Board Game Arena

At this point, you might think that the system would recognize that I'm pretty good, and give me competitive pairings. But my five matches in Elite league have all been against players with ELO's roughly 2-300 points lower than mine. This has already been discussed and most players agree that it is...

Exclusively turn-based. Why?

First off, I am aware that this is a matter of opinion. The Arena is billed as a way to get competitive play. But my experience in Ticket To Ride arena mode has been ridiculous. My record is currently 30 wins in 33 matches, all but 2 in the Arena. I've worked my way up to the Elite league. At this p...

Let me add my own "Good job!" to the admins. They have really bent over backwards to keep the site running almost 24/7 under an unprecedented load.

What an elegant game design---I love it!

I think Hexago would be a better name though.

I seem to have encountered this problem a few times in the last few days, for instance on at least one Hanabi and Veggie Garden game. It's not a big deal, but I thought the admins would like to know.

@jhauser42, you have a legitimate concern; having a rating change for time forfeits can also be abused. However, I think Espina's case is much stronger. Gaining points because your opponent runs out of time is not a problem that can be avoided by playing your moves in a timely fashion. On the other ...

Text-based mode: yes, please! You have no idea how hard it is playing Russian Railroads using Lynx 2.0
and wget...

I currently have 10 victories out of 20 games, and my ELO doesn't even seem to have gone up.
The top player has a win rate of about 1 in 3, and has a ridiculously high ELO.
Can someone please explain to me how the ELOs are being calculated for this game?
Thanks!

Hear, hear! It is REALLY ANNOYING to have to do this bookkeeping by hand when everyone playing is AT A COMPUTER. Realize, though, that BoardGameArena is developed with the intention of making it as close to physical play as possible. Licensing agreements with the various publishers often hinge on m...