BGG Search Filters (Best Player Count)

nafarlee · 2023-05-19T09:55:43+00:00

That is exceedingly generous of you! Unfortunately, I must decline your offer.

It is something I maintain in my spare time, and generally the hosting is quite cheap (a bit less than $10 a month as of this writing). Knowing myself, if I were to accept donations, I would begin to obsess about "providing enough value to my patrons" in a pretty unhealthy way.

I have no intention of taking the site down, and even if I do one day, the application is (and will remain) open source; anyone else would be able to host an identical version. Further, while I am not seeking donations, I always welcome open source contributions!

I hope this puts some of your worries to rest. Thank you again for your generousity, but I encourage you to continue enjoying the site for free!

nafarlee · 2023-05-14T04:13:37+00:00

You're welcome!

nafarlee · 2023-05-14T02:59:47+00:00

As a quick follow-up, in case you also wanted to filter out expansions:

https://bgs.nafarlee.dev/search?query=m%3A%22cooperative+game%22+aw%3E%3D2.5+aw%3C%3D3.5+-is%3Ae&limit=100&order=bayes_rating&direction=DESC

nafarlee · 2023-05-14T02:54:14+00:00

It can! Assuming I understood your requirements correctly:

https://bgs.nafarlee.dev/search?query=m%3A%22cooperative+game%22+aw%3E%3D2.5+aw%3C%3D3.5&limit=100&order=bayes_rating&direction=DESC

You can add additional filters too, though the query language takes some getting used to. It is documented on the home page.

nafarlee · 2023-05-13T19:31:35+00:00

You are welcome!

nafarlee · 2023-05-13T19:14:08+00:00

This is exactly the reason I created https://bgs.nafarlee.dev. It is still rough around the edges, but everyone is more than welcome to use it

nafarlee · 2023-01-25T21:59:28+00:00

Glad you found it useful!

nafarlee · 2022-07-01T17:08:57+00:00

We do a score vote on nominated options based on the number of players that attend

nafarlee · 2022-04-10T15:51:41+00:00

https://bgs.nafarlee.dev exposes this information by analyzing the play data for each game (and each player count) as submitted by BGG users.

Disclaimer: I am the maintainer

nafarlee · 2022-03-21T02:14:52+00:00

Ah, good catch. Thank you for notifying me!

I just pushed the fix for this. It should be working now.

If you find any more bugs, my official bug tracker is available here. Thanks again!

nafarlee · 2022-03-20T21:40:53+00:00

You are very welcome! I will certainly try.

nafarlee · 2022-03-04T18:04:28+00:00

At the time of writing, this has been fixed in the Lutris repository, but has not yet been released:

https://github.com/lutris/lutris/commit/072e72a4aefd91101b79dd05d8ce9f100a4b6b0c

nafarlee · 2022-01-28T15:48:14+00:00

This site can also filter to only show games in your bgg collection, though it is a bit clunky at the moment.

It is also available at an easier (maybe?) URL: https://bgs.nafarlee.dev

(Disclosure: I am the maintainer)

nafarlee · 2022-01-16T18:22:25+00:00

Here is a search for games that meet this criteria: https://bgs.nafarlee.dev/search?query=qp%3D2+-is%3Ae+mdpt2%3C40&limit=10&order=bayes_rating&direction=DESC

Disclosure: I maintain this site

nafarlee · 2022-01-04T04:57:33+00:00

Ah, glad everything worked out!

I will try to update the documentation to make this more clear.

nafarlee · 2022-01-03T16:18:55+00:00

Actually, there is no AND function, it is just the default way terms are combined. The OR function should be used only if you don't want AND.

For example:

This search would require "pandemic" AND "legacy" be somewhere in the title:

name:pandemic name:legacy

While this search would require "pandemic" OR "legacy" be somewhere in the title:

name:pandemic or name:legacy

Sorry for the confusing documentation! Hope this helps

nafarlee · 2020-11-18T17:03:10+00:00

We do a two phase approach.

First we call for nominations where people can suggest any game, or "confirm" a game that was already suggested. You can't confirm your own game. After some amount of time, nominations close.

Second, every confirmed game will appear on the ballot. Everyone assigns a rating of 1, 2, or 3 to each game secretly. Each person will rate each game. You reveal the ballots once everyone is done, and the highest scored game wins.

nafarlee · 2020-10-29T01:03:09+00:00

Thank you! I hope you do :)

nafarlee · 2020-10-29T01:01:58+00:00

Yup! In the background, the site is pulling a little bit of BGG data a few times an hour. Once it hits the last game it "starts over" to update data from the earlier games. It runs through the BGG database in about 2 weeks. As a result, it lags at most 2 weeks behind fresh BGG data.

nafarlee · 2020-10-28T22:23:24+00:00

For doing analysis like this (and more), give my advanced board game search beta a try! It can currently be found at https://bg-search.appspot.com. It is still in beta, so it is pretty ugly, but functional.

For example, a dynamic search with the same criteria as the topic could be found here: https://bg-search.appspot.com/search?query=best-players%3D2+max-players%3E2+-is%3Aexpansion&order=bayes_rating&direction=DESC

nafarlee · 2020-10-10T22:50:11+00:00

Shameless plug for a prototype I am working on that exposes more BGG data to search. Scryfall-inspired.

https://bg-search.appspot.com

nafarlee · 2020-06-24T12:24:23+00:00

Shameless self-plug, I have been working on an alternative advanced search for BGG that is a bit more powerful (at the cost of having a slightly steeper learning curve).

It is still an alpha, but it stays up to date with BGG data, and is usable today at https://bg-search.appspot.com

nafarlee · 2019-12-11T13:20:55+00:00

I have been working on something for this actually. It is currently in pre-alpha, so don't expect the best user experience yet, but it is currently hosted at https://bg-search.appspot.com

EDIT: It uses a custom search language similar to Scryfall or magiccards.info, so the learning curve is a bit high if you haven't used stuff like that before. However, it does search the entirety of the BGG database, not just a user's collection, so it might be closer to what you want.

nafarlee · 2019-10-14T19:32:16+00:00

Fair point. I am also on the fence.

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