Constantinople Board Game
Board
Ratings
Age
4+
Category
Board
Languages
English
Tue Dec 31 2024
Update to iOS 18
Constantinople is a digital board game designed for solo play, focusing on the defense and survival of the Byzantine Empire. Players must manage military forces, political influence, and city fortifications to withstand waves of historical invaders. The game uses a 'States of Siege' mechanic where enemies advance along tracks toward the city center. Success depends on strategic resource allocation, timely repairs, and effectively using special events to turn the tide of battle. It offers a deep, historical simulation for players who enjoy tactical planning and resource management.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Constantinople is a fascinating digital adaptation of the solitaire board game that puts you in the hot seat as the defender of the legendary Byzantine capital. It perfectly captures the mounting tension of a city under siege, where every turn feels like a desperate struggle to patch up walls, manage dwindling resources, and pray for a lucky die roll. For fans of 'States of Siege' style games, this is a very faithful and polished mobile port.
What makes it stand out is the depth of the historical simulation paired with its accessibility. You have to balance repairing your fortifications with managing your treasury and keeping the city's morale from plummeting. The UI is clean, making it easy to track the advancing enemy columns. While the difficulty can be brutal—especially as the 'Chronicle' events start stacking against you—the sense of accomplishment when you finally repel the invaders is immense. It’s a niche title, but for strategy buffs and history nerds, it’s a brilliant tactical gem.
Features
Faithful digital board game adaptation
Multiple difficulty settings and scenarios
Historical event cards and timeline
Challenging solitaire strategy mechanics
Clean, functional interface for mobile
Tips & Walkthrough
Focus on repairing your walls early. Once the enemy reaches the inner circles, your options diminish rapidly. Keep an eye on your gold reserves; without wealth, you cannot fund the defense or bribe away potential threats.
Gameplays
The core loop involves drawing event cards, managing the advance of enemy tracks, and spending actions to push back invaders or bolster the city's defenses. Each era brings new challenges and historical figures into play.
Screenshot
Q&A
No, but it enhances the experience. The mechanics are explained through a tutorial, and the historical context is provided in the flavor text.
Ratings & Reviews
Give me a map please!
Sun Jun 03 2018 KengelmaI have played a number of the states of siege boardgames. This is a fun one. I like the ‘walls’ aspect, giving you a final chance to defend the City. But as others have said, the chart with the armies moving up and down is boring and disappointing! I really want the map from the boardgame, or any map...something more interesting than a boring chart.
Great port of a print n play board game
Fri Mar 24 2017 BrandonleehelmThis game is fantastic! I wish more solitaire board games would be converted like this one! I'm looking at you Friday! As for people complaining of bugs, i suspect they misunderstand what's supposed to happen in the game. I have encountered ZERO bugs. The bug mentioned above is probably just the user thinking the furthest back enemy should be eliminated, but it actually means an enemy in the last square on the board. Also, if two enemies are tied in the last position that cancels them out too. Anyway, I love this game!
Awesome game!
Wed Feb 05 2020 WRS15743This is a fantastic solo strategy game. It’s challenging without being frustrating, and the user interface and design are perfect. It’s easy to learn but you really have to balance your decisions. So well done. I like that it’s minimalistic, like playing with a deck of cards. No IAP, just one low premium price. No ads. Thank you developer for making this game! It’s one of the best card games I’ve found in the App Store and it will stay on my phone. I happily support good independent developers like this.
Meh
Mon Aug 11 2025 ASJ62I am a big war board gamer and this game is fun but overly difficult for no reason. The game is typical of one where the designer got lazy and instead of adding events or other mechanics to the game they simply added AI cheating. Very obvious with dice rolls 4 or 5 ones or twos in a row every game at critical times. It is a basic game with some nice historical events with some simple resource management. It could have been much better with just a little more work from the developer and not take the easy way out with the dice roll cheats.
Great solo game!
Wed Apr 05 2017 MJBrownTINGThis is the first time I've ever played a solo war game. It is very easy to learn, yet engaging. Great if you only have a few minutes to spare. Would love to see an update that allows my podcasts to continue to play when I use the app.
Simple but fun
Sun Dec 02 2018 RiderSCNJI wish there was even a little bit more to it visually, and it would be nice if the events cards showed the full event information by default, but this is a great little game for the money.
I guess it’s a “game”…
Sun Jan 04 2026 TheDudeAbided… the actual amount of decision-making you have to do is minimal. It’s pretty much just “do you get lucky with the dice or not.” Not very interesting at all.
Game crash
Thu Apr 30 2020 绯鱼RedHerringThe game crashes at turn 30 under historical mode, preventing the player to beat it, really bad. Later, I found that when you click the eye to see the next card in deck in historical mode, the game crashes, because there is no card in deck, don’t click the eye at turn 30
