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December 9, 2022

Player name management has been brought into the 21st century. They are now presented in a table view with standard features like delete, rename, and reorder. It's a Christmas miracle. Also, some minor bug fixes and code improvements.

November 18, 2021

* Open and Steal buttons (recently redesigned) are once again highlighted after making a selection * Changed seconds button color from red to indigo when timer has expired * Refreshed end of game page

October 28, 2021

The countdown timer is now a button, and pressing it pauses the timer! This one's for you, reviewer who requested this feature.

October 14, 2021

Refreshed things a bit visually and fixed a crash involving saved player lists.

September 15, 2019

This version fixes a few minor display issues, speeds up repeated randomizing (surely someone does that besides me?), and introduces the 'Saved Player Lists' feature, which allows users to create and manage player lists. For yearly games played with family or coworkers, enter your player names, then save them to a list for reuse next year. Or get ready for your game with 80+ people by entering player names ahead of time and saving them. When it's time to start the game, just load the saved list and you're ready to go!

December 17, 2018

* Bug fixes.

November 20, 2018

This update is all about the behind-the-scenes improvements and fixes. I massively overhauled the code over the last two years (ok, last two Novembers) to fix some looming issues and get things in better shape for adding more features in the future. See app description for a preview of future ideas, and email me with any feature requests or other comments! Version 3.0.0 changes: * Increased max steals to 99 * Updated for iPhone X+ displays * Fixed some obscure bugs and crashes * Added recovery code so the app can resume in a good state in the unlikely event of a crash * Rearchitected much of the code for greater stability

December 6, 2016

We’re (I’m) back for 2016! Thanks to everyone who gave the app a try last year. I have updated, added, and fixed a ton of stuff, and my only hope is that some of it is useful for someone somewhere.

 Here are the important recent changes:
 2.1.2: * Memory performance improvements. 2.0+: * By popular demand, increased max players to 150. * Added new stats pages that are accessible via in-app-purchases at the end of a game. (These are purely for fun and are NOT required to access any main features of the app.) * Added buttons accessible during the game for changing settings, editing the player list, or ending the game.
 * Mid-game player list is also useful for seeing whose turns are coming up. 
* Added undo button to go back a turn during the game. 
* Added fun holiday colors!
 * Added a rules page.
 * Added a setting to save pictures taken with the app to the Camera Roll (on by default).
 * Now shows the total number of stealable items at the bottom of the steal screen.
 * Sooo many miscellaneous bug fixes.

November 13, 2016

We’re (I’m) back for 2016! Thanks to everyone who gave the app a try last year. I have updated, added, and fixed a ton of stuff, and my only hope is that some of it is useful for someone somewhere.

 Here’s the abbreviated version of the change log:
 2.1: * By popular demand, increased max players to 150. * Added new stats pages that are accessible via in-app-purchases at the end of a game. (These are purely for fun and are NOT required to access any main features of the app.) * Fixed some minor display issues. 2.1.1: * Fixed a minor potential issue with the in-app purchases (as if anyone is going to buy them!) 2.0: * Added buttons accessible during the game for changing settings, editing the player list, or ending the game.
 * Mid-game player list is also useful for seeing whose turns are coming up. 
* Added undo button to go back a turn during the game. 
* Added fun holiday colors!
 * Added a rules page.
 * Added a setting to save pictures taken with the app to the Camera Roll (on by default).
 * Redid the end of game page.
 * Fixed a search bar issue in the steal page.
 * Now showing the total number of stealable items at the bottom of the steal screen.
 * Fixed timer bugs.
 * Sooo many improvements to memory management.
 * Sooo many miscellaneous bug fixes.

November 11, 2016

We’re (I’m) back for 2016! Thanks to everyone who gave the app a try last year. I have updated, added, and fixed a ton of stuff, and my only hope is that some of it is useful for someone somewhere.

 Here’s the abbreviated version of the change log:
 2.1: * By popular demand, increased max players to 150. * Added new stats pages that are accessible via in-app-purchases at the end of a game. (These are purely for fun and are NOT required to access any main features of the app.) * Fixed some minor display issues. 2.0: * Added buttons accessible during the game for changing settings, editing the player list, or ending the game.
 * Mid-game player list is also useful for seeing whose turns are coming up. 
* Added undo button to go back a turn during the game. 
* Added fun holiday colors!
 * Added a rules page.
 * Added a setting to save pictures taken with the app to the Camera Roll (on by default).
 * Redid the end of game page.
 * Fixed a search bar issue in the steal page.
 * Now showing the total number of stealable items at the bottom of the steal screen.
 * Fixed timer bugs.
 * Sooo many improvements to memory management.
 * Sooo many miscellaneous bug fixes.

Postgame stats page

Shows stats compiled from the game

Postgame stats page

Shows stats compiled from the game

Postgame stats page

Shows stats compiled from the game

Postgame stats page

Shows stats compiled from the game

Postgame stats page

Shows stats compiled from the game