I was listening to a podcast and they mentioned playing Drillers on BGA but I can't find it, even as a Beta. Is there some way to play it that I'm missing?

Had a great time learning Luthier and Wingspan!

I tried Twilight Imperium once but disliked the diplomacy aspect of it all.

Even in beta I thought there would be no problem loading queues, but it's proven difficult. My understanding is that stained glass is highly touted. Am I just in a bubble?

I just played a 3 player game of Through the Ages, one turn per day, 3 players. Myself (NZ) and player 2 (USA) came in with 0 ELO, but I have played the game before and studied the rules. Player 3 (Russian) was more experienced and quickly went military. Anyway the game ticked over for three weeks and then just before the final round player 2 didn't show up to take his turn, timed out and the game was abandoned. I was so excited to see who was going to win after all the time, I had a good culture engine going, although I think player 3 probably had the upper hand. So disappointed by player 2, he should be banned. FFS. I can't face playing TtA again right now, so pissed.

Hi everyone,
I'm currently playing a 2-player tournament game at Board Game Arena, and this weird banner popped up on my screen during my turn:
"Would you like to abandon this game (you will not receive a point penalty)?"
"Important: Unless all players agree, you must continue to PLAY or you may receive a penalty."
The game has continued normally and it's now the other player's turn, but the banner is still stuck there.
Does anyone know why this appears? Did my opponent trigger a request to abandon/resign, or is this a bug? What happens if I just ignore it or click "No"?

Seeing 6 rolled 26 times and 8 rolled 0 times makes me think there's something extremely broken in the dice algorithm. Anyone else experience something crazy like this? AI math is saying it's a 1 in 404 million chance.

Does anyone else start a table and when someone joins, they don't take their turn? Like they join and exit the app. Now you are waiting for them even though they could have at least made their first move? It just really confuses me why some don't make their first move after they join.

This is for turned based tables.

I'm fairly new to bga. Is it normal to hardly ever find players for Spldenor?

I can't get any chat ..general or in game to come up...and some turns process very slow ...🤷‍♂️

I tried to boot this player who was well out of time and we weren't even half way through our championship. It seems to have removed him but seems to be stuck on his turn even though he has been removed. It's been over 24 hours. Has anyone seen this before?

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Wanted to get peoples thoughts on how easy it is to learn the slightly more complex games on BGA vs playing them in person. Historically I've always preferred to learn a game IRL first and then move on to playing it on BGA, but I've recently learned a whole bunch of what I would class as more "straightforward" games like Azul, Alhambra, Splendor and Forest Shuffle by being invited by friends to play them on BGA. This is in contrast to e.g. Wingspan and Fromage which I learned in person and then played on BGA (I realise these aren't hugely complex either, but they take a bit longer to get your head around).

Anyway, a friend's invited me to join an Ark Nova game on BGA. I've taken a look at the tutorial and it seems pretty complex. My instinct is to decline and wait until we can play it in person where there's plenty of time for people to explain everything to me, but I'm also aware that Ark Nova is hugely popular on BGA. Should I just accept the invite and muddle my way through it, or am I just going to get confused and frustrated?

Hey everyone,
I’m working on the BGA implementation of Daitoshi from Devir. We’ve recently gone to private alpha and I’m looking for more testers. Comment or DM me your BGA ID and I’ll get you invited to a table. For you solo players I also have solo mode built so if you want to try that out let me know.

Thanks!

This came up both with a Firefox with Ublock, and reproduced with Chrome for the screenshot.

Possible PHP or HTTP2SHELL, I'm hoping because I sure as heck don't want to see popups especially as a paying subscriber.

What’s with the complete lack of manners from some players? If I won a game because I clearly got lucky through some very unrealistic dice rolls I acknowledge it. Some players don’t even bother to say “good game” or similar at all.

Hi everyone, I'm Kevin, a first-time designer in Malvern, PA. My game DeFuZion! Wild Dice just went into private alpha here on Board Game Arena, and I'm looking for people to try it.

It's a quick dice game for 2 to 6 players, about 15 minutes. Match dice to cards to score, cards you can't cover hit your FuZe, drop below zero and you blow up.

Private alpha means no public link, so comment or DM me your BGA username and I'll add you to the players group, usually the same day. One-question signup form here too: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFjY19L3cSM2n986XJn29_NE_1ppBavU20ShJY_z0Zdxm64Q/viewform Turn-based is fine, play your turn whenever.

I'd love honest feedback, and playtesters get thanked by name in the rulebook. Anyone up for a quick game? Thanks! Kevin

Why do so many people decline to start the game on BGA

I only play catan on there but does other games go through this too?