ISLE OF SKYE is the latest game to hit the App Store and Google Play Store, from publisher asthma deep digital. it's a game about clan rivalries, cheap whiskey barrels, and roads. kind of like Catan but at hog money, its kind of complex though, and even once you've made your way through the pretty lengthy tutorial you might still be stuck when it comes to what to do next, and here is where these five tips come in.
Number one check what will score, the first thing you should do once you've been given your tiles is to check the scoring permutations on the current round. you can do that by tapping the markers along the right-hand side of the screen, this will show you not just what the tiles in your hand are worth, but what your opponents might be aiming for as well. if you know that only sheep or lakes are being counted this round that will affect which tiles you place.
Number two look ahead, while it's important to know what's going to be getting you victory points each turn, you should always check what the different scoring combinations are in future, as well. you'll often score more than once for a particular set, so it's a good idea to focus on those when you start, in order to bag regular points throughout the game.
Number three don't go broke, it's tempting to set the prices of tiles you want to keep incredibly high, but that can have the undesirable knock-on effect, that no one buys them. that's going to leave you with a steep bill to pay, and less room to change tack. in the early part of the game it give everything a reasonable price, and save your extreme prices for later on.
Number four connect the pieces, you'll always score at the end of the game with connected bits of pasture C or mountain. so even if you're not scoring with them in a particular round, it's a good idea to place your tiles so that they can join together. single tiles that are complete in and of themselves are great for this, so watch out for them.
And number five while your opponent's doing every turn you'll see what tiles your opponent's discard, what tiles they purchase, and how they lay them. this will give you a good idea of what they're aiming to do. you can also keep track of what they've done by tapping the history button. try and make it as difficult for them as possible by pricing them out of the cards they need, or sending them back into the deck, so they can't be bought at all.
Number two look ahead, while it's important to know what's going to be getting you victory points each turn, you should always check what the different scoring combinations are in future, as well. you'll often score more than once for a particular set, so it's a good idea to focus on those when you start, in order to bag regular points throughout the game.
Number three don't go broke, it's tempting to set the prices of tiles you want to keep incredibly high, but that can have the undesirable knock-on effect, that no one buys them. that's going to leave you with a steep bill to pay, and less room to change tack. in the early part of the game it give everything a reasonable price, and save your extreme prices for later on.
Number four connect the pieces, you'll always score at the end of the game with connected bits of pasture C or mountain. so even if you're not scoring with them in a particular round, it's a good idea to place your tiles so that they can join together. single tiles that are complete in and of themselves are great for this, so watch out for them.
And number five while your opponent's doing every turn you'll see what tiles your opponent's discard, what tiles they purchase, and how they lay them. this will give you a good idea of what they're aiming to do. you can also keep track of what they've done by tapping the history button. try and make it as difficult for them as possible by pricing them out of the cards they need, or sending them back into the deck, so they can't be bought at all.
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