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dexdouglas wrote: ↑01 September 2021, 15:32 Bring all the Knizia games to BGA!

OutOfHabit wrote: ↑01 September 2021, 23:26

joezg wrote: ↑01 September 2021, 21:19

Han Shot First wrote: ↑01 September 2021, 18:57 How do BGA decide which games to have news announcements about and which to just move out of beta 'quietly'?

We decide based on popularity and other factors.
Almost no games leave the beta quietly. It happened for some really unknown self-published games in agreement with the designer/publisher.

All other games were released with the announcement or during calendar events, like summer of games.

For some reason, they sometimes announce games, but don't put them as the featured news article. Iirc, this happened to No Thanks, where it was announced, but never showed up as the main news article, only on the side.

joezg wrote: ↑02 September 2021, 07:38 It is always featured, but sometimes for a shorter period of time. (When the news are Monday/Wednesday).

And yes, before Monday/Wednesday news cycle we released some games without announcement on site. Only with announcements on social networks, but for some months all games are announced on site.

OutOfHabit wrote: ↑01 September 2021, 23:26

joezg wrote: ↑01 September 2021, 21:19
We decide based on popularity and other factors.
Almost no games leave the beta quietly. It happened for some really unknown self-published games in agreement with the designer/publisher.

All other games were released with the announcement or during calendar events, like summer of games.

For some reason, they sometimes announce games, but don't put them as the featured news article. Iirc, this happened to No Thanks, where it was announced, but never showed up as the main news article, only on the side.

OutOfHabit wrote: ↑02 September 2021, 13:36 For a while (around when no thanks was announced), the featured article didn’t change for a week or more… this happened a few times. I play (multiple times) daily and saw the same article continue to be the featured one, but others show up secondarily on the homescreen (on the bottom of the page on mobile instead of top)

This happened a few times in that timeframe.

joezg wrote: ↑02 September 2021, 07:38 It is always featured, but sometimes for a shorter period of time. (When the news are Monday/Wednesday).

And yes, before Monday/Wednesday news cycle we released some games without announcement on site. Only with announcements on social networks, but for some months all games are announced on site.

OutOfHabit wrote: ↑01 September 2021, 23:26

For some reason, they sometimes announce games, but don't put them as the featured news article. Iirc, this happened to No Thanks, where it was announced, but never showed up as the main news article, only on the side.

millsyboy wrote: ↑02 September 2021, 00:52

dexdouglas wrote: ↑01 September 2021, 15:32 Bring all the Knizia games to BGA!

Well, maybe not all of them. I would be happy with about 200 of them…

I think this is his first game on here. So many of his games are sorely missing here, I hope there are many more to come.

joezg wrote: ↑02 September 2021, 21:47

millsyboy wrote: ↑02 September 2021, 00:52

dexdouglas wrote: ↑01 September 2021, 15:32 Bring all the Knizia games to BGA!

Well, maybe not all of them. I would be happy with about 200 of them…

I think this is his first game on here. So many of his games are sorely missing here, I hope there are many more to come.

You are wrong! There is Lost Cities.
I'm a great fan of his work. Maybe I will implement another one. We'll see...