Lost Cities

Its great this is now accessible, I purchased this back when it wasn't, but I never got around to asking for my money back from Apple. I have read the rules, and I think I understand them, but how do you access the tutorial? I can start a new game, and scroll through the character list, but I have no clue what all the stuff about them having a shield or other equipment means,, or what there trend stat means. I guess all this is answered in the tutorial, but I see no mention of this anywhere in the new game menu or the options menu. Any help would be appreciated.

I buy an Iphone 5 on wednesday night, I finally! get through the apple id shenanigans on thursday at 5.pm, i buy lost cities, and within five minutes I know the games' interface, and within half an hour I win my first match against the easiest computer opponent. If "accessabler" was a cromulant word, i'd say there is nothing "accessibler" than this. A game that I, a vo novice can pick up and play just with basic gestures (sandra is dead right that everything can be done with flicks and double taps), indeed play rather successfully! the only thing I found a little confusing was understanding the turn order, sinse if you select a card to play or discard, it doesn't actually leave your hand until you pickup a card from either the draw pile or one of the discard piles. Thus sometimes, i'd play a card and wonder if I'd not played it correctly sinse it was still apparently in my hand, and it didn't get played until I picked up another card. I also liked the fact that the draw pile was really easy to find sinse it was at the bottom right hand corner, which sped the game up nicely.. All in all a very fun and strategic card game that I think will more than justify the princely some of two pounds sixty I paid for it, and something I'd recommend to anyway.

This may be one of the most VO-friendly games I've played. When I play a game like this, I expect it to be (at best) accessible, but a little bit clunky. It's obvious that the developer didn't stop at making sure VO could read screen elements; they put in the extra effort to make the experience more streamlined and enjoyable. I think the fact that the cards slot automatically into the right lane, and that VO reads your opponent's move when they make it, are both great features. This commitment to accessibility would be enough to make me recommend the app - but it sure doesn't hurt that it's absurdly addictive and fun! (My one gripe: according to the rules, you can cancel a card you played by tapping it before you draw. I can't seem to do this, but I'm not sure if it's an accessibility issue or just me doing it wrong. If I tap the lane I played the card in, it just causes me to draw. If this is an accessibility issue, it's certainly not crippling.)

my only criticism is that when you pick up a card off one of the discard piles, voice over doesn't confirm what you've done. by this i mean when you pick up a card off the draw pile, voice over reads back what you've done plus the score. when you pick up off a discard pile, voiceover reads back what your opponents last move was, and what the score was then, completely ignoring what you've just done. ... or at least on my Iphone it does anyhow! :)

I'm also a Lost Cities fan, but there's one issue I hope can be fixed. The game comes with it's own soundtrack, but it only plays when Voiceover is switched off. Turning it back on stops the music. I'm guessing the developers thought that the music might be distracting for some people, which is understandable, but I wish they at least had an option where you could turn it on or off while VO is running. I was able to purchase the soundtrack through CD Baby, but it's also available on iTunes and other places if anyone's interested.

I didn't even know there was supposed to be a sound track; Lol! Also, I'm not sure if it's just me, but I notice sometimes (perhaps 50% of the time), when I make my very first move, it only shows me a few cards instead of the seven, I might get four shown to me; a bit annoying but it seems to right itself once I've made the first move.

I agree that it would be great to have the Lost Cities soundtrack music in the background while playing the game with VoiceOver, but I personally think there should be an option to turn it on or off, as not all VoiceOver users will want the music even though some do. Speaking for myself, I might want the soundtrack music when I'm playing Lost Cities with no other sounds in the background, but sometimes I play this game while listening to music, either on my iPhone or elsewhere, in which case I'd want to turn the Lost Cities soundtrack music off.

Coins double whatever points you have in a lane, and at the beginning of a game each lane is worth minus twenty points. So at the start of a lane when you put a coin down it will be at minus fourty points. However, as you lay cards down, they are doubled in value, so if you put a two after the coin it is worth four ,three is worth six ,and so on. It may look bad at the beginning of the game for using coins, but it pays off at the end of the game. Also, the more coins you put down the more your cards will be worth. Two coins tripples your score, and three quadrupled it.And remember that coins can only be played at beginnings of lanes. Hope I explained this right and that I didn't confuse you further.

Hello all, does Lost cities have an option where players could choose a random player to play with (but I mean a real person, not just the computer). Or can you only play with people who you have added to the game centre before? I hope my question makes sense. Thank you for your help in advance.

Hello. Thank you for your response. Please, how can I setup a match against random player? When I choose "auto match" option, isn't it just a game against a computer or bot? Thanks.

Hello all.
please, is it possible to instal lost cities on Ipad?
Thanks very much.

hi all i have just put this game back on my iphone and as of now, the music plays but it stops as voice-over reads, and carries on when it stops speaking

does anyone know how the online games work, now that there isnt any game center in the phone? i got somehow an invitation or whatever, and wasnt able to access or whatever to do with it.

Hi,

Has anyone else been experiencing Lost Cities crashing when trying to enter an existing game? This has been happening to me with iOS 10.3.1 on an iPhone 6S. It actually started on 10.3, but is continuing with the latest software update. When I enter the game and sit in the main menu, it's fine. When I double-tap continue or next player to enter one of my games, the app crashes completely and it takes me back to the home screen of my phone. I turned off Voiceover immediately after entering one of my games as a test, and the app didn't crash. I know this because the music still played. As soon as I turned on Voiceover, though, the app crashed again. This test was repeated several times with the same results. I can't play without Voiceover, so this is really unfortunate. I thought maybe it had something to do with the music volume and Voiceover not being able to work together, so I lowered the music volume completely. No dice. The app still crashes. I have three or four games waiting to be played, and I can't get to them. Please help!

Lost Cities is one of my favorite iPhone games! Reluctantly, I upgraded to iOS 13.0, this evening, and fount that when VoiceOver is on, Lost Cities is broken! It works fine, when VoiceOver is turned off.

The Problem: Double tap a card that you wish to play or discard, and nothing changes on the screen. Usually, the options of "play" or "disczard" would appear, and after choosing one, it would be possible the double tap the button showing the number of cards left to draw, and get your next card, or choose from the discard pile.

I suspect that this is a VoiceOver issue/bug that will show up in other apps, but Apple Accessibility insists that the dev just has to update the game. What changed in VoiceOver from 12.4 and 13.0 that could cause this issue?

This has been a great accessible game for many years, and is an addiction for many of us. I will write to the dev, and hope that they can take the time to troubleshoot the issue.

Very disappointed,
Diane

I noticed this as well, but there is a workaround for this issue, even thogh it makes gameplay a little slower. Instead of double-tapping on the card you want to play or discard, perform the pass-trough gesture, that is, double-tap and hold on the card, then, if you want to play it, slide your finger up towards the middle of the screen or higher; if you want to discard it (and that is the trickyer part) slide it until about a third off the screen, where the discard piles are located.
It takes a bit of practice to work through this, but at least it makes the game playable. Though it would be better if the developer fixed the menu issue, but at least we can continue playing this awesome game.
Hope this helps!

What response if any did you get back from the dev? I remember they were very good at fixing issues, but I have not played the game since about 2014 or so.

So, I tried to find contact for the dev and cannot find any to let them know about this issue. The last time I think this was updated was sometime in 2016 so unless this app were abandoned I dunno. The site you click on takes me to a place where they talk about exploring lost cities, not the card game. I don't quite get it.

Bleh, I still can't get the work around to work. I drag the card to the bottom half of the screen andit never discards. I have to drag up a bit but I end up disgarding the wrong card.

Looks like the developers are still alive and kicking—the latest update seems to have fixed all VoiceOver-related issues.

Thanks for the update. Can't wait to play again.