Board Game Arena

attrill20 wrote: ↑23 January 2026, 22:13 Is anyone else having difficulty starting arena matches? I've had invites hanging for hours and no takers. Surely can't be this few people looking for games, anything up with the matchmaking system for arena matches recently?

No, so seems strange if you're having issues. Not noticed it any different to previous Arena seasons.

Make sure to set your game speed option to flexible. Arena match finding seems to be working fine.

Hmm, odd - is priority for joining new games based on the number of ones I already have perhaps? Every time I reach 1 or 2 active arena games, it seems like the matchmaking system won't let me join a third.

I've agreed to the flexible settings, left an open arena invite open all night and no one joined the game after about 8 hours! Seems very strange, is there anything else I may be overlooking?