Boardalo: Chess & Board Games

Ludo, Snakes and Ladders and Shut the Box now have real wood and enamel boards. 37 games, one purchase, no subscription. Rivals who remember every match.

37 classic board games, one purchase, no subscription. Your opponents are illustrated characters who talk, hold grudges, and remember every game you have played against them.

Ten games are free. One small purchase unlocks the other 27 forever. No ads. No in-app currency. No account. Works fully offline.

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

OPPONENTS WITH PERSONALITY Digby, Bodge, Lord Grimalkin and Master Yuzu each have their own voice, moods and playing style, and a secret fifth character waits behind them. They keep your head-to-head record, sulk after a losing run, and react to every win, loss and comeback. It is not a difficulty slider; it is a rival worth beating.

AN OPPONENT THAT ACTUALLY THINKS Chess, Checkers, Draughts, Reversi, Xiangqi, Oware and Nine Men's Morris run a real search that reads several moves ahead, and Chess plays from an opening book. Difficulty is thinking time, not a fixed depth. The free games include the Standard level, with no random slips, so you can judge it before you spend anything.

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

PLAY WITH PEOPLE

• Pass-and-play on one device, with a tabletop layout on iPad
• Nearby play between two devices in the same room, no internet needed, in 31 games
• Online turn-based matches with friends through Game Center in the same 31 games, with 26 achievements and 44 leaderboards
• Tic-Tac-Toe and Drop Four inside iMessage

SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY

• A daily streak, and a premium Game of the Day that everyone can play free until midnight
• Every premium game can be tried twice before you decide
• A daily chess puzzle, a tactics trainer and endgame drills
• House rules for Ludo, Snakes and Ladders, Shut the Box, Yatzy and more
• Home Screen widgets for your streak, today's game and whose move it is

MADE FOR REAL LIFE

• Fully offline, so you can play on a plane or off the grid
• One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac, with Family Sharing
• In English and 14 other languages
• VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support, and a high-contrast board theme

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.

Quiet, hand-drawn, full of character. Made by one person in Manchester.