What's new?

2026

2026-08-28

๐Ÿš€ Variations

Branch off from any position in any match (even a variation) and explore alternative lines of play.

2026-08-09

Minoa ready for play!

2026-08-04

  • ๐ŸŽ‰ New Fendo variants for online play.

Fendo 9ร—9

Fendo 11ร—11

2026-08-03

  • โšก๏ธ Fixed: critical bugs in MCTS which hit all games!

2026-07-31

  • All games again on pure MCTS. Models need more training.
  • ๐Ÿš€ Significant spielbot improvements for the big games Fendo, Fabrik and Urbino.

2026-07-30

  • Server now more stable
  • Fixed action input which allowed opponent’s moves when it’s not their turn

2026-07-26

  • Spielbot will now resign if there are only direct losing moves.
  • Improvements for AI training

2026-07-24

More AI models added

2026-07-23 – ๐Ÿง  Deep Reinforcement Learning

Now used for spielbot playing for the following games. They get better the more I train them (Manalath and Mixtour being already reasonably good).

2026-07-17

More games playable!

  • Fendo
  • Manalath: added the bigger 70-cell nestorgames edition (plus a variant with 6 void cells)

2026-07-16

Further improvements to spielbot playing Urbino and Manalath.

2026-07-09

๐Ÿค– More spielbot improvements. Especially for the larger games like Urbino or Fabrik.

2026-01-27

The Paletto playground has now a dynamic board display. I’ve had this idea for a long time. Try it out! I’m going to implement settings for games, so this can also be switched off for you.

2026-01-24 – ๐Ÿง  Coding supported by AI

Added list of all matches of a certain game, e.g.: All Abande matches.

Urbino spielbot adjusted to avoid being enclosed too easily when the opponent is ahead in points.

2026-01-20

โšก๏ธ Hetzner server upgraded.

2026-01-16

Small anti-spam calulation added; much needed :( let’s see if it helps…

2025

2025-12-23 – Here we go again!

Over the last long years the whole online play UI was rebuilt from the ground up. Spielbot was improved and should play much better, especially games with large action spaces, like Urbino!

๐Ÿš€ The all new Enso is playable online.

More games (Accasta, Fendo …) will be added very soon!

There are still rough edges left, which I’m going to fix bit by bit.

Development history

The latest changes and additions are listed here.

Feedback is always welcome!

Development history

The latest changes and additions are listed here.

Feedback is always welcome!