Board Game Arena

https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=196315


Please add a section (page/tab/filter) that displays all tables that are currently waiting for players, across all games.
This list could include both real-time games and turn-based games.

players often miss great opportunities to play games they normally wouldn’t think of.

Mystics wrote: ↑11 December 2025, 06:54 Please add a section (page/tab/filter) that displays all tables that are currently waiting for players, across all games.

I wonder how a list of all open tables for more than 1200 different games could be of any use for you. How many entries would this list have?

Isn't it better to see all tables of games you are interested in? And that's easy: Go to the Play Now page https://boardgamearena.com/lobby, scroll below your favorite games and click on "See all available tables".

It should be noted this only works for “simple games” and not arena (which probably makes sense given recent changes to arena, but it would still be nice to see if there are arena players around wanting to play), and it only works if player choice is set to manual (not “automatic” or “friends”).

BarnardsStar wrote: ↑11 December 2025, 21:46 It should be noted this only works for “simple games” and not arena (which probably makes sense given recent changes to arena, but it would still be nice to see if there are arena players around wanting to play), and it only works if player choice is set to manual (not “automatic” or “friends”).

For me it shows available Arena Tables just below the oldest open simple game table. Tested on mobile and turnbased.

It's the same for real time: Below the open tables for your favorites there are open Arena tables. Scroll past them there are tables which you can creat. Still scrolling further there is even a link "Show tables for other games" which seems to be what OP suggests: All open tables.

[Edit]If you scroll all the way down in the manual lobby there is even a blue button called "See all available tables for all games" [/edit]

varietyCH wrote: ↑11 December 2025, 23:10

BarnardsStar wrote: ↑11 December 2025, 21:46 It should be noted this only works for “simple games” and not arena (which probably makes sense given recent changes to arena, but it would still be nice to see if there are arena players around wanting to play), and it only works if player choice is set to manual (not “automatic” or “friends”).

For me it shows available Arena Tables just below the oldest open simple game table. Tested on mobile and turnbased.

Huh, I never scrolled all the way to the bottom. However, it does still seem to be the case that you only have this option if the upper left drop down (“Simple/Arena/Tournament”) is set to Simple. Which is terrible design—you can only see open Arena tables if you set it to Simple rather than Arena??—so I’m kind of hoping I’m wrong about this…