Board Game Arena

Sigh... It sounds like they've come to the following conclusion: "We invested a lot of time to make ELO significantly worse at indicating players' relative strengths, but we've decided it's too much work to fix it in spite of all the feedback." With this kind of response, I maintain that a...

Yeah, it seems that BGA still doesn't understand the biggest issue with their power-leveling gimmick. It distorts (penalizes) the ELO of people who are strong and active, in pretty much every game, except for those with a massive player base. This new tweak where the lower ranked player won't lose E...

I've come to the conclusion that they actually want to save resources by getting super active players to play less. Maybe they have to do that in order to make it as a business. Even with the terrible changes, there is no comparable website to play so many great games for free, or very low cost. Per...

Yes, BGA needs to really fix this power-levelling nonsense quickly. As many have explained, it has made ELO ratings significantly worse (less indicative of relative strengths of players). Please refund the stolen ELO points as well.

On a similar note, I think the way watermill works would need a tweak (after tucking the first card with a bonus). Right now, it doesn't reveal the card that you drew, but automatically ends your turn if it doesn't have a bonus. Not sure which way it should go (whether you should have to reveal it o...

Yes, this needs fixed to be consistent. Micah, right now, it reveals the opponent's hand to make sure they transferred all cards, but it does not reveal the hand of the person who just followed the classification dogma (the one who just melded however many cards). This is particularly relevant when ...