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Shove Ha'penny - classic British pub game of skill

Traditional pub & bar coin game mentioned by Shakespeare, played by Henry VIII

Thinkling · uk.thinkling.shove

Not rated yet 1K+ downloads v1.2.5 2.5 MB Android 4.0.3+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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  • Signature matches the Google Play version Details

At a glance

Latest version
v1.2.5 (9)
Updated
Jul 17, 2025 (1 year ago)
APK size
2.5 MB
Requires
Android 4.0.3+ (API 15)
CPU support
Any (no native code)
Category
Board (game)
Listed since
Feb 15, 2021 (at least)
Website
thinkling.uk
Developer contact
[email protected]

About this APK

Shove Ha'penny - classic British pub game of skill is a game by Thinkling in the Board category, listed since at least February 2021. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

What's new in v1.2.5

New 'Progressive' mode enabled (Oxfordshire or 'Newmarket' rules) New Scoring mode enabled (Portsmouth or 'Shanghai' rules) Current player indicator Improved win state

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

The wonderfully traditional pub game of Shove Ha'penny (or Halfpenny) has been recreated for the 3rd Millennium. Being an ancient British game, that has even been mentioned by Shakespeare, with no governing body, rules are varied and loosely defined. Two players take turns sliding 5 coins up a board which is marked with horizontal lines to form gaps between the lines (beds) in which a coin must end in order to score. Any coins that end up touching or crossing a line do not score. HISTORY Shove-groat, named also Slype-groat, and Slide-thrift, are sports occasionally mentioned by the writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and in 1900 were described as "probably analogous to the modern pastime which is confined to common pot-houses, and only practised by such as frequent the tap-rooms." Shove-groat itself descended from Shovel-board and history records that this was among the many pastimes that Henry VIII. indulged. The privy purse expenses of 1532 show that in January Lord William won £9 of the King at "shovilla bourde," and "My lord of Rocheforde won of the King at shovilla bourde and betting at the game £45." In the following month Lord Rocheford won £41, 12s. 6d. of the King at the same pastime.

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

  • Signature matches the Google Play version Checked by the source store on Jul 17, 2025.
  • Certificate issued to “Thinkling (UK) Ltd.” This is the certificate of the Google Play version.

Store checks and file details

  • Developer signature verified Jul 17, 2025
  • Validated against Google Play Jul 17, 2025
  • Signed byCN=David Linsley, OU=Mobile Development, O=Thinkling (UK) Ltd., L=London, ST=England, C=UK
  • Signing certificate (SHA-1)F6:4E:9C:BC:BE:54:9C:6B:2B:47:7A:61:EA:AD:73:20:EE:B0:BF:2A
  • File MD5978e9e06bd6ae6f8c58e07121b1b5924
  • Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Required hardware & features

Shove Ha'penny - classic British pub game of skill APK: questions and answers

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.

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