Board Game Arena

Let’s say you’ve started a war that only involves other players. I’m confused about how to select which leader will be the attacker in the war. It seems like most of the time whichever leader I select will be designated the *defender*, which is weird already, but to make matters worse, it seems inconsistent.

As I say, mostly the selected leader becomes the defender, but it seems like sometimes it becomes the attacker. Obviously it is often crucial who is the attacker and who is the defender, and it is my one big frustration with this implementation that I am never completely sure which one will end up being which.

The active player only chooses what order to resolve the colors in external conflicts, not who is the attacker or defender. The attacker should be the active player or else the next player in turn order. In my experience BGA's implementation has been correct.

Huh! I don’t know when I forgot that rule, but I’ve been playing this incorrectly for a couple of years at least. Thanks for the correction.