Lanterns: The Harvest Festival

Name: Lanterns: The Harvest Festival
Price: 4.99 USD
Rating: 4.6 (138 reviews)
Author: Dire Wolf Digital

Board

$4.99 · Designed for iPad

138 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Board
Developer

Dire Wolf Digital
Language

EN
English
Size

240.5
MB

Lanterns: The Harvest Festival is a beautiful, thoughtful tile-placement game set in imperial China based upon the best-selling and award-winning board game. The app now includes the new expansion Lanterns: The Emperor's Gifts at no additional cost. In Lanterns, players take turns arranging colorful floating lanterns on a ceremonial lake. Completing sets of lanterns earns Honor, and at the end of the game the player with the most Honor wins. Vibrant visual effects, skilled AI, meditative environmental music and smooth touch play translate the delightful zen of Lanterns: The Harvest Festival to your phone or tablet. Praise for the board game: • SXSW Game of the Year Nominee • Geek & Sundry Top 5 Games of 2015 • Dice Tower Seal of Excellence • Board Game Geek's Most Anticipated 2015 • Mensa Select 2015 Winner • Best Family Game - Dog & Thimble 2015 • Best Game for New Gamers - Dog & Thimble 2015 "Lanterns is very beautiful and easy to get into, but has depth that can challenge even the most experienced players." - Geek & Sundry "I think a lot of people are going to be turned on to Lanterns, because you can play it casually, or you can play it very competitively. Both ways it's very enjoyable, and it's hard for a game to do that." - The Game Boy Geek "Lanterns offers tile-placement and set-collection with a twist, and that twist makes it more interactive than other tile placement games I’ve tried. ... I loved the simplicity and interactivity of the game, as well as the originality." - The Opinionated Gamers Lanterns: The Harvest Festival offers all of the fun and depth of the tabletop game, PLUS: • Online asynchronous matchmaking against old friends and new • Strategic solo play to hone your skills against AI players • Progressive Challenge system to guide you through gameplay • Intuitive tap-and-drag tile placement for fast and easy play For more information, please visit www.direwolfdigital.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter at /direwolfdigital

A Closer Look

Ratings & Reviews

4.6

out of 5

138 Ratings

Fun game
04/26/2018

*Shazam666*
I’ve only played a few solo games on a IPad Mini 4with no issues. I am giving it a 5* review, because it is fun, bright, and graphics wise, is awesome. Best way I can describe the play of the game is, it’s similar to dominos, but more involved. I do like seeing the Koi swim around while playing, and the music is nice too, not real loud or horrible sounding to turn it off. The music is similar to some mahjong games I’ve played.
Fun game
04/26/2018

*Shazam666*

I’ve only played a few solo games on a IPad Mini 4with no issues. I am giving it a 5* review, because it is fun, bright, and graphics wise, is awesome. Best way I can describe the play of the game is, it’s similar to dominos, but more involved. I do like seeing the Koi swim around while playing, and the music is nice too, not real loud or horrible sounding to turn it off. The music is similar to some mahjong games I’ve played.
Update has killed friend multiplayer
05/13/2021

Berubemeister
I do like this app a lot as for the 4- Stars but the latest update has really hampered multiplayer game play over time. While we do play often in a normal 1-HR game it works fine but sometimes, we just want to play a free flow game when we have time. We’ve noticed with the update it just scrubs the game. We log in with the game gone... just frustrating when you had played the way for so long. A timer visible would at least give us some visual. Hope the multiplayer is fixed in the next update.

Developer Response
Hello Berbemeister, Thank you for taking time to leave a review, we are always happy to receive critical feedback! Your input has been passed along to the team. Thank you so much!
Update has killed friend multiplayer
05/13/2021

Berubemeister

I do like this app a lot as for the 4- Stars but the latest update has really hampered multiplayer game play over time. While we do play often in a normal 1-HR game it works fine but sometimes, we just want to play a free flow game when we have time. We’ve noticed with the update it just scrubs the game. We log in with the game gone... just frustrating when you had played the way for so long. A timer visible would at least give us some visual. Hope the multiplayer is fixed in the next update.
Developer Response 06/22/2021
Hello Berbemeister, Thank you for taking time to leave a review, we are always happy to receive critical feedback! Your input has been passed along to the team. Thank you so much!
All The Signs of a Classic
03/05/2022

Thomas the Convert
This is a good example of how an app can breathe new life into a great card game. The bookkeeping is all done for you, all the color and beauty remains. The two player game is the most strategic. It is really just an abstract card game, simple rules and a bit of a take that attitude.

Developer Response
Hi Thomas!Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a review! We are so happy to hear you are enjoying it! If you have any feedback or run into any issues, feel free to drop us a line at support@direwolfdigital.com !
All The Signs of a Classic
03/05/2022

Thomas the Convert

This is a good example of how an app can breathe new life into a great card game. The bookkeeping is all done for you, all the color and beauty remains. The two player game is the most strategic. It is really just an abstract card game, simple rules and a bit of a take that attitude.
Developer Response 03/02/2022
Hi Thomas!Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a review! We are so happy to hear you are enjoying it! If you have any feedback or run into any issues, feel free to drop us a line at support@direwolfdigital.com !
This version has some annoyances
12/25/2017

AlphaZygma
I Ike this game and the app version is great, I can play the base game and the expansion.The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is that the upgrades on log-in have issues and it seems to be stuck when I was actually logged in and if I retry then I get an error.So right now I have tried try once, and the close the screen and go online again and it works. Hope they get an update soon.
This version has some annoyances
12/25/2017

AlphaZygma

I Ike this game and the app version is great, I can play the base game and the expansion.The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is that the upgrades on log-in have issues and it seems to be stuck when I was actually logged in and if I retry then I get an error.So right now I have tried try once, and the close the screen and go online again and it works. Hope they get an update soon.