That is a feature that has been discussed on here even long before I first came to the site. (Because I also brought it up. *EDIT - Just looked, did that on Feb 18th, 2003!)

I believe one of the original reasons Fencer did not want to put it in is because it would take away an option to chat in between moves.... or a conversation could get lost or something.

But it would be a great option - I have been playing a backgammon game recently where in 20 moves, 19 of them were me just passing.

Anyway, it could work. For example, if I make a move, and the next person can not move, the computer lets me keep moving until the other person can move. Then when the other person comes on line, they will get a message like "You could not move for XX turns, would you like to go through each move or go to current move?" - Then they could go through each move if they wanted, or just skip to the current move which is ready for them to make.

But, bottom line is Fencer does not want it, so O'well.