Boardalo: Chess & Board Games

Meet your new favorite opponents.

Boardalo brings 37 timeless board and tabletop games together in one calm, beautifully hand-crafted app, and pairs them with a cast of illustrated AI characters who talk, have personality, and remember every game you've played against them.

Play free, then unlock everything once for a single small price. No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app currency. No internet required.

THE COLLECTION (37 games) Chess, Checkers, International, Russian & Turkish Checkers, Backgammon, Tavla, Go, Xiangqi, Reversi, Nine Men's Morris, Hnefatafl, Mancala, Oware & Kalaha, Ludo, Chinese Checkers, Halma, Snakes & Ladders, Royal Game of Ur, Yut Nori, Senet, Mahjong Solitaire, Klondike, Peg Solitaire, Dominoes, Yatzy, Sudoku, Shut the Box, Sea Battle, Tic-Tac-Toe, Drop Four, Gomoku, Hex, Dots & Boxes, Paper Soccer, Crokinole, and Carrom.

AN OPPONENT THAT ACTUALLY THINKS Chess, Checkers, Reversi, Draughts and Xiangqi run a real search: it reads several moves ahead, remembers positions it has already worked out, and plays the openings it knows by heart. Difficulty is how long it gets to think rather than a fixed depth, so it stays sharp on an older phone. Standard is free on the free games, with no random slips, so you can find out whether the computer is worth playing before you decide whether to buy anything.

OPPONENTS WITH PERSONALITY Climb a ladder of illustrated characters, each with their own voice, moods, and playing style, all the way to a secret final boss. They remember your head-to-head record and react to every win, loss, and comeback. It's not a difficulty slider; it's a rival worth beating.

LEARN ANY GAME IN MINUTES Every game includes an interactive, coached "learn to play" lesson. Tap through real moves with a friendly guide. No rulebook, no video, no jargon.

MADE FOR REAL LIFE

• Fully offline, so you can play on a plane, a train, or off the grid
• Pass-and-play two-player on a single device
• Universal, built for both iPhone and iPad
• Localised into 14 languages
• VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support

PAY ONCE, THAT'S IT Ten games are free forever, including Senet, the Royal Game of Ur and Viking Hnefatafl. One simple unlock opens the entire collection forever. It works with Family Sharing too, so one purchase covers everyone in your family group. We don't sell ads, we don't track you, and we'll never ask for a subscription.

Boardalo is the board-game shelf you'll actually want to open: quiet, premium, and full of character.

TWICE A YEAR, THE CAST GROWS Ten more characters live in the app and appear only around Halloween and Christmas: a Victorian ghost who apologizes for winning, a jack-o-lantern with no memory, an elf who has been on her feet since October, a reindeer who has never made the team. They arrive on the day with nothing to download, and each season hides a fifth character until you beat the fourth.