YES !
In 2010, Gregory Isabelli(on the right) and* Emmanuel Colin*(on the left) started a platform with a simple idea: Why not making a place to help people play together?
At the beginning, this was a place to find people and games. Close to your home. To play around a table.
Then it evolved. Slowly...
10 Years later, here we are: BoardGame Arena is blowing his 10th anniversary candles, but wait, there is more:
We're also celebrating our +4 000 000th accounts, and our gamelist that has grown up to more than 200 games recently.
But this anniversary is not about BoardGame Arena. It's mostly about YOU.
(Yes, you. Even you who got a penalty for leaving a game recently).
BGA would be nothing without the support of players, from all over the world.
People helping to translate, report bugs, and just having fun playing with friends or strangers from more than 300 different countries, speaking in more than 40 different languages.
Premium members are helping more than ever: with your contribution, we were able to allow more people to come and play.
Thanks to them, we're also offering BoardGame Arena tools to many schools, institutions and libraries, all over the world.
We would of course like to thank our developpers, working mostly in the background, who are at the heart of BGA and make it alive, brilliant and are helping to bring new games for all of us to enjoy.
We, of course, give our thanks to publishers, as well as game designers, illustrators, and everybody working in the industry that helps and allows us to make these gems available to all of you.
And most important: let's not forget our wonderful team of moderators that are working 24/24 and 7/7 to help keep this place filled with what players deserve: fun and nice exchanges.
We are proud of the road we travelled together since then, and we're taking the measure of what's coming.
A lot of things are coming.
As you can see, we're releasing 1 to 3 or more games a week.
We're improving, bit by bit, the whole website. Sometimes you can see it, sometimes you don't, but trust us: we never stop working on it to improve every small detail.
It's not perfect cause it's changing, mutating, adapting. With you. For you.
So what's next ?
Novelties. And a lot of polish.
First, we will continue to propose new games: the line-up for September is A-MA-ZING and you'll discover soon many famous games (classics as well as new ones.)
Second, we will improve the website and the Premium offer. We're also working on new functionalities, to give more "control" and many other improvements we have to keep secret for now.
Third, we will start BGA TV in a few weeks: as you maybe have seen since a few weeks, we are slowly implementing video players into the website to show you some nice streams. We have hosted the French event "Bien Ouej", we are currently hosting the Mind Sports Olympiad, and we will also offer soon Worldwide championships for many games in different languages, as well as a recurring show.
It's coming, more informations soon.
And what is an anniversary without a special event and GIFTS? Nothing.
BoardGame Arena X Getinshoot
To celebrate this special year and what's coming next, we want to try a small idea, with our partner from GetInShoot http://www.getinshoot.com/.
People playing online sometimes don't feel like there is another human at the other side of the board.
We do. We care.
That's why we just launched a video project: Boardgamers, all over the world.
For our 10th anniversary and 4M accounts, we would like to celebrate this event by doing a video showing YOU playing BGA from your country, saying "Welcome" in your own language so we can all share the beauty of diversity and of sharing games together through a community-driven video.
**To achieve this it's easy: **
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Download the app on your phone or tablet
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Add the group code: 197758
Then using the app, take a very short video of you in front of ANY monument, interesting place, on the beach, on a rooftop, from you balcony, with your friends: anything that represent you, your country, your habits, and say a warm, clear and loud "Welcome!" in your own language, while waving your hands.
Please also note we need to add your BGA nickname and your place/country on it, so people can relate to places and share the good vibe.
Don't forget to update your BGA Profile.
We will also grant some special presents to the best 100 videos.
Let's make this unforgettable.
This event will end on 18/08/2020.
We couldn't imagine 10 Years ago where we are today. But thanks to you, we can see where we are going: exactly where you want.
Thanks a lot for this incredible adventure.
Take care.
The best is still to come.
Greg, Emmanuel and Ian.
讓我們一起慶祝 BGA 邁入第 10 年,擁有 400 萬用戶和 200 多款遊戲!
沒錯 !
在 2010年時 , Gregory Isabelli(圖片右邊)和 Emmanuel Colin(圖片左邊)以簡單的想法創建了一個平台: 為什麼不弄一個可以讓大家一起玩的地方呢?
最初,這裡是一個尋找玩家和遊戲的地方。
在離你家很近的地方。
圍繞在桌子旁玩。
然後它進化了。
逐漸的...
經過 10 年之後,現在:BoardGame Arena 正在吹熄他的 10 歲生日蠟燭,但等等,還有更多:
我們也在慶祝我們的第 +4 000 000 個帳戶 ,最近我們的遊戲列表已經增長到 200 多個 。
但這個週年慶並不是屬於 BoardGame Arena.
而是主要屬於你。
(沒錯,就是你。
甚至是最近受到離場懲罰的人)。
沒有來自世界各地的玩家的支持,BGA將一事無成。
人們幫忙翻譯,回報錯誤,並和來自300多個不同國家的朋友或陌生人一起玩,以40多種不同的語言進行交流。
高級會員提供的幫助比以往任何時候都多:通過您的貢獻,我們可以讓更多的人來玩。
多虧了他們,我們還為世界各地的許多學校,機構和圖書館提供了 BoardGame Arena 工具。
當然要感謝我們的開發人員,這些開發人員主要是在 BGA 背後進行工作,他們是 BGA 的核心,並使其活躍,輝煌,並正在為我們所有人帶來新遊戲。
當然,我們也要感謝發行商、遊戲設計師、插畫家以及行業內所有幫助我們將這些寶石提供給你們的人。
最重要的是:不要忘記我們出色的仲裁者團隊,他們每天每週7天、每天24小時不停的工作,使這裡充滿玩家應得的東西:有趣而愉快的交流。
對於我們已經一起經歷的旅程,我們感到很驕傲,而我們現在正在為即將到來的東西進行準備。
很多的東西即將到來。
如你所見,我們每週發布 1 到 3 款或更多遊戲。
我們正在一點一點地改善整個網站。
有時你可以看到改變,有時則看不到。但請相信我們:我們永遠不會停止致力於改善每個小細節。
它還不完美,因為它正在變化、突變、適應。
與你一起。
為了你。
那麼接下來是什麼呢?
全新的事物。
以及很多的翻修。
首先,我們將繼續推出新遊戲:9 月的陣容非常 A-MA-ZING,你將會發現許多有名的遊戲(經典遊戲和新遊戲。)
第二,我們將改善網站和尊榮待遇。
我們也在努力開發新功能,以提供更多的「控制權」;以及其它許多我們現在必須保密的改進。
第三,我們將在幾週內啟動BGA TV :在這幾週裡你可能已經注意到,網站正逐漸實裝影片播放器,以向你展示一些不錯的實況。
我們已經舉辦了法國比賽「Bien Ouej」,目前正舉辦了「心靈體育奧林匹克(Mind Sports Olympiad)」,我們很快會為世界各地的不同語言遊戲提供冠軍獎杯,並定期舉辦比賽。
很快就會有更多信息。
週年慶可能會沒有特殊活動和禮物嗎 ?
那是不可能的。
BoardGame Arena X Getinshoot
為了慶祝這個特別的一年以及即將到來的一切,我們與我們的合作夥伴 GetInShoot http://www.getinshoot.com/ 想到一個可以嘗試的點子。
有時在網上玩遊戲的人不會覺得遊戲桌上的另一邊也是個人類。
但我們是人類。
而且我們會關心。
這就是為什麼我們啟動了一個影片計畫:桌遊玩家,來自全世界(Boardgamers, all over the world)。
為了慶祝 10 週年以及 4 百萬帳戶,我們希望透過一個影片展示「你」在你的國家遊玩 BGA ,並且以你的語言說「Welcome」(歡迎)。如此一來大家可以藉由影片社群與彼此分享多樣性之美。
這件事很容易完成:
- 前往 https://getinshoot.page.link/dl
- 下載 app 到你的手機或桌機
- 加入群組: 197758
然後,使用該 app,與你的朋友一起,在任何時刻,任何有趣的地方,海灘,屋頂,陽台上拍一個很短的視頻:任何能代表你,你的國家,你的習慣的事物,並以你自己的語言說出熱情,清晰,響亮的「Welcom!」,並且揮揮手。 另外,需要在上面添加你的 BGA 暱稱和你的位置 / 國家 / 地區,以便人們可以產生共鳴並感受到氣氛。
不要忘記更新你的 BGA 個人資料。
我們將贈送特別的禮物給 100 個最佳影片。
讓我們一起創造難忘的回憶。
該活動將於 2020 年 8 月 18 日結束。
十年前我們無法想像我們會有今天。 但是多虧了你,我們才能清楚朝向何處前進:也就是你所希望之處。
非常感謝這次不可思議的冒險。
多保重。
好戲還在後頭。
格雷格,伊曼紐爾和伊恩(Greg, Emmanuel and Ian)。