Arena Season 21: Chirping Tabletops

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Congratulations to all participants and winners from the previous season!
 
But wait, what exactly is "the Arena?"
 
The Arena is the competitive mode on BGA. If you master a game and want to play it competitively, this is THE mode to use, so you can challenge the best players and get the most experience points.
 
The Arena is organized in seasons of 3 months each. Achievements are awarded to the best players at the end of each season.
 
To play in the Arena: select "Play" and then choose "Arena" instead of "Simple game."
 
Read more about Arena mode
 
Arena format and Gurus
 
In the previous seasons, it was you (more exactly the gurus) who chose the game formats for the Arena: player number, options used, ...
 
We are very happy to see that this way of doing things contributed to making the Arena more popular: thank you to all gurus for their smart suggestions and their votes!
 
Rules updates
 
No Arena rules are changing this season. It does not mean we are 100% satisfied with how the Arena is running, but you seem to appreciate the current rules so we want to keep them as they are for now.
 
Season 21 is NOW Launched.
 
The new Arena is now open for its new season.
 
Some Explanation About: Relegations
 
At the end of each season, after winners have been awarded, you are relegated.
 
Some custom relegation rules may have been applied to games for some reason (ex: we decided to update the number of leagues), but in general here is what happens:
 

• For games with 6 or 5 different leagues, all players are decreased by 3 leagues.
• For games with 4 different leagues, all players are decreased by 2 leagues.
• For games with 2 or 3 different leagues, all players are decreased by 1 league.
• For all games and all leagues, your number of Arena points is reset to 1, and your AES ("Arena Elo") is reset to 1500.

 
It's up to you to find the way to the elite!
 
May the odds be ever in your favor!
 
You'll find soon below the updated options for each game for this new arena season

[BROT42]

13 Clues:

• Game setup: "Fast setup" (prev: "Normal setup")

3000 Scoundrels:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")
• Double Or Nothing expansion: "Base game only" (prev: "Include expansion")

7 Wonders:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "4")

A Feast for Odin:

• Play with all islands: "Yes" (prev: "No")
• Use mini expansion 2 occupation ban list: "Yes" (prev: "No")
• Use mini expansion 2 optional occupation ban list: "Yes" (prev: "No")

Age of Innovation: a Terra Mystica game:

• Faction selection: "Snake draft" (prev: "Drafting")

Agricola:

• Draft mode: "Draft 7 out of 8 cards, Occupations with Minors" (prev: "Draft 7 out of 9 cards, Occupations with Minors")
• Ban weak cards: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")

Almadi:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Altered:

• Allow undo: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")

Amazonas:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Applejack:

• Additional tree tile: "No" (prev: "Yes")

Architects of Amytis:

• Building cards side: "Random" (prev: "All side A")

Arctic Scavengers:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")
• Hidden information: "Keep private, but skip attack prompts for players with no attack cards" (prev: "Keep public and skip attack prompts for players with no attack cards")
• HQ expansion: "Modules 1 and 2: Engineers and Buildings" (prev: "Modules 1, 2, and 3: Tribal Leaders")
• Recon expansion: "Do not use" (prev: "Modules 1, 2, 3, and 4: Randomized Contested Resources")

Ark Nova:

• Expansion: "Marine World" (prev: "Base game only")

Art Decko:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Auntie Mildred's list of random tasks:

• Sets: "All 4 sets" (prev: "Beginner game")

Bag of Chips:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "4")

Bandada:

• Use Promo Pack #1: "No" (prev: "Yes")

BANG!:

• Expansions: "A Fistful Of Cards" (prev: "High Noon")

Battle Sheep:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Beyond the Sun:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Big Monster:

• Hide live scores: "Yes" (prev: "No")

Big Time Soccer:

• Game length: "Standard" (prev: "Short Match")

Blackjack:

• Elimination: "No" (prev: "Every 3 rounds")
• Secret bet: "2" (prev: "1")

Blood Rage:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "4")

Botanicus:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Briscola:

• Game length: "Short game" (prev: "Long game")

Bug:

• Board size: "Big board (4x4x4)" (prev: "Standard board (3x3x3)")

Caravan:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")
• Sixth Camel: "Yes - Recommended for learning game" (prev: "No")

Carnegie:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Cartographers:

• Map: "Random" (prev: "Map B")

Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition:

• Research board side: "Purple side" (prev: "White side")

CATAN:

• Harbor layout: "Default setup" (prev: "Shuffle harbor pieces")
• Variant: Friendly Robber: "Disabled" (prev: "Enabled")

Caverna:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "4")

Circle of Life:

• Variant: "Long - 30 points" (prev: "Standard - 20 points")

City of the Big Shoulders:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")
• Advanced Rules: "Yes" (prev: "No")
• Friendly Stock Sales: "Yes" (prev: "No")

Clans of Caledonia:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")
• Use Kickstarter-Contributed Tiles: "Off" (prev: "On")

Colt Express:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "4")

Commander Chess:

• Engineer: "Without Engineers" (prev: "With Engineers")
• Checkmate by Commander only: "Off" (prev: "On")

Connect Four:

• Board size: "8x9" (prev: "10x10")

Cosmoctopus:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")
• Inky Realm Layout: "And then there was Naught (0-shaped)" (prev: "Normal (3x3 grid)")
• Cosmic Bridge: "Enabled" (prev: "None")

Crazy Farmers:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Cribbage:

• Skunking Points: "All games worth 1 point" (prev: "1 pt regular, 2 pts skunked, 3 pts double-skunked (lose by 61 or more)")
• Cut for Deal: "Randomly Pick Dealer" (prev: "Cut for Deal")

Crypt:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Cucumber:

• Number of players: "4" (prev: "2")
• Beat the previous player only: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")
• Elimination mode: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")

D.E.I.: Divide et Impera:

• Number of players: "4" (prev: "3")

Dark Agent:

• Party style: "2 aims" (prev: "5 aims")
• Playerboard: "Random Agency, same for all" (prev: "SGRS (Belgium)")

Darwin's Journey:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Diam's:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Dice Forge:

• Exploit set: "Random" (prev: "Beginner cards")
• Dice Forge Rebellion: "Cards only" (prev: "Off")
• Tiebreaker: "No" (prev: "Yes")

Dice Theme Park:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Diceathlon:

• Number of players: "4" (prev: "2")
• Quick Mode: "No" (prev: "Yes")

Dickory:

• Variant: "Hickory variant" (prev: "Disabled")

Dingo's Dreams:

• Game Difficulty: "Surprise: 1 to 5 Hazards" (prev: "Basic: No Hazards")

Dinosaur Tea Party:

• Game variant: "Clever play" (prev: "Normal")

Distilled:

• Flight: "Random (All)" (prev: "Random (A, B, C)")

Dobble Connect:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Dominoes:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")
• Rule set: "All Fives" (prev: "Fives and Threes")

Dungeon Petz:

• More Foresight: "Maximum Foresight" (prev: "Regular Foresight")

Dungeon Twister:

• Game Setup: "simultaneous" (prev: "normal")

DVONN:

• Board setup: "Random" (prev: "Standard")

Earth:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Ekko:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Eminent Domain:

• Scenarios: "Off" (prev: "On")
• Escalation Expansion: "On" (prev: "Off")

Enemy Anemone:

• Number of players: "4" (prev: "2")

Envelopes of Cash:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")
• Value Modifier Die: "Normal use" (prev: "Luckless variant")

Eriantys:

• Expert game (with Characters): "No" (prev: "Yes")

Eternitium:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Euchre:

• Number of players: "4" (prev: "2")
• Game length: "Long game" (prev: "Short game")
• No-trump call allowed: "Disabled" (prev: "Enabled")
• Loner starts last: "Disabled" (prev: "Enabled")

Evergreen:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Evolution:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")
• Quick Play: "No" (prev: "Yes")

Exploding Kittens:

• Special Combos: "enabled" (prev: "disabled")

Flowers: A Mandala Game:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "4")

Fluxx:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

For-Ex:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Forest Shuffle:

• Expansion Alpine: "Yes" (prev: "No")

Framework:

• Game End: "Equal turns" (prev: "Original rule")

French Tarot:

• Game length: "8 hands" (prev: "6 hands")

Fromage:

• Structure Tiles: "Advanced" (prev: "Standard")
• Board Setup (1P/2P): "Random" (prev: "Side I")

Gaia Project:

• Map Size: "Reduced map size (recommended for 3 players)" (prev: "Normal")

Gamme Logic:

• Qty puzzles: "6" (prev: "3")
• Difficulty: "RANDOM NORMAL-EXTREME" (prev: "RANDOM EASY-HARD")
• Scoring: "No Bonus" (prev: "Raising Bonus")

Gangsta!:

• Money Options: "Minimum 2$ when passing" (prev: "Both money adjustments")
• Heist Influence: "private" (prev: "public")

Gaïa:

• Number of players: "4" (prev: "2")
• Rules: "Basic" (prev: "Advanced (with Disasters)")

German Whist:

• Record cards played: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")

Get on Board: Paris & Roma:

• Scoring: "Visible" (prev: "Hidden")

Gift of Tulips:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Glass Road:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Glow:

• Side of the board: "Random" (prev: "The Province of Shadows")

Gnome Hollow:

• Number of players: "4" (prev: "3")

Go Goa:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Go Nuts for Donuts:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Good Cop Bad Cop:

• Add Extra Equipment: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")

GORami:

• Board size: "16 fields" (prev: "24 fields")

Great Western Trail:

• Edition: "2nd edition (2021)" (prev: "1st edition (2016)")
• With second edition rules: "Off" (prev: "On")
• Rails to the North - Expansion: "Off" (prev: "On")
• Balance material quantity, unofficial variant (2/3p): "Off" (prev: "On")
• Building 12 side: "B" (prev: "A")

Hadrian's Wall:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Haiclue:

• Number of players: "4" (prev: "5")

Hand and Foot:

• Number of jokers per deck: "2" (prev: "4")
• Completed melds required to go out: "2 clean/2 dirty (wild melds count as clean)" (prev: "2 clean/2 dirty/1 wild")
• Early end of game: "Allow only last-place players to end game early" (prev: "Not allowed")

Happy City:

• Number of players: "4" (prev: "2")

Harmonies:

• Nature’s Spirit cards: "Off" (prev: "On")

Harvest:

• Setup: "Drafting" (prev: "Normal")

Hawaii:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Hearts:

• Skip uneventful final tricks: "Yes" (prev: "No")

Hidden Leaders:

• Queens & Friend: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")

High Season:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "4")

Humanity:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Icebreaker:

• Board size: "Size 6" (prev: "Size 5")

Innovation:

• Artifacts of History expansion: "Enable without Relics" (prev: "Disable")
• Echoes of the Past expansion: "Disable" (prev: "Enable")

Inori:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Isle of Trains: All Aboard:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

It's a Wonderful World:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Iwari:

• Number of players: "4" (prev: "3")
• Expedition cards: "Disabled" (prev: "Enabled")
• Feats: "No feats" (prev: "All feats")

K2:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Kado:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Kahuna:

• Can destroy own bridges variant: "No" (prev: "Yes")

Kami:

• Game Modes: "Soldier" (prev: "Kami")

Karvi:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Keyflower:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

King of Tokyo Duel:

• Pick monster: "Automatic" (prev: "Pick")
• Skip phase with no possible actions: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")

Kings in the Corner:

• Game length: "Long game" (prev: "Short game")

Koi-Koi:

• Game length: "Full year (12 hands)" (prev: "Half a year (6 hands)")
• Koi-Koi multiplier: "Soft Koi-Koi" (prev: "Hard Koi-Koi")
• First to play (dealer): "Loser starts the next month" (prev: "Winner starts the next month")

Krosmaster Arena:

• Format: " Special BGA Arena Season" (prev: "Monthly rotation")

Las Vegan:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Legendary Inventors:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Let's Go! To Japan:

• Game options: "Passport Expansion" (prev: "Base Game")

Liverpool (Cozy Oaks) Rummy:

• Tabletop: "Sky Over Field" (prev: "Gramma's Yellow Vinyl")

Loco Momo:

• Expansion A: Animal and protected habitat: "On" (prev: "Off")
• Expansion B: Acrobatic picture: "On" (prev: "Off")

Lost Explorers:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Ludo:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")
• Starter variant: "Reduced starter limit" (prev: "No starter limit")

Maatatahay:

• Setup: "Standard" (prev: "Basic (The First Game)")
• Shrine relics openings: "Random" (prev: "Uniformized")
• Score visible: "No" (prev: "Yes")

Mapmaker: The Gerrymandering Game:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Maracaibo:

• Setup: "Hard (story card 77)" (prev: "Medium (story card 76)")
• Prestige Cards: "Standard" (prev: "Reveal all")

Martian Dice:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Medina:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")
• Show remaining pieces counts: "Show total" (prev: "Show count per player")

Medo:

• Board size: "7 hexagons per edge" (prev: "5 hexagons per edge")

Mega Jackpot:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Mercado de Lisboa:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")
• Money - Visible/Hidden: "Hidden" (prev: "Visible")

Metro:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Mutant Crops:

• Use Promo cards: "Promo included" (prev: "Base game")

My City: Roll & Build:

• Type of game: "Mini Campaign" (prev: "Single Chapter")
• Chapter selection: "Chapter 1" (prev: "Random Chapter")

New Frontiers:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "4")
• Goals: "Off" (prev: "On")

Newton:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Nidavellir:

• Thingvellir expansion: "No" (prev: "Yes")
• Idavoll expansion: "No" (prev: "Yes")

Nimalia:

• Goals level: "Random" (prev: "Difficult")

Obsession:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Oh-Seven:

• Number of players: "9" (prev: "4")
• Card-passing variant: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")

On Tour:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")
• Board: "USA" (prev: "Europe")

Oriflamme:

• Number of players: "5" (prev: "3")

Orléans:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")
• Place Tiles N°1: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")
• Place Tiles N°2: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")
• Place Tiles N°3: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")
• Place Tiles N°4: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")
• Place Tiles N°5: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")
• Available Place Tiles: "Market: 5" (prev: "Standard")

Path of Civilization:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Pax Renaissance:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Pente:

• Capture three: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")
• Overtime capture: "Break the line" (prev: "Disabled")

Perudo:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "4")

Pingimus:

• Number of players: "4" (prev: "5")
• Rounds: "3" (prev: "5")
• Colors: "Monochrome" (prev: "Colors")
• Turn based mode (Turbo): "Off" (prev: "On")
• Hard timeout: "Off" (prev: "1 Minute")
• Scoring: "Normal" (prev: "Also a point for voting right")

Piraten kapern:

• Game Length: "Long (8000 Points)" (prev: "Standard (6000 Points)")

Planet Unknown:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")
• Planets: "Symmetric side only" (prev: "Asymmetric planets")
• Corporations: "Symmetric side only" (prev: "Asymmetric corporations")

Poker Dice:

• Number of lives: "5" (prev: "3")

Pond:

• Variant: "Mini Pond" (prev: "Standard Pond")

Ponte del Diavolo:

• Board Size: "10 x 10" (prev: "12 x 12")

Quibbles:

• Module: The Magnificent Sevens: "enabled" (prev: "disabled")
• Module: The Zero Heroes: "enabled" (prev: "disabled")

Race for the Galaxy:

• Takeover: "2-Player Rebel vs. Imperium Takeover Scenario" (prev: "No takeover")

Railways of the World:

• Game Map: "Railways of Australia" (prev: "Railways of Sweden")
• Include Railroad Executive Operation Card: "Include" (prev: "Exclude")
• Regions of Australia: "Eastern and Central Regions" (prev: "Eastern Regions")
• Mines: "Disabled" (prev: "Rich Mines Enabled")
• Railways of Australia Optional Railway Operation Cards: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")

Rallyman: DIRT:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Ratjack:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Rauha:

• Board Side: "A-side" (prev: "B-side")
• Syntyma New Gods: "With" (prev: "With and only with new gods")

River of Gold:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")
• Clans Patrons Mini Expansion: "Disabled" (prev: "Alternative Setup")

River Valley Glassworks:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Roll Into Town:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Saint Poker:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")
• scoring: "Rank" (prev: "RankAndRound")
• hand: "Omaha" (prev: "Texas")

Sapiens:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Scopa:

• Napola variant: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")

Seasons:

• Difficulty level: "Archmage Level + All expansions + Promo cards (no ability tokens)" (prev: "Archmage Level + All expansions (no ability tokens)")

Sevens:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Shogun:

• Board side: "Moon side" (prev: "Sun side")

Skat:

• Ramsch: "Schiebe-Ramsch" (prev: "No Ramsch")
• Contra and Re: "On" (prev: "Off")
• Tournament game: "No" (prev: "Yes")

Small Islands:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Small World:

• Number of players: "4" (prev: "2")

Space Base:

• Game Start: "Light-Speed Variant" (prev: "Normal Rules")

Splendor:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")
• The Silk Road Expansion : Cities: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")
• The Silk Road Expansion : Trading Posts: "Enabled" (prev: "Disabled")

Spot it:

• Mini-games: "Towering inferno" (prev: "Triplet")

Spyrium:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Steam Works:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Stir Fry Eighteen:

• Points goal: "100 pts" (prev: "50 pts (standard game rules)")
• Bullseye Chef Variant: "Off" (prev: "On")
• Close the Kitchen: "On" (prev: "Off")

Stupor Mundi:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Super Fantasy Brawl:

• Draft mode: "Competitive draft" (prev: "Random pool draft")

Survive The Island:

• Number of players: "4" (prev: "2")
• Initial placement phase: "Semi-random" (prev: "Standard")

Talon:

• Type of battle?: "Randomly chosen (1d10)" (prev: "5-10 = Last Ship Standing")
• Ship Points: "Randomly chosen (1d10)" (prev: "4 = 500 Ship Points")

Tang Hu Lu:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Tash-Kalar:

• Form of Tash-Kalar: "Deathmatch" (prev: "High Form")

Teotihuacan: City of Gods:

• Starting tiles: "normal" (prev: "Draft")

Terra Mystica:

• Game board: "Random" (prev: "Base Game")

Terra Nova:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "4")
• 2 players variants: "Lucky Digger Variant" (prev: "No")

Terraforming Mars:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

The Great Split:

• Number of players: "4" (prev: "3")

The Guild of Merchant Explorers:

• map option: "Random" (prev: "Avenia")

The Isle of Cats:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

The Vale of Eternity:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow:

• Number of players: "8" (prev: "12")
• Expansion: The Village: "Off" (prev: "On")
• The Pyromaniac: "Off" (prev: "On")

Tigris & Euphrates:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "4")
• Game Board: "Standard Board" (prev: "Advanced Board")
• Advanced Game Rules: "No Civilization Buildings" (prev: "Civilization Buildings")

Tinners' Trail:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "4")

Tiny Farms:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "2")

Tock:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "4")
• Game type: "Free-for-all" (prev: "2 vs 2 (if possible)")
• [VARIANT] Effect of the 5: "5 forward, own pawns only" (prev: "
• 5 forward, any player pawn including own")

Tokaido:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "4")

Trick of the Rails:

• Trick Lane setup: "Basic" (prev: "Expert Variant")

Turncoats:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Tzolk'in:

• Number of players: "3" (prev: "4")

Ultimate Railroads:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")
• Industry: "Asian (One Shared Track)" (prev: "Russian (One Private Track)")

Uncle Chestnut's Table Gype:

• Number of players: "4" (prev: "2")
• Variant: "Rule of Chaos" (prev: "Random start")

Unconditional Surrender! World War 2 in Europe:

• Scenarios: "France 1944" (prev: "Germany 1945")
• Version: "2024-01-31" (prev: "2022-09-30")

United Square:

• Team play (with 4 players): "Team Play" (prev: "Every man for himself")
• Number of rounds: "2-rounds game (2 players only)" (prev: "1-round game")

Unrest:

• Variant: "None" (prev: "Capitol variant")

Villagers:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Welcome To:

• Number of players: "2" (prev: "3")

Worldwide Tennis:

• Game Length: "1 Set Match" (prev: "2 Tie Breaks")

Yahtzee:

• Rule set: "Yahtzee" (prev: "Maxi Yatzy")

[cferejohn]

FYI Graphic says "Starting May 8th"...

[grisolf]

there is a mistake in the picture - it says 8th of May

[miklomike]

Goblin Hood:

• Number of win required: "2" (prev: "1")

Goblin hood did not correctly award an arena champion even tho it shows me as last season's champion.

This is the second season that Goblin Hood did not award the top trophy, can this please be fixed? The last season has still not been awarded either. Thanks

Season 18 and 19 have still not awarded the top trophy for Goblin Hood. Please award these.

https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=144708

[irwincs]

League relegation rules weren't followed correctly for Agricola. Elite players from Season 20 are starting in Bronze for Season 21. I've filed a bug report for this issue: https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=165354

[eugaet]

League relegation rules weren't followed correctly for Agricola. Elite players from Season 20 are starting in Bronze for Season 21.

Same for Fruit Picking.

EDIT: Never mind. I see that Fruit Picking has been reduced from 3 to 2 tiers now. So now it goes straight from Bronze to Elite.

[BananaHarambe]

Thank you BROT42 for posting all the specific Arena updates. I am most excited for the Vale of Eternity change from 3 player to 2 player. The player base is too small to support real-time 3p Arena so the Arena season was a bit of a mess.

3p Arena won the votes in a very close race last season, but this season the 2p vote won by a landslide. I'm posting the Arena stats to show how much the player drop off was as an example if anyone is interested.

Season 19 had 5256 games played with 104 Elite players with 2p Arena. Top score was 1905 and this season set record for number of games played. https://boardgamearena.com/halloffame?g ... &season=19

Season 20 had only 1223 games player with only 18 Elite Players with 3p Arena. Top score was 1733. That's only 23% the number of games, 35% games per player when adjusting for player count. Number of games was lower than 1 year ago when we had 3p Arena last time rather than increasing like for 2p. https://boardgamearena.com/halloffame?g ... &season=20

We've had regular tournaments going on to keep the competitive 2p players engaged. Hope we can recover the player base with 2p Arena. 3p games can always be done via Play tables and tournaments. Arena runs best as 2p for Vale of Eternity.

[Vynce]

Graphic says this starts in may.

[Shiraco92]

There should be changes!!! Why do you not get a badge for finishing the league in first place just because it was not an elite league but a gold league? But the season was finished in first place and the only one in the gold league. It is not the player's fault that there are no opponents to reach the elite league. Mega frustrating, there should be a badge for first place in the season.