- Price$1.99
- CategoryGames
- SubgenreStrategy
- First releasedNovember 3, 2011
- Versions2 archived
- Installable2 of 2
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- SellerFantasy Flight Games
- Bundle IDcom.fantasyflightgames.ESiPad
RequirementsCompatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Report an issue**Please note that this verision of Elder Sign: Omens is iPad only. The iPhone version is sold separately**
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The tense excitement of Elder Sign is now available on your mobile device! Elder Sign: Omens places you in control of up to four intrepid investigators, as they fight to keep all-powerful Ancient Ones from invading our world through a museum’s arcane exhibits!
*Build a team of unique investigators* *Explore an ever-changing museum* *Face challenging arcane tasks* *Save the world from absolute destruction* *Expand the horror with two exciting in-app purchases*
Can you stand against the impending arrival of a malevolent Ancient One?
While Elder Sign: Omens brilliantly conveys the spirit of the Elder Sign dice game, a few noteworthy differences were adopted to optimize the mobile play experience:
-A limited number of available Ancient Ones streamlines the game play experience while offering adjustable levels of difficulty. Face Yig in normal mode, Azathoth or Tsathoggua in hard mode, or Cthulhu or Ithaqua in very hard mode (in-app purchases required to face Cthulhu and Ithaqua). -A number of subtle changes increase the peril of defending humanity. For example, the random negative effects drawn every midnight are more challenging, and the frequency of “no effect” results has been decreased. Monsters have likewise been altered to make them more difficult. -Finally, there are no Ally cards in Elder Sign: Omens, which further streamlines play while increasing the overall challenge.
Chart History
Ratings Over Time
sampled from 7 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 14, 2011 | — | — | 136 | $6.99 |
| February 2, 2012 | — | — | 168 | $6.99 |
| October 24, 2013 | — | — | 398 | $6.99 |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 15Waste of money!
I really enjoyed playing it on iPad. During these 3 days Since the time of purchase, I have played it nearly a hundred times. It is really addicting. I am definitely going to buy the physical game as well.
This app is one of the worst board game adaptations I’ve ever seen. No tutorial, no tool tips, really no indication that the ‘glyphs’ you ‘summon’ are dice being rolled. No convenient reference showing which dice have how many of each result. I had to read about 20 pages of digital rule book to even guess at how to use the UI, and even then, things like items you can buy in the shop appear as plain icons with no text description of what they do until after you buy them. Really wanted to like this game, and have given it multiple tries.
Loved this game but now it won’t open. Hoping it gets fixed...
I want to like this game but as is it is unplayable. The instructions/help are useless. The developer needs to add a tutorial. I've tried half a dozen games and have absolutely no clue how to even play.
I dearly love this game ... but since the 14.2 update, it fails to open. Sure hope it gets fixed. [ edit 4/2021: it works again after Apple updated the app’s signature! Doesn’t seem like FFG lifted a finger, but anyway I’m back to being happy. ]
Elder Sign is my favorite IPad game ever since it came out.
It is still my most loved iOS game. Hands down. Just a beautiful game all around. Fun, difficult, frustrating.....while my family plays the board game too, this version is perfect for the times when I can’t get the kids to play.....absolutely great game!
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.