Board Game Arena

274 games, 186 wins. The 186th win tipped me into Strong.

I had originally become Average at 125 games, 79 wins.

There is an issue with kingmaking in KoT Arena. I can't name the accounts, due to BGA policy. If something is happening in your games that doesn't look right, it probably isn't right. I'd urge anyone to use the red thumb system and report the issue to moderators. It won't go away otherwise, believe ...

I have to agree. What is the point in playing if we are just going to directly communicate our holdings? Yes you can end up in difficult situations with Retina/Fingerprint scan, but that is part of the joy of the game. Eliminate what you can and take a best guess. I'm sure there are crack the code g...

In your scenarios: 1. I don't mind the K2 pulling the 5 once and yielding it, while the others fight for the 6. It does give information to the table, and gives information to a possible Q high that its maximum is a 3. In the reduced info scenario, if this Q then starts fighting for 4, you have no i...

The card must be played in front of you, not sitting in your hand waiting to be played. But from what I remember, the game will prompt you to play this card before your turn starts, if it is sitting in your hand waiting. Once played in front of you, you'll be prompted at the start of each turn to ei...

I moved from Average to Good after a winning game. My stats right after that game were: - 125 games - 79 wins The next game I played was a loss. I went back to Average with stats, pretty obviously, of: - 126 games - 79 wins I then won the next, and moved back to Good again. So this at least confirms...

They're telling us collusion was a problem, we have to take their word on that. They're telling us the new system discourages it, we have to take their word on that as well. Do I think it does enough or works in every case? No, but it's likely better than nothing. BGA most likely doesn't have a larg...

To be honest, I think if you're playing for elo then you're doing it wrong. The system is mostly working as intended if you lose a lot of elo losing to low-rated opponents and gain little for beating them. There shouldn't be an incentive for repeatedly destroying beginners and occasional players. Yo...

The change to Arena matching whereby players must Accept game start has made it far easier to get into the same game as another account. If you don't both have a game starting at the exact same moment, you just Decline to start. I don't play Hearts but I know the game and have been tracking this ind...

I feel you on this. It causes a shift away from simply trying to be good at the game, to learning where the bugs are and exploiting them. In short, knowing the bugs gives you a significant advantage. That's simply wrong, and kills the enjoyment for inexperienced players. The key bug that needs fixin...