PicGammon

Backgammon by post. You make one move. You seal it with a photograph of your own face, taken then and there with the front camera. Your opponent opens the game, sees what you did to the board and sees you — once — and then that photograph is gone. Not archived, not recoverable, not sitting on a server somewhere. Looking at it is what deletes it. Then they move, and you get their face. THE RITUAL • One turn, then you put the phone down. Each player has 24 hours to reply. Miss it and you forfeit the game. • Every turn is sealed with a live front-camera shot. There is no camera roll, no filter, and no way to send a picture you took earlier — the app has no access to your photos at all. • Your opponent sees it exactly once. The request that shows them the image destroys our copy before it answers. • Add a note of up to 140 characters if you want. It arrives with the photo and it dies with…