The section size is zero because there are no sections in a double elimination tournament. That’s my take on it.

It says on the tournament page "This tournament will start shortly after 9:00 AM on 28 April 2025", The time is California time zone. The NG started early since the maximum number of entered players has been reached. Double elimination has no sections. Everything seems ok.

Two messages are weird on the BG page:
the one you noted, The section size is limited to 0 players, shouldn't be there for double elimination
The starting date for the round is missing, maybe it'll appear after the whole tournament is started later today.

Okay

Well the BG one seems to have started, but only 10 signed up for grabble.
As it's double elimination I think that's how it's meant to work

Even though I am not signed up for this tournament (wanted to, but the limit of 24 has already been met), I am wondering if the tournament will even start for those who are signed up. The rules state that the section size is limited to 0 (zero) players..............

https://www.goldtoken.com/games/tournaments?t=14007

PS.
left out two things...
One- if no pieces are stuck, the sentence does not appear, only when needed.
and Two;
The people who like this variation of 'Dice Chess, called "Grand Dice Chess", you know how to play the new version.
in Dice Chess, you are given a dice number roll, and you move that piece on the board.
In the new : [Grand Dice Version[variation]- you are given the pieces to move on your turn[all 4 of them].
FOOTNOTE- You have been given all 4 pieces to move with your turn.
this is how the game is played[with the rules].
So- it is not a game of regular Chess.
- Rather, it is a game of the new version called "GRAND DICE CHESS".
This explains why.
This is the game of Dice Chess Variation.
and it is played with 4 pieces on your turn.
thankyou for reading this message-

Fair enough, thanks.

in my games on the top of the page, there is a sentence about ending the game if you cannot move the [for example. The Pawn].
click the sentence, and the 4 boxes appear[the same boxes you see all the time]to end the turn in the game.
OR to end the game.

Save this move 'box and the other boxes.
It is easy to do.

<><>

So here is the response from Tomas:

"This is more of a design issue than a bug. What happens is that in this variant, you roll 4 dice and then move the corresponding pieces (1=pawn, 2=knight, etc). However, the dice can roll a piece that cannot move at all, and then you have to skip that move. I think that this is fine and just a result of randomness (+you can always try to keep a move open for all your piece types). But I can see the argument from the other side as well - it sad to get a bad roll and be able to move less pieces."

Hi, It has been signalled on the Hangman board that in the following tournament

The Kickback Thematic Hangman Competition in The Wolf Pack - Spring Tournament

has been started with "100 points". This is impossible with the current tournament creation procedure (I've just re-checked: the choices proposed are 4, 6, 10 or 15 points). Anyway, the tournament has no Diceman variants.

It is unfortunately impossible to check from the tournament page when the tournament was created. precious says it was created "probably two, but maybe 3 months prior to the start date". I don't recall when the bug was corrected, but I'm pretty sure it was before 2025. Of course, anything defined before the bug correction may still contain non-Diceman variants with "100 points".

The rules state that the dice will not show pieces that are no longer on the board, there's no mention of only showing pieces that can move. I can imagine game states where a piece might not be able to move initially but could if other pieces are moved first although I suspect it would be difficult to implement forced moves due to the number of options available each turn - I'm not a programmer so this might not be complicated but I have a feeling it is. It might be far simpler to show the result of all the dice regardless of their ability to be moved than it would be to calculate all possible moves and implement forced moves. In Backgammon you get to see both dices regardless of their useability.

I have had 4 'Kings' and I am sure 4 pawns here and there.
also 2 Kings and 2 pieces many times.
low rollouts and double 5's do not help you in a race.
we were taught that Backgammon is a game of hitting and racing.
The Best Defense Is A Good Offense, and
the Best Offense is A Good Defense;
This is also in Martial Arts with
Time, Space, and Position.
hope this helps because those moves are out there.
I play daily with seeing these moves all the time, with the opponent getting doubles after doubles.
you have to see ahead.
KINGSLAYER had a good comment for that.
"I do what I can do, this is all I can do".

There are game variants that do include a switch that modifies the functionality of the game. I do not remember which games.

Use whichever word that you prefer.

The list of pieces shouldn't really include even one piece that cannot be moved. There is no purpose in displaying to the user piece(s) that cannot be moved.

I wonder if they could make a variant of a variant.

Yes, four pieces per move, not five.

In the games I'm playing, there are only 4 moves allowed per turn, not 5.

"Every so often" implies (to me) a much higher rate than what the odds actually are.
I don't think I've seen a move of 4 pawns yet. I will let someone else calculate those odds.
I think a better term would be "Rarely"

The games works as follows: five random pieces are selected from the set of pieces on the board for the current player. Piece selection may be duplicated. However, pieces are currently being selected that have no legal move at all.

Every so often, it does occur where five moves are selected for pieces that have no legal moves. So, I cannot move any piece at all on that turn.

Please explain in further detail, I'm not understanding what makes it a bug.

This is my Club-

THE ORIGINAL GRAND DICE CHESS CLUB

This is a fairly new game to play.
hey steve111,
I think this is a ''Great Game.

If you like' Dice Chess', this is more of a 'Challenge', different, more like Chess.
You get 4 turns when it is your turn [4 pieces to play with.

At the end game, if a piece is called and you cannot move,
At the top of the page is a sentence you click on, and the game shows the 4 boxes to end the game.
it is played the same way as' Dice Chess' is played, but with 4 pieces to move each turn.
'TO COMPETE IS TO WIN"

I agree about the forced pawn move rule.

I personally like this version, as is.
In this game, pawns are also FORCED to move, unless blocked.
That is a rule that is not in other games.
This uniqueness is what makes it interesting.

I am reporting this behaviour as a bug, because, in my opinion, it is not a reasonable feature.

In the Grand Dice Chess game, pieces are currently selected for moving that cannot move in the game. Most of the time, these are movements for pawns that cannot move at all.

I recommend that only pieces that are able to move be selected. This is what occurs in the Dice Chess games.

And one more, this one. #14619297

I don't know how calculations work.

Hi Mecir,

My points are back to 2454. But I won 4 more games after that. It should be at least 2479.

Could you please fix that too.

Thanks.

It would be nice to see the history of your ratings somewhere

#14688002

450. From 2454 to 2004. I won a few more games after that.

Oh, thanks.

this is the game number. I guess. I am not sure tho.

14688002

It would be easier for Mecir if you gave the game number.

Hi,

Somehow my points dropped 450 from 2454 to 2004 after finishing a game. Can you please fix that bug?

Thanks in advance.

well thanks for resolving. however, my opponent reported now that his rating went down by like 400 points after finishing the game. so maybe there's something wrong with his rating now?

This is now hopefully resolved, although already submitted moves will remain invalid.

Mm. Please notify me if you find a game where you can do this. Make sure to not save the move, so I can check it. Thank you!

And I didn't have to look at many games to find the examples. In addition to the ones with more than 4 parts in a move there could also be cases with 2 non-doubles in one turn, or cases where the full rolls couldn't be used keeping it within 4 parts.

See edorf's post just above yours, he cites several other occurences.

Good luck, you'll need it.

Interesting ... reverted that move, and now I cannot reproduce the issue ... let's see if it happens again!

Thank you for reporting this. Tomas has been notified.

Some other examples from the same tournament:
#14716842 Player 1 move 153 and 160
#14568834 Player 2 move 31

And the move list shows B8-B5 B6-B5 W11-B8 W11-B8 B8-B2 B8-B2 in one move, that's a lot.

I remembered thinking a few times in one or two of my recent games that my opponent progressed more than the shown dice would allow, but thought it was just a cache issue showing me the wrong dice. Went back and looked for moves with more than 4 parts and found this in game #14716830:
Move 139 B5-B11 W6-W4 B5-B9 B9-W12 B11-W10 W10-W6
Move 143 W6-W5 W2-W1 W1-off W2-off W4-W1

Indeed. A nice heavy BG bug after all these years. Wonders never cease.

hi, please see game #14702489, move #245: black moves a total of 28 pips in one move, that's a new world record in backgammon i guess ;-) obviously black moved both 6-6 and 3-1 together, where the 6-6 seems to be displayed in the move list, while the dices show 3-1.

according to my opponent, he has experienced similar behaviour once and reported it. don't know about that, but just as an additional info.

regards,
andi

please help, it says my opponent has -3 points so I can't make a bet. is the game trying to end and unable to do so?
thanks ~ Nancy

You're a vampire, and you forgot you're hanging from the ceiling?

Oh no my gamesheet is broken and showing upside down, what on earth could possibly have happened? 😲

Help
Choose where you would like to place a fence. You may place a fence between any two adjacent tokens, assuming that there isn't a fence between them yet.

Choose where you would like to place a fence. You may place a fence between any two adjacent tokens, assuming that there isn't a fence between them yet.


This is game #14698021. It has a time limit of 3 days per turn. If a player fails to make a move in time, that player forfeits the game. The next

Check the "adjust graphics" for all your games. You'll find many surprises. A pity no one has documented all of them in one place.

Didn't know that, useful

There is a precedent. Trax allows you to set it such that it will always display your game with you playing black.

I will think on this.

~~MJ

No, it is not the heart of the problem. The person that accepts the images double checks to make sure that it's not an image that wasn't taken by the poster. They can easily change that box if needed. I just thought that we would change it back to the other way to see if it's easier on them. We've tried it both ways, and I've never really been happy with it lol. Thus the change.

~~Mary Jo

I see that the default has changed from "This picture has been taken by someone else" to "I have taken this picture myself". This may be the heart of the problem.
This is not the first time this default has changed.

Yes they could be better.
I hadn't noticed they face different ways.
I usually choose the orange one. Slightly easier to distinguish

As are the amazon pieces. If the programmer (Mecir?) Hadn't made the pieces face one another I would be unable to play this game. The colours are impossible to tell apart, for me anyway.

Use your W9 to move the 6 and that opens up your B11 to move both of the 3's.

There's no reason that you and your opponent need to see the same colours anyway. You could choose black g white, your opponent blue & red, makes no difference to most games really.
The senet pieces are particularly annoyingly similar

I have a bug on Tabula game #14635768.
I rolled 6-3-3 and can only move the 6.
My path is blocked and I cannot move the two 3's.
But there is no button for me to finish and save my move.
Can someone please look at this for me?
It is part of the Winter Olympics Tournament games.

I've encountered the same problem while playing Imperium and Chivalry.

This is a request, not a bug. The bug is in my eyes

Would it be terribly complicated to permit a player to modify the colour of his pieces at least once after a game starts? I'm talking about games where players choose their colours before the game starts, for example go moku, camelot, xiphias and so on. Not games where the colours are pre-fixed such as chess, checkers, reversi etc.

My problem is that I often find myself playing yellow against white, dark blue against black... I know at least one player who has trouble with red-green.

So maybe allow a colour switch, or maybe prefix the colours in adjust graphics, for example show me=always white, 1st opponent=blue, etc.

I have just approved one called "peaches looking outside". It's showing on the games sheet now.

No recent pics that listed the poster as the one who took the pic, yes.

So just a case of no "recent" photos?

It would appear all our recent photo uploads were not taken by the player. Photos are supposed to be taken by the player who posts them to be on the recent image list. Try uploading a pic you took and see what happens.

A few days.

My gamesheet displays it in a different location but like yours, not today.

One thing is weird: In the settings->Gamesheet there are two checkboxes labelled "Show a random recent album photo". both seem to have no effect.

You're right! it has. I wonder how long it has been like that?

Hi. The photo at the top right hand side of my screen has gone for some reason. I enjoy seeing players photo's. I'm not sure if it is a bug but I haven't altered anything in my preferences. Thanks for reading.

Dolphins77 should have gotten the win in this game but it went to me....Is this the correct board to get the win over to her?

Somehow I never saw the message explaining why they were appearing when I sent a message. Now I know why! Thanks for that info, eliphont551!

I would like the option of picking my own selection of goldies for that collection.

I agree, have the option to have on or off.

But only if you can switch them off - I can't stand any of the moving icons so having these on every game woukd be a nightmare

Would be better to use them in game play.

If you are referring to these they are a feature the programmers have put there for our convenience. While typing, if you would like to say "Good Luck" Just click on the and it will be inserted in your message.

etc. Have Fun!Good gameBlinky Thank youGood luckWell doneGood Luck DiceGood Job!!ResignWay to go!!Have fun

Somehow the whole row of icons appeared on my outgoing messages (see below). Any chance you can remove them all?

I was playing a Muggins game but it ended in a draw.

Is this possible with a game of Muggins? Just curious.

#14587720

Thank you

A very strange problem. I'm wondering if it had something to do with a time out. Anyhow, I ended the game in a draw among the current players.

Everyone playing has the same issue with it. I have tried logging out and back in with my phone instead of my pc, but it is still the same. Can anyone advise us with it please?

The game is: game #14615140.

Thank you

https://www.goldtoken.com/games/play?g=14615140

This game is frozen. When I click for my turn, it says select piece, but the piece is already pre-selected and it won't let me click on it to be able to submit my move.

And so NEUROTIKA ended up winning the tournament despite winning the fewest rounds and having the lowest total score. Seems fair

Game #14526480

We were discussing ending the game as a player has dropped out which makes it unbalanced. On my last turn I offered a draw and I think it has been accepted by B*Elanna. fatdaddy has already finished this round so cannot accept as they don't get a turn. The game is showing that it is my turn buy I am unable to do anything.

LOL. No problem. It has happened to me.

Oh My Gosh! Where's my coffee! Thanks for the quick reply!

I believe it is because the person covered the center space.

In this game our score is close. There's no time limit on completing the game. Nobody resigned. The game is 3 day move, my opponent moved yesterday, so I didn't time out. Why did I loose this game?

#14612044

rabbitoid, I only made two plays so far in my Mexican train (fast) game and zooming in on the tile did move it, thanks! 😁

It wasn't a tie, francescolr scored 5 pts.
I guess you get 1 pt for coming 2nd

They won one game each getting 3 points for the win
francescolr got second place in two games, 1 point for each making 5 points total
bestgremlin gets a point for one second place making 4 points
KG_2020 gets 3 points for the win but no more points for two 3rd place games

See this chart for scoring help

Number of players->	2	3	4	5	6
First place	2	3	4	5	6
2nd place	0	1	2	3	4
3rd place	.	0	1	2	3
4th Place	.	.	0	1	2
5th place	.	.	.	0	1
6th Place	.	.	.	.	0

In tournament
"The Daily Laugh 2nd Holiday Gathering Tournament"
Dice Salvo
goldtoken.com/games/tournaments?st=235918

francescolr and bestgremlin have exactly the same final record (2/3/0).

Why is only francescolr recognized on the page as the winner?

And, given that Round 2 was a 3-way tie,
shouldn't all three players been listed as joint winners?

There is an old unsolved bug concerning Mexican train and phone. You click on a tile and the tile jumps a little, but the click isn't taken. For me the following works: zoom real close on the tile you want to move, then click. Try it, but no guarantee we have the same problem.

Phone

Are you on a phone? computer?

Now the tiles won't move at all for me to place on the board?

Could you look at my Mexican Train (Fast) game with Clivia. Game#14618675. I have to click multiple times on each tile for it to place on the board,sometimes 8-10 times, then just clicking on it once. And that is with all Mexican Train games I play, then I stay away from mostly playing them. It makes it hard to play any of those games and don't know if you could figure out the solution to why it's happening please?

In The 2024 Winter Olympics gravyrun Memorial Club , gpr11 appears twice. Weird I have never seen a member listed twice in a club. How could this happen?
In the "membership" page he is also listed twice (on the same day) as joined.
His profile shows him as member of the club, once.
This should not have any effect on the Olympics. It's just odd.

And it is what I thought-the placement was decided only by the final round,as in the 4 rounds of this game my penalty points were 273,while NEUROTIKA's were 561. So however you slice it I finished 2nd in this game

okay that is what I thought. Thank you.

It does raise again the initial question, on a 500pt game why are the positions determined by the cards held at the end rather than the accumulated scores?

Because you reached the 60 day time limit

Because your overall time clock reached it 60 day limit

#14514415

Thank you Mecir - think this will help

Added the penalty points display to finished games.

I've raised this before many months ago. Team Salvo gives a gold token to the winning team and a silver token to the losing team. It should be a wooden token to the losing team.

This seems more applicable to an individual game rather than a race to a particular number,which involves multiple games. I'm guessing only the deciding game was included,not all 3 games, as my winning a game would almost certainly preclude me from having more negative points than NEUROTIKA. Whatever it still makes more sense for placement to be decided by a visible score rather than an invisible one

but as I said, hard to tell if it doesn't show what tiles remained.

Hi there! Upon review, the placement appears to be correct.

To quote from the rules: Placement of the remaining players is decided by the value of tiles left in their hands - each numbered card incurs as many penalty points as its number is, while Jokers incur 30 penalty points.

That is to say, the points only matter for the winner - everyone else's placement is determined based on what tiles they have left, not how many points they have scored.

I think the issue may be the final score doesn't show penalty points for cards in your hand at the end of the round. As it doesn't show what tiles were left it's hard to tell final positions

I believe Jools is correct, but have sent Tomas a message asking him to look in on this.

No the other completed game was 14445186,where I also finished 2nd. I correctly received a point for that game but not the game I inquired about

Games did not time out.

The opponent did not choose to delete the game. They are just as surprised as I am.

It wasn't timed out.

It's not just timing out. An opponent can choose to delete a game within the first 3 (I think) turns, and the game completely disappears ... no sign it was ever there. That's for friendly games ... I'm not sure about tournament games.

If the game number has been posted and the game times out before the first moves it will show up as black on the wiki.

If someone times out in the first few moves (3 I think) the game gets deleted

Several of my ongoing games are missing and are not in the completed game section. Most are with the same opponent. I don't have game numbers because they are no longer on my game sheet. How would something like this happen?

The score is from 2 completed games.
You get 3 pts for a win, 1pt for a place and 0 for coming last, so it's all correct

I'm a bit confused about the scoring of game #14445187. Stinky Malinky won & of course received 3 points. I finished with 434,and Neurotika finished with 0,yet she received 1 point and I got a zero. Just can't see how that could be -has to be a bug,right? 434 IS higher than 0 I believe

Have you tried pressing down the CTRL button while scrolling down on your mouse, if you have a physical one?

No. I've made no changes to my settings at all.

I'm on a Chromebook, so Chrome OS is all I have access to.

I'm on a Chromebook. I don't have an f-5 button/key.

I tried that, but I really can't see any dots.
My eyesight isn't that great. The board is
also very cluttered with routes.

Did you accidentally change your text size or something? Maybe that had something to do with it.

Oh? I tried it on my Chrome on Android, I couldn't make it look like that.
And All Aboard has no alternative graphics.

What browser are you using?
I get probms on my phone using chrome, which decides to use weird font sizes here. The should bea browser setting to override it but I forget what

We see very big letters and a regular sized image.
This could be a cache problem. If you are on a computer try to reload the page using "control" F5.

I can't address the visual issues, but I can tell you one thing which might help.

If you hover over the card, two green dots, one each over the destination cities will appear. Then you can put the destinations in the notes.

marc

I am having a terrible time trying to read the city names when picking DESTINATION cards. Most of the letters of the cities on the card are not visible or readable, making it terribly difficult to play the game. Mostly it's a guessing game, since I cannot read the names of the cities on the destination cards. I took a screenshot to show exactly what I am dealing with trying to read the cards.



I am playing here at Gold Token on a Lenovo Chromebook.
I don't know what "version" it is, but the problem is consistent
on every game of All Aboard I am playing. I wasn't sure if it was just a one time thing, so I started a second game and the problem with the Destination cards still persists. I don't seem to have a problem picking wagons or engines, it is only with the destination cards, as you can see. Any help fixing this problem would be greatly appreciated.

I don't see how they are useful in messages at all. They need to move them to our games. More useful there.

I very seldom use them as I also find they are more needed in the game messages, I actually dont send that many messages

Unfortunately those "buttons" aren't available where one needs them most: composing a message in a game. I mean, where do you use most: good luck, good game, have fun...

No way. The membership is so cheap that it's kind of daft not to do the membership isn't it?

I actually had no idea where or how to get these, so appreciate the info!!

I have a Mac, & often will use the Emojis, but a friend (non-Mac) said he couldn't see them properly, so this way I can use them for everyone!

If so I would also consider it daft and maybe a bit cruel.

[ Goldies - Everyone ] The basic set for all players - includes how to create and use Goldies.
[ Advanced Goldies - Everyone ] An extensive set of Goldies to play with, once you have learned how to use them.
[ Goldie Game pieces ] Goldies for wood and above - Trax, GO and Cards.
[ Goldies - Silver ] Goldies for our Silver members.
[ Goldies - Gold ] Goldies for our Gold members.
[ Goldies - Platinum ] The complete set for Platinum members.
[ Goldies - Platinum Quick ] The exclusive Platinum Goldies Quick List.
[ Dividers and Bullets ] Available for everyone. Please see the [ Goldies - Everyone ] page for complete instructions.
[ Goldies for Wiki Games ] ...but use them however you wish!

presume so, I have ones I can't use

I was unaware these were shortcuts. Do they appear for all players at all levels?

my point is adding a general feature that isn't available to everyone is a bit daft

You can always fall back on


If you really need a horse to say it for you
Or simply
Good luck
Thank you
If you don't.

The addition of Goldie shortcuts in the message boxwas a nice addition, but renewing my membership at gold level shows that some them are only available to platinum members

:GLDICE:
:TY1:

This should now be fixed.

I'll check it out, added some extra time to the game.

Mecir, I don't see anything here that stands out to me as a reason - it's so early in the game.

In game #14553157, I got eaten by the T-Rex, which is supposed to result in losing 2 turns. I did lose those turns, but now I still cannot move, so I'm effectively losing a third turn.

I cannot roll the dice, only have the option to 'Save this move'.

It's a league tournie, winners aren't decided until all rounds finish, in this case 2 rounds. See liink below
Tournament Descriptions

Oct 2024 — League tourney, Pente
League Tournament
Started 9:23 AM on 28 October 2024
goldtoken.com/games/tournaments?st=227253;r=1
which includes game #14527197

ERROR: Everyone from Round 1 was declared a Winner and entered in Round 2.

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In your game #14105241, your total game time is 183:00:00. When it's your turn, that clock ticks until you make a move. Your clock reached 183 days, which is 6 months. Your time bank is completely spent at this point, so you timed out.

How come the other player gets 3 days? We started the game at the same time.

Your overall time in those games cannot exceed 6 months. You timeout if that happens.

I have been playing Animosity tournament games for weeks now.
All of a sudden my games were timing out within 24 hours. They are suppose to be 3 day timeouts. After I move my opponent has 3 days. After they move I have less than 24 hours. Why is this happening?

This appears to have been resolved - thanks.

Thanks!

Tomas has been notified.

I sent Tomas a message.

I reported a similar bug in a Fire Spiller Hypergammon game a while back.

I seem to remember that happening before

Game #14393396.

I believe the game should have ended when Rohiputha resigned, but it has restarted instead.

I repeat, weird.

It does ask and I set it for 100, 6, and 6 for the 3 games. It ignored that.

100 points is not even an option in the non-Diceman games. 15 is the highest possible.

That's weird, I'm sure that was fixed a while ago. I'm certain the system asks you now for separate "points" for diceman and non-diceman tourneys.

I've never included diceman in the Olympics, but that's because of the bug in diceman that makes the games continue beyond the max number of points. Was that one ever fixed? I have to ask because Mecir fixes bugs, he's very good at that, but he keeps it a secret and never tells us when it is done.

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An old glitch has reappeared that I can't fix in The Word O'Rama Mid Autumn Words Only Tourney for The Word O'Rama Club. I tried to get either the 2 games affected to be fixed or removed but to no avail.
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Apparently, when Hanging Diceman is included with regular and Kickback Hangman games in a tourney, the regular games pick up the 100 points required to win instead of my selected 4 or 6 points. That would lead to an incredibly long tourney, where the winner has to get 100 words or phrases.
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Unless players want to play in games that will go on for a Very, VERY long time, I strongly urge you Not to include any other Hangman games if you are going to include Hanging Diceman in your tourneys until this is fixed.

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Now I see that it has appeared in The November24 wikiless Turkey Tournament for the The Friendship Club. I have written to the creator of the tourney to make her aware of the issue, but I thought I'd post it here to see if it can be fixed.

marcmandy

Fire Spiller Tourne Case Partners is still incorrectly awarding silver tokens to the losers. The notification I received says I lost the game (which I did) but also says I was awarded a silver token.

There are two teams in this game, one wins and one loses, The only way you should be able to get a silver token is if you agree to a draw.

ah ok

Hey there!

If I remember correctly, I asked Mecir to remove the highlight from your previous move, that way you only had to look at the highlighted squares to determine where you couldn't make a move instead of re-interpretting the board each turn.

not sure if it's a bug or intentional, but in the 3-player game your previous move isn't highlighted when it's your turn.
Not sure if it also applies to 4-player games

steve, when I did that the game would not let me finish the move;so I asked for a draw to
advance the turn...kj

I asked for a draw to open the move box to be shown.
I had 3 moves.
no pawn move.
a good rollout to winning the game..

knight *jarlynn*

No need to end the game. Make your other moves, but skip the pawn moves. It will let you end your move, as if there are no pawns on the board.