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For what it's worth, here is the bug report. https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=152830 This would do at least the bare minimum even though OP has some good ideas too.

It is obnoxious that the seniority rule is still active after all these years and after a complete overhaul of the tournament module.

Unfortunately this is not possible "in a native way" on BGA. But of course as you suggest, you can do it by yourself with a series of tournaments. One great possibility is to make use of the Swiss System tournament style. To give you some inspiration: You could set up a Harmonies two-stage...

It is a really poor design decision to hide this setting behind "advanced options" in the first place. There is nothing advanced about it.

For some reason, the answer is one of the best kept secrets on BGA. There have been speculations and forum threads in the past, but to no avail. A couple of months ago, I send a ticket to BGA support asking for it, no answer yet. What we know is that it is something like "log_2(number of player...

Happened before https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=236705

Anno 1602 Well, the most obvious one would be Catan I guess? Or is that already in the "too complicated" bucket for you? Splendor was certainly a good mention. Given you have a taste for abstract games, I can imagine Harmonies could be one you would enjoy a lot. Also Castle Combo is a pre...

The one game that comes to mind is Happy City which is a very simple city builder. , Also Dice Forge and The Builders: Middle Ages / The Builders: Antiquity might be up your alley, all these are among the simpler engine builders. If you are looking more for spatial recognition / area expansion, then...

Here is a quirky two-stage tournament that I created and that is still running. https://boardgamearena.com/tournament?id=567401 It tells us a little bit about what happens when fewer than the intended number of players register in a two-stage tournament. What I wanted to have: 21 groups of 4 players...

This has been one of the biggest criticisms of Arena from its very start. It is supposed to be the "competitive mode", yet you are very likely to meet opponents far away from your skill level (and you can't really avoid it even with the filters available). Because everyone starts at the sa...

Okay but it should be allowed to regain karma when you aren't really at fault. It is allowed of course but how would it be executed ? There are thousands of tournament games running at once. There is already a system that removes penalties during server outages but BGA cannot know If you are asleep...