Battlesquare

Users of a certain age and passionate about the world of strategy, the conquest and the battles will recognize the term well Risk A well-knownboard game based on strategy and the luck of the dice that allowed its players to fight all kinds of wars to dominate enemy territory and be the greatest force present. A classic that now comes adapted to new technologies and with the name BattlesquareAlso, as a distinctive touch, this game replaces the game board with the real city streets and neighborhoods

As we say, it is a game, and the purpose of Battlesquare is entertainment Something that it achieves thanks to its functionalities and its design, resulting in a very fluid and comfortable handling that makes playing to conquer the surrounding neighborhoods is completely addictive, at least during its first uses. Of course, we must take into account the limitations of this game, since, for now, only Madrid and Barcelonaare cities where you can conquer real territories, as well as a long list of cities in the rest of the world such as New York, San Francisco, Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver, San Jose, Philadelphia, Toronto, Paris, Berlin, London, Amsterdam, Cairo, Houston, Dallas, Miami, Budapest, Palo Alto, Honolulu, Orlando, Vancouver, Montréal, Valencia (Venezuela) or Bogotá, among many others.

It is inevitable to mention the social network Foursquare, on which Battlesquare is based and with which you have to count if you want to play this game So it is necessary to create a user account in Battlesquare and bind it with the user data of Foursquare , with which the Check-ins or records through which the user has passed will be synchronized. A key point since each of them is a conquest or a step to position yourself on a territory on the game board, as if it were acountry in the classic Risk With this the game begins.

The mechanics are simple, just use Battlesquare to continue doing Check-ins in new placesHowever, things are not so easy in this game. Before conquering a new place, a screen appears with dice to present battle. Playing with chance, all you have to do is get a score higher than the enemy's to achieve reduce your units in said territory until you can conquer it If not, the battle will be lost. Keep in mind that if you do Check-in on a territory (establishment) already registered , the user can only reinforce it with one more troop, as long as the dice are on his side.

With this, by conquering more territories, the user's power expands, showing on the screen, on the real map of the area , what are your places of influence There is no problem in playing over cities that are not yet registered in the application The system continues to work and the user conquers a vacant territory, but that can be transformed into dominated neighborhoodswhen your city registers with Battlesquare soon.

In short, a true incentive to continue discovering theplaces in the area and establishments to which go All this supported by a theme that will delight fans of the strategy and that is also supported by a system of rewards through medals. The good thing is that Battlesquare can be fully downloaded free via App Store only for iPhone