Board Game Arena

It would be nice if you could nudge a player at a table to send them a notification that it's their turn at a table. I know they'll get a notification when it's their turn, but it's pretty easy to forget once time passes.

you could talk to them in the chat..?

Do they receive an email notification when they receive a new in-game chat message?

lawlladin wrote: ↑20 January 2022, 01:21 Do they receive an email notification when they receive a new in-game chat message?

Did you expect your nudge-suggestion to send them an e-mail?

This nudging would be abused so hard if it sent out e-mails. Won't happen.

I think some sort of reminder, whether it's a nudge initiated by players, or a reminder sent by the system (some time after the initial "its your turn") is sent out could be useful. Maybe my experience isn't typical, but this what I have experienced:

• I'm the only premium sub of my friends group so I initiate games, 99% of which are play by turn

• We do turns when we can during work days or at night

• A friend will get a notification that it's their turn, but miss it because they're busy or the turn was taken late at night and then buried by emails the following morning

• They forget they had open games and the game stalls out

I don't know if other users experience this, but I don't think it's unlikely that other working adults play with their friends that don't regularly open BGA on their own and only ride into the app through email notifications. I know I can contact them on my own via text/email/chat/etc., but any time you require people to leave the platform to do something you're going to have fall off.

Instead of nudging, perhaps they receive another email X hours/days later reminding them of all open games? It could be a preference that users could opt-out of as well if it's a concern.

lawlladin wrote: ↑21 January 2022, 15:32 I'm the only premium sub of my friends group so I initiate games, 99% of which are play by turn

So you actually know these people. So you could send them a text or whatsapp message?

Yup! While I could text/whatever you're doing that outside of the platform. I might do that, but others could decide not to, see their games stop progressing, and fall out of the habit of using BGA. Also, playing with non-friends it could be useful to remind people after X time has gone that they have X games still open waiting for them. Just an idea!