Board Game Arena

Anyone else notice a change in collective strategy in the elite ranks lately? Out of the last 10 games I played, easily half of them end up being a race to get all the long routes and win by getting rid of trains, rather than actually building routes. I’ve actually enjoyed the two player variant up ...

Blocking another player's route options is big-time part of the game. If I can block you I'm going to do it. If you try to sneak around that - I'll block there too. That's the game. Calling people names, reporting, or rage quitting it is the bad behavior. Not everyone plays board games the way you ...

I’m guessing a lot that you’re hearing of are reports of people who block for the sake of it. This happened to me the other day. His route was on the other side of the map, but once he figured out where I needed to go, he blocked me. Fair enough, I usually give them the benefit of the doubt, like yo...

I just finished a great game where we managed to tie, 135 to 135. I figured I would at least get to keep my rank. I was surprised to lose three points despite not losing the game. The other person was silver, while I’m gold, maybe that’s it?

Help! I’ve gotten “you didn’t finish a game” three times when I always wait until the winner is announced to close it out. This last time it penalized my karma. (My karma is low because I didn’t know what I was doing when I started several days ago- I’ve got it now) One time is no big deal, twice is...