Board Game Arena

I've played nearly 800 games of this - it's a fun game. However my ELO has been up over 400 and just bounces back and forth down to 200 and up again. I don't feel I play any differently on games where I win or where I lose. For instance in my last 10 player game, I lost early by some margin as virtu...

Thanks for your forthright responses. As an experiment I set up a restricted ten player game earlier and despite there being lots of players it never got anywhere near filling after close to 10 minutes. I suspect people are just setting up 'vanilla' games to guarantee quick take up. Maybe this says ...

Thanks - yes and I think probably not enough use is made of that functionality (it's hidden a little bit on the Restrict link on the right) - maybe if it was part of the dropdown on the left it would get more use. Also it only goes to 50% and there are probably some 'good faith' players with bad con...

In the last couple of days (playing 6 Nimmt), I've come across users with a 0% reputation / completion rating. Sure enough, the game was quit 75% through by one of these users, wasting 20 minutes for 9 other players. This is not an uncommon experience in larger games of 6 Nimmt. Now everyone makes m...

Love this game but alas over the past few weeks it seems more and more people are rage quitting / running the clock down and lacking respect for their fellow players. I'd say around a quarter of games seem to be abandoned (especially in the bigger player counts where I think this is most fun) and ra...

If you are Premium you can play yourself via the Hotseat feature. Certainly helps me learn games without the pressure of other players.

Hotseat works perfectly and is exactly what I need

Thanks for that really helpful reply - I am a Premium member so I'll take a look at Hotseat as it could be ideal. I've seen a couple of examples of other players chivvying Beginners and Apprentices along in the chat - perfectly politely I would add - but I am more aware of just making dumb moves tha...

Due to the current situation, I'm a pretty late convert to bga but I really appreciate that it is keeping me gaming during these challenging times. One thing that I would really like though is the ability to familiarise / click around a game to learn how the bga interface deals with it etc. What is ...

Thanks Jest. My failing memory thought there were four stacks there at some point but I clearly wasn't paying enough attention and focusing on the board etc. When I did scroll down to look at the numbers left, I thought someone had rushed through a pile. I managed a close second in a 4p game yesterd...