# iShovinBoards — Playing games, together.

> Playing games, together. (iPhone/iPad app by Michael Green.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ishovinboards/id6769483459 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Michael Green](https://appshunter.io/developer/1885725236)
- Category: Games, Social Networking, Board, Role Playing
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 27 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-05-14
- Data updated: 2026-09-16

## What is iShovinBoards?

ShovinBoards is a place to play games with your friends.
 25+ games. Classics you know, originals you don't. No ads. No tracking. No paywalls.

THE BOARD
  A social timeline that's your home page. See what your friends are playing, post results, follow live
  games.

MULTIPLAYER STRATEGY
  Chess, Checkers, Reversi, Go, Tic-Tac-Toe, Nine Men's Morris, and Connect Four — all ELO-rated when you
  want them to be.

CARDS & CASUAL
  Poker, Blackjack, Cribbage, Go Fish, War, Yahtzee, Battleship, Codewords (Codenames-style), Wordcraft
  (curated Scrabble subset), and The Fox (Scotland Yard-style detective vs. fugitive hunt).

SOLO
  Klondike Solitaire, Spider (1/2/4 suit), FreeCell, Pyramid, and Minefield — all with personal-best
  tracking.

VOID
  The flagship original. A persistent horror RPG. Seven companions. One crashed ship. An alien world
  consumed by darkness. Build characters, scavenge, fight, write your own story across many runs.

MAP EDITOR
  Paint your own hex-grid maps with a built-in editor. Share them. Save them in preset packs. Use them in
  your own custom war games.

DESIGN
  Built for play, not engagement metrics. No daily streaks. No push spam. No coin-shop. The Board is the
  only feed, and it's only the people you chose to follow.

WHO IT'S FOR
  People who'd rather play a real game of chess than tap a slot machine. Game-night groups who can't always
   be in the same room. Solo players who want well-built solitaire that respects their time. Strategy nerds
   who miss the days when Diplomacy and Axis & Allies were the standard.

  Play in your browser at shovinboards.com or right here on iPhone.

  Free. Account required (to save games and find friends). No ads. No data resale.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.160 — 2026-08-11

Breach — and a hundred shafts under it
A new Cabinet game with 100 levels, ten materials that each fight differently, and eleven abilities that cut both ways. Plus a level editor in the Forge that plays your board before it lets you publish it.

### 1.0.159 — 2026-07-22

New: FLAK — a 10-level 8-bit shmup. Fly up, dodge, and sink giant boss war-machines all the way to a super-fortress finale. 
Rebuilt game library — filter, search, and card games all in one place; every game tells you what it is.
Plus: change your password in Settings, tap-to-clear notifications, VOID writing polish, and mobile sign-in / card-layout fixes.

### 1.0.158 — 2026-07-14

Chess got serious.
There's a new Chess home that ties everything together — play, your rating, review, and openings in one place. Plus a whole daily-puzzle scene: a shared Daily Puzzle everyone races, head-to-head Puzzle Duels against your buddies, endless Puzzle Storm, and a tactics coach that spots the patterns you keep missing.

- Play a friend casually (unrated) when you're just messing around
- Offer a draw, ask for a takeback — like real friend chess
- Drag pieces to move, low-time clock warnings, more time controls
- The bots are actual characters now, each with a bio and a rating to climb
- Finished games post to the board with a one-tap replay, so you can go back and relive (or argue about) exactly what happened
- Rated games are now fully trustworthy — no more funny business with results

VOID is finally a co-op game.
Invite your crew with a link, get a ping when the party's playing, and the whole thing plays cleanly on your phone now.

Smoother everywhere.
A game-first home screen (your turn is front and center), a snappier, more native feel, and a pile of fixes.

### 1.0.156 — 2026-07-01

The Board got social — for real this time. Message your buddies (DMs + group chats, photos & GIFs), @mention, react, run polls, and drop a YouTube/Spotify link into a post. Challenge a friend, rematch, track your head-to-head, and let everyone call the winner. Watch replays of finished games. New Arcade with a big shelf of casual games. Play solo games as a guest, no account needed. Smoother sign-up and a fresh coat of personality throughout.

### 1.0.154 — 2026-06-20

Push notifications go live!

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