Fortunately, from beginner to an expert, you can get your share of fun if you know where to look and although players vary in the mastery of the game, one thing is for sure – everyone loves the social aspect of it. To make your job a bit easier, we bring you a couple of tips and tricks on picking the right mobile euchre card game for you.

But before we start, it’s only fair you get a list to choose from. We found a neat list of the current best Euchre games on the market you can check out.

Top 10 Euchre Card Games

With the list and our tips, you can be sure you’ll start playing in no time without getting lost or even worse, discouraged to play and ending up deleting the game the second after you download.

Euchre 101 for Beginners

Naturally, the best way to start is by providing basic info on this oldy but goldy card game. Euchre is all about predicting what your opponent might play next. Since explaining the entire game would take too much time, if you’re a complete beginner, you might want to download one that comes with an easy-to-follow tutorial. Most of the games today come with a basic introduction so even if you’re a complete beginner, you can easily get a hang of it. This can save you a lot of time and ensure you don’t feel overwhelmed when you start.

Euchre comes with many unique terms like “trump card” or “bower” that you should master before you consider playing but don’t let the “complex terminology” confuse you. Understanding the terminology and basic rules is the foundation for coming up with a strategy that will always keep you one step in front of your opponent. It’s almost like playing chess – you want to think in advance and predict what might happen one or even two moves in advance.

Finally, if you feel tutorial might not be enough, you’ll be glad to hear that some of the mobile games come with in-game tips and tricks that will teach you as you play. It’s basically as if you’re having a professional tutor as you play. And what’s better than that?

Discover Different Play Styles & Game Modes

Since the game has been around for quite some time now (since the 19th century to be precise), it’s no wonder players developed different play styles on top of the basic Euchre rules. Fortunately, different game modes don’t vary in difficulty as much as they vary simply in making the game more dynamic. If you and your buddies get bored with classic Euchre, you can always switch to 5 Handed Euchre or Trickster for example. The beauty of it is that once you understand the basic, you can customize the game as you see fit to make sure you get the most out of the experience.

When it comes to mobile versions of the game, although you might not have plenty of customizing freedom, they do come with most popular game modes where you can either find people to play with online or simply invite a friend and play together. Euchre is a game meant to be played together and skipping the social part can strip you from a great amount of entertainment. We mean, everything is always more fun when you play with friends, right?

Join Tournaments for Real Challenge

With Euchre being such a popular game, it’s no wonder you can find a tournament on every corner. They mostly differentiate in size and difficulty, but both beginners and expert can test their skills by finding the right tournament. When it comes to mobile game tournaments, this is especially easy since you can check what level of challenge the tournament is offering.

If you’re a veteran of the game, many online tournaments take a serious turn that feels like a full-blown professional tournament. But you still have the freedom to make the game your own and play as you want no matter if it’s taking the challenge solo or teaming up with a fellow Euchre player. Keep in mind not every game allows you to team up for tournaments, so always make sure you check if the game is offering what you’re looking for.

Tournaments can spam from 6 players to even 46 players and once you hit the big league, you’ll have the perfect chance to test out everything you learned so far.

Conclusion

And here you go. If you’re even remotely interested in card games, we hope our tips and tricks will help you pick the best mobile version of Euchre for you. Now all that’s left is you take a look at what games are currently on the market, pick one and take it for a test ride.

If you have any more tips you feel would contribute, feel free to let us know so we can update our tips. Thanks for reading and good luck with your future games.

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Graphics-wise this game holds its own against the slew of Bejeweled and Zuma clones already out their on the market. Although there are not many, there is some really nice animations and the whole package is lovingly polished. Tomb Breaker’s jewel collecting narrative is told through the eyes of a young Tomb raider called Aria Brite. It’s slightly familiar territory but to be honest, it’s all about the puzzles as apart from a cartoon girl and a voice over intro there is no real story or progression through a narrative.

The games main mechanic is matching the same colored jewels with each other that are horizontal or vertical to each other (not diagonal). The jewels do not need to be directly next to each other and you can connect multiple gems in a single swipe. It’s easy to get the hang of but difficult to master. Extra bonus points are given when you connect the entire collection of a single colour or if you cross your own lines. Each round lasts 60 seconds and you not only collect points but special gems which act as currency to buy power ups.

The Power Ups

The power ups come in five styles:
– double points
– 10 more seconds
– lighting mode
– double crossover points
– +1 to all matches

The game is very addictive and it wasn’t long before I had earned my ‘Played 50 games’ gamecentre achievement. Some rounds everything goes your way and you are clearing colours, crossing the lines and stacking up a pile of special jewels to use to buy powers ups and other times you have difficulty getting three gems to line up. This is a great pick up and play game that you can dip in and out of as you please.

The Issues

There is however, a few issues that stops this game reaching the top score and top of that list is the cost of the power ups. I played well over 50 games and earned enough to buy one of the power ups. I eagerly purchased the ’10 more seconds’ power up thinking that more time would lead to more points and more prizes. For a short time (about two rounds) this was true but them the power up was removed and I was left having to play another 50+ games to attempt to earn another one. Of course you can buy booster packs to gain extra currency ($1.99 will get you 100,000 and power ups cost between 3000 – 7000) am I did buy one pack in order to test out the other powers up (as well as support the developer as it was a free game) but I was a little annoyed.

I have spent the week playing and playing and although I still think this is a great game, many gamers will lose interest with it after a while as there is no story or quest mode, and you are ulytimately playing the same board over and over. If there was a steady progression of obstacles, enemies, boosters and general forward movement then this would score better on the longevity front. As it stands however, you may be like me and really enjoy playing it but ultimately stop playing after a while for lack of progression. If you enjoy playing over Facebook and challenging friends then it will last longer but if you are just after a fun puzzler in those ‘quiet times’ then you may be disappointed later down the road.

Overall

Overall this is a highly polished and hugely addictive game marred by over ambitious in app purchasing expectations and limited story line and progression. As its free I would definitely recommend downloading it but if you are stingier gamer who doesn’t like shelling out for in-app purchases then don’t get too excited about the power ups as you will only get to use them one in fifty games.

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