Every game now takes a phone as the controller.
- New: Royal Shells: the board in your hand. When you play against the computer, the board is on your phone. Tap a piece, then tap a square to move it.
Royal Shells patch notes
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Friends meet in the game preview
- Fixed: Chess joins the same crew Royal Shells uses the shared lobby presentation while keeping its two player readiness and start rules.
Eight new guides: Halloween, Mafia, poker hands and more.
- New: Cards and chess for beginners. Poker hand rankings from royal flush to high card, how every chess piece moves, and the best card games for three players.
Two new guides: family calls and games for two.
- New: Two player games for any phone. Looking for GamePigeon on Android? Chess, Speed, Ember Volley and more work on Android and iPhone alike from one shared link, and the two player games page now links the guide.
Choose your challenge. Start fresh.
- New: A fresh round when you want one. Use Restart game in the game menu to begin a new solo round. It also resets solo Bad Egg, Egg on the Run and Royal Shells. Shared online matches keep playing.
Small fixes for phone players.
- Updated: Royal Shells waits for you. Solo and pass and play games pause when you switch apps or tabs, so you can pick up right where you left off.
- Updated: Instructions made for touch. On phones and tablets, Royal Shells explains moves as taps instead of keyboard keys.
Your royal invitation is ready.
- New: A guide to the throne. Royal Shells now has an About page with controls and ways to play. Use Share game in the preview or guide to copy a link for your next royal rival.
Royal Shells takes the crown.
- New: Small shells. Royal rivalries. Meet Royal Shells: classic chess with egg kings, queens, knights and a courtyard full of character. Captured eggs get their cute cracked shell moment. Protect your king and find checkmate.
- New: Three ways to take the throne. Invite one friend through the familiar Friends lobby, play solo against the castle computer, or pass one device between two players. Online matches have exactly two seats. Tap or click an egg, then a highlighted square to move. Choose a new piece when your pawn reaches the far end.
- New: Your board, your view. Play in portrait or landscape, flip the board, review your moves and open the familiar in game menu. Solo players can choose the computer difficulty and take back a turn.