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Everything that has shipped, newest first, alongside articles on how it all works. Each release is dated to the day it actually went live — most recently on 2 October 2026.
Deshelved has been shipping since 13 June 2026. A web release went live on the website and reaches the apps in their next update, so it carries no version number.
Tips that show you around, and a clearer BoardGameGeek sign-up
Version 1.64 · build 71 ·
- Dots point out controls worth knowing, and a meeple shares a tip now and then. Settings can show tips again.
- Game search also matches names in other languages.
- Shared scoresheets: decline an offered seat, or pick one up on another device.
- Sign-up explains BoardGameGeek usernames and checks the name exists.
- On iPhone, Add to calendar opens the calendar sheet. Button text is easier to read.
Sign-in fixed on iPhone, and crew plays saved for you
Version 1.63 · build 70 ·
- Sign in with Google and Apple works again on iPhone.
- A new setting saves plays your crew logs with you straight into your own log.
- Settings is grouped into coloured sections, with a side menu on wide screens.
- A household member's collection link now shows the household's shelf.
Ready for Android 16
Version 1.62 · build 69 ·
- Updated for Android 16, the version Google Play now requires.
- The app's underlying framework is updated to its latest version.
A tidier help section, and the iPhone app on iOS 27
Version 1.62 · build 68 ·
- Help is grouped into sections, with a new Crew article and screenshots.
- Help pages now use the Deshelved colours.
- Corrected help on how plays reach BoardGameGeek and what location data is kept.
- The support assistant reads the help articles and links you to the right one.
- The iPhone and iPad app starts correctly on iOS 27.
Stay signed in, and rulebooks you can trust
Version 1.62 · build 67 ·
- You stay signed in — your session refreshes as you use Deshelved instead of expiring on a timer.
- Rulebooks are checked before they are kept, the wrong ones removed, and you can upload a better version of any that slipped through.
- Setup guides build themselves the moment you open one.
- A blank score no longer breaks the winner on a play.
- BoardGameGeek collection sync is working again after an outage at their end.
Sharing a shelf with your family
Article ·
How to let the people you live with use your collection: both of you need an account, you connect as crew, and you turn on In my household. Read more
A guide that sets the game up with you
Version 1.61 · build 66 ·
- Pick a game and Deshelved walks you through setting it up, one step at a time, read aloud so your hands stay free.
- Ask about the rules without leaving the play you are logging.
- Send a screenshot with a support ticket, and get one back.
- Remove someone from a shared scoresheet and adding them back no longer creates a second row.
- An evening two of your crew both logged now shows once, even if you did not log it yourself.
Score together on one sheet
Version 1.60 · build 65 ·
- Everyone at the table can now fill in the same scoresheet from their own phone. Add a game and your crew to a play and it starts itself.
- Anyone can type in any cell, not just their own row, and scores appear on everyone's phone in seconds.
- An unfinished play now waits for you. Forget to save and it is still there next time you open Plays.
Log a play from the game itself
Version 1.59 · build 64 ·
- Every game on your shelf now has a Log a play button, so you can record a session without hunting for the play log.
- Games that are won rather than scored — co-ops, racing games — can be logged as simply won or lost, with no score to invent.
- The played marker moved to the corner of the card and tells you what changed when you tap it.
- Complexity now shows on hundreds more games.
The invite message is back
Version 1.58 · build 63 ·
- Sharing an invite sends the short message again alongside the link. Build 62 removed it while chasing a link problem that turned out not to be one.
Invite links survive Messenger
Version 1.57 · build 62 ·
- Sharing an event invite from an iPhone now sends the real link, not just deshelved.com.
Your crew's votes stay put
Version 1.56 · build 61 ·
- Removing a game from a shortlist now asks first, and says how many people have voted on it.
- Those votes are no longer lost — put the game back and they come back with it.
Any game on BoardGameGeek, and the photo you already took
Version 1.55 · build 60 ·
- Suggest a game nobody here owns — search all of BoardGameGeek from the event picker, guests included.
- Results now show player counts and box art, so you can see what seats your group.
- Find crew by the tags you gave them, not just their names.
- Add games from a photo you already took, or photograph a game's own box.
More tables, and the names you actually use
Version 1.54 · build 59 ·
- A host can turn the player-count filter off, so a night with several tables can vote on any game.
- Choose the name a game is shown under, when the BoardGameGeek title isn't the one you know.
- Sync your collection without signing in to BoardGameGeek.
- The player picker now fits narrow screens.
- If BoardGameGeek is down, we say so and send your plays over later.
Nights that are not one table
Web release ·
- A host can turn the player-count filter off, so an evening with several tables running at once can shortlist and vote on any game — not only the ones that seat everybody.
- Choose the name a game is shown under, for when the BoardGameGeek title is not the one you know it by.
- Filter your own support tickets, so open conversations are not buried under closed ones.
Jump through a long shelf, and scores that add up
Version 1.53 · build 58 ·
- Drag the strip down the right of your collection to jump through it — it follows your sort
- Score fields show the total when you finish typing, and the sum again when you tap back in
- Delete an event from the top of its editor, not the bottom
- Support threads have a back-to-top button
- Game count no longer clipped on the collection heading
Find any game, and see what it plays best at
Version 1.52 · build 57 ·
- Search now finds any game on BoardGameGeek — not only ones already here
- Cards show complexity, and the player counts a game is best at
- Game titles stay put when you filter by player count
- Adding games from a shelf photo works again
- New About page, and Privacy and Terms links open properly again
Scores that add up, and a calendar that subscribes
Version 1.51 · build 56 ·
- Score fields have their own keypad — negative scores, and sums like 33+35 that total themselves
- Next moves you through the scores and adds a row when you reach the end
- Score by rounds is now the Score sheet, sits above the players, and hides the list while you use it
- Add to my calendar now subscribes properly instead of saving a copy that never updates
Your game nights in your own calendar
Version 1.50 · build 55 ·
- Subscribe to all your events from Settings — your calendar stays up to date on its own
- Sharing a link now opens your phone's own share sheet on Android
Merging duplicate crew members
Version 1.49 · build 54 ·
- You can now merge a duplicate into someone who is also on other people's crew lists
- Merging shows you what moves across before you commit to it
Votes save as you tap
Version 1.48 · build 53 ·
- Your game votes save the moment you tap them — no more Submit button
- Add to calendar now opens your phone's own calendar instead of downloading a file
- Event cards show who is hosting, with a crown, alongside everyone playing
- Date rows fit properly on narrow screens and larger text sizes
Sign-in fixed, and tidier game cards
Version 1.47 · build 52 ·
- Signing in with Google or Apple works again in the app
- Game titles are no longer covered by the BoardGameGeek button
Calendar fixes, and no more duplicate crew
Version 1.46 · build 51 ·
- Your availability calendar always opens on the current month, and past days can't be ticked
- Adding a crew member to an event no longer duplicates them
One shelf for the whole household
Version 1.45 · build 50 ·
- Share your collection with the people you live with — they see it as their own and can add to it, from the play-logging screen too
- Your crew list now shows who has a Deshelved account
- Merge a duplicate crew member from either side, instead of only from the duplicate
Different days for different events
Version 1.44 · build 49 ·
- Give any event its own availability — turn off “Use my general availability” when your free days depend on which group is playing
- Days you are already booked on elsewhere now stand out clearly in the calendar
- The Events tab no longer shows a badge for your own event
Game names on your shelf, and a quieter support chat
Version 1.43 · build 48 ·
- See every game's name on your collection cards — no need to tap the box art
- Support chat no longer shows typing dots when a real person has your conversation, and tells you if a reply is taking longer than usual
- Update prompts now point at the right app store for the device you are on
Crew that works both ways, and links that open the app
Version 1.42 · build 47 ·
- Crew now works both ways — anyone you add can see you and remove you
- Share a link so someone can add you to their crew in one tap
- Share your collection or an invite straight from your phone's share menu
- Links you send now show a proper preview card in chats
- Tapping a Deshelved link opens the app instead of the browser
Nothing lost mid-game, and pages you can refresh
Version 1.41 · build 46 ·
- Your scores are kept if you refresh mid-game
- Save several shared plays at once
- See which events have new activity, and which invites you haven't answered
- Pull down to refresh an event page
- Tidier pop-ups: they fit on a phone and hold the page still
- iPhone: tapping a field no longer zooms the page
Score by rounds, and a tidier play log
Version 1.40 · build 45 ·
- Score games round by round, with running totals as you play
- Set a target score and see who reaches it first
- Tonight's game night now sits at the top of your events
- Fixed sideways scrolling on the play log and settings
- Fixed a game card showing back-to-front on some phones
Passkeys only where they work
Version 1.39 · build 44 ·
- The passkey option now only shows on devices that support it.
Clearer sign-in, and the host counts
Version 1.38 · build 43 ·
- Logging a play from an event now includes you, the host, in the player list.
- If a sign-in doesn't complete, you're now told why.
- Signing in with Google now needs a confirmed email. If asked for a password, use Resend verification in Settings.
- Behind-the-scenes improvements to account security.
Suggest the days that work
Version 1.37 · build 42 ·
- Hosts can suggest which days an event could happen on. Guests see them marked, and can still offer any other day.
- Suggesting a day marks you free on it; clearing your availability takes the suggestion back down.
- Your crew list now uses your own name for each person.
- A matching email or BoardGameGeek username links duplicate crew entries instead of leaving both.
- Bigger, clearer dates in the availability calendar.
Fewer rough edges
Version 1.36 · build 41 ·
- Games added from a play or an import now show their player count, box art and description instead of an empty card.
- Rulebook search no longer spins forever when nothing can be found — it tells you.
- "Brought by" now only credits someone when the game is actually on their shelf.
- Someone sharing another person's availability is no longer asked to pick dates themselves.
- One person, one entry: claiming an invite no longer creates a second copy of you in the crew list.
Deshelved in your language
Version 1.35 · build 40 ·
- Italian, French and Spanish are now available alongside English and Turkish — pick yours under Settings → Language.
- The whole app translates, not just the menus: help articles, update notes, support replies and the emails we send you.
- Game descriptions are written in your language rather than translated into it.
- The language list is now in alphabetical order, so yours is where you'd expect.
- A crew member's collection link only appears when they actually have games on their shelf.
Finding games, and finding your crew's shelves
Version 1.34 · build 39 ·
- Adding a game now ranks results by how well known they are, shows how many matched, and no longer hides the one you wanted below the fold.
- Crew members without a BoardGameGeek account now show a link to their collection — a shelf built by hand or by photo works the same way.
- You can borrow the collection of a crew member who has never signed up, which is often the biggest one available.
- Switching language now fills in your game descriptions in that language instead of leaving them in English.
- Editing a play scrolls properly on a short screen, so Save is always reachable.
- Sharing an event link now previews as the invitation — title, date and a reason to tap — rather than an advert for the site.
- Your collection sort order is remembered on this device. Crew and location boxes say "filter" instead of "search", because that is all they do.
Adding games, tidied up — and safer collection links
Version 1.33 · build 38 ·
- Adding a game is one place now. Press + Add and you can either search by name or take a photo of your shelf — the separate camera button is gone, because they were always two ways of doing the same thing.
- Collection share links no longer contain your BoardGameGeek username. A shared link now uses a short code that says nothing about who you are, and sharing a collection no longer needs a BoardGameGeek account at all.
- Links shared before this update have stopped working. That is deliberate: the old ones had your BGG username in them and there was no way to withdraw one once it had been sent. Ask whoever shared it for a fresh link from the Share button on their Collection page.
- If tapping a crew member's or a guest's name stopped opening their collection, updating to this version fixes it.
- A fix for the Updates page, which was missing the profile menu on a wide screen while signed in.
Add games by photographing your shelf
Version 1.32 · build 37 ·
- Add games from a photo. Tap the camera button on your Collection, photograph a shelf, a stack or the table, and we identify the boxes we can see and match them to BoardGameGeek. Nothing is added until you tick the ones you want. Confident matches arrive ticked; anything we are less sure of is listed unticked on purpose, and a wrong match is fixed per row by searching for the game or picking from the other possibilities we found. We tell you how many boxes we could see against how many we could name, so a game we missed is visible rather than silently dropped. Your photo is used to read the titles and is then discarded.
- Games already in your collection are marked as such and cannot be added twice.
- Custom box art and gameplay photos you upload are now refused if the safety check cannot run, rather than being saved unchecked. If you see "We couldn't check that image just now", your picture is fine — the check was unavailable, so try again shortly.
- A fix for event pages, which had stopped loading for events that had anyone in the guest list.
Close your account, and more of the app in Turkish
Version 1.31 · build 36 ·
- You can now close your account yourself, from Settings. Your sign-in details, collection, your own play log, your votes and your support messages are deleted, and your email is freed so you can sign up again later. Your name stays in your crew's lists and in game nights other people logged, because those are their records.
- More of the app is in Turkish: the Updates screen and its menu entry, and the Help FAQ, which was still appearing in English.
- Support conversations now say "With the team" once your report reaches the developers, instead of looking like we were waiting on you.
- Privacy & Cookies and Terms of Service now have proper pages, so search engines and app stores read the real thing instead of the landing page.
- Fixes so a conversation a team member has personally taken over stays with them.
Deshelved in your language
Version 1.30 · build 35 ·
- Deshelved now speaks Turkish. The whole app — your collection, events, play log, crew and settings — follows the language your phone is set to, or pick one yourself in Settings → Language.
- The help section is translated too, and support replies come back in your language using the same words your screen shows.
- What's new and the updates page are in your language as well, so you can read what changed without switching to English.
- Fixes: a conversation you started with support before signing in now follows you into your account instead of disappearing, and an expired sign-in tells you so rather than showing an empty page.
Expansions on your game cards + a smoother slow connection
Version 1.29 · build 34 ·
- Flip a game card over and you'll now find a tab for each expansion you own, with its own rulebook, cheat sheet and rules chat — tap Find PDF on an expansion to go looking for its rulebook.
- On a weak signal Deshelved no longer sits there spinning: it gives up on a slow request, shows your saved copy of your events, collection or play log, and flags a Slow connection. Everything refreshes once the signal recovers.
Faster play logging + account security
Version 1.28 · build 33 ·
- Logging a play: the game picker now shows your whole collection straight away — no more "1 player" filter hiding most of your games.
- Security: sign out of all other devices from Settings, and changing your password now signs you out everywhere else automatically.
Location autofill for the play log
Version 1.27 · build 32 ·
- Turn on Location autofill in Settings and the play log fills in your location from your device automatically — matched to places you've logged before, with no address lookups.
- Privacy-first: your exact position is never stored. Only a rounded coordinate is kept, and you choose how coarse — 100 m, 500 m or 1 km.
Borrow a crew member's collection — now for game nights too
Version 1.26 · build 31 ·
- Borrow a crew member's collection even if they don't use BoardGameGeek. Set it in Settings → Shared collection, and now you can add their games to an event and everyone can vote on them.
- Add someone to your crew by email or BGG username, and they'll link up automatically when they sign up — no more duplicate or unlinked crew members.
- Editing a crew member now saves and closes in one tap.
Crew leaderboards + build a collection without BGG
Version 1.25 · build 30 ·
- Flip a play to its stats card and switch to "+ Crew's" to compare your scores with your crew's — especially solo scores, since everyone's solo plays live in their own account. Only crew you've mutually added, who share their stats, appear.
- Privacy: your play stats (plays, win rate, best score) are shared with your mutual crew by default so leaderboards work out of the box. Don't want that? Turn sharing off any time in Settings → Privacy.
- You no longer need a BoardGameGeek account to have a collection — tap Add and search to build one directly. Linking BGG still imports your owned games (one-way); games you add or remove in Deshelved show an "Add/Remove on BGG" link so you can update BGG in one tap.
- Share your collection without a BGG account too — the Share button now gives everyone a public link (older BGG-username links keep working).
Smarter stats + full-history play search
Version 1.24 · build 29 ·
- On a game's stats card, filter by player count (Solo / 2 / 3…) to see how a game plays solo versus in a full group — handy for games that feel very different at different counts.
- Your play-log search and game/player filters now cover your entire history, not just your most recent plays — so older matches are no longer missed.
Save your BGG password + smoother syncing
Version 1.23 · build 28 ·
- Save your BoardGameGeek password (optional) — if you've been away for a while and your BGG sign-in has expired, syncing keeps working without asking you to type your password again. It's stored encrypted, and you can remove it anytime in Settings.
- Renaming yourself in your account now updates your play history and BoardGameGeek plays to match, instead of leaving them under your old name.
- Fixed syncing a play you'd copied from another player's game night — the Sync button now works instead of silently reverting.
Clearer game-night pages
Version 1.22 · build 27 ·
- The guest page now guides you through it — pick your dates, then vote on games — in clearly separated, colour-coded sections
- Vote cards now match your collection and show who suggested each game, their rating, and which ones you've already played
- Tidier date picker — clearer month arrows, and swipe to move between months
- Assorted layout and polish across the event and guest pages
Update-link fix
Version 1.21 · build 26 ·
- Fixed the in-app “update available” notification so it opens the Play Store correctly instead of a blank screen
- Assorted fixes and polish
Clearer game descriptions
Version 1.20 · build 25 ·
- Every game now has a short summary on its card — expand it for a detailed write-up, drawn from the rulebook when one can be found
- Fixed guest invite links that opened a broken page when shared from the app
- When a rulebook is found for a description, it now also powers the quick-reference cheat sheet automatically
- Assorted fixes and polish
Easier event joining
Version 1.19 · build 24 ·
- Join a game night from any device — reclaim your name, sign in to your account, or switch if you tapped the wrong name by mistake
- Expansions now show their real recommended player counts (e.g. Flamme Rouge + Peloton) instead of just the maximum
- Clearer player-count filter — an “8+” option and a tidier layout that fits small screens
- Assorted fixes and polish
Easier onboarding & tidier crew
Version 1.18 · build 23 ·
- Add your BoardGameGeek username right at sign-up to import your collection straight away — with clearer prompts while it syncs
- Crew: tap “That's me” to claim a synced player as yourself, and pick from your existing tags & locations instead of retyping
- You're warned before renaming a crew member changes their name in your public BoardGameGeek play history
- Fixes: the edit-play dialog now scrolls on small screens, plus tidier Settings and Crew layouts
Discover games faster
Version 1.17 · build 22 ·
- See your whole crew's shelves — add a friend by their BoardGameGeek username and their collection syncs in automatically
- Big collections load as they sync — games stream in instead of making you wait for the whole list
- Tap a category or mechanic on any game to instantly filter the collection to matching games
- Expanded game cards now show every category and mechanic, with a “+N more” hint when there's more to see
- You'll now be told when an app update is available, and see what's new after you upgrade
- Cleaner play cards and assorted polish
Sign-in & display fixes
Version 1.16 · build 21 ·
- Passkey sign-in now works in the Android app
- Fixed the top menu bar overlapping the status bar
- The app version now shows at the bottom of Settings
Shared plays and BGG sync
Web release ·
- A play logged by someone else that includes you now appears in your own log, and you can save your own copy of it.
- Plays you record can be pushed straight to your BoardGameGeek history.
The play log arrives
Web release ·
- Record what you played, who was there, scores and the winner — with first-player rotation tracked across sessions.
- The location field remembers where you play, and crew search makes adding people quick.
Collections keep themselves current
Web release ·
- Your BoardGameGeek collection now syncs automatically each day.
- If your BGG session expires, Deshelved tells you plainly instead of failing quietly.
Rulebooks and cheat sheets
Web release ·
- Flip a game card over to find its rulebook, plus a generated cheat sheet covering setup, turn order, key rules and how the game ends.
- Ask rules questions in plain language and get answers drawn strictly from the rulebook itself.
Families at game night
Web release ·
- Dependent guests let a household share one availability answer while everyone still votes for themselves.
Install it, and share your shelf
Web release ·
- Deshelved can be installed to your home screen and send push notifications.
- Share your collection with a link — no BoardGameGeek account needed to view it.
Notifications, calendars and crew history
Web release ·
- A notification bell keeps you across invitations, availability matches and agreed dates.
- Add an event straight to your calendar with an .ics link.
- Merge or rename crew members without losing their play history.
Better ways to pick a game
Web release ·
- Filter by supported, recommended or best player count, using BoardGameGeek's community poll data.
- Guests can suggest games from their own collection for the host to approve.
Deshelved goes live
Web release ·
- The first public release: create a game night, add games from your BoardGameGeek collection, and share a link.
- Guests join with no account — they pick their name, vote Want / OK / Pass on each game, and mark the dates they are free.
- Results are revealed to each guest once they have voted, so early votes don't sway later ones.
More about deshelved:
Play log ·
Your collection ·
Hosting an event ·
Voting & results ·
BoardGameGeek sync ·
Mobile apps ·
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