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.

Valentine's Week
February 9 to 15

Share the love and propose to that special someone!


 * The Valentine's Cherub can appear to sell Wedding Rings allowing players to get Married.
 * Players can receive a Box Of Chocolates and/or a Romantic Rose during Round Effects.
 * The Lovely Crystal (event) can occur.

Easter
March 12 to 25

The Easter Bunny visits BGO and causes some seasonal madness!


 * Players start 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 clicking the Basket.

Saint Patrick's Week
March 15 to 19

Chase Leprechauns, collect Lucky Charms and claim your very own Pot O' Gold!
 * The Leprechaun 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!


 * Players start with a Pi Pie.
 * The Happy Pi Day event can occur.

International Day Of Happiness
March 20

The United Nations grant everyone a Happy Crystal!

April Fools
April 1

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


 * Events like this one can appear which will do nothing to affect the actual gameplay.

Board Game Online Birthday
April 4

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


 * The Board Game Birthday event can occur.

Weed Day
April 20

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


 * Players start the game with Weed.

Star Wars Day
May 4

May the 4th be with you!


 * The Star Wars Day (event) can occur.

Towel Day
May 25

Don't forget to bring a towel!


 * Players start the game with a Towel.
 * Fresh Towels can occur during Round Effects giving players a new Towel.

CAPS LOCK DAY
June 28

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

Summer
July & August

Visit the beach and enjoy the summer heat!


 * Players start with the It's Summertime! skill.
 * The Mobile Beach Shop and Water Skiing are available at The Beach.
 * The following effects can take place:
 * Heat Wave- All players gain 6 turns of Dehydration (or have the turn counter of an already existing Dehydration Debuff lowered by 2.)
 * Forecast: Blistering Sun- Blistering Sun occurs during the next 3 Round Effects.
 * Blistering Sun- 1 Sunburn stack is applied to all living players that don't have the Sunscreen Buff on each of the 3 Rounds following Forecast: Blistering Sun.

Comic Sans Day
July 4

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

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 have a permanent 'No.' skill.
 * One player starts the game with a Peace Dove.

Oktoberfest
September 24 to October 7

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


 * The Oktoberfest (event) can be reached by using an Oktoberfest Ticket.
 * The Happy Oktoberfest event can occur.

World Animal Day
October 4

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

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)