There has never been a better time to jump into All On Board!
With this new update, we are taking another step towards improving the experience for our current player base while continuing to build the platform with more content, more ways to play, and more reasons to come back.
With that in mind, we'd like to share some exciting news about the All On Board! Club: your official destination for player benefits within the platform. This free membership gives players instant access to a rotating Featured Game of the Week, lets them easily schedule play sessions with the new in-game scheduler, and automatically unlocks any Kickstarter-acquired DLCs that are currently available in the store catalog.
But that’s not all. As part of our ongoing commitment to improve All On Board! at no extra cost, this update also introduces new free content and more customization options for the French Deck Card Games. Backgammon joins the catalog as a free game for everyone, and the French Deck Card Games also receive an update with the new Custom Deck feature, giving players more control over how they set up and enjoy their games.
And, as always, no update would be complete without bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements, as we continue working toward building the best VR board gaming experience for our players.
Our team has been hard at work improving the All On Board! experience to bring you our smoothest version yet. This comes with improvements to the All On Board! Club, your official destination for exclusive member benefits! Joining the Club is easy and free! You just have to register with your current player email, with no extra costs.
For everyone who joins the All On Board! Club, the benefits are as follows:
Featured Game of the Week. Play one different DLC every week... for free! Discover and play a new game each week: the only condition is to be registered. Games will be available on a weekly rotation, so be prepared to try something new every week! The following DLCs are included in the rotation:
Rallyman GT, Escape the Dark Castle, Istanbul, The Hunger, Terraforming Mars and Aye! Dark Overlord
Direct access to the Game Scheduler from the hub! We detected that the Game Scheduler had an entry barrier, so we redesigned the access to make it easier for everyone to use. You can now create or join sessions planned by others... everything inside All On Board! Scheduling game sessions with friends is now easier than ever.
ATTENTION BACKERS! For those who supported us during the Kickstarter campaign, we aimed to build the smoothest rewards delivery. So, to keep the process quick and seamless, we created an automatic way to get your DLCs without the need to contact us. Just join the All On Board! Club with the same email you used to support us on Kickstarter and, from the current list of released DLCs, you'll get all the ones that belong to you without any extra effort.
But wait… as we said earlier, that’s not all!
We didn’t want to stop there, so we bring you a new game to enjoy! From now on, Backgammon joins Checkers, Go, Chess, Parchisi and French Deck Card Games as part of the free games included in All On Board!
Backgammon is a competitive board game for two players where tactical decisions and dice rolls shape the outcome. Players advance their counters around the board, capturing lone opponent pieces and making points to control movement. The objective is to move all your counters into your home area and bear them off before your opponent does.
Backgammon is one of the oldest games in history, with roots going back 5,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia. Played across civilizations under many names, from Persia to Rome to ancient China, it has been a favorite of emperors and aristocrats alike. Now it's free for everyone in All On Board!
A new way to play with cards is also being included with this update. We have improved the French Deck Card Games experience with the Custom Deck feature! This allows the host to build a deck from scratch, with options like choosing the number of suits, cards per suit, whether jokers are included, and how many decks are used in play.
Here is everything you can do with it:
Choose number of suits (4, 5 or 6 suits)
Configure the values, figures and jokers within the deck
Choose number of decks at the table
Choose a layout type: grid, spread, both, or neither. The corresponding layout will spawn in the center of the table.
More content, more ways to play, more reasons to come back: that's the direction, and we're not stopping here. This update is especially focused on bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements, making this our smoothest version yet, and there's more coming: expect news very soon!
Thanks for playing and see you on board!