A new feature has been added that allows Plus Members to create a rematch from any move in the game history. To use it go to your History Tab > Move Log and click on any of the rematch links that appear next to each move entry. This will bring up a screen that will allow you to change which seat positions each player will play in the new rematch game, most of the time you’ll probably just want accept the defaults for the seat positions.
So what can you use “History Move Log Rematches” for anyways? Here are some examples of how you might use “History Move Log Rematches”:
[1] Sometimes it may seem that the setup for a game was unfair and that your buddy won just because of lucky initial positioning. Now you can play the same game again and switch positions with your buddy to see how your buddy does with your starting position.
[2] A couple bad die rolls can have a catastrophic effect on the out come of a game. Therefore, you may want to start a rematch on a contentious game and see what would have happened if you didn’t get slaughtered “unjustly” by bad luck on that one turn.
[3] Every once in a while you get into a situation you think nobody could get out of. Inspite of this you’re friends think you lost because you suck. Well now you can turn the tables and see how they would have faired playing from that point in a game. In fact it might be fun to even purposely create almost impossible situations and test your skills to see who can win inspite of it.
[4] Sometimes you’ve got a eager trigger finger on your mouse and inadvertantly clicked on the wrong button, for example clicked on End Turn too early. With History Move Log Rematches you can start another game from just before you made the mistake and play the game again as it should have been played.
Enjoy! As always please send any feedback you may have.
December 18, 2006 at 8:16 am
That is a cool feature. I’ve wanted something like that many times.