Niggle (Oh Hell)6.0.0 - App Store

If you're looking for the card game Oh Hell! then this is the app for you!

It's got a powerful AI so you'll never have an easy game (I write AIs for a living!) and a huge range of customisable rule options to suit however you've traditionally played the game yourself. The AI players even have emotions and get happy and sad when they think they're going to make their bid or not. You can also play against your friends on their own devices over local WiFi or Bluetooth.

For newcomers to the game, Niggle (also known as "Oh Hell") is an easy to learn card game in which you must try to guess how many tricks you are going to win each round. The fun comes from trying to get exactly the number of wins you guessed while stopping your opponents from achieving their target.

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Version History - added landscape mode
- added a visual indicator to show which player dealt the cards 6.0.0 May 12 - added a new mode: 'trumps are chosen by the next card, but an Ace will mean No Trumps' 5.2.0 08/24/2024 - the AI players all react when any card is played, rather than just their own
- you can change your internet user name 5.1.0 06/09/2023 - the bid dialog box no longer obscures the top of your cards on iPad Pros
- player names are tidied for network games 5.0.3 01/22/2022 - fix for issues with iOS 15 5.0.2 09/23/2021 - fixed timing issues on certain devices 5.0.1 09/14/2021 - now allows networking over the internet and not just over a local WiFi
- added an 'auto-play last card' option 5.0.0 03/04/2021 - added a "bid squared" bonus points option
- added an "Always No Trumps" option 4.3.0 03/05/2020 - updated for new iPhone screen sizes and iOSes 4.2.0 03/03/2020 - fixes a bug that could crash the app towards the end of a hand
- compatible with iPhone X
- tap and hold on the score area to show the scoring history of the game so far
- tap and hold on the game area to show the cards played so far this hand 4.1 01/18/2018 - fix for display problems on iPhone Pluses and iPad 12.9" screens 4.0.2 01/06/2017 - bug fix: the card used for choosing trumps was being put back in the pack 4.0.1 02/05/2016 - Added networking between local devices, using WiFi or Bluetooth 4.0 01/26/2016 - fixed bug that affected screen touches on an iPhone 6s 3.4.1 10/08/2015 - new option for trumps always being spades
- reduced background memory usage 3.4 06/25/2015 - Option to turn off the speech bubbles
- Two new trump ordering options (No trumps first, and no trumps not used)
- Option to allow any bid when only one card is dealt even if the "screw the dealer" option is set
- Two new cards dealt options (1-13-1 and 13-2-13) 3.3 01/10/2015 - scoring moved to the top left corner for a cleaner user interface
- fixed a bug that could cause games to crash 3.2 12/27/2014 - option to switch off the personalities and their voices
- option to control game speed
- added game types with cards dealt 1-> 13 and 13-> 1
- fixed bug: sound off button wasn't working on all sound effects
- fixed bug: score totals are now only updated once the hand's scores have flown to the edge 3.1 12/11/2014 - new user interface
- computer players' facial expressions show how confident they are
- voices for computer players 3.0 12/03/2014 - decreased the memory footprint so the game is now more stable on older devices running iOS 6 2.2.1 02/15/2013 - new game type "Hellsbridge 1-8-8-1" added
- fix for devices running iOS 4.3 or older 2.2 01/12/2013 - fixed bug that hung the app when you had more than 100 high scores
- fixed bug that stopped the "Trumped" speech bubble from being shown 2.1.1 01/03/2013 - shows which played card is currently the winning card for the trick so far
- fixed memory problems 2.1 12/17/2012 - optimised code to make gameplay smoother on older devices
- fixed a bug in calculating the scores if using a custom scoring system 2.0.1 07/23/2012 - High score table now shows best 100 scores instead of just 10
- 4 different card and background styles to choose from
- The scoring system is now customisable
- 4 levels of AI to play against
- sort your cards in ascending or descending order
- sounds are now played at your device's "effects" volume rather than its "ringer" volume 2.0 06/19/2012