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Conceptos básicos de Board Game Arena

¿Qué es Board Game Arena?

¿Qué?, ¿todavía no lo sabes? ¡Vamos a ponerte al día! Board Game Arena (BGA) es una plataforma de juegos de mesa en línea.

With BGA, you can play online, either in real time or turn based, against players from around the whole world. A selection of various board games and card games are available. In order to play, the only thing you need is your browser!

Para una vista rápida, por favor visita nuestra página de 'presentación de BGA'.

¿Qué significa "partida en tiempo real"?

When playing a real-time game, your opponents are connected to the game platform during the entire game. They can see your moves and react to them immediately - as is the case in the real world.

¿Qué significa "partida por turnos"?

When playing a turn-based game, players do not need to be connected all the time. They leave and come back when it's their turn to play. Once all your opponents have completed their moves you are notified that it is your turn (by email or on your next visit to the site). Then you can access this game, take your turn, and the process repeats for the next player.

¿Qué necesito para jugar?

Your browser... and that's all! Board Game Arena does not require anything else. This way, you can play from any device, anywhere, anytime!

However, we are using the latest technologies available for the web. For this reason, you should play with the most up to date web browsers to enjoy an optimal BGA experience.

Para la mejor experiencia de juego, recomendamos los siguientes navegadores:
  • Google Chrome 10+
  • Mozilla Firefox 4+
Oficialmente soportamos los siguientes navegadores:
  • Google Chrome 4+
  • Mozilla Firefox 3.5+
  • Internet Explorer 11+
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Safari 4+
  • También admitimos jugar en iPads o tabletas similares o teléfonos móviles.

¿Puedo jugar gratis?

Puedes jugar a juegos de mesa y disfrutar de la mayoría de las funcionalidades en Board Game Arena de forma gratuita. Algunas características adicionales solo están disponibles para nuestros miembros Premium.

Para más información sobre los beneficios de convertirse en miembro Premium, por favor consultar nuestra página de 'Membresía Premium'.

¡Me encanta BGA! ¿Cómo puedo ayudar?

¡Gracias! Board Game Arena es, en definitiva, una página web comunitaria que existe y ha crecido a través de las contribuciones de numerosos jugadores apasionados.

Puedes contribuir de varias maneras, tales como:
  • If you are a native speaker in another language than English, you can help us translate Board Game Arena in your language.
  • If you are a web developer, you can help us implementing new games on our BGA Studio development platform.
  • If you have the means to support us financially, please consider becoming a Premium member to keep the website running and expanding!

For more information about the different possibilities to help BGA, please check our 'Contribute to BGA' page.

Jugando

¿Cómo puedo comenzar una nueva partida?

Go on the 'Play now' section, select your prefered game mode (ex: 'Real-time'), find the game you want to play, and then click on the 'Play' button.
  • Si seleccionaste el modo "Oponentes automáticos", solo debes esperar a tus oponentes.
  • Otherwise, you will be displayed a list of table you can join. Choose a game table, join it, wait for players to join, and once you have the players, click 'Start game'. Have fun!

¿Qué pasa si nadie se une a mi mesa?

Para los juegos más populares, puedes encontrar jugadores en cualquier momento del día. Para otros juegos, si no puedes encontrar oponentes en este momento, te recomendamos que regreses en la hora punta (en torno a las 22:00 CEST).

Consejo: comprueba el número de jugadores en línea/disponibles para jugar a un juego antes de crear la mesa.
Consejo: si nadie está disponible para una partida en tiempo real, puedes convertir tu mesa en una partida por turnos, con lo que otro jugador podrá unirse a ella incluso horas/días después de haberla creado.

¿Puedo unirme a varias mesas en tiempo real al mismo tiempo?

Sí, puedes unirte o crear varias mesas en tiempo real al mismo tiempo, usando el lobby Manual.

This is even recommended to be in several tables, to maximize your chance to find opponents, instead of waiting at a single table.

When one of your realtime table starts, you are automatically removed from the other tables and you can focus on your game.

For example, if you want to play Carcassonne, Keyflower and 7 Wonders, we suggest you to join or create a table for these 3 games, so all the other players can see you are ready to play these games.

Otro ejemplo: si quieres jugar a Saboteur, te recomendamos unirte a todas las mesas abiertas.

Me uní a una partida. ¿Cuándo comienza la partida?

Para los juegos en tiempo real, cada mesa tiene un anfitrión que es quien creó la mesa. Es responsabilidad del anfitrión de la mesa iniciar la partida cuando estén satisfechos con el número de jugadores que se han unido a la mesa. Si tú eres el anfitrión de la mesa y no puedes arrancar una partida, la mayoría de las veces es porque no se han unido suficientes jugadores a la mesa.

Para los juegos basados por turnos, el juego comienza tan pronto como el máximo de jugadores haya sido alcanzado. El anfitrión de la mesa también puede decidir iniciar el juego manualmente en cualquier momento después de que se haya unido el mínimo de jugadores requerido para jugar a dicho juego.

¿Cómo puedo jugar en solitario?

There are an increasing number of games available for solo play on BGA. To find these games, you can go to the Games page and filter by "Number of players: Solo."

Para empezar un juego en solitario con el lobby "Manual":
  • Crear una nueva mesa
  • Selecciona 'modo Amistoso' para la opción de 'Modo de juego'
  • Reducir el número de jugadores a 1
  • Abrir la mesa a otros jugadores (ninguno en este caso, pero sigue siendo un paso necesario)
  • Comenzar la partida.

Para empezar un juego en solitario con el lobby «Automático»:
  • Haz clic en el icono de engranaje para modificar las opciones
  • Haz clic en "Mostrar opciones avanzadas"
  • Pon en verde el 'modo Amistoso' y en rojo el 'modo Normal' para la opción de 'Modo de juego'
  • Indica "1 jugador" para desactivar el resto de parámetros para la opción de "Número de jugadores"
  • Haz clic en «Jugar ahora».

¿Qué significa el círculo de color al lado del nombre de un jugador?

online_.png : Este jugador está activo. Completó una acción muy recientemente.
inactive_.png : This player is inactive. He or she is connected to the website but has not performed any action recently.
offline_.png : Este jugador está fuera de línea.

¿Qué significan los iconos al lado del nombre de un jugador?

active_player.gif : Este jugador debe realizar una jugada ahora.
active_player_clockalert.gif : This player must make a move now, and has used up all his/her available thinking time. Can someone wake them up? ;)
active_player_nonack.gif : This player must make a move now, but is probably not aware of this fact. If the situation doesn't change, it might mean that this player has a connection issue.
: When the 'normal' avatar of a player is displayed, it means that this player is waiting for their turn to play.

Un jugador no está jugando. ¿Qué puedo hacer?

First, please remember that other players have the right to think as long as they need to about their next move... Well, as long as there is still some time left on their game clock, that is. After that, you can use the chat to ask this player to confirm that he or she is still thinking about how to play.

If the player seems to be away, we advise you to wait a few minutes: this player may be experiencing some network problems or have left temporarily. If the player is not coming back, and his/her clock has become negative, then you can kick this player out of the game. The effects of kicking a player out are the following:
  • Este jugador recibirá una penalización por 'abandono' (ver 'Reputación/Karma' para más detalles).
  • This player will lose the same ELO points as if he/she was the loser (last place) of this game, minus an additional -10 ELO.
  • Whatever happens in the game afterwards, all the other players will be considered tied at the first place for ELO, and will receive a % of the ELO corresponding to the % of progression of the game at the moment the player was kicked out. Ex: if 80% of the game has been played, the remaining players will receive 80% of the ELO they would have won.
  • Se omitirán todos los turnos subsiguientes de este(a) jugador(a).

With this system, we ensure that even if you are in a losing position, it is NEVER a good choice for you to quit a game in progress. This system is a little bit harsh, but unlike many other services, about 99% of games played on BGA are not abandoned, and we are proud of that :)

¿Cómo funciona exactamente el reloj de la partida?

Before playing each game, depending on the 'Speed' settings, you can see two values: the initial time amount and the additional time per turn.

Cuando es tu turno de pensar, el tiempo que queda en tu reloj disminuye.

Regularmente (normalmente en cada 'turno'), tu asignación de tiempo se incrementa.

If your timer reaches zero (or gets negative), any other player can kick you out from the game: you should be careful NEVER to be in this situation.

Algunos detalles y casos específicos:
  • There is a maximum amount of time for each player. In general, this maximum matches the initial time amount (ie: you can never have more than the initial time).
  • If you get a negative clock at some point during a game, even if you are not expelled, you will get a 'clock' red spot on your reputation.
  • Cuando juegas un juego por primera vez, todos tus tiempos se duplican.
  • Tournaments are using a completely different system ('fixed time limit'): you get an amount of time at the beginning, and there is no additional time during the game.
  • For turn-based games, 'X turns / day' means '24 / X' hours of additional time per move. For example, '2 turns / day' means '+12 hours per move'.

¿Cómo administráis los eventos aleatorios (tiradas de dados, cartas barajando...)?

Para dados y cualquier acción equivalente a 'elige un número', usamos la función PHP 'random_int'. This function has a cryptographically secure randomness, which means that it may be even better than real dice :)

For card shuffling, we are using the PHP method 'shuffle', based on the 'Mersenne Twister' algorithm which is used by most online Poker websites.

Please note that there are thousands of games played each day on BGA, so a rare event whose probability is really low may still happen dozens of times per day on BGA.

Finally, for those asking themselves "But is that random number generator truly random?", please check this page from random.org which is a great ressource to understand the complexity of this question.

¿Qué ocurre si un jugador hace algo erróneo?

The Board Game Arena platform has been designed to encourage players to maintain good behavior. The reputation system allows you to distinguish between good and bad players. Then, it is up to you to decide whether to start a game with them or not.

If you think a player behaved badly during a game, you can give them a 'red thumb' at the end of the game. Las consecuencias de un pulgar rojo son:
  • Este jugador no podrá volver a jugar contigo nunca más (excepto si te lo encuentras en un torneo).
  • Este jugador no podrá enviarte mensajes privados o mirar tus partidas como espectador.

If you think a player committed a serious wrongdoing during a game (for example insulting another player in the chat), please report this player to us, using the 'report this player' link from their profile or by clicking on the 'red thumb' at the end of the game, so that we can take appropriate measures.

Al usar el lobby en "Modo Automático": ¿cómo funcionan las preferencias de juego?

Al usar el lobby en el "Modo automático", puedes especificar tus preferencias para una variedad de opciones para un juego haciendo clic en el engranaje.
  • "Estoy de acuerdo en jugar con..." significa que estás dispuesto a jugar con esta opción.
  • `I prefer not to play with...` means that we won't make you join a game with this option value... Except if this is the only available possibility after searching an alternative during a few minutes.
  • `I'm reluctant to play with...` means that we won't make you join a game with this option value... Except if this is the only available possibility after searching an alternative during a long time.
  • `I never want to play with...` means that we won't make you join a game with this option value at all.

¿Cuánto tiempo se mantiene abierta una mesa de juego si nadie está jugando?

Cuando nadie ha hecho ninguna jugada en una mesa por un tiempo se cierra automáticamente para liberar recursos del servidor:
  • A real-time table is closed automatically if more than 4 hours have elapsed since its creation and if all players at this table are now offline.
  • Una mesa por turnos se cierra automáticamente si no se ha realizado ninguna jugada en 40 días.

¿Qué son los juegos alfa y beta y por qué se nos advierte sobre ellos?

Alpha and beta games on Board Game Arena are works in progress. Alpha games are in the very early stages of development, so they might be unfinished, and you're asked not to share anything about them. It's also expected that you'll provide feedback to help improve the game. Beta games are a bit more polished but can still have bugs or issues. The warnings are there to remind you about potential problems (like bugs or instability) and to encourage you to report anything you encounter to help the developers refine the game.

Tu cuenta, reputación y clasificación

¿Cómo funciona mi puntuación de reputación (Karma)?

The Karma score (☯) is a quick way to check if a player has a good reputation on BGA (does not quit games, is friendly and fair play, ...).

Depending on your Karma score, you may also be allowed or disallowed to use some features on BGA or to join a given table.

Tu puntuación de Karma inicial es 75☯ (de un máximo de 100☯). Por lo tanto:
  • Cada vez que terminas una partida, si tu reloj nunca estuvo en negativo durante esta partida, obtienes +1☯.
  • If you quit, or get kicked out of a game in progress, you lose 10☯ or even 20☯ if you already quit another game recently.
  • Si te pierdes una partida planificada de torneo: -4☯.

¿Cuál es el código de conducta?

En Board Game Arena, no deberías:
  • Quedarse sin tiempo en el reloj de la partida.
  • Abandonar intencionadamente una partida en curso.
  • Take an unnecessary and unreasonable amount of time at the end of game in an obvious losing situation.
  • Engage in Kingmaking: enabling another player to win on purpose while there is a better move to make for yourself.
  • Give some piece of information about the current game situation that disturbs the normal game flow.
  • Communicate with another player about the game privately (for example with an instant messenging app).
  • Hacer uso de provocación / triunfalismo / derrotismo ... cualquier cosa que no sea juego limpio.
  • Use an avatar that may be shocking or offensive to other players (no advertisement, no politics, ...)
Romper estas reglas afectará a tu reputación.

¿Por qué recibí un aviso de dirección IP al unirme a una mesa?

When you join a table, you may receive a message informing you that a player is playing from the same IP address as another player. This means they could potentially be sharing information. We've decided to display this warning to let you know. You are free to decide whether or not you wish to participate in this game. For more details please check out our 'Multi account policy'.

¿Qué está absolutamente prohibido?

En Board Game Arena, está absolutamente prohibido:
  • Insultar a otros jugadores de cualquier forma.
  • Crear múltiples cuentas y jugar contra uno mismo para aumentar tu clasificación.
  • Trolleo, ataques a administradores, ataques a moderadores, críticas vacías o difamación.
Going against these rules can lead to the removal of your account and/or a ban from the website.

¿Qué pautas debo seguir al comunicarme?

The general rule you should follow is to talk to people (in the forum, in the chat, ...) as if they were friends that you invited to play at your home: then you'll naturally give them your attention and be kind to them so that everyone feels welcome and at ease. ¡Y siempre es maravilloso jugar con amigos!

You should also be aware that in an international communication context, not everyone has the same mastery of the language being used, and that cultural differences can sometimes lead to misundernstandings. When in doubt, please consider the most kind and well intentioned meaning as it will be the good one most of the time!

And finally, do not use Board Game Arena communication resources to advertise other gaming websites. If you want to talk about your experience elsewhere, please just say something like 'on another gaming website'.

Torneos y karma: ¿Cómo funciona esto?

Hay una reputación mínima para poder jugar cada torneo (la predeterminada es 65☯).

If your reputation decrease below the minimum requirement of a tournament for which you registered, you may not be able to participate.

If your reputation decrease below the minimum requirement of a tournament in progress, you may be expelled from the tournament (but not from your games in progress).

¿Cómo se calcula mi clasificación ELO?

The players ELO score on BGA is based on the ELO formula, which is one of the most popular ways to evaluate a player level. Please check Wikipedia if you are interested in the theory.

En BGA, obtienes una clasificación ELO para cada juego diferente. Cuando no has jugado nunca un juego, tu ELO es cero.

When you finish a game, the number of points you gain/lose depends on the level of your opponents, and more precisely on the ELO difference between you and your opponents.

The most simple situation is a 2 players game. You will gain a number of ELO point equal to K x (W - p(D)) where:
  • W es el resultado de una partida: 1 para una victoria, 0 para una derrota, 0,5 en caso de empate.
  • D es la diferencia de ELO entre tu oponente y tú.
  • p(D) is the probability of victory considering the previous difference (see Wikipedia for details).
  • K, el 'factor de elasticidad', tiene un valor que depende del número de partidas que hayas jugado: 60 para tus primeras 10 partidas, 40 entre tus 11ª y 20ª partidas, 20 para la 21ª y en adelante.

Algunos detalles y casos específicos adicionales:
  • En tu primera partida, siempre ganas al menos 1 punto ELO, incluso si pierdes la partida.
  • Until you reach 100 ELO (beginner), you can never lose ELO points. And after that you can never go back under 100 ELO.
  • When you play with more than 1 opponent, we consider that you win against each opponent who scores lower than you during this game, and lose against each opponent who scores better than you. For example, if you are #2 in a 4 players game, you gain ELO points as if you won against the 3rd and 4th players, and lost against the 1st. In this case, the K factor is adjusted depending of the total players number to make sure ELO variation are not too important (or too little).
  • When you win consecutively against the same opponent on a game, your ELO gains will gradually reduce. This encourages you to compete against as many players as possible.
  • When your rank is "Strong" or higher, and you don't play for an extended period, your ELO score will decrease over time.

ELO ranking allows to classify players in 7 distinct skills levels: Beginner (0 point), Apprentice (1-99 points), Average (100-199), Good (200-299), Strong (300-499), Expert (500-699), Master (700+).

¿Por qué las clasificaciones y los modos competitivos están desactivados en algunos juegos?

Algunos juegos no son adecuados para la competición en línea en Board Game Arena.Esto puede suceder por varias razones:
  • the game may be a cooperative one, where your rank serves as a rough indication of your level but should not be viewed as a competitive rank;
  • la partida puede haber sido resuelta;
  • there may be easily accessible game engines or artificial intelligence allowing players to compete at the level of the engine instead of their own.
In any of those cases, or if a specific reason does not allow for a fair competitive basis for a game, rankings and competitive modes will be disabled (with matching trophies).

¿Por qué no he recibido un trofeo de rango superior para este juego?

To be awarded the top rank trophies, you need to have reached at least 300 ELO (otherwise, the first people playing the game would just get the trophies immediately). Also, there needs to be enough active players (at least 1000/300 in the last two months for the top20/top10), otherwise the achievement would not be significant.

¿Cómo puedo eliminar mi cuenta?

Tómate un respiro... ¿Por qué querrías hacer eso? ¡Te echaremos de menos!
Si estás convencido, encontrarás lo que necesitas en "Preferencias → Cuenta → Borrar mi cuenta de BGA".

¿Por qué han desaparecido algunos de mis amigos?

Un cambio reciente en la manera en la que Board Game Arena administra los amigos ha provocado que algunos amigos antiguos tuvieran que ser eliminados. Más específicamente, las amistades no mutuas ahora no están permitidas.

Desde ahora, para hacer un nuevo amigo, debes primero mandarle una solicitud a un usuario. Si ese usuario la acepta, se volverán amigos. Esto permite ver cuando cada uno está en línea, además de poder ver información relevante de cada uno en sus noticias.

Cualquier amistad no mutua existente antes de este cambio se ha eliminado, y convertido en "solicitudes de amistad expiradas".

Podrás encontrar estas solicitudes de amistad expiradas haciendo clic en "Ver mas..." en la pestaña de amigos. ¡Si quieres seguir siendo amigo con cualquiera de estos jugadores puedes seguir enviándoles solicitudes!

Premium

¿Cómo funcionan los juegos Premium?

Solo los miembros Premium pueden crear mesas nuevas para juegos Premium.
Una vez ha sido creada la mesa, cualquiera puede unirse (incluso los miembros que no son Premium).

This way, you only have to buy 1 Premium membership to play Premium games with your friends (or anyone else).

¿Por qué algunos juegos son Premium y otros no?

Cada editorial de juegos decide si sus juegos en BGA son Premium o no.

Por favor ten en cuenta que la gran mayoría de los juegos en BGA son gratuitos para todos :)

Quiero jugar con alguien desde el mismo lugar: ¿debería comprar 2 membresías Premium?

No: solo necesitas una membresía Premium.
If a Premium member is playing at a table, all restrictions based on location are removed for all other participants at this table.

¿Por qué «jugar desde la misma ubicación» está restringido a miembros Premium?

Playing on BGA from the same location is not something common since if you are at the same place you can play with the real physical board game. It makes sense to make it a Premium feature, so that using BGA stays a way to discover and enjoy board games with the whole world and does not become just a way to avoid buying the real physical game.

With this restriction, we also mean to limit the possibilities for cheaters to play against themselves to boost their rankings.

¿Qué es el modo Silla-caliente y cómo funciona?

Using Hotseat mode (Premium feature), you can play with your friends from the same computer or other device.

Create a simple game table on BGA, click on 'Invite a friend' button, and select 'Hotseat' for each of your opponents.

¿Cómo se factura una membresía Premium?

La membresía Premium es una suscripción: se factura periódicamente.

The monthly membership is billed every month: if you subscribe on March 13th, you will be billed on April 13th, May 13th, and so on.

La membresía anual se factura una vez al año. Como te estás comprometiendo durante un año, hay un descuento importante en esta membresía.

If you prefer to pay manually for each membership period, we advise you to use the Paypal payment option as we do not renew automatically memberships payed using Paypal.

¿Cómo cancelo mi membresía? ¿Puedo cancelar mi membresía en cualquier momento?

Puedes cancelar tu membresía Premium en cualquier momento desde la sección "Cuenta" de tus "Preferencias".

Whenever you cancel your membership, you always remain Premium for the period you have already paid for.

¿Cómo puedo actualizar mi información de pago? ¿Cómo puedo actualizar mi número de tarjeta de crédito?

La única forma de hacerlo es volviéndote a suscribir, usando tu nueva información de pago:

  • Ir a la página Premium: https://boardgamearena.com/premium
  • Cancela tu suscripción actual (la membresía restante no se perderá)
  • Elige la membresía mensual o anual e ingresa tu nueva información de pago.

Note: the payment on the new Credit Card will not occur before the end of your current active membership period.

¿Qué sucede si ya soy Premium y obtengo una membresía gratuita?

If you get one free Premium month by helping BGA, your current membership period is extended by one month.

For example, if you should have been billed on April 13th, you will be billed one month later instead.

Please note that if you get your free month just before the renewal of your membership, it may be impossible to cancel the next billing so we may have to delay the subsequent bill instead.

Juegos de Mesa disponibles

¿Qué juegos están disponibles?

Board Game Arena offers a wide selection of board and card games, with a strong focus on modern ('European style') board games.

Para una lista completa, por favor visita nuestra página de "Juegos".

¿Cómo seleccionáis los juegos que están disponibles en línea?

Para publicar un juego en BGA necesitamos 2 cosas:
  • The authorization of the digital rights owner for the game (most of the time, the original publisher).
  • A software developer volunteering the time and skills needed to build an online version of the game.

So if you are asking yourself why one of your favourite games is not yet available on BGA, it could be for various reasons:
  • We never asked an authorization for this game in the first place (of course if the game is popular, there is a good chance that we asked).
  • The publisher didn't reply or refused to grant his authorization, temporarily or definitively.
  • The publisher accepted, but we haven't found a volunteer developer yet for this game, or the development is currently ongoing.
  • La adaptación del juego está lista, pero estamos esperando un momento específico o un evento para publicarlo.

Si únicamente quieres sugerir un nuevo juego para BGA: La mejor manera de ayudarnos a tener este juego en BGA no es escribirnos, sino escribirle al editor de este juego , y decirle cuán genial es BGA, para que pueda darnos una autorización para tener este juego aquí :)

¡Nos ayuda mucho, así que por favor hazlo! Puedes enviar el siguiente link que explica todo lo que necesitan saber:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepublishers

¿Qué pasa con las expansiones de juegos?

Game expansions follow the same selection and development process than games. There can be various reasons why a game publisher doesn't want the expansion online, and sometimes we don't find a developer who has the time to develop it.

Soy de una editorial: ¿cómo y por qué debería traer mi juego a Board Game Arena?

The main goal of Board Game Arena is to make it easy for players to discover new games, learn to play them and love them. We think that there are only two kinds of players on Board Game Arena: those who already bought the games they are playing online, and those who plan to buy them soon!

For a more detailed presentation or to contact us about licensing, please check out our 'Game publishers' page.

La Arena (modo competitivo)

¿Qué es el modo Arena?

El Modo Arena es el mayor modo competitivo para todos los juegos en Board Game Arena.

Playing Arena Mode, you meet opponents in a competitive spirit, and try to become the new world champion for each game!

¿Cómo funciona?

El modo Arena está basado en temporadas.

Cada temporada dura 3 meses, así que hay 4 temporadas de Arena cada año.

Al final de una temporada, los mejores jugadores de cada juego serán los nuevos campeones del mundo de BGA.

¿Y si no me interesa el juego competitivo?

Arena Mode is 100% optional. You can play on BGA using 'Simple mode' and never care about it.

¿Cuáles son las reglas del Modo Arena?

Primero: algunas reglas del modo Arena pueden cambiar de una temporada a otra.

To access Arena Mode for a game, you first need to reach 100 ELO points. It gives you access to the lower Arena league (Bronze league). You start with 1 Arena point ('Bronze - 1').

When playing on Arena mode, you play each game with its Arena format. You cannot choose your opponents: a matchmaking algorithm is choosing your opponents for you.

When you win a game in Arena mode, you gain Arena points. You gain 3 Arena points when beating an opponent from the same league, 2 points when beating an opponent from league N-1, 1 point for beating an opponent from league N-2, and so on (and the same for higher leagues).

Cuando pierdes una partida, pierdes puntos de Arena. Sin embargo, no puedes bajar de 0 puntos.

(Note: If you play a 3+ game, the number of Arena points you get is divided by the number of opponents. So beating 5 opponents from the same league brings you 3 x 5 / 5 = 3 points).

When you reach 10 points, you are promoted to the upper league, with 1 point (ex: 'Silver - 1'). You get a corresponding trophy, and you can no longer be relegated for this season.

Tu objetivo es, por supuesto, alcanzar la mejor liga posible antes del fin de temporada :)

¿Cuántas ligas hay?

It depends on the popularity of the game: the most popular a game is, the more leagues there are (and the most difficult it is to reach the top).

¿Qué es la "Liga Élite"?

The most active players for a given game (especially the best ones) may reach the most prestigious league: the Elite league.

In Elite league, the rules are different: each player has an Elite Arena Score (EAS), which works exactly like a standard 'ELO rank'. Based on this EAS, you get your world rank for this game (ex: 45th) and you can try to become the world champion

This EAS is hidden as long as you are playing in inferior leagues, and is revealed when you enter the Elite league. Basically, if you beat very good players during this season, your EAS will be high, and if you beat weak players your EAS will be low.

¿Qué sucede al final de temporada?

For each game, the best players will receive the BGA world champion trophies for the season depending on their final rankings.

Cuando empieza una nueva temporada, todos los jugadores descenderán a una liga inferior (y las Puntuaciones de Arena Élite (PAE) se reinician).

¿Qué es el «Formato Arena»?

The Arena format is a set of game settings that apply to all tables played in Arena mode. This keeps all Arena games for a particular game consistent, ensuring a fair and competitive environment.

Every season, the "Game Gurus" community of each game discusses and votes on the Arena format. These users can propose new formats, and the one with the most votes at the end of the season becomes the official Arena format for the next season.

In some cases, Admins may set a special rotating format that makes game option change each season based on specific rules. This is especially useful for games with complex settings that can create very different play experiences (e.g., battle scenarios, map variants).

¿Que hay sobre las partidas por turnos?

El modo Arena puede jugarse tanto en partidas en tiempo real como en partidas por turnos.

The only constraint for turn based games is that a turn based game must start and end during a given Arena season to be taken into account for this Arena season.

If your turn based game is not finished at the end of the Season, the player who consume the most thinking time during the game will lose the game.

For a given game, you must also always play on the table where you are the most waited (ie: where it's your turn for the longest time).

¿Qué ha pasado con las partidas de Arena por turnos al final de la temporada?

5 days before the end of the season, it is not possible to start new Arena turn-based games anymore.

If your turn based game is not finished at the end of the Season, the player who consume the most thinking time during the game will lose the game and lose Arena points.

Los otros jugadores no ganarán ni perderán puntos de Arena en esta partida.

La partida puede continuar después, pero no habrá más consecuencias en las clasificaciones de Arena.

¿Qué significa ser Gurú de Juego?

For each game on BGA, the most prolific players in the last 30 days are eligible to become the Game Gurus.
Los Gurús se seleccionan diariamente y mantendrán su estatus al menos un mes.

Game Gurus have special powers, like being able to discuss and vote for the next seasons Arena format.
Ellos también son los que están evaluando los tutoriales Alfa.

Más capacidades especiales serán confiadas a los Gurús de Juego en el futuro.

¿Cómo convertirse en Gurú de Juego?

Your karma must be at least 90, and you must have been registered on Board Game Arena for at least one year.
The players who played the most (non-training) games in the last 30 days will automatically become gurus. (limited to 100 players)
Once a player is a guru for a specific game, they will keep their status for at least 1 month (unless their karma drops).

Pueden aplicarse otras condiciones.

Problemas técnicos

¿Qué puedo hacer si tengo algún problema con la página web?

La mayoría de los problemas en la página web debieran resolverse simplemente actualizando la página (o 'F5').

If you experience a persistent issue, the first thing to do is to use our troubleshooting tool to check if everything is fine with your configuration.

If you are not correctly logged in for a game (spectator instead of player), please come back to the main site and log out then log in again to refresh your authentication cookies.

Then, you can browse our bug tracker: check to see if someone has already reported this issue and upvote it, or create a new report if that's not the case. Please take the time needed to describe the problem in a clear and precise manner so that we can quickly reproduce and fix it.

¿Por qué no se ha corregido aún este error?

Corregimos una gran cantidad de errores, permanentemente. Pero por supuesto tenemos que establecer prioridades:
  • We give the highest priority to recent features and recent games, because the most important bugs are reported fast.
  • We give the highest priority to the bugs that gathered the highest number of upvotes (green thumbs) in our bug tracking tool.
  • We usually fix bugs in batches for better efficiency. So if we decide to fix an important bug on a game, there is a good chance that we will fix some other minor bugs at the same time.

BGA is known for the quality of its adaptations, and if you look at the bug tracker, you will see that - considering the number of games and the size of the community - there are not so many really important bugs open with a lot of upvotes.

Please also remember that a lot of BGA adaptations are realized and maintained by volunteers on their free time. Finding and fixing bugs is neither easy nor really fun, so the best way you can help is by being nice and giving precise information in bug reports.

It can also happen that the original developer stops maintaining the game after a while for some personal reason. In that case, remaining bugs can stay open a long time, until another developer interested in the game volunteers to take over, or for more popular games, until the number of votes attracts the attention of an admin on this bug's relevance to the community.

Estoy jugando en un dispositivo móvil y tengo algunos problemas: ¿qué puedo hacer?

BGA was designed with desktop and laptop computers in mind. Then we updated the layout to accomodate mobile users, but while some BGA adaptations run perfectly on mobile, some others are not designed well for small screens or touch screens. This can come from the complexity of the game itself (big board, lots of elements) or from the choices made by the developer.

Thus, when you play from a mobile device, we advise you to choose games that won't be too difficult to play on a small screen, and to pay extra attention to each of your moves to be sure to trigger the correct action: zooming a lot really helps!

¿Por qué tengo una conexión lenta o problemas de rendimiento en BGA?

We are constantly monitoring our servers responsiveness. Sometimes incidents occur, but most of the time BGA is responsive. Usually, less than 2% of game moves takes more than 200 milliseconds to process, and less than 0.2% takes more than 1 second.

The main BGA servers are located in Europe (France), but we rent relay servers all across the world (in 30+ locations) so that big files (essentially images) are loaded quickly even if you are far from us.

Please be aware that very often, performances problems can come from your internet connection or from your computer system. We advise you to try to connect with a different browser / computer / internet connection to troubleshoot the issues.

As a rule of thumb, if you are finding out that BGA is not responsive enough for you on a given day, you shouldn't start or join a game since there is a risk for you to get clock penalties.

Pautas de traducción

¿Qué puede ser traducido?

The collaborative translation system is meant to make it possible to translate Board Game Arena into any language, in order to enable more people to discover and play board games.

For example, if you want to play 'Dragonheart' with your 10-year-old nephew and he doesn't speak English yet, no problem! Just help us translate Board Game Arena into your language!

Every string of text for the main site and for the games interfaces are 'internationalized' and can be translated by the player community. News announcements displayed on the BGA 'Home' and 'News' pages are computer translated first, then the translation can be improved by the community.

¿Quién debería traducir?

This is important: only translate text into a given language if you are a native speaker of that language. When translating a game, the translator should know the game thoroughly and if possible have a box and rulebook of the game in the destination language to check for consistency. Translators should take into account the level of language and the formal/informal pronominal rules usual for the gaming audience of their country.

The source/reference language for translation is English, since the site and games development is made in English.

English is not necessarily the mother tongue of all developers, so fluent (and preferably native) English speakers can submit requests for change to be validated by developers or adminstrators. It is necessary to be very careful when modifying the English texts as this affects the translations in all languages!

¿Cuál debe ser mi enfoque al traducir?

When translating, please always stay as close as possible to the original English text in meaning and style. Translating a software interface is not a literary exercise: please do not try to transform Board Game Arena into a book. Practicality, clarity and homogeneity are the most important.

In particular, you should respect the final punctuation (or lack thereof), the specific words capitalization choices and the use of digits instead of words.

He corregido algunas traducciones, ¿por qué no parecen haber cambiado en la página?

Translation files are updated nightly, so you just have to wait until tomorrow for your changes to appear on the site.

¿Cúanto tiempo es posible modificar traducciones?

The first translations may not be perfect. So they can be modified until they are 'validated'. Validation occurs when a translation has not been modified for 30 days straight. It is then considered stable and valid (golden icon) and can only be changed by 'seasoned' players.

Computer translated text is never validated until it has been proofread by a member of the community and either "confirmed" or "modified". Afterwards it is considered to have a "human" level of trustability like other translations, and will follow the same rules for validation.

¿Hay alguna recompensa por traducir?

¡Sí! Cada traducción validada otorgará a su traductor 1 punto regalo. To learn more about gift points, please check our 'Contribute to BGA' page.

Tutoriales de juegos

¿Hay tutoriales para aprender las reglas del juego?

¡Sí! Algunos juegos tienen tutoriales.

Ver la lista de juegos con tutorial

¿Cómo puedo crear un tutorial para un juego?

Cualquiera puede proponer un nuevo tutorial para un juego.

Esta página explica cómo hacer un tutorial

¿Qué es la versión ALFA/BETA de los tutoriales?

Cuando propones un nuevo tutorial para un juego, adquiere la categoría de ALFA.
Todos los que tengan el enlace del tutorial pueden revisarlo, dar su opinión y evaluarlo.

El desarrollador del juego (o el administrador de BGA) puede elegir tu tutorial y pasarlo a BETA
A tutorial in BETA is proposed to English speaking players on the Game Page, so it can be tested on real conditions.

Si el tutorial tiene buenas estadísticas, el desarrollador del juego (o el administrador de BGA) puede hacerlo OFICIAL.
El tutorial OFICIAL se muestra en la Página del Juego y está disponible para todos los jugadores.
Solo hay un tutorial OFICIAL para cada juego.
El tutorial OFICIAL ya está disponible para ser traducido.

¿Cómo se evalúan los tutoriales?

Tutorials are evaluated by game developers and BGA admins based on statistics (ex: ratings, ...).

They may compare several tutorials statistics by making them available at the same time: if several BETA tutorials (with/without an OFFICIAL one) are available, players are redirected randomly to one of them.

¿Cómo puedo traducir un tutorial?

Los tutoriales están disponibles para ser traducidos ~24 horas después de que reciban la categoría de OFICIAL.

Después, pueden traducirse como cualquier otra parte del juego.

¿Cómo se recompensa con puntos regalo a los creadores de tutoriales?

Cuando tu tutorial pasa a OFICIAL, obtienes 100 puntos regalo.
Afterwards, each month, you get 100 additional gift points as long as your tutorial remains the OFFICIAL one.
Hay un máximo de 600 puntos como recompensa por cada juego.

¿Dónde puedo ver las estadísticas de mi tutorial?

What can I do if the game adaptation does not allow me to create the right tutorial steps?

Because of bugs or specific choices made by a game adaptation developer, it may be difficult or impossible to:
  • ver la repetición de una partida sin errores
  • pedir a la persona que ve el tutorial que haga una jugada en vez de usar el botón "Continuar"
  • dejar un comentario en un tutorial en el lugar exacto donde te gustaría que estuviera.

In that case, it should be reported as a bug for the game in our bug reporting tool so that the developer can fix it. When reporting the bug, please indicate to the developer to check the tutorials checklist page where the most frequent errors and problematic cases are described.

After the issue has been fixed, you should be able to create a tutorial without problem, by using the replay of a game played after the new game version has been deployed.

Gente detrás de Board Game Arena

¿Quién eres tú?

This website has been created on their free time by two IT professionals passionate about board games: Grégory Isabelli and Emmanuel Colin.

BGA is a community website that exists in its current state thanks to the wonderful contributions of passionate players throughout the world.

Para ver una lista completa de nuestros colaboradores, por favor visita nuestra página de 'Equipo'.

In 2021, BGA joined the Asmodee Group (read full announcement).

¿Cómo os ganáis la vida?

After more than 7 years building and managing BGA on their free time, both founders have been working on the website with a full-time salaried position since early 2018. This was really required by the growing audience playing on this website, and has finally been made possible by the continued support of our Premium members through the years (thank you again!).

But actually, there is so much work to do to run BGA that two people working full-time is clearly not enough! This is why we intend to preserve and expand our "community based" approach to give to every interested player the possibility to contribute in order to keep this service running as good and smooth as possible.

¿Cómo puedo contactaros?

For general questions concerning the website, games or the community, the best way to reach out is by posting a message in our forum. This way, anyone from the community can answer, and everyone benefits from the answer.

To report issues or suggest new features, please use our bugs & suggestions tracker. Please make sure to check if there is already a report dealing with the subject before creating a new report: upvoting existing reports allows us to identify the subjects that are considered as the most important by the community.

For any other subject or specific request, you can reach out to us through our contact page.
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