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== About == | |||
[https://boardgamearena.com Board Game Arena] is a free web based platform for playing board games online. | |||
== BGBers group == | == BGBers group == | ||
There's a community group for Board Game Barrage which allows you to find and restrict BGA tables to community members. You can find and join it here: | |||
https://boardgamearena.com/group?id=5491921 | https://boardgamearena.com/group?id=5491921 | ||
==== Creating BGB-only games ==== | |||
[[File:Creating private BGB group games on Board Game Arena.png|thumb|Restrict access to BGB Group on Board Game Arena]] | |||
To create a game for BGBers only: | |||
# Make sure you've joined the group. | |||
Create a new '''Manual Table''' for a game.In the "Players at the Table" section, click ''Restrict Table Access''. Under the ''Restrict to Group'' dropdown, you should see '''BGBers.''' (If you don't see it, make sure you've joined the group!) Open the table | # Create a new '''Manual Table''' for a game. In the "Players at the Table" section, click ''Restrict Table Access''. Under the ''Restrict to Group'' dropdown, you should see '''BGBers.''' (If you don't see it, make sure you've joined the group!) | ||
# Open the table | |||
# Share the URL to the Discord for people to join | |||
Note, if you do this for Alpha games, the link will only work for people who have already played that particular game before. | |||
== Alpha Game Access == | |||
If you’d like to be able to start games that are in Alpha on BGA, you need to become a [https://boardgamearena.com/reviewer reviewer]. If you need to pad your “games played” stats, see [https://youtu.be/J6sZsYA4mBk this video] from [[User:Woggers|Woggers]] on how to lose quickly in Bandido. | |||
Latest revision as of 09:50, 13 June 2021
About
Board Game Arena is a free web based platform for playing board games online.
BGBers group
There's a community group for Board Game Barrage which allows you to find and restrict BGA tables to community members. You can find and join it here:
https://boardgamearena.com/group?id=5491921
Creating BGB-only games
To create a game for BGBers only:
- Make sure you've joined the group.
- Create a new Manual Table for a game. In the "Players at the Table" section, click Restrict Table Access. Under the Restrict to Group dropdown, you should see BGBers. (If you don't see it, make sure you've joined the group!)
- Open the table
- Share the URL to the Discord for people to join
Note, if you do this for Alpha games, the link will only work for people who have already played that particular game before.
Alpha Game Access
If you’d like to be able to start games that are in Alpha on BGA, you need to become a reviewer. If you need to pad your “games played” stats, see this video from Woggers on how to lose quickly in Bandido.