Here comes a new challenger: Res Arcana !

[lordalx]

Hello,

Since yesterday, Res Arcana is available in public alpha for all the BGA reviewers community. I would like to thanks darhf who worked with me on this awesome game, as well as Sand Castle Game.

Take a tour, be part of it : you're feedbacks and reviews are warmly expected.
https://www.boardgamearena.com/reviewer?game=resarcana

There are already many completed games, feedbacks and some reviews.
We'll announce here game's update if any, in order to share the improvement.

Currently, we know the game animation can fail in few configuration and are working on it. Again, don't hesitate to switch it off from the game preferences menu in the top right corner of your screen on computers.

NB : I'm afraid we can't grant access to other people than the reviewer community right now.

[lordalx]

From yesterday, here is the list of improvements

Interface

• Improved animation on some devices, in particular game start animation, but still in progress
• Draft order is displayed during draft phase
• Improved display on IPad devices, not perfectly working yet however

Fixed components

• Chalice of Fire correctly straighten component
• Discount of Dragon Egg works better
• Philosophal Stones works when only 1 resource is available
• Vault don't block game anymore when no gold is stored on it

Version Alpha 7 (201127-1929) is deployed

[docteurslump]

This implementation is already nice.
I'm not sure if it's right to post here :

A suggestion : all cards are highlighted in red when it's my turn. Could you make the actually playable cards highlighted in green (the unplayable ones still in red )? It would improve the game flow.
Thanks

[lordalx]

Hi. I understand, but i'm pretty sure some other guys will rather prefer blue to green

I would suggest to make this proposal through the bug and suggestions report : https://boardgamearena.com/bugs?game=1309, so other users could vote for this and together, you'll increase the priority.

Regards.

[docteurslump]

I created an entry , thank you lordalx

[Loddfafnir]

I'm not a reviewer so I can't check the current implementation.
Is the Lux & Tenebrae extension already included ? If not, is there a plan to include it in the future ?

[lordalx]

Hello. The Lux & Tenebrae extension is not part of current implémentation.

It would require some work, but nothing is impossible and I really hope we can have it implemented shortly following the game official release.

[lordalx]

New update is available with below improvements / fixes

Interface

• Player's score display improved : separate the VP from the 1st player token, in bold when a player reached 9VP without the 1st player token
• Top banner expand down on smaller screens.
• When a player is expelled, the magic item is correctly shown as available for everyone.
• Selected cards to discards from divination are more visible through a dedicated banner.
• Selection of resources for placing card is improved for corner case situation.
• For first games, the content of the remaining cards in deck is displayed allowing players to have an overview of their deck.

Fixed components

• Divination provides the right remaining cards in deck following a reshuffle of the discard
• Crypt & Sorcerer's Bestiary correctly updates the remaining cards in discard
• Crypt allows again to place artifact with Gold (ex: Vault) which was not the case under particular condition.
• Dancing sword mention the right player name when reacting to attack.

[darhf]

Known issues for this version :
- The draft order indication is refreshed one turn late
- Scores are updated 2 turns later than they should. Keep a close eye on your scores while we fix the issue !
- Computers with touch screens may fail to display tooltips
- On ipad pro with big screens, the tooltip on power places does not fit the screen
- The Vault is broken and can lead to game blocking
- Athanor 2nd power is broken right now.

[lordalx]

New update with below fixes :

interface:

• victory points are refreshed on time
• draft order update is displayed on time.
• death and gold statistics are not swapped anymore
• monument's draw don't show some negative number

fixes components:

• Athanor 2nd power is fixed.
• Vault don't block the collect anymore when no gold is stored on it and it's the only card that required player's decision