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Why is arena 2 player in TTR?
Posted: 15 July 2026, 19:44
by Ani_28
Do people really like 2 player than 4 or 5? Also, are Arena options choosen by mods or is it random?
Re: Why is arena 2 player in TTR?
Posted: 15 July 2026, 20:15
by Ceaseless
Ani_28 wrote: ↑15 July 2026, 19:44
Do people really like 2 player than 4 or 5? Also, are Arena options choosen by mods or is it random?
Yes, 2 player is the most popular. The standard reasons 2 player is commonly the best player count in games with any real interaction apply.
Arena season is set by the gurus.
https://boardgamearena.com/faq?anchor=faq_arena
Re: Why is arena 2 player in TTR?
Posted: 15 July 2026, 21:03
by menettm
At 2 players, there is no kingmaking....
Re: Why is arena 2 player in TTR?
Posted: 16 July 2026, 00:27
by Jontia
It's partly because it's faster.
The arena format is selected by gurus.
Gurus are the 100 people who have played the most games each month.
You can play more games, if the games finish faster.
Two player games finish faster.
So people who like and play two-player games, finish more games, get to be guru's and choose the format they like.
Almost all BGG games arenas go down to two players. You need a game with a much smaller pool of players to get people who like bigger games into the guru group.
Re: Why is arena 2 player in TTR?
Posted: 16 July 2026, 01:46
by Archisian
It’s faster, evens the playing field competitively speaking, and eliminates kingmaking.
Re: Why is arena 2 player in TTR?
Posted: 16 July 2026, 06:32
by preacc
From my experiences joining ticket to ride tournament in local tournaments and wsbg asia, all of them are 4/5 players competition. It’s really different to play from 2 players to 4/5 players cause you can’t just use longest route or play all 6 routes in 4/5 players since either one of them looking for that routes.
I agree that it has some luck factor in 4/5 players, but adapting the gameplay is most important in 4/5 players and it can be played competitively.
Hopefully arena settings can be implemented as tournament settings in real life as we can practice to play the tournaments.
Re: Why is arena 2 player in TTR?
Posted: 17 July 2026, 17:15
by Cournot
preacc wrote: ↑16 July 2026, 06:32
From my experiences joining ticket to ride tournament in local tournaments and wsbg asia, all of them are 4/5 players competition. It’s really different to play from 2 players to 4/5 players cause you can’t just use longest route or play all 6 routes in 4/5 players since either one of them looking for that routes.
I agree that it has some luck factor in 4/5 players, but adapting the gameplay is most important in 4/5 players and it can be played competitively.
Hopefully arena settings can be implemented as tournament settings in real life as we can practice to play the tournaments.
All tournaments should be 2p; 2 vs 4/5 is NOT the same game.
Re: Why is arena 2 player in TTR?
Posted: 18 July 2026, 11:27
by preacc
Cournot wrote: ↑17 July 2026, 17:15
preacc wrote: ↑16 July 2026, 06:32
From my experiences joining ticket to ride tournament in local tournaments and wsbg asia, all of them are 4/5 players competition. It’s really different to play from 2 players to 4/5 players cause you can’t just use longest route or play all 6 routes in 4/5 players since either one of them looking for that routes.
I agree that it has some luck factor in 4/5 players, but adapting the gameplay is most important in 4/5 players and it can be played competitively.
Hopefully arena settings can be implemented as tournament settings in real life as we can practice to play the tournaments.
All tournaments should be 2p; 2 vs 4/5 is NOT the same game.
Well for competitive case I agree, but in reality offline tournaments for ticket to ride always offer 4/5 players per match even for biggest competition such as WSBG. I don’t know in your local area but I think if you find some, you can try to join the tournament there.