Feature requests

Frozen cards in hand AND in discard pile. Blank cards. Have to refresh page multiple times per hand. Very annoying. Was playing someone today and mentioned that Holger hadn't fixed bugs, and then I named bugs, and he said he has the same problem, that he thought it was just him. The point being -- I'm not making this up to harass you Holger, I just wish that if YOU can't fix it, you get someone in who can.

I like the little menu, Holger, although it took me a minute to find the "Leave Game" option. Good work.

If I need to refresh a page due to card freeze, or blank card, it doesn't bring me back into the game anymore. Instead, I am thrown out of my registered identify, and sometimes into a whole new game as a Guest. More wonderful stuff to love about Holger's new site. Why couldn't you have just left it alone? You still could have charged your fees for those who don't know how to get an ad blocker...

The bots used to cover their man but now more often than not, they don't. They just keep ducking away until the other player Shoots the Moon.

Hi, I would sign up for a monthly subscription to hide ads - if only there were a payment option that didn't require me to put in my credit card number (like google pay, paypal, etc). Not sure if it's costly or a headache to implement other payment options, but thought you might want to know that's a barrier to signing up :). Love this site and wish you lots of success with it.

Several of the solitaire games have the same bug. When I start a new game, there are times when the Right column of cards does not show up until after I've made a play. This is not ideal since the card in the missing column might be the most advantageous card to play. I have noticed this in both of the Klondike games, the Spider (1Suit) game, Freecell and the Russian Solitaire game. Also, today, the Russian Solitaire game is not working at all. The fields are all blank.

In Gin Rummy, could the first deal in the game sort the cards in numerical order, please?

I have a few key suggestions that will really help make WoC Pinochle the best Pinochle app on the market. We really need a custom meld table (at least for private tables). The flow of WoC and many other Pinochle games is hampered by the use of single deck melds for double deck pinochle games. In an email to Holger, I attached a .pdf of tournament rules from the WPA (World Pinochle Association). The meld is on pg. 5. I've also included an image of the WPA Melds. You'll notice key differences like the value of a single run being 25 and a single pinochle being 15. But there are other differences as well. These updated melds make the game flow much faster and make the game more realistic. Karman's Pinochle and NeuralPlay Pinochle both have customizable meld tables. There should also be a set limit (usually 2 or 3 sets). Typically, if a team gets set 3 times the game is over. This adds a whole new dimension to the game, especially late in the game. Karman's Pinochle and NeuralPlay both have implemented set limits. Turning a boston (also called 'Win All Tricks', sometimes referred to as 'Pinochle'). This is when one team takes all of the trick points. The game should be over, as long as the team isn't in the hole (negative points). So a simple option like 'Win All Tricks' and being able to set it to the same number of points as the game limit would be fine. Karman's Pinochle and NeuralPlay Pinochle have similar options. Also, it'd be great to be able to change the number of points needed to win. Experienced players (when playing with multiple teams) often play a variation called 'Rise and Shine' where the game ends at 350 points. It'd be nice to have a few options. Karman's Pinochle, Trickster cards, and NeuralPlay Pinochle are some games that have this option. Must Bid/Set to win- This is different from 'bidder out'. 'Bidder out' just means that if both teams cross the point limit (e.g. 500 points) the team that took the bid will win (instead of the team with the highest score). 'Must bid/set to win' means you can only "go out" (end the game) if you took the bid OR SET the team that took the bid. This makes for some genuine end game drama that gets really fun. Trickster cards has this feature. Karman's Pinochle also has the feature 'Must Bid to Win Game' (but including set would be better). Also, did we lose the ability to save hand histories?? I actually used this feature quite a bit to study hands and get advice from more experienced players. It'd be great to see these files back. I know WoC has just undergone a major interface change. But these changes are long overdue and they would really help make WoC the best Pinochle experience possible. I've made a systematic study of all the various Pinochle apps and I've sent reports about missing features to the developers. I'd be happy to talk to you about how I've seen other apps implement these features. There are apps that offer these features but they are often single player or the app's developers are unresponsive to the community. I really believe if we get these features into WoC it will be hands down the best app.