The Card Table app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Porter Hoskins
First release : 12 Feb 2014
App size: 10.55 Mb
It’s not a card game. It’s every card game. The Card Table gives you a virtual deck of cards so you can play any of your favorite card games. You are in charge of the rules, such as how many cards to deal, how to keep score, and how to take turns. If you know how to play a game with a physical deck of cards, you can play it with The Card Table—without needing to shuffle!
An iPad or Mac becomes your card table, players keep their hands on their iPhone, iPad, Mac, or iPod touch, and you “pass” cards between devices. Players’ devices connect to the iPad via Bluetooth and/or Wifi. The magic is in the direct communication between devices. When you pass a card it doesn’t go through a server—it goes directly from one device to the next! Now you can easily play your favorite games on road trips or airplanes.
*** At least one iPad or Mac and another iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch with at least iOS 13 or a Mac with at least macOS 10.15.5 required***
Latest reviews of The Card Table app for iPhone and iPad
Ok, I have not testes the app yet but, since I had the same idea but not the time to do it, I very pleased to know that its feasible and, its working pretty well ! I hope for the developpers to continue on this next generation, asymetric tablet/smartphone game to produce other games with this engine (from board games to new creative games) ! Keep the good work going; I know the potential of these kind of app! Regards from France ;)
This version fixed the big bug where cards disappeared. This is great in a pinch if you dont have a deck of cards handy. Played go-fish with my son and he got a kick out of passing cards from the iPhone to the table. Controls are a little quirky. The touch-hold-release method to convert a stack of cards into a single, then touch-hold-release to separate them again is tedious. Might rather see one finger to manipulate the top card, two fingers to manipulate the whole stack. When switching out to another app on the phone during game play, the phone was unable to reconnect when returned to The Card Table. Had to end the game and start over to get it to reconnect.
This app is a great idea as a base to play games off of. A lot of potential for use with friends. Would like to see some ideas if anyone has some. My friends and I played a lot of 5 card stud and Texas Holdem. Worked all right but not much difference from a real deck of cards. I think programming some possible game ideas would give a lot back. Any ideas anyone?
App instantly crashes when I open it
This app is so easy my wife can do it! Really is flexible enough to play any game you can with a single deck. Cant wait for multiple deck capability.