Lex Friedman Brings Back Strategery

I first recommended Strategery back in May 2009, including a link to Friedman’s review at Macworld. I described it thus:

Strategery is a beautiful $2 Risk-like strategy game for the iPhone. Lots of fun and the gameplay has a great feel.

Still lots of fun and still has a great feel. It now costs $5, but, if you’re an existing user — even if you only paid $2 back when I told you to 17 years ago — it’s a free update. And it’s a great story: the original Strategery game finally gave up the compatibility ghost with iOS 27. Friedman made his own version of the game, including multiplayer support, but before releasing it on his own under a new name, he reached out to the original developers and it turns out everyone was happy to make a deal. Sometimes all you need to do is ask.

(First thing you should do after installing the new version is go into settings and turn on “Classic Hex Edges”. The default style — Lex edges? — doesn’t look right.)