1) There is a setting (on your settings page - link found on left (or top, with row layout)) that allows you to put the game board at the top of the page. This could fix your first problem :-)

2) I have asked Fencer about automatic passing when there is no legal move, but he was against it - though the opponent should still be able to see the board so they do not get a board that is completely different from how they left it (when multiple passes are necessary) and so they are still able to send a message with the 'pass' move.

Welcome to a great site! :-)

Kevin

Hi Fencer. I'm trying out your site and overall like what I see. I'd like to make two comments, though, that you may already know but are a little annoying. First, every time I play a die I have to move the screen in order to see the whole board again. Second, when the opponent's inner board is filled and they have no potential to move off the bar, you still have to wait for them to open the game rather than coming back to your next roll automatically. Ant way to avoid that? Thanks

another gammon variation, actually a variant on race, is called Greek Backgammon (quite possibly know by other names) It is essentially the same as race excepting when you hit your opponents pip, it is not sent to the bar but is held there for as long as you leave the pip covering it in place. Its a lot of fun don't know how difficult it would be to set up. I have never seen it on another website.

hi fencer..great site..great game variations to try..the site is not slow on webtv..2 good features..I tried to send you an idea I had by email if this is a dp..ignore one.how about "crowded backgammon"..a variation..setup just the standard board..but with an extra 5 blots for each players on the bar at the start.only rule change = on a players move..removal of blot from bar is optional,can move a blot not on the bar..what do you think?

also - provisional BKR's in italics are hard to differentiate from BKR's esp on webtv..maybe a diff text color would be easier for us all.would not be a dificult prg change.is it worth the trouble,all welcome to comment.

does anyone else love backgammon race?

is it true blondes like to play backgammon because it has a bar?(gee,just thought of that)
only kidding,no chauvinist here.most blondes I know are clever.
old backgammoon players never die,they just get blotted out.
does anyone else love scrabble or upwords?
I am planning a webpage on my website(see link below)with links & comments about good games (esp board & card games).there will be a sub heading for links-games-accessible on webtv
also-games-word games
if anyone knows any,please comment(or any clever blondes) - steve
my website :
http://www.stormloader.com/datavortex/datavortex_index.html

thanx fencer...

Rose: If you have more tips to add, just let me know :-)

Way cool tip o'the day Fencer! That's a good idea for newbies!

eddie: Done.

Yes, I see now, looking at my Profile. I was clicking on the 'show all finished games' on the Main Page. Thank you, fencer.

tony: I think that you can see your summary of your completed games. Or do you mean something else?

also, while you're fixing own profiles, may we have a nice summary of Completed Games, like we see when looking at other players' profiles, please?

eddie: Right. I will fix it :-)

why is it when i click on other peoples profiles i see all the tourneys they are in but when i click on my own profile i dont see any tourneys..? i would like to see mine there too see how many i was crazy enough to join at once...haha

lets put the winners up for auction lolol

:-)) Fixed. I always forgot the difference between these two words. The Czech translation is the same for both of them ;-)

Fencer....just wondering...is this meant to say Prize Tournaments? Or are we going to put winning players up for auction? LOL :o)

thanks Wiz.

thankx B'...CYOTFS

thanks stingeroni need a PC no good for webtv

try http://play.thedaisypatch.net/

I thought as much :( :( oh well I guess you cant have it all....What I cant understand is, if it is that expensive how can playsite offer it for free? They do have some sites (not scrabble) that you can play for money but I discovered that the money sites are all only links and arent Playsite. thanks anyway :)

the best one i have found is playsite.com they have about 10-15 rooms plus tourneys etc

Since your very busy working on all the requests, maybe there is some player who could code a BK version thats similler to the original but with enough changes to the rules & gameplay that it could legally be considered a game in its own right.!
Another option could be to offer the original Scrabble as a separate "Premium Service". If it proved popular, could well cover the cost of purchasing a licence.

There is a problem with Scrabble - Mattel owns a licence for it and it is too expensive.

NightHawk: www.games.com

THANK YOU..

do not mean to be rude FENCER,Bernice could you tell me were to find a site.

is it possible to get scrabble on here, or is there something to do with copyright or even programming problems that would prevent it. I adore scrabble and go to another game site to play but would much rather play it here if that is at all possible Fencer :)

I knew it had to be one thing or another! LOL!

i have a team of monkeys here that play with me...

Thank you.:)

Does eddie play(games)with his toes too? LOL!

but, at least i can get into the site...it might improve as my server clears their cache, i will wait and see :) great job, welldone

Fixed.

Fencer in my anti backgammon game against Debi, i am getting the above "Internal server error"
Because of this i have not been able to find a game number for you.

Hitman: Fixed.
Other errors: Yes, I've noticed them too. But they cause no harm [except the error message]. I will fix them ASAP, it is a database driver bug.

It's great to get on without hassle. Well done, fencer. Now you can concentrate on winning your games!!

a few more errors are showing up again...
Error: 500
Location: /game/PlayerList
Internal Servlet Error:

I HAVE A GAME With lillybets.and can not move it..it's a ERROR....And lillybets cant move are game.

oops, some errors are starting to show up again.
Error: 500
Location: /game/Friends
Internal Servlet Error:

i erased all my msgs..if i loss i loss..if ya want to send the game number to fencer and he can reinstate it..i had too many..so it dont matter to me now...the istes up and working..so ill just go on and nto worry about them

Eddie, you timed out on at least one of our games, can they be re-instated?

Fencer.. NICE ONE!!! Its working great!

yes with the 247 games waiting on my moves.....got 94 more to go here...

After no access from any which direction yesterday....this site is working perfectly today. I have my fingers crossed for you Fencer....a big Thank you!!!

Step aside Jason and others who have had top honors with most moves per day cuz Eddie and Molly and baaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!

thanx fencer..

OMG fencer kudos to you and double Kudos!!! u deserve to hiberate as you have worked for hard the last week on this.. THank you soooo much!

Whoops! At last I've found out why Eddie and Molly and Rabbitoid couldn't log in. One more auto-fixing code developed and looks like it works :-)
I need a long sleep now.

same as always rose..i was always gettin weird pages or nothing...but things are moving slow for me..