Board Game Arena

"The human mind evolved to be good at spotting patterns, like “All the birds just stopped singing, RUN!!” It doesn’t serve us well in instances of true randomness. We see pictures in the stars and faces in the clouds… and patterns in random board games that aren’t there. You can’t just wave you...

"Do we care what order you play the cards? That’s your decision and nothing to do with randomness." Yes, the order of the cards is supposed to be random. Yes, the card draw during the draft is also supposed to be random. Consider a standard deck of cards where you draw 6 cards... How many ...

You see it's ridiculous ? This happens often in BGA, but rarely with the physical game. Any actual data to back your claim ? It's obvious, too often for my taste. No need to include a link. Being unlucky by nature, I prefer more strategic games with as little randomness as possible. There are strat...

Kayvon wrote: ↑12 May 2026, 02:47

Patrick_CAJE wrote: ↑11 May 2026, 18:55 However, in a deck of 10 cards, each card has a 1% chance of being the first to be played.

I think I see part of why the randomness isn't matching your expectations.

I meant 10%. That's the logic the algorithm should follow.

Playing several card games, I've noticed a huge difference between the physical game and the BGA version. Being unlucky by nature, I prefer more strategic games with as little randomness as possible. The problem is that the algorithm too often favors a single player during drafts, and the card games...

The percentile is what I propose, defining the number of wins in X games, and the tiers would be based on a number of games depending on the percentile number.

You are confusing +4 shields/league points with AES. You most likely got +29 AES (because the total change should be 0), but that's not visible until you reach Elite. Also the AES change is computed based on your (hidden) AES, which could be much higher than those of the Elite players, we don't kno...

BarnardsStar, I understand but why in this game : 844761891 ? You said : "In summary, when you are higher than the other player you gain less for a win and lose more for a loss; if you have a lower AES the reverse is true. (The general formula here is: Δp = k*r/(1+r) where k is 40 for AES and r...

Against same opponent Elite both : https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=834052946 -26 points https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=833194025 +17 points Here others more than -20 against Elite : https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=828922988 -29 points https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=8289...

But in arena, you don't choose your opponent, it's random. So when I fight against more higher than easier. I had see my opponents are always upper me and when I was elite, against elite, I win less points than I loose. so your 20 is not my reality. In one season, 190 victories for 1710 points and 6...