App Review: Reiner Knizia’s Samurai app makes it fun to influence Buddhas, peasants and helmets

Samurai is the most in-depth, “heaviest” game design by Reiner Knizia to make an appearance on the App Store, and it arrives in all of its interesting glory. Medici and Small World, two other games we’ve reviewed in this series, are meaty Euro board games we can compare this to, so if you enjoyed those games, the just -released Samurai app (US$4.99) is very much worth a look.

Conlan Rios’ other iPhone games -e.g., Monumental, Robot Master, and Knights of Charlemagne – show that this developer is really getting better with each release. Just compare the graphics from Samurai to Charlemagne to see what I mean. While I prefer the less colorful appearance of the Samurai board game, I think the game looks quite good on the iPhone. With Rios’ constant improvement, I can’t wait to see what’s coming next. Read on to see if you’re excited, too.

Gallery: Reiner Knizia’s Samurai