it does that

Hank62299, Mar 14, 2020

Great solo board game, okay iPad game

The user interface for this game could’ve been much better. Apparently they really stuck to the art layout of the card game but it is harder to determine what stage your life etc. are. There’s also apparently no undue and the interface is a little confusing if you have any abilities left to play. You really have to own the board game to make sense of it all but I am still glad I purchased this game.

Landru Arkon, Apr 29, 2021

Love the game but the UI needs work

This is a great game, but the UI is not intuitive. One example: the choices after clicking to exit a game seem backwards. You would think the x would exit and the return arrow would return you to the game. Also, I wouldn’t need to exit the game if there was an undo button for when I accidentally click to finish a turn because I forgot I was in the yellow (or red) level and thought I had gathered enough points to win the card but only had enough for the lower level. Also, when you have to stop in the middle of the game you have to remember to choose the same level you were playing before or you will get an error message (and there is no indication that you have a game in progress). Again, love the game itself, but the lack of an undo button when I misinterpret the UI is very annoying.

Needsomesleep12345, Nov 06, 2017

Nice addition to my phone card game collection

Never played the board game, but once this clicked with me I was able to enjoy the depth that is not as apparent at first. My only issue is that it's hard to take the game seriously when I see the main character's face. He looks so ridiculous, haha. He could have a more serious Castaway look or something 😉

Nitecatchr, Dec 25, 2017

Some Issues

The overall game is great, but I prefer the digital version. There’s some oddities to the UI and rules that make it different from playing with real cards. There’s strange additions that don’t exist in the original rulebook that make the game mostly just more annoying to play. When using certain abilities and then later using a card that removes that card from the play area, that causes the ability to be undone. This is not a rule present in the physical rulebook and drastically limits your potential. A worse change is that you lose the game if you make your deck too efficient and capable of drawing through the whole deck. In the original rulebook it specifically says that you continue playing as normal without gaining new bad effects from shuffling once you’ve used up all the bad effects. I do not know why this change was made, but it did not improve the game, in my opinion. The inability to play with the original rules, which I think were pretty much perfect, makes this game sort of undesirable for me to play. The change for losing makes the game too random, because you can’t easily strategize around accidentally making your deck too good.

rickjamesia, Oct 25, 2021

Description

You are helping Robinson, who came ashore on your island, fight against many hazards. At the beginning, Robinson is not very skillful. With each fight he wins you will improve his abilities, but defeats are also helping to get rid off of his worse habits.

However, life on the island is energy-sapping, so that Robinson not only gains experiences during his time there, but also starts aging and tends to get clumsy. In this game, Robinson is represented as a card stack of different behaviors. You are forced to improve this card stack, so you can collect the cards at the end of the game to give Robinson the best chance to win against the tough pirates! The App allows you to play the game on all 4 levels and also includes a new fifth level as special challenge . Gain achievements by excellent performance! Try to beat the community in the weekly highscore list! The newest addition is finally there: King of the Island! Beat up to 1024 players in a tournament with synchronized games to become the true King of the Island.