Reiner Knizia’s Topas Now Available for iPhone

Reiner Knizia’s Topas, released by Amigo Spiele in 2009, is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch courtesy of Ludicious Games – with the digital version offering somewhat different versions of the original tile-laying game.

The boxed version of Topas includes 36 domino-style cards, with 1-3 gems on each half of the card in one of four colors. On a turn, a player adds one card to the array of cards on the table and scores points for any colored rows which she extends with the card just played. One catch is that no row can include more than seven gems, so players can’t pile on to the same row again and again.

The Ludicious Games’ adaption of Topas includes three solitaire ways to play:

• Arcade – in which, as in the basic game, the player tries to create rows of gems to score points; when a player creates a row or column of exactly seven gems, those squares disappear, opening up the board for future plays. Additional colors of gems beyond the original four come into play as the player advances.

• Color Mode – in which the player needs to score ten points in each of the four colors before being able to score further in any one color.

• Weakest Link – in which a player completes four quick games of only eight tiles each, with the player’s final score being the second-lowest of the four games.

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