Board Game Arena

it has been years since I played grand Austria hotel face to face. By that time it was out of print and during COVID games were literally on a slow boat from China. There is that notorious company that controls many games availability and I was told by the game store this game was held back for some...

This game mechanic I BELIEVE came from Puerto Rico. It is a good idea as it keeps ALL players involved even when it is not their turn. In a way it is ALWAYS their turn just a bit extra for the first amongst equals.

To have the game ACQUIRE available on BGA

Provide an option to ELIMINATE THE OBSERVATORY. Quite often IT is the one card with an enormous for whomever gets it. I have gotten it and not gotten it and I STILL say eliminate it!

I have read the rules and while I do understand his power is to steal a resource from it seems ANY opponent HOW to do this, the mechanism by which the ability is activated I could not decipher from what I read. I spoke to an experienced player and he said he once did it But doesn't recall what he di...

All I know is the game is sloooow to react to my instructions.

Today I played a game of Saboteur and was told as a saboteur to whom a broken pickax was bestowed another player told me under that circumstance I was not allowed to converse with others at the table as long as I was broken as it were. I had never heard of this and Now I am certain the player declar...

Playing should be fun. Not like work where one must do what the boss says even if you disagree. I find people too often are not making suggestions but rather giving me orders. I wish Hanabi could come up with a solitaire version so these self appointed coaches could only have to deal with themselves...

If I recall correctly in the face to face version talking is limited. I think really none is allowed but I may be wrong that it goes that far. Here on BGA I find about half the players sending me messages criticizing how I play and sometimes making suggestions which to me is gaming the game. i make ...

I have assessed penalties when I have left a game supposedly in session which doesn't seem actually start. The other players however many there may be are just waiting around with nothing happening. In one case I tried to to contact the other players and BGA advised me I was NOW all alone. So I left...