Board Game Arena

You might have been looking at road length, which does start at 1.

2P is a far, far better format for TTR, at least for Arena. The USA map isn't great for 2P though. And in general, I would be fine with switching between number of players for different Arena seasons.

Blocking is not a conception or a rule, it's a strategy. It is sometimes not even a good strategy, and hopefully you can play in such a way that prevents blocking from being a good strategy. But as long as you're not objectively kingmaking, there's no way it can be considered unsportsmanlike.

The stealing mechanic is here to make the game close. In theory, the player who is ahead will get stolen from more often. If you are getting stolen from a lot, it probably means the other players thought you the most formidable opponent. Now, they may be wrong about the state of the game, and that's...

If you are higher rated, your points will go down. You can see some of this explained in the standard rating (non-Arena).

Guru voting is a bit biased, yes.

But what's wrong with 2 player? The game is quite different, sure, but so much more fair and competitive. Fun strategies like blocking actually make sense in 2 player and "playing defense" is actually relevant.

I recently had two consecutive Arena games that had identical production numbers on the board and desert location. Some of the resources underneath were different, as were the ports, but the numbers were the same. I calculate that has a 1 in 237 TRILLION chance of happening, in other words, impossib...

Objectives don't wreck consume/produce, but other cards in the expansions do. There are some sick military strategies, rushes, prestige plays, etc. (depending on expansion level) that are often far more powerful than consume/produce.

I've joined a lot of Catan tables recently, and I've noticed a lot of low-karma players joining as well, more than any other game I've played on this site. For Catan, it makes sense - if you kingmake, accidentally or otherwise, you might find yourself with a lot of red thumbs. I've given out a few t...

Boycotting trades is part of the game. You can type your own description into the table that everyone should be willing to trade, but there's no guarantee anyone will follow that.