why is "final game situation" only avail 24 hours? this is super annoying

[GTSchemer]

I would think they could at least store a few medium rez images of the end game.

Captured how exactly? This is rendered in the client browser. It's not broadcast from the server.

I assume the same way they create small videos for examples of gameplay like this (if this link works): https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/gamep ... 1755227863

I believe there's a library which can render what a web browser would see, and can be used to save images or video clips. However, that's still of limited utility for complex games which might have stuff on several tabs.

The simplest solution would probably be to extend the cleanup for turn-based games and prevent whatever causes it to be unavailable / cleanup early, but I don't know the details or if it's a priority.

[nik592]

Either way it bothers me enough that I doubt I will renew. Playing the game and then not getting to see the final board or figure out how I won or lost is like watching a long movie with a terrible ending.

I mean, that's up to you obviously, but as someone who also really wants to see how the game ended, I find the number of games I don't see a final situation for (within the 24 hours) is pretty minimal (maybe 10-20% at most), and of those, I can watch replays (fast forward to end) to see the end situation. Since the fast forwarded replay doesn't show the moves, I can't imagine it would work much differently on phone vs. PC. And yes, there's an odd game which can't go through the replay for some reason, but we're talking a handful over the course of a year. There are reasons I have contemplated dropping my subscription to BGA, but if not being able to see final game situation was my only issue, I'd be happy enough.