Board Game Arena

hi
it is one year the game has been announced in alpha, and still it is
someone knows if there is some problem on it? will it be released at last?
thanks

Can you inform us about the process? Is it going to be Beta soon?

motoko_o wrote: ↑17 January 2022, 00:04 hi
it is one year the game has been announced in alpha, and still it is
someone knows if there is some problem on it? will it be released at last?
thanks

I once had great expectations for this game to appear on BGA, but I think a handful of reasons have combined to make the game unlikely to appear here.

It's a shame, because I was hoping to turn my poker-playing buddies (we play for bragging rights) into board gamers by bringing them to Board Game Arena and having them try some simple games. Looks like it won't be happening.

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Ludo Dave wrote: ↑05 February 2022, 06:42 It's a shame, because I was hoping to turn my poker-playing buddies (we play for bragging rights) into board gamers by bringing them to Board Game Arena and having them try some simple games. Looks like it won't be happening.

I do think that is a trick the site is missing, it would be great if a lot of the classic 52 card deck games were available here as an entry point. For reasons I've stated I'd avoid any of the gambling ones like Poker, Blackjack, Baccarat etc, but it feels odd that we've got Whist and Canasta variants on here, but not those games themselves. Maybe it would also be worth having any public domain game playable from the same IP address (since that concession was one made to publishers), but only in training mode or with ELO disabled so distant families could play them, which might tempt them to look around at other titles

Out of curiosity though have you tried showing your friends Saint Poker? That looks like an interesting way to use the poker card ranks in a hand management game, but I've never got to try it sadly so can't say for sure

ViolentSilence wrote: ↑08 February 2022, 00:11

Ludo Dave wrote: ↑05 February 2022, 06:42 It's a shame, because I was hoping to turn my poker-playing buddies (we play for bragging rights) into board gamers by bringing them to Board Game Arena and having them try some simple games. Looks like it won't be happening.

I do think that is a trick the site is missing, it would be great if a lot of the classic 52 card deck games were available here as an entry point. For reasons I've stated I'd avoid any of the gambling ones like Poker, Blackjack, Baccarat etc, but it feels odd that we've got Whist and Canasta variants on here, but not those games themselves. Maybe it would also be worth having any public domain game playable from the same IP address (since that concession was one made to publishers), but only in training mode or with ELO disabled so distant families could play them, which might tempt them to look around at other titles

Out of curiosity though have you tried showing your friends Saint Poker? That looks like an interesting way to use the poker card ranks in a hand management game, but I've never got to try it sadly so can't say for sure

I agree with you about having more classic card games as accessible entry points to Board Game Arena for those who don't play board games -- yet. Hearts and Spades are also here, but my group is not a trick-taking group so they have limited utility for me but could work for others.

I looked at Saint Poker and it's intriguing, but it seems to be a much more memory-intensive game (managing remembering what cards have been played, who played them, and then who took what cards back into their hands) than poker, which is more about estimating odds, interpreting betting patterns and reading people (at least the way we play). I know Saint Poker wouldn't fly, but yes, it does look like an interesting game.

Asmodee should just buy the rights to one of those old school compendium disks full of card games that used to sell back in the day, clean them up and post them. Then they'd have beaucoup card players visiting here, and maybe staying long enough to try some games and ultimately become Premium members. But maybe there's a reason corporate management doesn't want to try developing that market.

Hello, I'm a big Texas Hold 'Em fan. I want to try, please invite me. Thanks very much!

Hi, can you add me to the group plz?

Hello, I'm a big Texas Hold 'Em fan. I want to try, please invite me. Thanks very much!

I would be real curious to see how this is implemented into BGA. I think BGA can uniquely offer 'turn-based / not realtime) poker. I would like to test this out. This could be a good entry vector into BGA for some coworkers

Crazyboog wrote: ↑06 January 2021, 11:43 Hi All,

The Poker Texas Hold'em is now in Alpha.

https://boardgamearena.com/reviewer?game=texasholdem

It is a winner-take-all No Limit gamemode and can be played from 2 to 8 players.

If you are not a reviewer yet but would still like to test this game, contact me and I'll invite you to the testing group.


Have fun

Hi，could plz invite me to the group?