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Whether you tie or win, you still got the same result as the other player and both your elos should get closer: so the higher one is reduced and the lower one is increased. Your expectation seems to be that a win should always increase (or at least not change) your elo. That's not how elo works, th...

Hello, this is Playte. We have been following the recent discussions on the forum and are currently checking with the developer to see if certain updates can be implemented. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused. The current BGA version of the game was intentionally designed with some...

hamcha wrote: ↑07 September 2025, 04:37 Digit Code should improve the scoring system. In the case of a draw, both players should have a zero score. It's strange that the player with the higher score has a negative score.

in most games, if you have the higher ELO, you are >50% to lose ELO no matter what.

I absolutely agree. Solving after someone has already solved the puzzle is like "here's your participation trophy. Everyone's a winner!" The other BGA games I play rarely have ties, and when they do, there's some sort of tiebreaker (sometimes multiple tiebreakers) so someone still general...

If it's an easy enough game so that it's solvable by a computer that effortlessly, I'm not interested in playing. Thanks for the program, now I know to not play. What you fail to realize is that, this program makes the best questions, and the whole point of the game is NOT to make the best question...

But... when the first player with a 7 don´t use the robber, we have to respect this ´friendly mode´ Why does the first player who rolls a 7 get to decide what the other players can or can't do? Exactly. just because the rolls are not working in one player's favour, we need to continuously punish th...

I play friendly robber because I really dislike being targeted just because I have a higher ELO. I find that many games on turn-based do not have that option. Very interesting because the robber can have a huge impact on the game at the beginning, and it's all by chance. It can make a game not as ex...

Just had another game spoiled by a moaner who felt picked on by the robber. I already refuse to play with anyone who has less than 100% Karma, because I am fed up with people quitting just because they are losing. If I'm investing half an hour into a game of Catan, then so should the opposition. I ...

I think the Easy Start and friendly robber variation help solve this issue. It may not totally absolve the issue, but it certainly will provide some protection against people robbing you just because you have higher ELO (not even that high). The robber at the start of the game can highly impact the ...

I like the new additions. The restart and re-roll of 7s is exactly like our home game rules, which is nice for me and also helps when you accidentally touch the screen and build something you didn’t intend. Never heard of reroll 7s, but I play friendly robber, so it might be a bit better to start. ...