Board Game Arena

It’s usual for a Switzerland game to be a fight to empty the route deck, sometimes even before many trains have been laid. I often get 20+ routes against players who are more used to USA maps. Every TTR map has its own game play.

I was intrigued to see what would happen in a complete tie. I suppose it makes sense that the high ranking player loses because they didn’t win.

Just tied and was surprised despite the game being announced by BGA as a tie, I lost points because I was the highest rank. I don’t understand why this is the case. The higher ranked player “should” have won, so gets penalised for not being good enough? Interested in your thoughts. For me is going t...

Thanks for your answers. I play a lot of TTR, so “recent” history may not show. These are games that you can’t refuse (unless you persuade the other player to abandon the game) and at the end instead of normal scoring you get bronze or silver shields and a notification of how well or badly you are d...

If two players have the same favourite meeple colour, is it possible for both players to have to compromise on a different colour? I find when I am playing against someone who is playing my usual colour - this is in Ticket to Ride - I am disadvantaged. (I recognise that the term meeple is copyright ...

I keep being put randomly and without warning into Arena games, which I don’t want to play. I am trying to play a normal friendly game, and I find myself in some kind of league. I really am not interested. Is there a setting somewhere that I have missed?