Why were our records purged?

So for other people running into the same issue:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.play.games

Launch it and click on the 3 dots top right
Click Settings, then scroll down to “Change account for games”
find the AAO entry, and press Change, click signout
launch game and it should ask for what phone account it should use to launch the game

@Frunobulax The issue was fixed, so feel free to update your iPad.

After 14 years i felt the urge to play some A&A, the online version seems like the easiest way to go about it.

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