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BoardGameGeek

BoardGameGeek logo
BoardGameGeek logo

Owner Scott Alden
Website BoardGameGeek.com

Alexa rank
Positive decrease 1973 (November 2017[update])[1]
Launched January 2000

BoardGameGeek is an online forum for board gaming hobbyists and a game database that holds reviews, images and videos for over 101,000 different tabletop games, including European-style board games, wargames, and card games.[2] In addition to the game database, the site allows users to rate games on a 1–10 scale and publishes a ranked list of board games.[3][4][5]


BoardGameGeek was founded in January 2000 by Scott Alden and Derk Solko.[6] Since 2006, the site annually awards the best new board games of the year with the Golden Geek Award. Winners are selected based on a vote by registered users.[7]


Since 2005, BoardGameGeek hosts an annual board game convention, BGG.CON, that has a focus on playing games. New games are showcased and convention staff is provided to teach rules.[8] There is also an annual Spring BGG.CON which is family friendly, and an annual BGG@Sea which is held on a cruise.


In 2010, BoardGameGeek received the Diana Jones Award, which recognized it as "a resource without peer for board and card gamers, the recognized authority of this online community."[9] In the same year, it received the Inno-Spatz Award from the German city of Göttingen for "outstanding achievements in the world of games".[6][10]


The site has branched out into other fields by using the same system for RPGs and video games (rpggeek.com and videogamegeek.com)



See also



  • Going Cardboard (documentary)


References





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  2. ^ Woods, Stuart (2009). Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games. McFarland. ISBN 0786467975.


  3. ^ Riese, Monica (2016-09-25). "The 10 best board games for families". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2016-11-10.


  4. ^ Roeder, Oliver (2015-01-22). "Stop Playing Monopoly With Your Kids (And Play These Games Instead)". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2016-11-10.


  5. ^ Anderson, Nate. "Pandemic Legacy is the best board game ever—but is it "fun?"". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2016-11-10.


  6. ^ ab Woods, Stuart (2012). Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games. McFarland. p. 121. ISBN 9780786490653 – via Google Books.


  7. ^ Hall, Charlie (2015-02-13). "The best tabletop RPGs of 2014, finalists from Board Game Geek". Polygon. Retrieved 2016-11-10.


  8. ^ Morgan, Matt. "13 New Tabletop Games for Winter - The Best of BGG Con". The Escapist. Retrieved 2016-11-25.


  9. ^ "The 2010 Award for Excellence in Gaming". The Diana Jones Award. Retrieved 2016-11-10.


  10. ^ "Game Designer Meeting in Göttingen successfully finished - SAZ – Game Designers Association". Spieleautorenzunft.de. Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2016-11-25.




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