Board Game Arena

You have the game set to assign a random map to each player. This is generally better when learning the game; or where there is a big difference in experience. Each map will have disadvantages and advantages in scoring (a small area is easier to fill early and add a round bonus onto it; whereas a la...

In Splendour you are allowed to reserve the top card from any row. You wont know what card you’re getting until you reserve it, but neither does anyone else. It’s completely hidden information for you alone to build a strategy around. Thatbis the reason they can’t include a feature to view the reser...

This question has been asked before. At this time Stonemeir have not agreed to licence AFA to BGA as they don’t think doing so would help their sales.

I suspect the base game was added to generate sales for Expeditions sequel

I have watched players actively choosing to deny tiles when they good choices that would give them points. I have watched players grind me into the dust denying every opportunity for me to score even a few points even when they have pulled far ahead and have triggered end game. What you have descri...

8 X 2 = 16

Ah that makes sense; thanks.

11 matches and I won 7 so happy with the result; not eager to enter another gauntlet though

I joined the Castles Of Burgundy Tournament and it's set me up 11 separate matches. Is that how it's supposed to be?

I thought it was one match a round and if I lost I was knocked out LOL.

I don't think I would like this in this one... Would detract from a lot of the strategy and mind games. 7 wonders Duel made sense because a lot of factors could change the cost of the cards, but here it's just 'do they have enough gems/cards'. Looking out for the cards they're after and calculating ...

I used to have a log (on PC) when playing The Crew. This was handy as in an in person game everyone would be aware of which cards had been played and which hadn’t. I was able to keep my friends; who were on the phone and didn’t have a log, in play. That log no longer appears however, and we’re playi...

I love the concept behind Hanabi but this stuff has REALLY put me off playing it. One moment I'm getting told off because I discarded a 5, and high numbers are to be saved. Next game getting told off because I discarded my low numbers since I should have chosen cards I had no info on, then I got tol...