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Official TFT App



The last update from the TFT Kickstarter noted that TFT had an app for Android and iPhone now.

I installed it and took a quick look around. The app allows you to create multiple characters using standards TFT rules. It has built in dice generator, "use character" (seems to be a way to not have a paper sheet, you can track your fatigue, damage, etc manually), and it has a way to play your character against the computer in arena or adventure combat.

Some things I liked:
--I always liked gurps character assistant, so nice to have something for TFT

--Had some quick arena combat action on the train today to keep me busy

Areas to improve:
--There seems to be a bug in arena combat on Android. If you lose, you can either continue or clear your combat history. If you win, the only option seems to be to clear combat history...??

--the character Creator only lets you create 32 point characters, anything higher than that tells you that the character is too high and won't let you play the character in the app. Very annoying in case I wanted to test a specific build

--arena combat is linear, it only tracks distance apart, so no side or rear hexes exist and there is no real tactics. Close with head on and pummel is the only option. The default wizard bad guy had sleep spell, so that fight consisted of turn 1: you close distance, wizard puts you to sleep and slits your throat. Fun

I think this app can be cool and fun for a quick fix or to test builds, but they may need some feedback to guide them.

--Thomas