Seasonal Event

Seasonal Events are special game settings that coincide with the calendar. If you have at least 20 BG Coins, you can activate any Seasonal Event at any time through Game Creation.

Inverted Color Day
February 2

Enjoy the lovely horror that is color inversion!


 * All players have a filter over their screen which inverts colors. (The filter can be disabled under Elements with F12 in Chrome.)

Valentine's Week
February 9 to 15

Share the love and propose to that special someone!


 * The Valentine's Cherub random event can occur, in which a Cherub can sell Wedding Rings allowing players to get Married.
 * The Lovely Crystal random event can occur.
 * The Valentines Week Box Of Chocolates Global Effect is active.
 * Romantic Rose can occur during Round Effects, giving all players a Romantic Rose.
 * Ring Of Fire (Class Talent) can create Wedding Rings.
 * Box Of Chocolates can appear as "candy" on Candy World.

Easter
March 12 to 25

The Easter Bunny visits BGO and causes some seasonal madness!


 * All players start the game with an Easter Basket and can collect eggs when there is an Easter Egg Wave.
 * The Easter Shoppe can be reached via Crossroads or by using the Easter Basket.

Saint Patrick's Week
March 15 to 19

Chase Leprechauns, collect Lucky Charms and claim your very own Pot O' Gold!
 * The Leprechaun random event and the Catch That Leprechaun! and Pot O' Gold Fixed Chance events can occur.

Pi Day
March 14

As much pi as you can eat!


 * All players start the game with a Pi Pie.
 * The Happy Pi Day random event can occur.

International Day Of Happiness
March 20

The United Nations grant everyone a Happy Crystal!


 * In The United Nations event, the turn player is not ordered to move back; instead, they gain a Happy Crystal.

April Fools
April 1

Get fooled by a few special events that only come once a year!


 * April Fools Day Events can appear as random events.

Board Game Online Birthday
April 4

Celebrate Board Game Online's birthday with hookers and cake!


 * The Board Game Birthday random event can occur.
 * Generic Food item-givers can generate Birthday Cake.

Weed Day
April 20

Smoke weed every day... especially on Weed Day!


 * All players start the game with Weed.
 * Weed's standard use grants Blaze It.

Star Wars Day
May 4

May the 4th be with you!


 * All players start the game with The Force.
 * The Star Wars Day random event can occur.

Towel Day
May 25

Don't forget to bring a towel!


 * All players start the game with a Towel.
 * Fresh Towels can occur during Round Effects, giving all players a Towel.

CAPS LOCK DAY
June 28

Enjoy Board Game Online as you've never enjoyed it before. CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL!


 * All text in the game will be capitalized.

Summer
July & August

Visit the beach and enjoy the summer heat!


 * All players start the game with It's Summertime!
 * The Mobile Beach Shop always appears at The Beach, Water Skiing can appear at The Beach, and The Fisherman cannot appear at The Beach.
 * The following effects can occur during Round Effects:
 * Heat Wave- All players gain 6 turns of Dehydration (or have the turn counter of an already existing Dehydration Debuff lowered by 2), also all Frozen turn counters of items in player inventories tick down by 3.
 * Forecast: Blistering Sun- Blistering Sun occurs during the next 3 Round Effect.
 * Blistering Sun- 1 Sunburn stack is applied to all living players that don't have the Sunscreen Buff, also every living player with Solar Panel has its Passive Effect activate.
 * Generic item-givers can generate Sunscreen, Beach Ball, both Inflatable Crocodiles, Inflatable Egg, Cocktail Shaker, Party Cooler, Salsamander, and Solar Panel.
 * Generic Liquid item-givers can generate Sunscreen.
 * Generic Living item-givers generate Salsamander at a higher rate.
 * Generic Mechanical item-givers generate Party Cooler and Solar Panel at a higher rate.

Comic Sans Day
July 4

Comic sans is such a special font, it has its own day to celebrate its existence.


 * All text in the game will be in the Comic Sans font.

Talk Like A Pirate Day
September 19

Everyone talks like a pirate! Yarrrrr!


 * When you talk in the chat, your message can be altered. "Shiver me timbers!" can appear at the beginning of your messages. "Arrrr, matey!" or "Yarrrrr!" can appear at the end of your messages.

Peace Day
September 21

Everyone gets a permanent 'No.' skill and the United Nations are kind all day long.


 * All players start the game with a permanent "No." skill.
 * A random player starts the game with a Peace Dove.
 * In The United Nations event, the turn player is not ordered to move back; instead, they move 20 spaces forward.

Oktoberfest
September 24 to October 7

Beer, yodeling and busty women! What's not to love?


 * The Oktoberfest! Global Effect is active.
 * The Happy Oktoberfest random event can occur.

World Animal Day
October 4

Be kind to animals this day! Players have an increased chance to reincarnate as an animal.


 * The Reincarnation event is more likely to occur as the 1st Resurrection Phase event while Dead.

Coming Out Day
October 11

This day is dedicated to coming out!


 * All Basic Dice are replaced with Pride Dice in-game.
 * The Gandalf The Grey event is replaced by Gandalf The Gay.
 * The Saruman The Grey event is disabled.
 * The Coming Out Day! random event can occur.

Halloween
October 18 to 31

Visit the Haunted Mansion and solve the mystery of the Baron's tragic death! You have 2 weeks to figure out how to gather all the clues needed to solve the case and help the poor Baron come to terms with his death. Also, you get a free Dark Wand with the Scare spell! Booooooooohhhhh!


 * Players start with the Trick Or Treat skill.
 * Players start with a Dark Wand charged with Scare which will cause a jumpscare to appear on the targeted player's screen.
 * The Haunted Mansion can be reached via Crossroads and Cards Of Fate.

Thanksgiving
November 17 to 30

Catch a delicious Turkey and make some delightful "Gobble gobble!" noises! Happy Thanksgiving!

Winter
December & January

Pick some snowballs and start a fight!


 * Players receive a Pick Snowballs skill.

Christmas
December 14 to 30

Suck on Candy Canes and give away Festive Presents! Hohoho!


 * Players can wrap Festive Presents and give them to other players. This affects whether you are Naughty or Nice.
 * The Christmas Dinner and Christmas Choir events can occur.

New Year's Eve
December 31

Everyone starts out with an ACME Rocket to blast themselves into the new year!

Friday the 13th
Friday 13

Watch out for ladders and other things that bring bad luck on this special day.

Lunar New Year
Lots of excitement for 3 full days!

2018 - Year Of The Dog - February 15-17

2019 - Year Of The Pig - February 4-6

2020 - Year Of The Rat - January 24-26

2021 - Year Of The Ox - February 11-13

2022 - Year Of The Tiger - January 31-February 2

2023 - Year Of The Rabbit - January 21-23


 * All players start with a Red Envelope and get another one from the Lunar New Year Global Effect every 15 Rounds.
 * Lantern Day and Lunar Luck can appear as random events.
 * All players start with an item on a 2 turn cooldown that corresponds to the current zodiac year.
 * Year Of The Dog - Doge
 * Year Of The Pig - Stonetusk Boar
 * Year Of The Rat - Rat
 * Year Of The Ox - Cow (presumed)
 * Year Of The Tiger - Not Yet Known
 * Year Of The Rabbit - Albino Bunny (presumed)