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Clash of Clans is a popular iPad/iPhone/iPod/Android game created by "Supercell". It has been available internationally on the iTunes store for free since its initial v1.7 release on 2 August 2012, and on the Google Play Store since 8 October 2013. Clash of Clans is a strategy game where players can construct and expand one's village, unlock successively more powerful warriors and defenses, raid and pillage resources from other villages, create and join Clans and much, much more.
Although Clash of Clans is Free-to-Play, additional in-game currency can be purchased for real money from the Apple App Store/Google Play Store in the form of In-App Purchases. However, all features of the game are open to players who choose not to make In-App Purchases. Clash of Clans is available on iOS and Android devices!
Source: Clash of Clans Wikia, "Clash Of Clans", available under the CC-BY-SA License.
- Clash of Clans
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- So, as you can see way far down there, it keeps going and going on forever.
- All the new Arkham Horror scenario being played. Very nice. Very nice.
- People also just sitting around resting. It is Sunday so less people are in here.
- So, yeah, this is like the Asthma area as you can see from the little Asay hidden room there. Uh, people are playing games. That's all that's happening in here pretty much.
- Look at this stuff. Going to walk down this little this little row here. No one's around, so I can kind of get close up to some of these terrain setups that look better than anything I could ever put together.
- The con closes in like 2 and 1 half hours. So there's less people in here right now.
- So, pro tip, uh that that one was given to me by Janet uh shout out to Janet uh from our community for passing that one on to us a few years back.
- It's one of those things. Sometimes it happens at the con where like Thursday and Friday, no one cares about a certain game or a certain publisher and then by the end word gets out and then everyone needs to try it before they leave.
- So they did not sell as many as they thought, but I've never seen giant pallets of games in the exhibit hall just sitting on the floor before.
- The Emperor's Promise.
- It's like a tradition to see that here at the con. I don't know how old that thing is, but when I see them lugging CRT monitors, I kind of think it's old. But uh still here. People still come and do it.
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- exciting IP-linked potential
- strong thematic pull with familiar franchise
- limited detail in the clip makes full evaluation hard
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- Area Control — players vie for strategic zones or spots on a map
- area control / skirmish — players vie for strategic zones or spots on a map
- Resource Management — managing in-game resources to fuel actions
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- Gen Con was awesome, but as always, the best part wasn't the games, it was the people, reconnecting with old friends, making new ones, and sharing this amazing hobby together.