Board Game Arena

Actually, the new tiebreaker rule makes perfect sense, and it's no coincidence that this rule is present in Carcassonne tournaments around the world (including Brazil, where I live). As already mentioned by Alexey in a previous response, there is proven advantage for the starting player in the game,...

Two very excellent and helpful answers! Thank you both. A follow on question: Is the BGA ELO generally accepted by Carc players worldwide as a semi-official rating? Much like say FIDE's chess ratings? We consider ELO BGA as a reference for some championships and tryouts, but this varies from countr...

In the Arena there are players with ratings over 1800, Viv- is the highest at 1899, and yet if you toggle to the "All-Time" list the highest is Nallerheim at 848. What is the difference and which is the "real" rating? Also, to answer the question you might have after Kaa's post:...

The arena rating refers to a game modality in BGA that is season-based. Each arena season lasts 3 months and there is a ranking for players who choose to play in this modality, with a rating specific to the Arena. In parallel to this, there is the BGA ELO, which is independent of arena mode and is v...