Board Game Arena

Why does anyone want ELO? No one needs ELO to play, but people like to know how they rank, improve their rank, etc. For all intents and purposes my games with my friends are no different to my games with strangers, except maybe they take a little longer. Why are they less deserving of contributing ...

Please bring back the no time limit mode with friends in real-time games. It's the only way I play with my game group, people I know and trust. We like to play games and chat - opening a videochat on our phones. We also sometimes take little breaks and come back after 5 minutes. That is not possible...