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Hi. I've had Xanadú in alpha testing for a couple of weeks now. I know some people have tested it and I received some bugs which I have corrected now. But I have not received any reports of reviews submitted (I understood I would get them via email). Either I'm not receiving them or players are not reviewing.

1. How can I check the reviews received?
2. What is the process for leaving a review (so I can check if the players I have invited are not understanding the review process).

Can't find documentation on either of those things right now, so I appreciate any help!

The short answer to both questions is this url: https://boardgamearena.com/reviewer

For you: It will state 'This is your game' along with some statistics (e.g. 30 people have started a review, you have 3 reviews with an average of 4 stars)

For reviewers: It will give them a big approval button for their final review, along with links to the game, the game group, and the bugs/suggestions forum.

EDIT: I can also confirm that you do indeed receive an email upon getting an approval (I have had some on one of my games but not the other, yet..!)

somiryu wrote: ↑09 May 2020, 18:24 (so I can check if the players I have invited are not understanding the review process).

Invited players cannot review your game unless they're enrolled as BGA reviewers. (and they cannot enroll unless they met the criteria)

Going a bit further on this, is there anywhere to see the individual reviews outside of email?

There are some suggestions and comments in the reviews that I would like to respond to. They did not create any suggestion or bug issues so there doesn't seem to be any communication option. I suppose I can just message them directly?

Marcuda wrote: ↑10 July 2020, 05:24 Going a bit further on this, is there anywhere to see the individual reviews outside of email?

There are some suggestions and comments in the reviews that I would like to respond to. They did not create any suggestion or bug issues so there doesn't seem to be any communication option. I suppose I can just message them directly?

Approvals should happen a the end of the process. Reviewers should create suggestion/bug reports until they are ready to approve. We'll need to write a F.A.Q for reviewers to make the process more clear if it's not what happens. In the meantime, if you get a suggestion you want to discuss in comment of an approval, then indeed contacting the reviewer by BGA message is a possibility.