Board Game Arena

Hello, i just recently played a game that, more than any other i've had with the expansions, struck me as completely unwinnable if the first player makes the correct moves: https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=415850186 Knossos was guaranteed for me, earning the +2 blue building token, and then a ...

The reason for this was large-scale statistical analysis done on the sites that had Burgundy before BGA - that showed Board 8 at a level massively above the rest, with Board 5 much closer to the pack. In-person tournaments (which can't do same-board matches for logistical reasons) had been banning B...

Thank you very much for all of this work! i do think it would be most interesting to look at 500+ rated players (or maybe 400+ if you feel sample size would be an issue), as the Divine Theater in particular stands out as a wonder with a shockingly low winrate relative to how highly the top players r...

Hello, here's a topic i haven't seen any writing on but i think is tricky enough to deserve it. When you reveal divinities in Age I and get to place them in the Pantheon, what thought process do you use in deciding what to do? At first i would always put the strongest gods like Ra/Neptune in my chea...

(funkdoc on alt here) i disagree but for a different reason: i hate the science strategy in this game, and science is at its strongest in Pantheon-only. Committing to green just involves so few decisions a lot of the time: you buy the green cards and discard everything else, and that's most of what ...

Thank you so much for all your effort, everyone! Just started learning the expansions this weekend after years of only playing the base game, and now i see why you all prefer this so much - this has been helpful in getting me off the ground =) EDIT: Another thought i had re: why Ishtar is weak - bes...