Congratulations to all participants and winners from Season 26!
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 the gurus 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. Find out more here.
Season 27 is NOW Launched
The new Arena is now open for its new season. And there is more:
You can get your ticket to the Ark Nova World Championship by taking part in Season 27. The best players from the Eastern and the the Western regions will be will be presented with a flight ticket to Berlin as well as free hotel accommodation during the main event in summer 2027. More information here!
Some Explanation About: Relegations
At the end of each season, after winners have been awarded, you are relegated.
League relegation is determined by the number of Arena leagues available for each game:
- For games with 6 leagues: Elite players are demoted to Gold, Diamond players to Silver, and everyone else to Bronze.
- For games with 5 or 4 leagues: Elite players are demoted to Silver, and everyone else to Bronze.
- For games with 3 or 2 leagues: Everyone is demoted to Bronze.
Note that some games might not follow these relegation rules, as we might have decided to adjust the number of leagues in between seasons.
It's up to you to find the way to the elite!
May the odds be ever in your favor!
You can find all changes to the Arena Game Formats here!
