Jibbick
What changed in the games, and why — written down before we forget.
The Bell now lives on Jibbick. Sign in and your town is kept: open it on any phone and it's exactly where you left it. If two devices have been playing it apart, the game asks which town to keep instead of picking one behind your back.
Timed turns used to be checked every five seconds. Now the server sets one alarm for the next deadline and sleeps until it rings. A three-day game costs nothing between turns, and a five-minute one ends exactly when it should.
The original board game's rulebook and cards turned up, and Monument now plays by them. Tokens take the rulebook's values, mining costs 1 instead of 10, a monument is 33 food and 30 points, the technology rungs carry the cards' names, the first rung costs one food instead of being dealt, and the panel tells you what every rung does.
Pinch to zoom, two fingers to pan, and a tap that is never mistaken for a drag. Tap a hex and its choices rise as a sheet from the bottom of the screen, while the tribe list and the score step out of the way until you've decided.
Signing in moved out of Monument and into Jibbick, so one account opens every game. You can now export your account as well as delete it, and every screen has a way home.