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Recently BGA suddenly started to 'modernize' some old classics: - Lost Cities - Hearts From what I heard, there will be more to come. But looks like they didn't go well as they were expected: - https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=215597 - https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=217277 Mainly for these reaso...

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https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=217277

Why exactly are they deciding to change an entire design and user experience when there were no complaints about it? Somebody must have spent time developing and designing the new format and layout ... why? Nobody asked for this. I have never seen a single player mention that the design layout need...

Note: This is a BGA decision, not mine.
I already asked to revert the change, but I'm pessimistic as the exactly same thing already happened in French Tarot.

Yes. The game ends only when all players pass consecutively.

Is it a coincidence that both are car games? Maybe it works for car games because in a real race, it's already typical for cars to have issues and drop out of the race as a result. So it doesn't shock players when this happens in those board games. I requested Yahtzee, Farkle, Shut the Box, Poker D...

BGA intentionally set a limit years ago because players who lost too much eventually stopped playing the game.

I am kind of surprised more games don't have this, because this topic constantly comes up for many games, and there always seems a lot of posts acting like nothing can be done, yet like I say the issue was solved for Heat over a year ago. It's also a way, way better implementation for tournament pl...

I am kind of surprised more games don't have this, because this topic constantly comes up for many games, and there always seems a lot of posts acting like nothing can be done, yet like I say the issue was solved for Heat over a year ago. It's also a way, way better implementation for tournament pl...