Play Board Game Online (BGO)
Board game online, commonly referred to as BGO, is an insanely fun, online multiplayer roleplaying game. With interesting items like the hypno glasses and wacky events such as the Doctor Who murder ghost mystery--standard games can last anywhere from 20 minutes to several hours where the ultimate goal is to get to the end space or round. Note that while this game is incredibly fun it's more geared towards older teens and adults. It is chock full of dark humor and light profanity. Nothing overly bad but easily offended should steer clear.
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Steps
- Join the site. You can log in or continue to play as a guest, but some features will be unavailable to you. (Such as chatting in the main chat)
- Join an existing game, or create one of your own. If you're joining an existing skip the below steps.
Setting Up the Game
- Set the game type. There are two types of games, Classic and Sprint. Classic is where you have to get to a certain space, and Sprint is where you have to get to a certain round.
- Set game mode.
- Free for all. Everyone is alone. First player to go across the finish line (or player closest to the end when the round ends) is the winner.
- Teams: one for all. Teams selected by the host work together, first player to go across the finish line (or player closest to the end when the round ends) is the winner for their team
- Teams: all for one. Teams selected by the host work together, all players of a team have to go across the finish line (or player closest to the end when the round ends) to win.
- Teams: total spaces. As soon as one player crosses the finish line (or the round ends) the team with the total number of spaces accumulated wins.
- Teams: Like a boss. Host selects one player to be "The Boss" as well as any number of powers. All the other players are against the boss, named challengers. If one player goes across the finish line the entire team of challengers wins.
- Set the game name. This can be anything you want it to be, but will be shown publicly if you're doing a public game.
- Set the finish space/round. This can be anywhere from 25 to 1000000000. This is the space one player must get to end the game. Or the round the game ends on, and the farthest player wins.
- Set the max players. This can be anywhere from 1 to 16. You will be able to start the game at any time, but once the max players has been reached no one else will be able to join the game.
- Set the visibility. It can be public or private. Public will be allowed open entry, and be displayed in the lobby and private will only be allowed with a link.
- Set an action timer. This can be anywhere from 15 to 30 seconds. This is how many seconds a player has to perform a single action on his/her turn. Set it low if you want to have a quicker game and/or stop trolls. Set it higher if you want more time to read through the options.
- Set the amount of rupees (in game currency) to start off. It should be between 12 and 25 rupees.
- Set the class selection. Each game offers a set of classes to pick from. These will give the player special powers and items. You can set whether players
- Have three random to choose from.
- Have all the options and can choose.
- Are randomly selected a class.
- Select whether to have reinforcements. This is a drop of random items given to each player and can be set to none, 1st round through 5th round.
- Select whether disarmed. Disarmed means a user can not use items, powers, or anything in their inventory. This can be brought on later in the game by special events or items but this option is to set it at the beginning. You can set it none, lasting one round through lasting five rounds.
- Select extra options. The extra options include.
- Instant classes. Get your class on your first round.
- Survival. Player can not win a game while dead.
- Expert. Sets other special options and makes the game harder. Recommended for experienced users.
- Click the create game button.
Joining The Game
- Click the join game link. If you're a member it'll automatically go through. If not you'll have to set your user options.
- Set your public name. As long as it's more than 3 letters it can be anything.
- Set your gender. How the game will refer to you.
- I'm a dude!
- I'm a gal!
- Something else, maybe?
- Randomize.
- Set your sexual preference.
- I prefer men!
- I prefer women!
- I actually like em both!
Playing The Game
- Join the game after filling in the captcha. Wait for players to join your game. Once you have enough players, start the game or wait for the host to start the game. First player to join is the host. If that player leaves it falls to the next person in line.
- Roll the dice. Two six sided dice will be rolled. This plus your total speed will determine how far you move on the board.
- Vote on the Jukebox. The first player gets to chose which video plays on the YouTube sim in the top left corner. The choice then goes to the next in line when that video ends.
- Choose your class. This is only available if you selected instant classes. If not it'll come later in the game. The classes marked special are only available if the total donation amount is $10 or more. (Meaning if you donated $0-$5 and someone else donated $10. The total donation will be $15 for the game and give all players access to the classes)
- Alchemist
- Assassin
- Barbarian
- Succubus/Incubus
- Merchant
- Necromancer
- Paladin
- Priest
- Quantum Physicist
- Saboteur
- Sorcerer/ess
- Druid (Special)
- Enchanter (Special)
- Illusionist (Special)
- Lawyer (Special)
- Time Twister (Special)
- Warlock (Special)
- Play your turn. Each turn will be different but an example of one might be. "You arrive at a bank. What would you like to do?"
- Put Money in my bank account.
- Take out a life insurance.
- Transfer money to another player.
- Rob the bank (only if you have a gun)
- Or. You arrive at a brothel. What would you like to do. Enter or not. If you don't nothing happens and your turn ends. If you do, you get infected with Herpes. (This is one option for the brothel entrance. There are tens of them)
- Watch other players. As the others play you can use items and powers. Watch what they do, sabotage people, and fight tooth and nail to the end. It is a huge game of chance and anarchy but there is a strategy to winning.
- Win the game. This is done by being the first to cross the finish line and remain there by the end of your turn, or being the farthest when the round ends. While extremely rare there are three other ways to win the game.
- Completing a full English breakfast in your inventory with eggs, spam, bacon, and sausage.
- Finding the pharaoh's lost treasure in the deadly pyramid.
- Obtaining seven kills with the spear of destiny.
Tips
- The time travel condom immediately erases any STDs (AIDS/gonorrhea) that would otherwise kill or severely inconvenience you.
- You can die. If you do you will respawn in two turns.
- Consider all the players carefully. Before the game starts the host can kick/ban anyone, but after they will not be able to.
- People joined after the game started are called observers, and are only able to chat in the chat box and watch. These people can be kicked/banned.
- /t sends a private message to your team. Use it to conspire against the others!
- /w plus a name sends a private message to someone.
- The wiki will be able to tell you all about items, class powers, events, etc and what each of them do.
- Food items such as candy corn, bacon pancakes, and a whole hammerhead shark to name a few will move you forward by anywhere from three to five spaces and give you a point if you're on the hungry games event. In some cases food has healing effects. For example, Lemon will remove a disease. In some cases food has special effects.
- Some items can be combined. Such as holy water+grenade=holy grenade.
- While the game is completely free. Donating to the site will give you extra benefits. Such as extra classes, colors, effects, etc. Once you donate once these benefits are available through your account forever. More donations will get more benefits.
- Speed is a fixed number increasing your move amount. Not many items or events will give you permanent additions more than one or two but there are plenty of spells and scrolls to temporarily increase your speed for a couple turns.
- The lawyer has the power to object, instantly ending the player's turn. It has a high cooldown rate, but it is extremely useful if you see a player about to get a goody, about to win the game (other than crossing finish), or about to kill you. You can even use it to end your turn! Currently, there is only two other objects, the pillow and lost memento, that can end a player's turn at will.
