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Your memory is correct. The Alpha Forum is publicly visible even to non-reviewers and has been for years. I know because I only very recently became a reviewer, but before that I'd always check every now and then in this forum to see if anything interesting had popped up as an Alpha Game.

I think either something is confusing you about the interface or you've encountered a bug. Bonus actions can definitely be taken before or in between your main actions on BGA. Some possibilities if it's not a bug: (1) You had no cards of the favored suit at the start of the turn. You played a card m...

I'd love to test this! Big COIN/ICS fan.

You are conflating a request/expression of interest with a demand. Nothing in their post implied that they feel entitled to someone else working on the game and the use of 'please' pretty much indicates the opposite. It was nothing like demanding that a specific person do labor on your personal beha...

It is the revised version of Agricola that is implemented on BGA. The expansion Farmers of the Moor is for the original version of the game and not revised. This alone makes it very unlikely that it will get implemented. Maybe I could see it if the publisher releases it for the revised version. The...

Here's what I see it. If you ban more cards, you have to ban more cards. Sounds weird? When you ban some cards, the strongest cards in the remaining pool becomes too strong and have to be banned, until you have to ban every usable card. I understand that 2 or more years ago when there were only a s...

I don't think there should be a penalty for this. It is very culturally variable whether this is considered rude or poor sportsmanship and you will frequently find people (especially in gaming cultures like Chess or Go) who get upset and find it rude when an opponent doesn't concede a lost game beca...

Seconding this, especially since games can be so quick!

The auto-pass feature does not appear to work. I set it to 'Auto-pass if Ron is unavailable' and it did not auto-pass even though it's the start of the game and I am not in Tenpai.

They write: Dear all, For the first time in 11 years, we are unfortunately forced to removed a game (temporarily) at our own initiative. We totally understand that some people may disagree with BGA decisions, and especially the last one concerning the alliance with Asmodee group. We don't ask every...