Bandido
Family
Ratings
Age
4+
Category
Family
Languages
English
Mon Oct 03 2022
Added developer link to main menu.
Bandido is a digital port of the famous cooperative board game. Players must place cards to connect tunnels and eventually block every possible exit. With limited cards and branching paths, you must plan carefully to ensure the bandit doesn't find a way out. Play solo to test your logic or join friends in a cooperative mode where communication is key to victory.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Bandido is a brilliant digital adaptation of the popular Helvetiq card game. It’s a cooperative puzzle that sounds simple—keep a bandit from escaping a jail—but requires surprising foresight. The way the tunnels branch out can quickly get out of hand, and you’ll find yourself desperately looking for a 'dead end' card as the map spreads across your entire screen.
The digital version is excellent because it handles all the messy table-space issues of the physical game. The clean, minimalist aesthetic makes it easy to read the board, and the multiplayer mode works seamlessly. It’s a great 'coffee break' game that challenges your spatial reasoning without being stressful. If you enjoy games like Carcassonne, you'll feel right at home with Bandido.
Features
Official digital adaptation
Cooperative and solo modes
Easy to learn, hard to master
Clean, minimalist UI
No two games are alike
Tips & Walkthrough
Always prioritize blocking paths that lead toward the edge of the board. It's much easier to manage a complex center than it is to deal with a tunnel that has reached the boundary of your planning space.
Gameplays
In solo mode, you have more control over the deck. In coop, you can't see your teammates' cards, making it essential to 'set the stage' for others by placing open-ended tunnels they can easily cap.
Screenshot
Q&A
You win when all tunnels on the board are successfully capped with 'dead end' cards and there are no open exits for the bandit.
Ratings & Reviews
LOVE This Game!
Sat Feb 24 2024 ICUSandmanI love this game! Unfortunately I am having issue with the app adjusting certain iPhone volume settings (Lock Screen and other sounds like send email, messages, etc.). This happens after exiting the app and makes it so the volume can't be adjusted. It doesn't seem to be affecting music and ringer volume, just "sounds and haptics". The solution to the volume issue is to open and close the app, but that doesn't always work, or reboot your phone which always fixes it.
Too difficult
Wed Apr 10 2024 Dr. Zachary SmithI enjoy a good puzzle. But this game is too difficult, even on the Easy setting. Unless you get a good run of flashlight cards early on, you’ll find yourself building a growing maze with many open tunnels. I understand the basic strategy here. Try to make loops that shut off escape routes. But unless you get just the right cards at just the right time you’ll find yourself frustrated. An Easy setting should be just that, easy. That’s not the case here.
Good but doesn’t save progress
Tue Apr 09 2024 WRS15743This is a great game to play solo when you have time, but unfortunately you can’t play in small increments because it loses your progress when you close the app mid-game. Also it could use battery optimization or a low battery setting. Unfortunately, even though I love the concept and it’s designed well, because I can’t play more than a few minutes here and there, and can’t save, I ended up deleting the game. If it ever gets updated to allow saves, though, I’ll give it more stars and download it again. I think developers really need to always implement a way to save. Not everyone can game a half hour or more at a time. I do appreciate the fair premium price and no ads, that’s a huge plus.
