Board Game Arena

There's been a lot of discussion for quite a while about adding new maps and expansion gameplay. From what I understand, the developer has pretty well walked away from the project

I agree the first edition art I just cannot look at. Even though they have very nice advantage of seeing which tiles were Black market. That's critical at super high level play I would love an adaptation of the 2019 art that included an indication of black market tiles To be clear, I always play the...

I have the special edition but mostly play online. I've never used Shields or vineyards. Are they a lot of fun? I absolutely love the core gameplay and don't want to distract from the clean mathematical beauty of it

The main strategy to know is to prioritize small regions first and larger regions later. Speed is very important in phase a and b. Completing a one-tile region in phase A is worth 11 points, versus only 3 in phase E. On the other hand of five tile region is worth 25 points in phase A (virtually impo...

It is incredibly strong, particularly on maps with large building regions. I rarely finish all buildings in a game, but will still often grab tech #1 on a map with a 5 or greater building region. It allows you to deprioritize buildings earlier in the game and finish areas late game in a way that's v...

I personally wish excess workers (unscored) would be the first tiebreaker. If i end the game with 1 worker (worth .5 points) the game sees that as a score of zero

Hi-level competitive castles is typically 2p with identical boards. This reduces outside factors and minimized luck. Blocking is incredibly important and integral to the game. If i can reduce your final score by 20 by blocking a region, or I could gain 20 by taking and placing another tile, I will b...