BoardGameGeek
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120px| BoardGameGeek logo | |
| Owner | Scott Alden |
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| Website | BoardGameGeek.com |
| Alexa rank |
 2,708 (June 2016[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 84,000 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]
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]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Going Cardboard (documentary)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Boardgamegeek.com Site Info". [[wikipedia:Alexa Internet|]]. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ↑ Woods, Stuart (2009). Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games. McFarland. ISBN 0786467975.
- ↑ Riese, Monica (2016-09-25). "The 10 best board games for families". The Daily Dot. http://www.dailydot.com/parsec/best-family-board-games/.
- ↑ Roeder, Oliver (2015-01-22). "Stop Playing Monopoly With Your Kids (And Play These Games Instead)" (in en-US). FiveThirtyEight. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/stop-playing-monopoly-with-your-kids-and-play-these-games-instead/.
- ↑ Anderson, Nate. "Pandemic Legacy is the best board game ever—but is it "fun?"". Ars Technica. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/03/pandemic-legacy-is-the-best-board-game-ever-but-is-it-fun/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Woods, Stuart (2012). Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games. McFarland. pp. 121. ISBN 9780786490653.
- ↑ Hall, Charlie (2015-02-13). "The best tabletop RPGs of 2014, finalists from Board Game Geek". Polygon. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
- ↑ Morgan, Matt. "13 New Tabletop Games for Winter - The Best of BGG Con". The Escapist. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/tabletop/15131-13-New-Tabletop-Games-for-Winter-The-Best-of-BGG-Con-2015.
- ↑ "The 2010 Award for Excellence in Gaming". The Diana Jones Award. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
- ↑ "Game Designer Meeting in Göttingen successfully finished - SAZ – Game Designers Association". Spieleautorenzunft.de. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
External links[edit | edit source]
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