Yggdrasil is a cooperative board game turned iOS app in which you’re in command of an army of Norse gods including Thor, Frey and Odin. Your job is to fight back evil creatures from Norse mythology, like Loki, the wolf Fenrir and the serpent/worm Jormungand. Man, those names are a mouthful! It may sound easy, since you’re in control of gods and all, but the denizens of Hell aren’t going to topple so easily.

If you've been on Facebook in the last few months, you've noticed that the games banner is dominated by titles with the word “saga” at the end of them. These popular pasttimes all come from the same place – international casual game company King.com. The folks at King.com have more than proven they get how to make obsession-inducing gameplay, as their latest effort, Pyramid Solitaire Saga, readily attests.

Pyramid Solitaire Saga is a card game developed by King.com in which you explore the ancient pyramids of Egypt through the game of solitaire. Gamezebo’s Pyramid Solitaire Saga strategy guide and walkthrough will provide you with a quick start guide, tips and tricks, hints and cheats to help you come out victorious in the battles of Pyramid Solitaire Saga.

Describing itself as a "Collectible Card Miniature War Video Game," Minion Master is a strategy game with a twist. Players will use digital collectible cards to summon "minions," which must then be placed on a hex-based battlefield where they will move, attack and defend in both co-operative and versus multiplayer action and in single-player battles against the computer.

The gold rush of tabletop games to iOS titles continues unabated. As a board and card game fan, this has been most welcome. It’s one of the main reasons I bought an iPad. Even better is by and large they’ve been well worth playing. Next to take a shot at impressing me is Take It Easy. Does it have what it takes to survive the dog eat dog world of my iPad’s home screen?

Playdek is hard at work transforming another board/card game into the digital realm. This time it’s Summoner Wars, a fantasy-battle card game for two to four players. Are you excited at the prospect of being able to play Plaid Hat Games’ deep and involved card game on iOS? You should be. Playdek also handled the digital conversions of Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer and Nightfall, two more card games that work beautifully as iOS adaptations.

The truth is that I'm not what you'd call a fan of collectible card games. It's not that I don't like them, I've just never paid much attention to them. So when Rage of Bahamut landed on my lap, I was a little overwhelmed at first. There's a lot going on, and the game doesn't go out of its way to make life easy for newcomers. And to be honest, I'm still not entirely sure what I'm doing. But I'm sure having fun.

Welcome to the quick start guide for Rage of Bahamut, a new trading card game. Collect cards, fight battles, and complete quests. This guide will help you familiarize yourself with the game world.

The Catan series of one of the most prolific board games of all time, with over 15 million copies sold since the creation of Settlers of Catan in 1995. The iconic economy-based settlement challenge has seen over a dozen iterations, from expansions and dice games to card games. Heck, there’s even a Star Trek version on the way. Adding to the franchise’s digital collection will be will be USM’s next effort: the Rivals for Catan card game.

Over the last few years, I feel like we’ve said “card and board games are amazing on a touch screen” so many times that our tongues should have fallen out in protest, but alas, every time we say it another company comes along to prove us right. Ubisoft did so last fall with the release of Assassin’s Creed: Recollection – a surprising deviation from the norm in the Assassin’s Creed franchise – and it looks like they’re getting ready to wow us again.