Board Game Arena

Excellent write up. Agree with your tips our group (of 3) has worked out a lot of this from playing a lot. We play with kraken and white whale and it doesn't change the win statistics, it's possible to mitigate the risk I play with a strong player at home, and she will sometimes deliberately lose h...

In the last month I’ve been able to reach the level of Master on BGA in Azul: Summer Pavilion. To celebrate this I decided to write an introductory strategy guide for the 2 player game only. This is not a complete guide. It just lists the most important principles in 2p and gives some examples. The...

Thank you for taking the time to write all of this. I agree with it almost 100%. Games I loose I often realize afterwards that I did something against the advice in this thread despite knowing I should not, silly as that may sound. Things in this thread I want to stress: - being last in a trick is ...

Thank you for sharing your thoughts / experience and the long write up, much appreciated 👏 I agree with 3 player all day long a being the sweet spot. Personally, I do enjoy the kraken and white whale for that extra strategy to hamper other players and I think they add an extra dimension to the game...

Hi everyone! I’m the No. 1 ranked Skull King player in the world on the BGA all-time list as of the moment that this guide is being published. I wanted to share my knowledge of the game with those who want to learn and improve at it. This is a fairly long read, but even reading it in part can help ...

I never said I don't play this game much. Just not enough to be a guru. My online plays might be limited, but I have played this game a lot in real life. And I have a high win rate there. You might have a high ranking here, but it goes too far too claim I give factually inaccurate statements in thi...

In my opinion, this game is only interesting from 4 players and up, and ideal with 5. The 3 player version is no fun at all, as it renders the game much more luck based than it already is. So here's hoping the game setting for arena play will be 4 or 5 players next season. And yes, I know it's the ...

Agreed. I wish the pirate powers was on as well. The game is not the same without them Pirate powers would be excellent, but increasing the number of players in an arena doesn’t help since randomness increases. If people want to play with more players, that’s up to them, but no point pretending tha...

KillPhil23 wrote: ↑08 September 2025, 21:01 Agreed. It should be changed to 4 players and up for arena. I would be in favor of rotating the arena settings season to season.

Rotating is fine, but the claim about luck and randomness that you are agreeing with is pure misinformation.

In my opinion, this game is only interesting from 4 players and up, and ideal with 5. The 3 player version is no fun at all, as it renders the game much more luck based than it already is. So here's hoping the game setting for arena play will be 4 or 5 players next season. And yes, I know it's the ...