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I like butterfly which when played 2 player has very little luck. I got to ELO 600 which you can't do in luck based games!

frogstar_A wrote: ↑12 December 2022, 12:12 I got to ELO 600 which you can't do in luck based games!

could that ELO thing been an interesting way to sort out game by luck?
is there a way to compare all these Max ELO?

Shobu wrote: ↑12 December 2022, 13:03 could that ELO thing been an interesting way to sort out game by luck?

Yes, but it combine skill and popularity.

And cheating.

mikkashar wrote: ↑11 December 2022, 01:20 The Pure Strategy Group https://boardgamearena.com/group?id=670 ... ublicinfos has a list of games available on BGA with no post-setup randomness. (Many are abstract two-person games, but not all. IME socialness varies wildly with the players. I'm fond of Patchwork and Strands, among others, and would like to play more Caylus and Terra Mystica.)

I like this list and just joined the group!

Unfortunately the list also contained some errors, for example City of the Big Shoulders does have some post-setup randomness (you draw new tiles and demand cards every turn).

Jellby wrote: ↑03 December 2022, 20:22 Many abstract games: chess, checkers, connect four, go, Chinese checkers, reversi, battle of lits, hex, pente, blooms, alveole, strands, yoxi, nxs, oust, finity, ponte del diavolo...

The BGA page gives checkers a 1 for its luck rating tho

PassNGrin wrote: ↑20 May 2023, 01:07

Jellby wrote: ↑03 December 2022, 20:22 Many abstract games: chess, checkers, connect four, go, Chinese checkers, reversi, battle of lits, hex, pente, blooms, alveole, strands, yoxi, nxs, oust, finity, ponte del diavolo...

The BGA page gives checkers a 1 for its luck rating tho

Is that wrong? I haven't played Checkers in ages.

Strode wrote: ↑20 May 2023, 03:42

PassNGrin wrote: ↑20 May 2023, 01:07

Jellby wrote: ↑03 December 2022, 20:22 Many abstract games: chess, checkers, connect four, go, Chinese checkers, reversi, battle of lits, hex, pente, blooms, alveole, strands, yoxi, nxs, oust, finity, ponte del diavolo...

The BGA page gives checkers a 1 for its luck rating tho

Is that wrong? I haven't played Checkers in ages.

It should be 0 instead of 1

As far as I know, there are no rules or guidelines about what the "complexity", "strategy", "luck" and "interaction" ratings even mean, let alone how the numbers should be set. Maybe the person who set the rating (the developer?) interpreted that there is luck involved in choosing which player goes first, or in whom you play against.

cigma wrote: ↑10 December 2022, 08:37 There have already been several suggestions to filter games on BGA according to degree of luck (and other categories).
If you are interested in this feature, please vote on https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=46942

So people have been asking for this for years. Surprising this only has 20 something votes.