Any recs on a good time wasting android game for a plan? Something in the civilization / sim city sort of genre would be good I think. Don't mind paying a bit. 

If the plane has wi-fi ... Hearthstone! 

7 hours in United regional jets. Perhaps the direct option was not the best...

I've found knights of pen & paper since I asked. Anyone played that? 

I thought it was a lot of fun. It's simplistic, grindy, old schooly RPG that doesn't take itself seriously. I don't know if it would hold my attention for 7 hours straight though, but it's fun for its price, which for me was like $1 or something. 

there's also hoplite: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magmafortress.hoplite&hl=en
a roguelike game. 

I've been super addicted to Boom Beach. Really fun strategy game, kind of like a lite version of something like Civ or CoH

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.supercell.boombeach&hl=en 

Missed the "no Wi-Fi" part. You should get Carmaggedon if you never played it on PC. Only 99 cents and definitely worth it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stainlessgames.carmageddon&hl=en 

Re-read the thread and saw hoplite before necros recommended it -- seems perfect! Just have to try to stop playing it before the trip...

Might try knights of pen and paper. Not sure about a game where reaction time matters like carmageddon, but heck, .99 us is not a lot of money if it doesn't work... 

Simon tatham's puzzle collection

Pixel dungeon

legends of yore

dweller

eternallux 

I ended up playing a lot of knights of pen and paper. Grindy rpg is good for a plane I guess :)

I'm nearly at the end of the main quests I think and its getting a bit boring now. I think I might have missed a mechanism for getting better equipment somewhere... 

off by 3 is my best.

http://pixact.ly/ 

Good one, mfx. It reminded me of another game that doesn't seem to have been posted here.

http://woodgears.ca/eyeball/ 

http://cummingordrumming.com/

NSFW. 

 

 

http://gamejolt.com/games/arcade/video-game-the-game/39816/ 

It's basically just status bars and numbers:
https://swarmsim.github.io

Oddly, it has a devoted fanbase for whom it is Serious Business (TM): there are some very involved and math-y discussions regarding optimal strategies, eg. http://www.reddit.com/r/swarmsim/comments/30furo/formula_a_proposed_tierup_rule/, http://www.reddit.com/r/swarmsim/comments/2xkksf/faq_please_read_this_before_posting/, http://www.reddit.com/r/swarmsim/comments/2zz7pe/clone_vs_rush_vs_swarp_comparison_with_numbers/, etc. 

i hope bugs get you. :( :( :( 

multiplayer game where you can eat smaller blobs to get bigger, then eat the other players.

http://agar.io/ 

http://gridland.doublespeakgames.com/ 

http://david-peter.de/cube-composer/ 

So cool thanks! 

between swarmsim and gridland, i barely get anything done anymore. i hate you all. 

 

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