Granny Hand — Sheepshead

The biggest update since launch. Here’s what’s changed since 2026.5.22. TABLE TALK After each hand, a player at the table points out your costliest plays: the card you played, the card that would have done better, and what it cost in points and chips. The judgment comes from replaying your hand against every legal alternative, not from guesswork. On devices with Apple Intelligence the remark is phrased by the on-device model; otherwise built-in wording is used. Up to two remarks per hand, on by default, off in Settings. LEARN TO PLAY A guided tutorial in three lessons, offered on first launch and any time from Settings: reading your hand and picking, winning tricks and schmearing, the called ace and identifying teams. MADE FOR IPAD A real table on iPad: opponents seated on three sides with their hands turned toward the middle, the trick in the center, your hand along the bottom with room above it, and the history grid and score bar in a panel beside or below the table. LANDSCAPE ON IPHONE Turn the phone sideways and the table takes one side while your stats, history grid, and score bar take the other. Pick which side in Settings. SETTINGS A proper Settings screen, synced through iCloud: five table colors, four card backs, an optional four-color deck, hand sort order, show or hide the score bar, history grid, and game clock, haptics, and a “Highlight teams” toggle for players who’d rather track partnerships themselves. CPU names and personas moved here too, with an option to reshuffle the seating every few rotations. HOUSE RULE Optional forced call-off: a player dealt five or six trump must play alone. CHALLENGES Challenge links now carry the creator’s time. At the end of a challenge you see a side-by-side of team points, tricks, your points, and time against the original. FAVORITES Star a deck on the result card or in Game History to find it again, and filter the history to starred decks only. Stars sync through iCloud. STATISTICS New breakdowns by day of the week, time of day, hand duration, and singles versus doubles. Player Statistics now opens instantly, even with thousands of recorded hands. FIXES • Clearing game history could lock up the app. Fixed. • The result card no longer overlaps your name and badges, and it fits the screen with table talk showing. • Calling announcements stay on screen longer and carry the loaner badge, so “called off” is harder to miss. • On narrower iPhones the opponents’ hands no longer push the layout past the screen edges. • Silent loners, called-off hands, and 60–60 ties now pay out correctly and show the real result. • Game history from two devices merges instead of one device’s hands being dropped. • Your Game Center scores retry after a failed report instead of being lost. • The dealer and seating now resume where you left off after relaunching.