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• Apple just approved Boardz 1.5 in record time! This one is a big update and among the goodies on offer are:

• In-game chat. We’ve long wanted to support this feature, and it’s probably the most requested one. Now you can chat with your online opponent about the game. On the iPhone the chat messaging is on the back of the gaming board, on the iPad it appears alongside the board during matches while in landscape mode.
• Three new computer opponents - Chess & XiangQi, Checkers Both are strong players with opening books. The XiangQi player replaces the simple player we shipped before, and plays at a good range of abilities. All computer opponents now offer 10 levels of play.
• A new game - Checkers (AKA Draughts, English Checkers and American Checkers!). As well as the computer opponent, you can also play online, just like all the other games. Checkers is also great when using the ipad as a gaming board for 2 local players - Boardz implements all the rules so you can just get on with the game. We implement the standard federation rules of no ‘huffing’ - all captures are compulsory.
• Facebook integration - You can now let your friends know about your victories! All online and computer games offer the option of posting the result to the Facebook wall; you can add your own comment too.
• As usual, some artwork improvements and bug fixes along the way.

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