Wizard Hex is a nice board game. Rainer Knitzias Samurai game is good. But the first choice is always Carcassonne. And anothet fabourite of mine is Blokus by Gameloft.
There are lots of good ones, like Reiner Knizia's Samurai if you want multiplayer, or if you don't mind missing out on that, Reiner Knizia's Ra and Medici are both great. Or there's Neuroshima Hex or Catan for other well-loved board games. Wizard Hex seems pretty good and it's on sale. I think Zooloretto is on sale for 99 cents still as well. Oh, and Reiner Knizia's Kingdoms may still be on sale. I also really love Keltis. I definitely recommend Samurai first though. I actually prefer it to Carcassonne.
You said Carcassonne, so ABSOLUTELY Neuroshima Hex!, because it's implementation is superb. I have Ra, and it confuses the $(*# out of me, and I have never actually played a Reiner Knizia game previously. I have Catan, but I haven't put any real time into it on iOS. I just got Shredder chess (chess is a board game!) and it has blown me away. Finally, Orions is a cardgame, but if you can deal with the bugs, it's absolutely enchanting. Looking forward to Orions 2 and Kyle Poole's upcoming Shadow Era.
What is it about Carcassonne that's awesome for you guys? I've always been tempted to buy it, but $10 seems a bit steep. Does it go beyond just placing pieces on the board and placing characters on them?
Every board game is placing pieces on a board. Likewise, all writing is scribbling out one of 26 symbols that combined is supposed to represent art.
Speaking to the board game,then you should not miss iShuffle Board,link this and enjoy yourseld. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ishuffle-board/id331754096?mt=8
zoolooretta was on sale the other day. Thats pretty decent being by Chillingo- but you can only play AI.
+1 for Neuroshima Hex, it is awesome. +1 for Reiner Knizia's Samurai, it is awesome. Orion looks cool but also like it will not work well at 2X on iPad, here's hoping they put out Orion 2 as universal!
+1 for Neuroshima Hex +1 for New World Colony (WAY better than Settlers of Catan IMHO) and of course these offerings from the inimitable Dr. Knizia: +1 for Reiner Knizia's Through the Desert +1 for Reiner Knizia's Battleline +1 for Reiner Knizia's Samurai +1 for Reiner Knizia's Keltis Oracle +1 for Reiner Knizia's Ra +1 for Reiner Knizia's Medici a couple of other (less well known) ios versions of good board games: McGuire... (Acquire clone) Parcours.robo (Robo Rally clone) HTH...