I agree. I love battle boats plus on IYT. and I love salvo on GT. But both are slower than BRAIN KING, and the worst of the two is IYT, Because there are errors and it is hard to get in sometimes. But I am getting where brainking is my favorite. The only thing brainking doesn't have that GT does is place to put jokes or recipes.

So since there are clubs on brainking I thought if I am able to become a member thats probly what I would go for.

I too would like to see battleboats here and variations there of.How about "Ship for Brains" I love the Salvo at GT with 6 players that would be nice here. GT is slooooooow and IYT has to many errors pop up if you can get there.But, and there is always a but. Both are bigger sites with A lot more people playing.Let's just hope as this one grows the things we like about it grow as well...

its not here yet honeylo...i wish it was haha thats why i wanted to get people talkin about it...fencers cool when he sees things people want..

Eddie,that's cool! I'll play a game with ya! :)

battleboats...battleships...salvo....paddleboats...battlerow boats...sub warfare...sink my ships...battle dingys...S.O.S.... blow up them ships... thurrr she blows.... help im drowning!!... save my crew... stop blowing up my ships...anything... i need battleboats... gold token is now slow token... tooo slow....iyt is boring!!.... i need my boat fixed!!... im like on a deserted island and waiting for my ship to come in!...just so someone can blow it up....battleboats battleboats... enough said?....brain boats!! king of the boats...give us something!!...when ya can of course.....sorry had to get this out i miss devious salvo over at gt but its waay too slow over there....help....sos!!...haha

I think that BK implementation is exactly the same.

Excellent. Well played Fencer. Yes, as mentioned, it would not be a good idea to let 3rd parties see any position. On IYT, only the pieces that have been taken are displayed.

About Backgammon - yes, it is exactly as Tony writes.
About Dark Chess - I've just added it :-)

fencer - definitely show nothing to 3rd parties.

I thought about asking for this - but I quite like seeing when I can't make a move. Otherwise, you suddenly see a board that is totally different from when you last left it! It doesn't make an awful lot of difference to that guy that can move, except speed the game up.

Is it possable to fix backgammon so that when you can't make a move, it would automatticly go back to the opponents turn.
That way if they can't move, you won't have to wait for them to click the button.

Charles: Yes. I hope so.

On IYT every square on the board is invisible to users not playing until the game is over, when everyone can see everything. The location of pieces definately should be hidden from non-playing users!

:Fencer & Charles
I have never tried Dark chess myself (i play other versions). I was thinking it may help people that are trying to learn the game if they can see the pieces so they could understand it better.
The people playing always have the option of making the game private if they are that worried about others passing information on, just like in any other game of chess etc....

If you delete a game invitation, does the person who sent it recieve notification that you declined the invitation?

Just don't make the games visable to 3rd parties until the game is completed.

Yes! And very soon. But I would like to solve this problem - if a user who doesn't play some dark chess game looks at it, what he can see? I would say nothing because if he sees white's or black's pieces, he could say it to the corresponding player and the player would know where the opponent's pieces are located. Or am I not right?

Do you have any plans to include Dark Chess on the site.

It is in development process ;-)

There should be some way of recalling that info down the road. I will keep track of my own tourney winners so that I can periodically have a tournament of champions with all of my tourney's winners pitted against each other.

is there a way...that a page can be created that shows who won what tourney etc?..like something that automatically puts the winners name of a tourney and the game that they won?..we are gonna havemany different tourneys and when people win them they can say hey i won so and so tourney...but it would be cool if a page was created so that their name etc goes on and stays there...sayin what tourney it was and the game it was...does this make sense?..not that i would win one but it would be good for whoever wins whatever tourney it is...whats everyone think?

Brilliant! Thanks a lot, Fencer, you're a superstar!

I have 4 Pawns in my tourney, 3 of them have only 8 games in play and 1 has 17 games in play (including the tourney games).

I just looked, but if the 20 game limit is the reason then Pawns can't anyway. Also being Pawns we have to wait for the first BK tournament to finish, as we can't enter more than one :(

Yes it does. I believe you need to have at least 5 open game slots in order to play in a tourney if you have a limited account. Perhaps Fencer could confirm this for us.
I will be holding many more tournaments MadMonkey, so you'll get your chance. There are other tournaments open for signup at this very moment that other people are holding too.

Sorry i missed the start Stingeroni, would of loved to play - maybe next time.
Would the games count as part of our 20 for us Pawns ???

Perhaps that could go on your long list of things to do. I just started my first tourney, and sent a starting message to all the participants. It would have been nice to be able to send it once, and have it go to each of them. Fortunately, there were only 12 in the tourney...not too hard for copy and paste, but I anticipate having many more in the tourneys as days go by.

Flags are great Fencer, if i do say so myself LOL :-)

I tried England, Scotland and Wales. They work fine.

Done, try them. I hope they are OK :-)

Hey, i have finally found my mission in life, to seek out new Flags, i knew i was here for a reason LOL :-)

I can't wait for the Welsh flag on here! Cymru Am Byth!

Ah, I see! So when you add the new flags there will be England/Scotland/Wales on the list too? Great!

hrlqns: Change your country at your Profile / Edit page.

How do you change your flag anyway? I've never seen an option for that.

Hi again, Fencer! I suspect that many of my countrymen don't know what the Cross of St David looks like (gold cross on a black background). The official flag of Wales is a red dragon (y ddraig goch), facing left, on a background of which the top half is white and the bottom half green. Once seen, never forgotten! Thanks, Fencer. Thanks again to MadMonkey (I hope I've got your name right this time!)

I would say the National Flag for Wales myself, as its the one we associate with Wales. Maybe cariad or someone would be better to let you know.
Come on the Welsh - write to Fencer LOL :-)

User defined tourneys ALREADY! Way to go Fencer! GT still hasn't figured this one out yet!

MadMonkey: Thanks! :-) But there are too many flags, I am a little confused. I can use St. George's Cross for England, St. Andrew's Cross for Scotland but which flag would be the best for Wales, St. David's Cross?

No problem cariad, names back to normal now LOLOL

Thanks (diolch!) OhhhhHum! I wouldn't have known where to look!

Thought that was a great idea, knowing how busy you are Fencer i had a look for you, try:
http://www.iconbazaar.com/flags/uk/
Obviously if you leave the UK off it will take you to the home page & any flags that may help you in future :)

Hey, that's interesting idea :-) No problem. But where can I get these flags? Please give me some URL.

Hi, Fencer! I think the flags are a great idea but is there any chance you could include the Welsh, Scottish and English flags as well as the Union Jack? Lots of us are proud of our individual countries within the UK. Diolch yn fawr!

Thanks Fencer! The boards are much easier to play. All your work is greatly appreciated.

The only problem I have noticed that I have had the past week is when I click on go to next game and it takes me to a blank page. It doesn't do it all the time but I am on webtv and I figure that is what it is. Other than that, that's about it.

I don't have that problem either.

nope, It is as fast as normal for me.

When I have played my last game waiting and click go to main page the page takes forever to load, or wont load at all..I usually find its easier to play the move then reload the page from favourites..anyone else having this problem??

Myself, like alot of others stay logged in to BK for hours on end, including those at work :-), but are not always at the PC (just can't leave it alone lol). Would it be possible to add as Away, Busy or BRB message somewhere Fencer beside our names, so others would know. Just saves logging in & out, just a thought. Cheers & Keep the good work going.