Recess: Board Games

Recess turns your phone into a shelf of brain games and party favourites you already know, to play with friends nearby or far away, or against the robot when you're on your own. Open a table and send the code, let a friend scan the QR code, or find a table nearby on the same Wi-Fi or over Bluetooth, and you're playing. Nearby needs no internet at all. No account. No sign-up. Familiar games, including: • Chess: Full rules, an optional clock, with a friend or the robot. • Chinese Chess (Xiangqi): River and palace included, with a friend or the robot. • Go: Black and white stones, a few simple rules, and a game you can play for life. • Mandarin Squares (Ô ăn quan): The Vietnamese schoolyard game of sowing stones and taking mandarins. • Sea Battle: Hide your fleet, call coordinates and sink theirs. • Plane Battle: Hide your planes and find the heads of theirs. • Five in a Row: First to line…