Board Game Arena

Cigma, you're right that ELO rating doesn't affect the arena results. But the thing is, all players participate in the ELO rating - both arena players and play mode players - but under different conditions: arena players can't choose their opponents, while play mode players can. That's why, in my o...

The ELO system is currently used to gate-keep access to the Arena, so you'd need to replace that system. You'd also need some system to let people who dislike the current Arena settings track their progress. While ELO and indeed Arena ratings are not any kind of perfect ranking system, and getting o...

Who is it that makes the decisions as to what rules form part of the arena games? I feel like some kind of campaign is needed to protest the inclusion of Friendly Robber. Can't see it so far in this thread, but this comes up pretty regularly. Here's the relevant FAQ link; Gurus In short, the 100 pe...

It's partly because it's faster. The arena format is selected by gurus. Gurus are the 100 people who have played the most games each month. You can play more games, if the games finish faster. Two player games finish faster. So people who like and play two-player games, finish more games, get to be ...

And here we go for an other arena season with friendly robber activated... That's it, I won't play anymore You can always play outside the Arena, in normal ELO games with the setting you want. That's what I do because I recognise that the setting that I like, that are competitive will not get picke...

The thing that I like about this "Game is rigged" argument is that programming a game this way would be complex, therefore more expensive, to design. It would be liable to require more maintenance (tinkering with), therefore more expensive to run, and for what purpose? Any business that i...

Someone has pink color in catan. But the 4 default colors aren't pink. So, I've tried myself to put a color which isn't default and I can't choose that color. How come is that? I have the color pink in Catan. You can set your color preferences in Profile -->About-->Update your information-->Appeara...

My issue was more with the sequence and intent. They initiated a trade, gave me ore, and then immediately played a Knight targeting me, which made it feel like the trade was being used as setup for the steal rather than a normal good-faith exchange. So I’m not saying it was illegal or technically c...

Gotta say White plays a blinder in this game. Considering the other two players robbed from white exclusively for the entire game.

Note: This procedure is different than the one explained in the Traders & Barbarians expansion, because in online play it may be possible that a player can has a higher chance to predict the next number, if the dice results are written down secretly. This would not be so easy in a game at a tab...