tavloo
club.

What’s new.

2026-11-02

The Continue with Google button is now live in the sign-in dialog — one click creates or enters your account 1244c79
The club has a new address: tavloo.club — turn emails and sign-in links now point there 4e3dd81
Sign in with Google — one click from the sign-in dialog creates or enters your account, your email arrives verified, and guest matches come along; add a password later in Settings if you like 417a997
Our club has a new name: welcome to Tavloo Club dcc4716
Render this changelog as a branded HTML page instead of raw text 46ae507
Add this changelog, readable in-app at /changelog (footer: “What’s new”) bac15f8
Rename the match-over button to “Another match” 19d94e2

Internal

Move changelog maintenance and back-out instructions out of this file into AGENTS.md b44a129
Drop this file’s introductory text 5a2c904

2026-11-01

Live match updates over Server-Sent Events — the board updates the moment your opponent moves 767a66b
Single-game resignation by offer and consent (normal backgammon rules) 5e8832a
Cube sits on its owner’s side from your view; click it to offer a double 21d5e2a
On-board Roll button where the dice will land 3219400
Dice tumble across their landing slots when you roll, shortened to about two-thirds of a second 02a61c0 4d48db2
Float cube, concession, and resign-game dialogs over the action panel so the board stays in clear view 9898fdd 82d250d 35c0b14
Show the conceding bot’s unplayed dice on the board with the offer 510efeb
Hold the opponent’s pip badge to peek at their point numbering; enlarged touch target ef31989 b12762a
Board geometry: number points from each viewer’s home 9674dde
Fix board orientation: point 1 top-right, 24 bottom-right for both colors 4b1fd1a
Enlarge pip count badges and drop the player color dot 9240b70
Drop the bar’s hover shadow and trim its highlight clear of the cube 03527b8
Speed up board animations ~30% f9a97f6
Bot: hit advanced blots instead of routinely closing points a580d4c
Calibrated equity-based cube decisions; evaluation sees trapped rear checkers 7397eb3
Games list: rename heading to “Your matches”, drop stats strip, enlarge filter tabs df07ed0 18898be
Show settings form errors under the name field ad34011
Fix double-decline toast reporting “Cube accepted” d666aa0
Fix clipped “All games” tab rendering as a vertical bar beside search cacb8d3
Remove the “Move saved. Over to the other side.” toast f627318

Internal

Equity calibration harness (CALIBRATE=1 go test ./game) 6621aba
Test the saving-double concession position from live play 098f51a

2026-10-31

Replace unreliable browser alerts with Web Push, plus delayed, presence-aware email alerts 51874d7
Remove per-match and account-default notification toggles (alerts are now automatic) 6e257e0
Auto-roll for shut-out turns: forced passes roll themselves 381bcca
Force button for fully forced turns, living on the board next to the dice fb02636 a984772 aaee3f2 41cd125
Checkers in a stack abut instead of overlapping e15de8e
Destination markers moved to the triangle base: solid half-rings on the green border, domed outward, bear-off tray included 5499b84 ca8c8c0 fb6e7ca 98249dd
Display-name uniqueness, extended to guests’ chosen names 8ce2c63 771439f
Don’t invite players to raise the stakes when they can’t 5467fb7

Internal

Count every dice roll into a day × player × opponent × combo ledger 493582e
Ignore the backfill binary 5d5b426

2026-10-30

Consolidate practice bots into one: Tavi (formerly Ellis) 93c226a
Answer incoming doubles and concession offers in modal challenges, not inline buttons c10f284 8e532d4
Show the opening roll-off as one die per side, then glide the loser over — even when the opening turn already played out 2f4aa1c 5ff32e3
Start later games of a match with the previous winner, not a fresh roll-off 058363b
Concede a certainly lost game before moving a checker 5f0bfa3
Apply the dead cube rule to bot decisions and human-facing surfaces fac547f
Clarify Crawford-game messaging by viewer’s seat 788b45a
Warn before starting a duplicate match with the same opponent 2d1c313
Reorder match filters to Your turn / Their turn / Completed / All games, defaulting to Your turn 4553481
Show match counts on the Their turn and Completed tabs too; count “next game” matches as your turn 0a203e4 eeecca1
Adopt guest matches into the account on login 7ba6889
28-day sessions, self-service password change, and password peek 1fe77a8
Rework profile notification prefs as two explained toggles ff8b20d
Change match-over message to “Until next time.” 60eb0ae
Teach the expert bot endgame gammon/backgammon urgency ebc47ae
Show the solid target dot for direct bear-off moves 7e251d9
Help text: simple “warm up with a practice bot” section 59b15fe
Fix double-click moves: detect via click count, not the dblclick event a3659c4
Fix toasts hidden and blurred behind open modals 23b5a50

Internal

Fix dice-dependent flake in live smoke test 14035c1

2026-10-29

Rebrand from Common Ground to Tavloo Together cf514ed
Record move history and offer MAT (GNU Backgammon) export at match end 829cc4a
Render match activity as a human-readable move history 9a66646
Simplify the new-match flow: human vs practice, 15-point preset, no match naming 3a26033
Give each practice bot a distinct skill level ad1eecd
Bots concede mathematically certain losses: single, gammon, or backgammon 64d25bc
Let humans offer concessions; bots accept only mathematical certainties 61121f4
Double-click a checker column to move its checker dac5a7c
Ask for confirmation before offering the doubling cube 6983930

Internal

Rename all references from nardi to tavloo 850aa16

2026-10-28

Show the opponent’s dice on the left and replay their moves 2460c25
Show and play legal follow-on targets when a checker is selected 8fa7471
Animate combination moves as one continuous run 08c5264
Bar checkers sit at their re-entry end, piled by the cube, badged when overflowing; taller board 3a86caf d2bf277 48f2272 026d66b
Place the accepted cube at its owner’s end of the bar; say “Cube accepted.” 790472b
Show pip counts at the top and bottom of the bar 04ab2d9
Bust stale browser caches for static assets 950902e

Internal

Add git workflow instructions to AGENTS.md b512229

2026-10-27

Build the multiplayer backgammon clubhouse; the active board is the primary full-screen focus 55c9174 11df656

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