Let them eat yellowcake: The Manhattan Project commences on iOS

Somebody set us up the bomb.

Just a week after dropping for Android, acclaimed board game The Manhattan Project is here on iOS as a Universal app, having resolutely bounced back from an unsuccessful Kickstarter last year.

I haven’t played this board game myself, but it sounds like it’s right up my street. It’s the twilight of World War II and you’re in a race against the other players to develop the first viable atomic bomb — or just steal the secrets from somebody with a better research programme than you. As a worker-placement game, it’s broadly similar to Playdek’s hit Dungeons & Dragons: Lords of Waterdeep. Neumann described it last week as “Le Havre, if that game were designed by Dr. Evil.”

The Manhattan Project is out on iOS for $6.99 – there’s AI for single-player and online multiplayer. There’s no trailer for this one, so after the jump I’ve got the video review of the board game from The Dice Tower.

Hat-tip to Jay Cree for the headline.