Board Game Arena

It says in the game information that the interaction is 0. Surely this is wrong. Interaction should be 5 according to me.

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Nobody knows what interaction means. Or rather, each individual developer assumes it means something different.

You may think it means that your moves affect the other player(s). Others may think it means that you have to trade, negotiate, manipulate, form alliances, etc.

In my opinion, interaction means interaction with teammates, and strategy means interaction with opponents

This value is actually called "diplomacy" in the dev docs and the metadata manager.

Diplomacy of the game, from 0 (no interaction in this game) to 5 (totally based on interaction and discussion between players)

So it is clearly defined as interactions between players directly, not just through their moves. Things like negotiating, bluffing, asking questions, etc.

Pikrass wrote: ↑23 December 2025, 10:28 So it is clearly defined as interactions between players directly, not just through their moves. Things like negotiating, bluffing, asking questions, etc.

Except that an admin recently said the opposite: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46229

So, in my opinion, it is clearly confusing, with several conflicting definitions, and no one can be sure what a given value means, and the best would be to just ignore it.