Board Game Arena

When the game begins with a new deck of cards, is the whole deck formed in order as they come off the top? In other words, if I 'stay' is the next card dealt to the next player the same card I would have gotten if I took the 'hit' ? Or, does the computer just pick another random card out of the remaining cards in the deck ?

I don't think so. A BGA game should always play exactly the same as if it were a live table. You don't shuffle in real life, then you don't shuffle on BGA.

If the shuffling is good, whether or not you shuffle before each draw is irrelevant, unless you add/remove cards too.

From an algorithmic point of view, shuffling the deck and then picking the next card in order is equivalent to simply picking a random card from the (sorted or not) deck.

I have the same question:
Are the cards shuffled at the start of the game? Or is the random calculated in the moment of the draw?

Why does it matter?

If the cards are fixed in the deck, then after "stoping" I can see the next card and know if I made a right choice. But if the random is calculated each time -then my next card would probably not be the same as next players card drawn.

Biku-Beku wrote: ↑19 June 2026, 12:56 Why does it matter?

If the cards are fixed in the deck, then after "stoping" I can see the next card and know if I made a right choice. But if the random is calculated each time -then my next card would probably not be the same as next players card drawn.

Still... why does it matter?

Apart from making you feel stupid/smart, it has no effect on the game, and it should have no effect on how you evaluate the game.