Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Moderator wipes out comments (except for his)
I wasn't going to post this, but then it happened a second time over the span of two or three days. We have a moderator who keeps wiping out comments that he disagrees with. Two examples:
Yes, pile ...
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Delete the "reference" meta tag
There are four questions on main with the reference tag:
Where can I find D4 dice that are truncated tetrahedrons?
Where can I find a chart or diagram explaining Magic's turn structure?
Where can ...
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Primarily opinion based questions that morph into objectively answerable questions
At least on Magic: the Gathering questions, which seems to attract the same regular crowd of users, I am starting to see a pattern. A question gets challenged as primarily opinion based, and the ...
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Should we 'deal' with card games here?
There is a site dedicated to Poker and another one in Area 51 called Casino Gambling. Most likely it will get passed and created.
I have 2 suggestions:
1. Merge everything - Merge all 3 sites, and ...
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Why isn't MathJax enabled on this site?
MathJax would be handy for formatting things like the formulas in the following abstract:
We analyze the most commonly used method for shuffling cards. The main result is a simple expression for ...
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Why is this one in-topic and this one isn't, when they are the same question?
Is there any way to rehabilitate the "junk rare" Lost In The Woods?
Has there ever been any use for Lich?
Same question, different card.
One has been appreciated by the community, while ...
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Rule translation differences
This morning, I came across this question. It had already been thoroughly answered. However, the answer contradicts the rules as I know them. After some digging, I found that the game in question, ...
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Tags for the games "Village" and "Villages"
There are two games released in 2011, one called Village by eggertspiele and another called Villages by The Game Crafter, LLC. I recently created villages for a question about the latter without ...
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Are there any plans for site promotion at large gaming cons?
With Origins, GenCon, and other large gaming conventions coming up soon, it seems like it might be a good opportunity to expose large amounts of gamers to this site who may not otherwise know about it....
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Answer strategy questions at a lower level
When asking/browsing questions on strategy to be used for games like Connect 4, Yahtzee, 2048, etc. I sometimes found people answering by giving a link to a research paper on the game, that most ...
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Community ads for other sites, 2015 edition! [duplicate]
Could some artistic people put together some quality community ads to put on other sites?
I'd recommend
Sci-Fi Community Ads
Roleplaying Community ads
and
Gaming/Arqade Community Ads
So what do ...
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Why was my Too Chatty flag declined?
I flagged this comment as too chatty. The flag was declined with no reason provided.
I think the comment is too chatty. It makes no attempt to address the question. It appears to be a conversation ...
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Is a [spoiler] tag necessary?
We have a recently created spoiler tag, which is currently attached to two questions. Both of those questions are also tagged with risk-legacy, but if we left this tag alone, it's likely it would be ...
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Tags (and wikis) needed!
There are currently 89 30 untagged questions floating around. That's crazy! These questions need tags, useful tags, tags that'll help folks find them.
And those tags need wikis. Because if they don'...
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Why is logic treated so harshly? [duplicate]
In most board games, the default assumption is
You cannot do something unless the rules say you can.
That might seem obvious, but in another universe the default assumption could be
You can do ...
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Are casino games on-topic here?
I see this meta post
But does this make all casino style gaming on topic here? There is an Expert Casino Gaming and Gambling in Area 51, but it isn't gaining much traction.
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Board Games SE mana symbols: a userscript for auto-conversion of mana symbols to images
Alternate name: a userscript for makin' the fancy pictures happen
I've created a userscript that auto-converts MTG's mana and tap symbols to image form. A lot of us have wanted this for a while so I ...
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Can we agree on a standard format for MTG rules quotes?
Is there any chance that the community could come together on a standard format for rules quotes? Individuality is great, but so is consistency.
21.2a This is the relevant piece of the rule. [...]
I ...
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How should we tag the Warhammer Conquest LCG?
This question is about the Warhammer 40K LCG, but we don't currently have a tag for that, and I wasn't sure how we wanted the tag to look. Should it just be warhammer-40k-conquest or do people have ...
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Markdown mods for Magic the Gathering?
I have seen that there is a special tag supported in the markup for Magic the Gathering [mtg...], but it's not documented in:
https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/editing-help
1) What is the full ...
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Are game specific communication questions on topic?
I have questions that revolve around communication in Magic. It's not a rulings question. For example:
When I ask "Declare blockers?", often my opponents do not understand. What can I say in order ...
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Should we have tags for various parts of Magic?
It looks like several people have started creating tags for various mechanics in Magic (protection, bestow) and retagging existing questions with them. On Arqade, these types of tags have been ...
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Should this question asking for explanations in diagram form be closed?
This question asks for a visual explanation of Magic's turn structure. Is that an acceptable question on our site?
And of course, if you think it should be closed based on the current wording and you ...
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Should an answer quote the rules of the game in question?
This question was written with MTG in mind but it could apply to any game with a clearly defined source of rules.
Should an answer always contain a direct quote from the relevant rules?
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Should we mark an older question as a duplicate if a newer question is formulated better?
I noticed today a new question: Exiling Creatures: When is the card face up and when face down?
Very well formulated question (generalized) with a specific example. (Although it has some minor ...
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What can/should we do about a question that's turning into a spam repository?
I refer to this question: How to make custom Cards Against Humanity Cards?
It's a really good question to ask! It has some totally valid answers too: alterations, use the actual blank cards coming ...
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Moving the answer from the question to the answer
Sometimes people ask questions like this:
Here is how I think it works. Here is the rule that says it works this way. Is my understanding correct?
When I answer questions like these, the only ...
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Should questions involving computer versions of card/board games be allowed? [duplicate]
Engines that play Mangala?
In this question I asked for a Mancala/Mangala game engine. Since this is a computer version of a board game, it was closed. However, Where can I practice MTG draft online ...
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Are questions about a specific games design off topic?
In Stackexchange.arqade, people can't ask questions about "why" developers made certain decisions (ex: "why is the max level in Final Fantasy 99?" would be considered off topic).
Therefore, my ...
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How might I improve my question?
I've asked a question, and I feel that boardgames is the correct place to be asking it (as opposed to ux etc) that is about board game design. At the risk of the meta-effect the question is here https:...
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Broken links in answers
Do we have a policy on broken links?
I came across an answer that had a broken link. In this case the answer was little more than the link in question. I think the policy might depend on whether ...
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(yet another) game recommendation question: How to search for a specific set of game mechanics?
So, I'm relatively new to StackExchange, and completely new to this forum. I scanned the various first half dozen or so posts on why game recommendation threads in general were bad for here and what ...
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Do untagged questions need 'fixing'? [duplicate]
The description of the untagged tag states that its presence indicates that those questions need editing.
However, what exactly can be done for those questions?
For example, the two oldest questions ...
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Conflicting meta posts concerning game recommendations [duplicate]
I'm a little bit confused by the close vote reason "Questions about Game Recommendations are off topic".
This meta post says they are On Topic. It has a score of +20:
Should we allow game ...
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Declined Offensive Flag
I was looking through my flags (mostly to gauge whether I'm flagging too aggressively), and I noticed
A - Playing Cards from Unhinged and Unglued
flagged as offensive declined - a moderator ...
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Are questions specifically about the computer version of a game on topic?
Our help center says:
Questions about computer implementations of board games are fine.
and our close reasons include:
Questions about computer-based games (except for computer-based versions ...
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Is the collecting aspect of collectible card games on topic?
Most players/fans of the popular trading card games either...
play the game
collect the game
or do both.
So for example, Pokemon Trading Card Game is first and foremost a card game, but the ...
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Old answered questions that have not been accepted
Is there anything that can be done about old questions that have a valid answer that has not been accepted?
For example, How many Mythos cards can be played during the investigator's turns?
This ...
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Are MTG card identification questions on-topic?
I have a foreign card that I just cannot identify. I figured the community would be able to help me identify it, but I wanted to make sure this sort of question is allowed on this site.
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Are questions that ask for card recommendations for Magic: The Gathering on-topic?
I'm (for example; it doesn't have to be this specific example) in the middle of building a deck, but I have one more slot open and was wondering what card would be good there (the options are fairly ...
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Question titles that consist only of card names
I keep seeing questions that contain only card titles. For example:
shapesharer and stoneforge mystic
Aegis of the Gods Vs. Erebos, God of the Dead
tabernacle of pendrell vale vs. pendrell mists
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How should "Chupacabra: Survive the Night" be tagged?
We just got this question about the game Chupacabra: Survive the Night. The obvious tag for the game (chupacabra-survive-the-night) is just a bit too long (28 characters). Should we just remove the "...
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Question About Games in General
Which of the following is true?
General questions about games are Off Topic.
General questions about games are On Topic.
General questions about games are On Topic if they meet Some Condition.
I was ...
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Tags concerning specific aspects of a game
I just asked a question on Dominion card/board game, and I introduced a tag dominion-attack-reaction to describe this particular aspect of the game mechanics. Is this kosher? I see tags mostly being ...
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The [game-theory] tag is consistently misused. How do we resolve this?
The game-theory tag is a bit messed up at the moment.
Game theory is a well-established field of study of strategic decision making by living beings. It is deeply involved in how people resolve ...
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I think you guys should turn off the script that deletes single-use tags
I don't really use this site much, but I happened to have a gander through your untagged tag, and wow are there a lot of questions there! It looks like the script that deletes single-use tags has been ...
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How can we be inviting to new users who leave other questions as answers or comments?
I did find this other question that is similar, but this is a followup to that. I have noticed many times where a new user posts an answer that should be a comment or a new question. In these cases, ...
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