Board Game Arena

It would be nice to be able to post notes about a game one is setting up on the Setup Page like:
a) When can everyone be online at the same time so as to speed up play?
b) Describing the game ("Custom map with abundant resources, for instance").
c) Home brew or special rule exceptions ("Players may use BGA chat to conduct secret negotiations").
etc

djimm100 wrote: ↑27 August 2026, 18:04 It would be nice to be able to post notes about a game one is setting up on the Setup Page like:
a) When can everyone be online at the same time so as to speed up play?
b) Describing the game ("Custom map with abundant resources, for instance").
c) Home brew or special rule exceptions ("Players may use BGA chat to conduct secret negotiations").
etc

I agree, but there would have to be general BGA support for it.

It is sort of a hidden feature, but you can already do it if you use the legacy "Play Now" button in the top left to manually create a table. If you scroll below the options, you will see this "no presentation yet" thing with a modify link: https://snipboard.io/2VG6as.jpg

If you add a custom message there, it will show up in the list of Play Now lobbies. However, some caveats:
* I don't know if you can set this presentation from the game page (the new lobby system).
* I don't know if the game page (new lobby) shows presentation strings.
* If someone just uses the simple table search system to find a game, they might join the table automatically without reading the message.
* I don't know if the game page (new lobby) allows joining a table to discuss in chat before the game starts. I feel like players have requested this feature, but I don't know if it is available.

Thank you for the quick response.

I wasn't expecting potential players to respond before the game starts, just to know what to expect. That's all helpful info and I'll see if it works.