Board Game Arena

Priptonite wrote: ↑26 October 2026, 17:29 The current #1 arena player is also a bot, per their own admission.

https://en.boardgamearena.com/player?id=100259231

repeat of last season?

he's not even the only bot in the top 10

Three of last season's top 10 Azul Arena players, including the winner, are bots or AI-assisted players. This has been an ongoing problem for quite some time, and despite numerous reports by some of the strongest players in our community, no action has been taken. For some context, these accounts sh...

who suggested this?

he has implemented a fix that will go live soon - just waiting on Google's approval.

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Yes - this also happened in Arena Season 23. I reported the presumed bug back then and was ignored.

Hopefully they revert it this time; changing the deadline in the final stretch of a competition is ridiculous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD43fy3cPsE

something more practical this time - 2 live games from today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0kUWUJ5CZs

One of my cleanest Azul games, with nearly optimal play throughout. Full breakdown using my framework + a few new concepts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUk1xhyxrvk

This one ended up longer than anticipated - featuring both theory and hand-selected situations from high-level games. I wanted to cover a wide range of Round 1s. Timestamps in the description as always

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2uia-G9nGY

The only video anyone should need on the token

I’m really looking forward to seeing the analysis of the first round of tile selection. 1. As you mentioned, the best choices are the third and second columns. But sometimes the opening round produces a large number of yellow tiles. In such a situation, is it necessary to force a tile from the seco...