Board Game Arena

I've joined several games here that were labeled turn-based, only to have all other players abandon the game when I don't play a turn within the first five minutes of the game being activated. I thought the point of the turn-based game was so you didn't have to be online all the time to play it right away. Perhaps they should actually be creating real-time games so that us who don't have huge chunks of time don't try to join games that will just disappear once they start?

Hi,

Actually we just changed the lobby interface to make perfectly clear that there is a "realtime" section and a "turn based" section. This way, you cannot miss that a table has been set up for turn-based mode.

That said, you're right that we could make this more clear inside the game.

cheers,

I definitely love the new layout, and was excited that the turn-based games have their own tab now! Thanks so much!