Board Game Arena

Finding the right balance for the future of BGA is tough. There are no magic solutions, I wish there were, and no decision has been made yet but when we do, we’ll let you know. Mandatory disclosure of AI generated art assets seems like a bare minimum standard, and very easy to implement, that would...

Why there is no game mode like professional mode but without USELESS ELO number dump? Why there is no friendhip mode kind of mode but WITH PENALTIES?????????????????????? How may times I must ask this in here??????????? The unofficial browser extension can hide Elo. https://en.doc.boardgamearena.co...

For some games, somehow decided based on having an average long enough waiting time for real-time games probably, there is a bell on the game page that you can click to be notified about real-time tables being created. See https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=goodcopbadcop just as an example (m...

Huh? Loads of games have beginner / tutorial modes with simpler / symmetric player powers, preset hands, and so on. The designer doesn't include them by mistake, it's for deliberately making the game more accessible, without sacrificing depth. Same goes for modes that speed up the pace of play. Race...

This setting is broken. It sometimes doesn't apply. https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=87742 I think it is more likely to break if you enable certain flexible options, like flexible player count. Then, sometimes, BGA opens multiple tables and only the first has the reputation restriction. I've never ...

You should start a thread in the game specific forum for this game, and/or report a suggestion in the bug tracker, for greater chance that this is seen by someone who can address it.

Known bug / feature. https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=15582 As long as BGA doesn't change anything on their end, the solution is to ask the developers of this game to configure the game for random seating. So you can add a suggestion for Federation, along the lines of this one from another game: ht...

Also, you can play in Friendly mode, where there are no timers, no penalty for quitting, and no Elo rating.

I am always trying to prioritise... There's your problem. ;)You shouldn't always prioritise the same cards. It depends on what your opponents are doing, what cards are drawn, and what wonder you have. If your opponents are getting green cards and extra turn science tokens, pick resources and end th...

Is it a game you haven't played in a long time? After some time of not playing, players are removed from the ranking.