Tichu

Name: Tichu
Price: 4.99 USD
Rating: 4.3 (312 reviews)
Author: House Full of Games

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$4.99 · Designed for iPad

312 Ratings
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House Full of Games
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EN
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164.3
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*** Listed on Games Magazine's Electronic Games 100 for 2011! *** Legend has it that over 642 million Chinese play Tichu nearly every day! I don't know about that. All I know is that Tichu might very well be the world's best card game. Tichu is a partnership game for four players where partners battle to be the first to play all of their cards and score points. Each hand is filled with strategy and risk. Will you be the first player to play all of your cards? Perhaps you'd like to make a little wager on that? Are you willing to risk 100 points? How about 200? Tichu has long been the favorite card game of all time on BoardGameGeek. Find out why! I promise that you won't regret it! Tichu boasts the following great features: Fully licensed and authorized by designer Urs Hostettler and publisher Fata Morgana Spiele. Computer controlled opponents boast a challenging and lifelike Artificial Intelligence that is configurable in numerous ways. Up to 4 humans can play from any supported device in any part of the world. Data automatically backed up to the cloud and synced to any device that runs the game! Extensive tutorial and in-game documentation will teach you how to play and have you playing like a champ in no time. Hint feature helps you play while you learn. Choose from multiple beautiful deck styles.

Ratings & Reviews

4.3

out of 5

312 Ratings

Great game
Jun 4

UTMormonzz
I have played this game for thousands of hours. It is, in my opinion, the best one available. However, I would greatly appreciate it if the developers could stop the app from spamming achievements. It causes crashes and is generally annoying. Secondly, when playing on the hardest difficulty, as your rating goes above 1750, the opponents seem to cheat more, creating a disturbing amount of bombs. The last thing I'll mention is that you can NEVER, and I repeat, NEVER trust your partner with the Phoenix. They will use it in the worst possible way almost every time. Other than my whining above, this is a perfect game.
Great game
Jun 4

UTMormonzz

I have played this game for thousands of hours. It is, in my opinion, the best one available. However, I would greatly appreciate it if the developers could stop the app from spamming achievements. It causes crashes and is generally annoying. Secondly, when playing on the hardest difficulty, as your rating goes above 1750, the opponents seem to cheat more, creating a disturbing amount of bombs. The last thing I'll mention is that you can NEVER, and I repeat, NEVER trust your partner with the Phoenix. They will use it in the worst possible way almost every time. Other than my whining above, this is a perfect game.
Glitchy and bad logic
11/07/2022

argofckyourself
The game of Tichu is amazing! This app leaves much to be desired. Almost daily the app glitches and will just crash repeatedly when I try to play. Normally if I close it a couple times it then works but it seems to be getting worse. I had to uninstall and reinstall it a few days ago to get it to work for me, even restarting my phone would not fix it. The app has not been updated in 5 years, so who the F@&$ knows why it just prompted me to give a review. Please update!!!!!!Trying to ply online with friends almost never works. The computer intelligence is a bad combination of card counters and complete idiots. There are little nonsensical rules they follow that make my partner screw me over in ways that make no sense. Like playing the 1 late in a hand after they have seen the opponent play the card they gave, they always still ask for the card anyway. But with the computer intelligence set to expert it is clear as each hand comes to a close that the computers have counted the cards perfectly, or even know who has what cards. I would give it less than 3 stars but unfortunately I think it is the best Tichu app out there.
Glitchy and bad logic
11/07/2022

argofckyourself

The game of Tichu is amazing! This app leaves much to be desired. Almost daily the app glitches and will just crash repeatedly when I try to play. Normally if I close it a couple times it then works but it seems to be getting worse. I had to uninstall and reinstall it a few days ago to get it to work for me, even restarting my phone would not fix it. The app has not been updated in 5 years, so who the F@&$ knows why it just prompted me to give a review. Please update!!!!!!Trying to ply online with friends almost never works. The computer intelligence is a bad combination of card counters and complete idiots. There are little nonsensical rules they follow that make my partner screw me over in ways that make no sense. Like playing the 1 late in a hand after they have seen the opponent play the card they gave, they always still ask for the card anyway. But with the computer intelligence set to expert it is clear as each hand comes to a close that the computers have counted the cards perfectly, or even know who has what cards. I would give it less than 3 stars but unfortunately I think it is the best Tichu app out there.
Great way to learn
01/09/2020

JesseMax
I have friends that play Tichu regularly and I’ve been left out since I don’t know how to play and they’ve been far ahead in strategy. They taught me how to play recently, but I struggled with learning the right strategy.This app has helped with that immensely. Being able to adjust your opponents and try different partners has been outstanding for learning the game. It’s greatly improved my game!The partner can make some pretty bonehead moves sometimes (like taking a trick from you when you’ve called Tichu and clearly heading out). But, then again, I make some bone head moves as well.One wish - sometimes I hit Call Tichu and then play my cards, forgetting to hit ‘OK’ to confirm. I wish it would either prevent play until you hit okay or allow you to back up a round and replay.
Great way to learn
01/09/2020

JesseMax

I have friends that play Tichu regularly and I’ve been left out since I don’t know how to play and they’ve been far ahead in strategy. They taught me how to play recently, but I struggled with learning the right strategy.This app has helped with that immensely. Being able to adjust your opponents and try different partners has been outstanding for learning the game. It’s greatly improved my game!The partner can make some pretty bonehead moves sometimes (like taking a trick from you when you’ve called Tichu and clearly heading out). But, then again, I make some bone head moves as well.One wish - sometimes I hit Call Tichu and then play my cards, forgetting to hit ‘OK’ to confirm. I wish it would either prevent play until you hit okay or allow you to back up a round and replay.
Compelling game--like Spades but much richer!
03/05/2017

dakarsenegal
I have never played Tichu before but I am now good and hooked! The game has one of the best tutorials that I've seen on a phone platform and the "shake a hint" is invaluable. Partner games are so rare these days and I want to get friends to play, but the computer players are the next best thing. And you can easily play online side by side with multiple phones!!! If you like Spades I promise you'll love Tichu. The help is also well written and close at hand to reference to help understand how the special cards work--even includes a bit of strategy. Can't imagine getting bored of this game. Well worth paying for. Thank you for bringing it to the iPhone, and thus, to me!!!
Compelling game--like Spades but much richer!
03/05/2017

dakarsenegal

I have never played Tichu before but I am now good and hooked! The game has one of the best tutorials that I've seen on a phone platform and the "shake a hint" is invaluable. Partner games are so rare these days and I want to get friends to play, but the computer players are the next best thing. And you can easily play online side by side with multiple phones!!! If you like Spades I promise you'll love Tichu. The help is also well written and close at hand to reference to help understand how the special cards work--even includes a bit of strategy. Can't imagine getting bored of this game. Well worth paying for. Thank you for bringing it to the iPhone, and thus, to me!!!

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Version 2.0.50

Dec 18

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