About Fidchell
Fidchell, which is also called Faery Chess or Celtic Chess, is an ancient celtic game which was mentioned in multiple Irish epics and chronicles. Under the name of Gwyddbwyll it also appears in the Welsh Mabinogion and...
Fidchell, which is also called Faery Chess or Celtic Chess, is an ancient celtic game which was mentioned in multiple Irish epics and chronicles. Under the name of Gwyddbwyll it also appears in the Welsh Mabinogion and seems to have been held in peculiar reverence throughout the British Isles. Faery Chess is what emerged from Nigel Suckling's investigations and speculations about the lost game.
The game is played an a board consisting of circles and lines on which the game pieces are placed and can move along. Similar to games like the ancient abstract board game Nine Men's Morris the pieces are first placed onto the board in turn and moved afterwards once all of them have been placed. The capturing of pieces works differently though and is alike to Tafl games: a piece gets captured if a player traps it between two of his own pieces. This even grants him another move with which he may trap another one and so on.
The app features two variants of the game: the basic edition which is easier to understand and where both players are treated equally and the advanced version which has different goals for both players. The general goal is to connect the central Naval stone with the border of the board by forming a connected line of stones.
This app features both game modes for offline play against a human or the computer/AI and asynchronous online play against humans.
The app is ad supported. These ads can be permanently deactivated through an one-time In App Purchase (IAP).
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Fidchell since it was posted on our website on 2016-10-03 18:35:33.
The latest version is 2.27 and it was updated on 2026-06-11 13:59:56. See below the changes in each version.
Fidchell version 2.27
Updated At: 2026-06-10
Changes: Security fixes.
Fidchell version 2.26
Updated At: 2025-08-17
Changes: Updated third party libraries to support more devices.
Fidchell version 2.25
Updated At: 2024-08-04
Changes: Fixed an issue with the server certificate.
Fidchell version 2.24
Updated At: 2024-01-01
Changes: Fixed a problem with challenges in the advanced game mode.
Fidchell version 4
Updated At: 2023-12-10
Changes: Fix for crashes on specific devices.
Fidchell version 2.23
Updated At: 2023-08-28
Changes: Improved stability and fixed some minor bugs.
Fidchell version 2.22
Updated At: 2022-04-29
Changes: Improved the speed of the AI.
Fixed a label that wasn't translated upon language change.
Updated the translation files.
It is now possible to undo chain moves of the AI that are longer than 2 moves in a row.
Fidchell version 2.20
Updated At: 2022-02-17
Changes: Added a planning mode that allows to plan ahead, moving pieces of both sides.
During an online match multiple moves that haven't been submitted yet can be undone now.
Toki Pona has been added as new language option.
Fidchell version 2.19
Updated At: 2021-08-21
Changes: Fixed a slow down that could affect the speed of the AI and responsiveness of the game itself.
Fidchell version 2.17
Updated At: 2021-08-18
Changes: The AI will now continue to play if you issue a challenge in advanced mode.
The AI will currently not issue challenges themselves though. We are working on that.
This changelog will now be shown for all languages. It didn't work in some like Polish.
Added the option to delete your account. This will affect all Fellhuhn games.
Updated the translations.
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