Board Game Arena

The Formula For each game you play with N players, the value assigned to the outcome is: • For a Win: N × 50% (or N / 2 expressed as a multiplier) • For a Loss / Non-win: 0% • For a Tie: Counted as a half-win (divided evenly among tied players) Your final win ratio is the average of these values acr...

I stopped playing arena, because i have been playing 3 player which i think is much more fun.

Yeah…last year you would always see people take the worker first.

Unless they released the animal, then the 5 coin.

Now i never see either taken first by non-beginners.

I wonder if other games have such a shift.

Yeah, i agree with the other guy. It used to be popular to select the 5 coin ….but now i see most people use the 2 space and then upgrade sponsor and try to break for money.

Also, regarding bidding. Bidding is more than counting possible automatic tricks. Also, Franks comments about underbidding. Bidding is about odds. If you have 2 aces and all the rest are 3-9…you take that into account. If you lose an ace, you have no chance to win another trick. But if you have 2 a...

Responding to Franks comments. I will put up my skill and record versus anyone. If only there was a way to actually do this by demonstrating that your approach is more effective that the approach I am advocating. Oh, wait, there is. The website records results and there is an Elo leaderboard. So, l...

One last subject. I can have the exact same hand, and i can bid several different ways. What if i am first to bid? What if i am 3rd? What if they nilled? What if i bid last? What if opps bid would put them over 500? What if I bid 1 more and we can get to 500? What if they have 459? What if we have 4...

Also, regarding bidding. Bidding is more than counting possible automatic tricks. Also, Franks comments about underbidding. Bidding is about odds. If you have 2 aces and all the rest are 3-9…you take that into account. If you lose an ace, you have no chance to win another trick. But if you have 2 ac...

Responding to Franks comments. I will put up my skill and record versus anyone. 11 bid. Yes. You should start every 11 bid with the intent to take every trick. Why? Many reasons. You could have A92 clubs. Perfectly fine to bid that. But lets say you toss a queen of hearts to avoid bags and plan on t...

[/quote] Your choice of course; I cannot view the game unless you provide the link to the table, and I understand if you don't feel comfortable doing that. I like viewing replays of interesting or unusual hands. Apologies in advance if this is an intrusive request. [/quote] No way for me to remember...