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What changed on playirl.gg, newest first. The site updates continuously — everything here is already live.
A full guide to every feature of the app.
How to use the PlayIRL app A guide covering every feature of the app — the board, commander damage, the turn timer, themes and card art, sharing a table, and accounts — with screenshots of each. Linked from the app itself, from this site's App page and from Guides.
2026-09-19 · playirl.gg
A shortcut to your game history Signed in, the App page now has a button straight through to your games.
2026-09-19 · playirl.gg
Your games from the app now live on the site, and a shared board can be played here.
Game history on playirl.gg Every game your account has synced, listed with its seats, final life totals, format and the device it was played on. Open one for a life chart across the whole game, turn times per player, elimination causes and who won.
2026-09-18 · playirl.gg
Play a shared game in the browser A link to a board now offers to open in the app or to play right here — no install needed for someone joining a table for the first time.
2026-09-18 · playirl.gg
Sign in to the app with your playirl.gg account A consent screen that says what the app is asking for, with account switching if you keep more than one.
2026-09-18 · playirl.gg
The account area, rebuilt One section per area with its own heading and icon, a sticky nav down the side, and the danger zone last rather than mixed in among ordinary settings.
2026-09-18 · playirl.gg
Sync you can see A banner over your game list says how much is backed up and that it happens automatically, and refreshes itself whenever you come back to the tab.
2026-09-18 · playirl.gg
The filters panel says when it has something to apply Done turns blue the moment you change anything, the location button stays outlined once you have used it, and a long country name no longer gets clipped.
2026-09-18 · playirl.gg
Signing in explains itself The sign-in card says what an account is actually for, and Create one is a real option rather than fine print.
2026-09-18 · playirl.gg
The App page got a proper tour.
A feature grid on the App page Real screenshots of the app rather than descriptions of it, and a Get the app call to action that says which platform is at which stage.
2026-09-17 · playirl.gg
The whole site scaled up and got more air.
Bigger type, more space A pass over the entire site: larger controls, more room between things, and format tags set in Beleren small caps.
2026-09-16 · playirl.gg
Event pages A discussion composer, links through to the venue, and a sticky bar so the actions stay reachable as you read.
2026-09-16 · playirl.gg
Filters remember themselves.
Filters save when you close them No separate apply step, and pending changes are flagged so you can see what is about to take effect.
2026-09-14 · playirl.gg
Bigger controls in the top bar A 28px box with 14px type, up one size from before.
2026-09-14 · playirl.gg
Track became the App, with a playable board on the page.
/track is now /app The life tracker's page moved and is called the PlayIRL app throughout, in the nav and everywhere it is linked. Old links still work.
2026-09-13 · playirl.gg
A playable demo board The phone on the App page runs a real board in the Block theme with names hidden, and simulates the iOS status bar so it reads as a phone rather than a screenshot.
2026-09-13 · playirl.gg
Real end times Events show an end time when the source actually gave one, instead of a guess.
2026-09-13 · playirl.gg
Faster homepage Wide calendar renders no longer stall the front page, and the first paint of a list is 40 cards rather than 250.
2026-09-13 · playirl.gg
New here? The guide walks through everything the app does.