Board Game Arena

* has 3 accounts on the arena ladder. Each account has thousands of games played but never played each other in arena. This is impossible given the number of games played and the relatively small community. The few games they did play against each other in exhibition, the smurf account threw the gam...

30 cases are considered a significant level of case study for probability analysis. Luck is a significant factor in the short run of dice forge. But the more matches between two people the less of a factor that is. Euro games have much less luck, and ELO is calculated the same way.

OMG this must be it. I mixed the two together and was wondering why it was changing!!! Thank you!

It seems like arena only takes into account player rating and not actual historic matchup performance when calculating win percentage. If I've played somebody 40 times and only won 30% of the matches, why is my probability to win 66% because the person doesn't play much and has a lower rating? Doesn...

A person I played took omniscient and just got 14 pts. The only vp face on his dice is the original starting two point one. BUT! I just realized he gets credit for every time he activated the elder. At the same time, in another game I did not have any elder. I too only had the original starting two ...

So nobody knows?

The rulebook says: Gain 2 VP for each die face that shows the VP Symbol on your dice. Note: A die face shows the VP Symbol if the VP symbol appears on it. This is obvious at face value. 3 faces have vp symbol, you get an extra 6 points. But when, and why does it sometimes say "exploits" wi...

SteveV wrote: ↑12 September 2021, 23:24
I'm confused, does conceding before final scoring somehow change the ELO or arena bonus for winning?

Not at all. But some people like going through the process of seeing final score tallying.

I play a lot of dice forge arena. I try to maximize my time when playing by making games as short as possible. I recently have gotten into the habit of conceding as soon as I realize I am in an unwinnable position. I just had someone scold me saying it is bad form to concede before scoring. Granted ...

Half or more top 20 players just stop playing arena after a while. This means that in order to climb the arena, you need to face mostly lower-ranked players. So that winning gives you 5 pts while losing can cost you up to 35. It just increases the grind level several magnitudes. Lose 1 and it requir...