Gugong

Name: Gugong
Price: 2.99 USD
Rating: 1.8 (4 reviews)
Author: ycyclop games

Strategy

$2.99 · Designed for iPad

4 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Strategy
Developer

ycyclop games
Language

EN
English
Size

129.9
MB

iPad

China, 1570. China is under the reign of the Longqing Emperor, of the Ming Dynasty. He inherited a country in disarray after years of mismanagement and corruption. He resided in the Forbidden city, which was the seat of many emperors under the Ming Dynasty. Constructed from 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings and covers 72 ha (over 180 acres). It is also under the Ming Dynasty that the Great Wall of China was rebuilt, fortified, and expanded. Around this period, China was under heavy attack from the Mongols, so maintaining the Great Wall was essential. Most of what we now have left of the Great Wall, we owe to the Ming dynasty. The country was already famous for its very intricate bureaucracy, but this also led to a lot of corruption. Even though the penalties for corruption were very high, the highest Officials of the Forbidden City would pretend to uphold the ban on corruption, by accepting gifts of petitioners, and returning one of seemingly lower value. Gugong uses this extraordinary custom as its basis. Players take on the role of powerful Chinese families trying to gain influence and power by exchanging gifts with Officials. The gift cards you offer as a player have to be of a higher value than the one you receive, forcing you to make strategic choices regarding which actions you want to take each turn. You will travel around China, sail down the Grand Canal, purchase precious jade, help construct the Great Wall, secure advantages through decrees, influence the game through intrigue, and ultimately, receive an audience with the emperor. In this App version of the board game you will play vs. Meng, the solo automata, with three different level of difficulty. The App includes a short tutorial which explain the basic concepts of the game to help the player dive in immediately, and a full set of written rules.

Ratings & Reviews

1.8

out of 5

4 Ratings

Some lack of features keeps it from being a mainstay
01/30/2024

ackmondual
Some nice things…… There’s a rule book, there’s a tutorial, the bar at the bottom shows whats going on.Bad things… there’s no way to access the rules during a game. If you Quit, the session is lost. It’d be nice if you could long press to bring up a description of what the icons are (especially since you can’t leave he game to look up the rulebook)
Some lack of features keeps it from being a mainstay
01/30/2024

ackmondual

Some nice things…… There’s a rule book, there’s a tutorial, the bar at the bottom shows whats going on.Bad things… there’s no way to access the rules during a game. If you Quit, the session is lost. It’d be nice if you could long press to bring up a description of what the icons are (especially since you can’t leave he game to look up the rulebook)
Missing basic functionality
01/27/2024

Ahab's Wooden Leg
Tiny icons, no way to take back accidnrwlmnutton presses, and if froze up halfway through a game with no recovery option. Waste of $3.

Developer Response
I'm sorry you found the application experience not good enough.A screen shot of the freeze could help understand what the problem is and fix it.We will consider adding an undo featureMap can be zoomed so icons on the map can be seeing larger
Missing basic functionality
01/27/2024

Ahab's Wooden Leg

Tiny icons, no way to take back accidnrwlmnutton presses, and if froze up halfway through a game with no recovery option. Waste of $3.
Developer Response 01/28/2024
I'm sorry you found the application experience not good enough.A screen shot of the freeze could help understand what the problem is and fix it.We will consider adding an undo featureMap can be zoomed so icons on the map can be seeing larger