Tichu

Great app with fantastic AI.. almost too good. It's like playing against 3 complete experts which means you'll get your butt kicked for a while. But I pushed through, and have incredibly improved. I love this app, thank you so much for making it when I could find nothing.

[h1] Reviewing card games is what we do! [/h1] Easy interface and good implementation of Tichu rules. Note: this is a single player only review of Tichu played with bots, so while MP is available, I have not played and can't comment on the experience. For those unaware of what kind of game Tichu is, it's a trick-taking, team based game with a focus on hand management. Teams score points in various ways, through tricks taken (like suits, fives, tens and special cards) or by winning the round (by getting rid of cards first). The first team to get to 1000 points wins. Players can play cards in combination similar to poker - pairs, full house, straights etc with slight variations and special cards. The next player can then play a stronger version of the combination of cards (like pair with bigger numbers) or pass. The play continues until all players have passed and which point the player with the best combination wins the trick. The game resumes with leftover cards until players run out of cards at which point the round is scored. New round begins until someone reaches 1000 points. The interface of the game is minimalistic but it does the job with some additional options to customize play (including custom card covers). The music is just right - soothing while letting the gameplay stay in the forefront. The bots seem capable enough, at least for a novice player. There is not much else to say really. If you like Tichu or want to try it, it's a good implementation of the ruleset. [h1][b]The positive[/b] [/h1] + Good interface. + Capable bots. + Good background music choice. [h1][b]The neutral[/b][/h1] * I wish there was a way to set the win condition to less than 1000 points * Some actions could be better visible - the demand button and picking what the Phoenix card becomes are easily missed buttons for the first time. * For single player experience I was missing a way to save the current match as they can sometimes last longer. [h1][b]Conclusion:[/b] [/h1] Good digital implementation of Tichu with capable bots. [code] [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36948155-Card-Game-KING/] FOR MORE REVIEWS ABOUT CARD GAMES, CHECK OUT OUR CURATOR PAGE: [b]CARD GAME KING [/b][/url] or [url=https://twitter.com/TheCardGameKing][b]TWITTER[/b][/url][/code]

Love it!

A great implementation of a game "that cannot be explained"!

This by far is the best version of Tichu out there! The game itself is great and the developer is active fixing any bugs and implementing changes to increase play-ability. It is a game that is hard to explain but this game has captured it's essence and is so fun! Highly recommend it and if your on the fence give it a go, the more the merrier!

Given that it's the only Tichu game out there, it's a pretty good Tichu game. I'm sure it'd be really fun if you have friends who would buy the same app and play it with you, but playing with the AI is almost an insane proposition. It is absolutely brutal. Based on my experience, Prime, the AI to your left, gets all of the good cards no matter what the deal is. No matter what you can play, he'll more than likely have a bomb or both the Dragon and Phoenix because why not. Quintus, your eternal partner, is dumb as hell and can't seem to manage anything other than ill-timed plays. Granted, this is all my perception - it's more than likely that the deals are fair and I'm as bad a partner as Quintus is. I don't know. Either way, if you enjoy Tichu and don't mind getting owned a lot, it's a pretty straight-forward, no-nonsense version of the game. It's a great way to practice and I'm going to just go out on a limb and say that if you can regularly beat the AI, you're going to own any real life table you sit at. Now for those of you who don't know what this game is, it's nothing more than a variation of a climbing game. You've likely played something like it in school, the closest of which I can think of is a game named A**hole or President, depending on where you grew up. Spades or Hearts are somewhat similar, but you play until everyone passes rather than just picking up a trick after everyone's played one card. It's even closer to Big 2, but with less reliance on poker hands and absolutely no ranking of suits. Still lost? It's easy. The first player starts the trick by laying down a valid hand. Everyone who wants to play has to follow, but with a higher value. Thus, a single, pair, or triple will be beaten by the same hand, but with higher cards. Whoever plays the last hand on the trick wins it and then starts a new round. Tichu has four extra special cards that are shuffled into an otherwise-standard deck that allow different kinds of plays and includes "bombs" (four of a kind or a royal flush) as the ultimate trump. They can be played at any time to win the trick. Other than that, the weirdness is in the valid hands, but you get used to it (for example, a run/sequence is not limited to 5 cards like it is in poker; you can play 2 through Ace as one giant hand if you're lucky enough to get a chance to do so). The biggest thing you can do in this game is bet everyone that you're going to go out (run out of cards) first. If you do so after half the deal, it's worth 200 points (out of 1000), and waiting to see your whole hand is 100 points. This is generally the mechanism that makes the game interesting and intense among friends. Screwing with someone's (Grand) Tichu call is a lot of fun. You can look up the rules online as this is a pretty popular game to keep in your pocket that is just slightly different than other climbing games played with a standard deck, but nothing really special and you can probably just use the extra cards in a new deck to make this yourself if you want to. Be warned, the rules have a bunch of mumbo jumbo about Chinese people and how this is some secret backroom game that old farmers play - it's all marketing crap. This game is not rooted in Chinese anything and it's mildly racist in its premise. It's more likely that the designers discovered climbing games (which are, indeed, very popular in Asia) on a trip and decided to make their own when they published this game back when it was okay to be racially insensitive. It doesn't matter. The game is still a fun distraction and a good way to kill time with friends.

Best Tichu program i've ever seen, smart AI.

I seldom review games, but this one deserves a warning. The AI in this version of Tichu is blatantly unfair. Opponents far too often have bombs conveniently ready whenever you declare Tichu, while your so-called "partner" plays like they’re actively sabotaging you—ignoring obvious setups, failing to support your plays, and making bafflingly bad decisions. The result is a frustrating, rigged experience that feels nothing like real Tichu. The UI is clunky, the card distribution feels suspiciously unnatural, and the game lacks the polish and strategic depth that make Tichu great. If you're looking for a digital version, the iOS version is vastly superior. This one? Not worth your time.

Really decent implementation and intuitive interface. Also, surprisingly, the bots are good to play against. Now if it had a Linux port, it'd be perfect ;)

Great implementation of Tichu! Smooth gameplay & competitive bots. Great support, I had a visual issue and developers were very responsive in finding the solution on my laptop.