Artifice

Jedidiah Laudenslayer
App Store: Artifice $1.99

Artifice is a fun and addicting turn-based strategy game. The object is to move all of your same color characters to the opposite side of the screen, while at the same time prevent your opponent from moving his characters. When it is your turn you can move a column up or down one tile position by swiping. The game will then automatically move any of your characters that are now unobstructed forward until they either fall of the opposite side of the screen and earn you a point, or run into an obstacle.

This is a really solid strategy game and you can play the computer locally, have a 2 player hand-off local game, or play multiplayer over a network. The graphics and everything about this game are very well done! There is also OpenFeint integration to keep you challenged.

I would recommend this game as I found it fun and challenging. There is tons of replay as each game can progress differently and it’s always fun to try to stump your friends!