Board Game Arena

Just another point to add to the luck based argument: The previous winners usually don't even follow up in the top 10 the next season. As someone who has competed in season 23 (the current) as well as seasons 21, 19, 17, 16, and 12, and also seeing the results from seasons in between and before, the...

This has been a long hard fight for years over whether it should be 2 or 3 (or some think 4) players in the arena count. It is very clear that 2p is a much more competitive and less luck based scenery and that is proven by the top elos of previous seasons. They typically do not exceed 1700 while 2p ...

These are always interesting conversations, even though the numbers there really do not make much of a difference. But I personally believe it should be 2:3:3:2, as the cards you draw can definitely put a limit on your points (especially if you are not playing 2p and draw a really low hand). However...

The tie is terrible in the first place. This was a GREAT change! Thank you to them for looking out.

Jellby wrote: ↑22 September 2025, 08:11 Has anyone reported them, with sufficient proof? Without reports, nothing will happen for sure.

I have, but I don't think the evidence was strong enough since I only had the accounts+game choice+gameplay mistakes.

I can't leak names, but there has been someone playing the arena on 2 different accounts with the names ("username") and ("username"2). They are pretty much confirmed the same person from such similarity and similar gameplay mistakes, and the only reason I am so frustrated in the...

The point is that extra chance is unfair for the first player. Not to mention how luck based it already is with that 50/50 you mentioned. Think of it this way, if the first player gets a 50/50 then the 2nd player has a 50% chance to solve also. So it essentially becomes a 25% for first player to win...

Having a first and second player in a game where everyone has the same information is not only useless, but is a horrible tack on. Going first itself has NO benefit whatsoever, so whoever goes 2nd just has a free chance to draw, which makes the game even more luck based. At least before there was so...

Also the elo being a fair equation is still a valid point, regardless of the luck/skill discussion. The fact that playing at a normal player count makes it IMPOSSIBLE to reach the elo scores of players who only play 2p games is unfair. Totally agree. But the BGA elo system does not have different l...

#6. Even with all it’s flaws, elo works really well for this game with tables of recommended player counts. On the all time ranking the top positions are always changing, rotating between the top 100 players. It works exactly like we all want it to except for 2 or 3 players at the very top, that no...