Board Game Arena

My rank was around 700 for the first half of this season then I changed my strategy and I’ve just climbed and climbed and am about 100 rank. I notice the game is 5/5 for luck in it’s description but that’s just so not true. My new strategy is to use whatever I get dealt for the first several roles. ...

Hi all. Does anyone know if winning by a Gammon or Backgammon impacts the ELO or ranking outcomes now that we have the Doubling Cube? It was always possible to win by G or BG before but it was always a single game event. Now we play until one player reaches three points - that could require playing ...

in my Backgammon gamer profile it says “not Ranked” I’m still showing an ELO and moving up and down the arena ladder but cannot see my % of wins and am not sure what not ranked means. Anyone?

Okay, thank you, that makes sense. Is there any way to check what are the active hours?

I think it’s as simple as going to the origin page for the specific tournament and there is a withdraw button there. I’ve seen it but never used it so cannot guarantee it’ll work once the T starts. GL.

Resigning is often a reflection of the platform you’re using. I think people resign sooner in Arena than in Friendly matches. You can’t even resign in tournaments. Agree the doubling cube is very effective at forcing a losing position to resign so yes, bring on the cube. Disagree that BG resignation...

There is a crescent moon next to the tournament clock that appears to influence when the clock does or does not countdown during a players turn.
Can someone explain how this works please?

734 - first two turns both delivered Yahtzee's of 4s then got three more by games end - total of 5 x Yahtzee
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Just scored 734 - which involved 5 x Yahtzee in the game, crazy to watch! #369513819 dont know how to screen shot the result so here's the table number. Very kind of the opponent to hang in there to see how far it went - lots of people would have conceded.

Have you tried clicking on the little gear by the game in arena mode, and changing your settings to only be matched with people close to your ranking? This earlier post in the current thread was never commented on and is therefore overlooked. But it contains the (not widely known) only solution: In...