Kevin - This is how I would have it so a situation like that would not happen.

Lets say I'm playing User A which has the "Auto-Pass" option turned on. I make a move, person A can not move, so I'm allowed to make another move RIGHT AWAY without no wait. User A comes on-line, goes to the game and because he has "Auto-Pass" turned on, it goes directly to the current move that is ready to be made (possible with a little note saying "XX number of passes were made for you because you had no moves".

Now lets say I'm playing User B that DOES NOT have "Auto-Pass" turned on. I make my move, and the other player does not have a move so RIGHT AWAY I'm able to make another move (note - Still the same for both options). (now is where it will differ). User B logs on, and because they have auto-pass turned off, they will now see the FIRST screen where they have to pass. They can then RIGHT AWAY go through all the screens just like normal and just hit "pass" after "pass", since the other player has already moved.

This way User B does not get "lost" with a board looking different - they are able to go through all the screens like normal.

As for an example, I just recently had a backgammon game where I had 19 out of 20 moves that were passes - and this took a couple of weeks just to go through those moves. All those could have been done basicly in one day! Even if a person has it turned off or on, it still would have taken one day.... just the person with it off would have went through EVERY screen instead of just trusting the computer and going to the last screen.

At least that is how I would do this option, with the only exception being backgammon with a CUBE dice since it is possible for a person to cube even if they pass.

I hope I explained that well enough - if not, I'll try to do it a little better. :-)