Chipline: Five in a Row

Lay chips on a board of playing cards to get five in a row. Jacks are wild, so any hand can turn on one card. Win three runs to take the match. Play solo against bots, pass one device around the table, or everyone plays on their own iPhone or iPad. It all works offline, so a long flight or a cabin with no signal won't stop the game. Chipline is a board game for two, four or six players. Everyone sees the board on their own phone and holds their own hand there, so nobody sees your cards. Kids without a phone? Pass and play runs the whole game on one device, handed round. Odd number of people? Bots fill any empty chair. Want an audience? Lay an iPad, iPhone Duo or a spare phone flat in the middle of the table as the board. Nobody needs it to play, but its ten-by-ten grid of big, readable cards lets friends who aren't playing follow every move. Heading somewhere without signal? Install…