Board Game Arena

de-nice wrote: ↑26 November 2025, 20:45 In order to make Tock less time consuming to play in arena, can the 5 variant be eliminated please?

Arena settings are decided each season by the game gurus. A random selection of the most active players for that game the past season.

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Hi, so from the rules: An important rule of The Gang is that you are not allowed to freely discuss the cards in your hand. You are not allowed to show, say, or hint which cards you have in your hand to the other players. Additionally, if you know something about another player’s hand only because y...

Hi, Where would you put the hands A4/A3/A2/JT initially at 6 players preflop, and where would you put the hands QJ/QT at 5 players preflop? Please answer, then read the second post, thanks :) Ace-low I would start by taking the highest (6) token. But would not fight for it if taken away. If 6 is al...

Because my intention seems to be a unclear for some people. Firstly you can still forfeit gammons and backgammons if you simply want to continue and end the game early. And, as soon as you've taken your first pawn off the board, and gammon is impossible. You can still forfeit a single point to end e...

I used to agree with you; but at the end of the day; we don't need to play to the 'bitter end' when it's going to be a loss anyway. The ELO points all work out the same way whether you 'forfeited' or 'lost'. I have refused a forfeit before because I was hoping I'd get a gammon. I put that in the ch...

https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=226388 Forfeiting seems like it's abused more than genuinely used. Not allowing single point forfeits before bearing off would no longer make abuse possible Vote for my suggestion if you agree Best option would be to allow only one forfeit offer per move. A player ...

Archisian wrote: ↑17 June 2026, 05:28 I voted against your suggestion because I disagree.

Would you mind elaborating why you disagree?

https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=226388

Forfeiting seems like it's abused more than genuinely used.

Not allowing single point forfeits before bearing off would no longer make abuse possible

Vote for my suggestion if you agree

Problem is the site and interface is just too slow and unstable for truly fast clocks.

You can't do speed chess if it might take 5 seconds each turn for a player to see it's their turn.

The exception to the "your hand can't get worse on its own" rule is when you have two pair and the board pairs again. It's entirely possible that even if the other hands haven't improved that your hand's rank changed drastically. Board: 334-5-5 Your hand: 22 Other hands: AK, AQ, AJ, 78 Yo...