Real time games usually have a 4 minute turn timer, after which you can be expelled if your opponents desire, though training mode games without a timer can also be created. You can play real time games or turn based games (from 2-12 moves required a day) - the choice is yours. They've gone from about 2,000 people playing live at any one time pre-covid to about 40,000 or more at at time now, and aside from a few hiccups when they needed to catch up by adding more server space, the site has ran very smoothly. Kudos to BGA (and the publishers which have allowed their games to be played here) for all their hard work, which is clearly a labor of love.
#BOARD GAME ARENA FULL#
A premium membership costs $24 per year and gives full access to all the games all the time. However, non-premium members can't organize many games (though they can join all of them), and may not be able to access the site if traffic is extremely high. Their isn't a per game cost and you can play for free. This allows you to start playing almost immediately if you know the game's rules, and if you don't, rules pdfs and explanatory videos are right there on the site for each game. Every game is playable, and almost every game features a great mouseover function where if you mouse over something in the game it fully explains exactly what it is. While I'm going to evaluate a number of games below, and talk about my favorite and least favorite implementations on the site, you should know that the overall quality level is extremely high. While classics like Chess and Yahtzee can be found, the overwhelming majority of offerings are well known modern board games. The focus of the site tends to be on eurogames and light fillers and card games. It instead offers fully functional computer versions of popular board games, with 176 games lovingly (and legally) created by a small team which has done an astounding job of putting together games which work smoothly, look clean, and rarely crash (and if theyĭo, a window refresh handles the problem). Unlike alternatives like Tabletopia and Tabletop Simulator, BGA doesn't seek to replicate things like moving pieces around table or grabbing cards. If like many others, board game nights are now a thing of the past and you're looking for where to begin online, I highly encourage you to check the site out. Of all the platforms available for online board games, Board Game Arena, at, is far and away my favorite. If your eyes glaze over when you see a wall of text, you can hear this discussion on the Two Wood for a Wheat Podcast, which also includes a review of Gaia Project, looking in particular at solo play, as well as Board Game Arena thoughts from my co-host Pat and special guest Jordan Nach:
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