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Babylon night side is by far my favorite wonder in the game. I think my 1st place rate with in is probably 60% at least no matter the player count. I actually think it's overpowered, specifically the first wonder. Prioritize building it round 1 and then you get an extra card for the rest of the game...

Has anyone else noticed that they seem to get really unusual runs of going first or second. IE, my last 11 games, I've gone second (which is rather frustrating :D). That's a 1 in 2048 chance, which, is actually not crazy high, but it's still remarkable. I've noticed that I seem to go on runs-- lots ...

Very interesting stuff! I'm a pretty strong player (generally in the top 150 or so) and these findings correspond very strongly with my own understanding if the game, with perhaps a small exception being that as I've played more, I've tended to start preferring Piraeus where before I preferred the T...

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To me, this is poor sportsmanship/gamesmanship, etc. There is no 'silver medal', so this is just taking away someone's fun for no reason There is also no "gold medal". You may choose to think that there is only one winner and all others are equal losers, but that is a personal choice that...

As an initial punishment and last warning it seems fair to me. This seems to be the case in this thread: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21537 It is reprehensible, but after a stern warning they might adjust their behaviour. Direct threats for example are much worse and sho...

I'd note that often the etiquette in Chess around conceding goes out the window when playing a timed game (assuming not a tournament with a total time limit). Even if the position is lost, you can still win on time if you play quickly enough-- although the BGA chess time format is so weird and doesn...

I attached a screenshot. It seems like I should go up 8 + 6 + 3, or ~17. Instead I only get 12 points. Why is this?

I've played a lot of duel (over 300 games so far) and am decently highly rated at it (win about 2/3 of my games with a 360 elo, or around #500 on the all time charts), and I think going first is a MASSIVE advantage. To me, it's worth about the same as having an EXTRA 6 coin/extra turn wonder, someti...