Board Game Arena

it says no time limit for that mode. What's weird is that it also says "Real-time game". I dunno why it says that. There is a slight technical difference between an untimed real-time and an untimed turn-based game, in that the system will automatically close them due to inactivity after d...

BGA licenses require that they adhere to the published rules as closely as possible. House rules are not allowed. Is there an official published variation of the rules that disables the robber? Also, the inclusion of the robber forces the player to perform resource management and trades. One cannot ...

Why not just make the initial thinking time/max thinking time 1 minute longer? I mean, what's the point of rules if you don't think they should be enforced? Yeah, yeah, major chain store, I know you have a price tag of 50 monetary units on this item, but I only want to pay 40. What do you mean I can...

To choose an animal enclosure, click on the one you want in the display at the top of the screen. The available choices should be outlined in a different color.

There is a minor check in place already. Public red thumbs cannot be given out without giving a certain number of green thumbs. So while a small group may target a single player, they will need to spread a much larger number of green thumbs around to afford the red thumbs. And while private red thum...

I'm not attacking this suggestion, just want some information. Why is it important to be able to invite people before options are set, rather than setting options first and then sending the invitations? What should happen when the table options are changed, but someone seated at the table doesn't li...

And this is coming from someone who has been on here since 2013 and has paid for multiple years of premium in the past. So, something might have been different in the 4 months that you signed up before me, but I doubt it. But since I've been here, clock management has always been a rule. Might as w...

I would find this quite useful for teaching. I often teach games that I know in physical form, and it is frustrating to have someone click on random places before the game is explained. Being first would allow more explanation. Perhaps as an option in Training Mode games, "Host is 1st player.&q...

All game times (playing hours, tournament starts, etc.) are displayed in the browser's local time. A call to getTimezoneOffset() (or something similar) is used.

About the only place where server time is used is the timestamp in the forums.

and what are the reasons? If I recall correctly, it was because people were giving retaliatory red thumbs. People would see their red thumb count go up, look at the last few games they played and guess who gave them a red thumb, and then retaliate by giving one back (even though they didn't initial...