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    <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2026 19:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Smarter AI Bidding</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <category>Bug Fix</category>
      <description><![CDATA[AI bidding improvements: the AI now bids bigger on strong hands instead of always playing it safe, Nello opening plays improved to lead doubles first (the textbook play), and the "Max Opening Mark" setting has been removed in favor of natural score-based bid limits.]]></description>
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      <title>Refining Trick History</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <category>Feature</category>
      <description><![CDATA[We just rolled out an update focusing on the game board's Trick History drawer: responsive flex-proportional column layout, team-colored pill badges for locations/bidders, unified typography, centered play explanation tooltips, and simplified Nello summaries.]]></description>
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      <title>What's Coming Next</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <category>Update</category>
      <description><![CDATA[With go-live behind us, we're settling into the production soak period: watching the servers, listening to feedback, and making sure everything runs the way it should at scale. Once we're satisfied that the foundation is solid, the next wave of features heads to beta: Multiplayer, Tournaments, Circuits, and Moon (3-player 42).]]></description>
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      <title>Happy Birthday, Follow Me 42 🎂</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Follow Me 42 is live. This started as a personal project born from a simple frustration: I couldn't find an online version of Texas 42 that got the rules right and respected the game the way it deserves. So I built one. What began at a kitchen table has grown into something real, and today it's yours. A huge thank you to our beta testers for making this possible!]]></description>
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