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Another comment about kingmaking: Be careful of playing with people who use the same IP address. I made the silly mistake of playing 3 player Puerto Rico with 2 people from the same IP address. They ganged up on me and kept craftsmaning for each other. One player would also choose the smallest ship ...

I often play Lords of Xidit in turn based mode because it's difficult to find enough people to play it in real time, and while I think it's a fun game, the current configuration of the census mode really slows the game down. I've had the census take 2+weeks before, which is ridiculous. Some suggesti...

Needless to say that there is no favoritism with BGA members. We don't accept insults from anyone here. If anyone of you disagree on a moderator decision, please send an email to contact(at)boardgamearena.com with the report ID. But to be honest, moderators are fair and they did a really good job. ...

Is it typical of BGA staff to use favoritism when deciding if a player is guilty of Terms of service violation? From what I've seen players who are BGA members and are paying seem to be able to blatantly violate Terms of Service rules and regulations without being penalized when they are reported, ...

Yes. We definitely need a new ranking system because "Average" is currently way too broadly defined. There's a huge difference between a player ranked 1585 and a player ranked 1385. I get frustrated when I restrict a table to "Average Level and Above" and someone in the 1300s joi...

Resurrecting this thread...

I'm curious if there's any plans on changing this game to make it more balanced and fair? This game would be so much more fun and challenging if the inspector had an equal chance of winning.

I have a few suggestions that I would like to mention, as well as get out gamers thoughts on. 1.) ELO Reduces After Not Playing another"Master" Over Certain Timeframe I have noticed that once certain players get to the #1 rank, they will either stop playing that game or they won't play an...

You can join the group "Game Tutors": http://en.boardgamearena.com/#!group?id=1111129 Create a post saying which game you want to learn, and someone will volunteer to teach you. They'll set up a turn based, ELO off game so you can learn without worrying about playing too slowly or lowering...

I don't think the Foresight Calligraphy is overpowering. I've never seen someone who used it win (many do come in second place, though, but the goal is to win the game, not get second...). If anything, I think the Nostalgia Calligraphy is the overpowering one, especially if you have a character with...

I'm echoing some of the players here who suggested that the best solution to this problem is to make people who give red thumbs provide a reason for their rating. Requiring a reason may cut down on the people who give red thumbs for petty reasons. The player who gets the red thumb can receive the re...