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Notes on how this site is built and where it is going — new languages, new board variants, and why each one seemed worth doing.

12 September 2026Konnichiwa by Just Play 20482048 now plays in Japanese — board, controls and rules, so you can play start to finish without needing English.
5 September 2026Do puzzle games actually make you sharper?What the research on puzzles and cognition actually found, including the review that undercuts the claim — and why nobody can honestly tell you what 2048 does for your brain.
1 September 2026Bonjour by Just Play 20482048 now plays in French — board, controls and rules, so you can play start to finish without needing English.
22 August 2026Hallo by Just Play 20482048 now plays in German — board, controls and rules, so you can play start to finish without needing English.
17 August 2026Two new boards: 3×3 and 5×5The first two variations are live. Same rules, one number changed — and a nine-cell board and a twenty-five-cell board play nothing like the original.
13 August 2026Hola by Just Play 20482048 now plays in Spanish — board, controls and rules, so you can play start to finish without needing English.
6 August 2026Welcome to my 2048 siteWhy this exists: a 2048 that loads straight to the board, plays the same on a phone or a computer, and keeps growing a set of variations to work through.

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