Board Game Arena

The only change I do not like is that I can't see online players anymore. It was very useful for games like Saboteur or Werewolves where you want to see if experienced players are available. Besides that, very good features have been implemented (especially sitting on multiple realtime tables). All I need is expand all/collapse all buttons. And "small icons" could be even smaller if you ask me. Can't wait for Arena mode!

If there could only be a way to see which game has a party waiting for more players. Just imagine a rearly played game-in this lobby there is no way of telling if there are others wanting to play.
Previously there were two options-for players who know what they want to play and for those, like me, that would join anything that would start soon.
Please-give the old design back

the functionality of this new user design was not well thought through. This is the biggest misstep that BGA has made. I wont be playing at BGA until this is addressed, I might not be back at all.

After switching the display to Small Icons and figuring out the system, it's become much more usable.

Indeed. Doesnt look very good atm. Hard to find games, since its some random order, not even alphabetical. And then opening is behind some click. Fix it please better or return to old.

Actually now found out that can adjust the view. But hidden a bit. So well...maybe need to use to this.

In the old Lobby it was possible to search for open table of game that usually we don't play to have new experience. It seems to me that it is not possible now. So games that have few players will have less in future. It is possible to add something to show games we have not played yet open at the moment?

It seems like this was a very controversial update... It is not too bad, but it is not so good either.

Suggestions:

- To have the option (in the user profile) to get back to the old lobby.

- "Expand all" and "collapse all" button should be there somewhere.

- Most importantly, there should be a way of keeping expanded the lobby for some games. Having to click on each of the games I want to play to see what is going on every time you enter the site is really a pain...

The new lobby is cool but...
When I click "or invite" the message "Saving a place for some player you don't know is impolite. Please use 'suggest' function below instead." is displayed. Unfortunately I can't use this function!

UPDATE:

Following your feedback, we decided to update the lobby.

According to the lobby statistics, the new lobby has good performances: the number of games played on BGA is normal, which is very good after a huge evolution like this one.

We are happy with this and we think this new lobby is a good move.

However, some of you reported some use cases that may be addressed better, so we are going to address these.

The update will be done tomorrow or on Saturday.

Thanks again to those who are explaining in details the situations encountered: these feedback are really the most useful.