Board Game Arena

I think you should consider allowing you to invite friends who are not on this platform when starting a new game. I'd likely be more willing to do premium if my friends were on and they are more likely to join with an invite.

When you say "not on this platform," do you mean players who have BGA accounts and are not online at the moment, or people you know who do not have a BGA account?

The first case is already implemented: players do not need to be online to get an invitation (especially in turn-based games).

The second is a spam nightmare. Allowing a player to create a table, then invite someone via entering their email address when that person has had no interaction with BGA would create a bad situation. BGA would be sending out unsolicited emails. Since BGA sells memberships, this could be against electronic communication laws in various countries.

Jest Phulin wrote: ↑11 September 2022, 20:57 The second is a spam nightmare. Allowing a player to create a table, then invite someone via entering their email address when that person has had no interaction with BGA would create a bad situation. BGA would be sending out unsolicited emails. Since BGA sells memberships, this could be against electronic communication laws in various countries.

I think they meant the second thing, and in addition to your good points, why do people feel entitled to be able to use a service that is already free and still not even want to create an account?