Link and Search By Designer

[GTSchemer]

Dude.... We are on BoardGameArena not BoardGameGeek. I know how to search for designers on BGG I don't want to search for games on BGG I want to search for games that are available on BGA. The only helpful thing your very long post has provided is that list of games from BGA posted on BGG.

In case my long post confused you, I will reply in short form:

While we wait on BGA to add a designer search, note that you can use BGG to produce a list of a designer's games that are on BGA.

My last link shows this, listing Rosenberg BGA games.

[5cardstud]

I also came here to ask for this. I would love to be able to pull up a game from a certain designer. Uwe Rosenberg as an example. There are several of his games on here.

I am willing to help fill a database if necessary.

Oddly enough it seems possible right now, but it is complicated: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/232126 ... nced-seach

Long story short, this list of games seems pretty complete: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefami ... game-arena

First, click the search box in the top right and click Advanced Search which takes you here: https://boardgamegeek.com/advsearch/boardgame

Then you can search whatever you like, e.g. Uwe Rosenberg for Designer. Click Submit at the bottom to get a list of all games by Rosenberg, like this: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.ph ... &B1=Submit

Finally, you can manually add

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&familyids[]=70360

to that giant URL in your web browser, producing this: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.ph ... B%5D=70360

My experience was completely opposite of landon1013's just a little before me, but I'm not opposed to doing searches through BGG. I had been having trouble finding the full list of games on BGA ordered in BGG's geek rating, and finding this post gave me access to exactly what I needed.

Thank you very much, GTSchemer!

[5cardstud]

Dude.... We are on BoardGameArena not BoardGameGeek. I know how to search for designers on BGG I don't want to search for games on BGG I want to search for games that are available on BGA. The only helpful thing your very long post has provided is that list of games from BGA posted on BGG.

Although even here I don't see a way to further narrow down the list by designer. So no not as helpful as I had hoped.

Actually, GTSchemer's post did give you the tools to do what you wanted. On the BGG advanced search page, add the designer you wanted to look up. After hitting submit, paste the family id (&familyids[]=70360) at the end of address bar and press enter. That way you get just the intersection of BGA-available games by that designer.

I did it here, using Uwe Rosenberg as the designer. The result shows just the 11 games published here on BGA:

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.php?...=Submit&familyids[]=70360

I agree it would be better to have a designer and publisher search directly on BGA, and you do have to copy and paste text onto the end of a URL, but at the very least GTSchemer's method can get you exactly what you want.

[GTSchemer]

Thank you very much, GTSchemer!

You're welcome. For anyone who just wants a list by designer, the easiest way is probably this:

1. Click this link: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.ph ... erid%5D=10

2. In your browser URL bar, change the 10 at the end to the ID of another designer. For this you will have to do a BGG search like this: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.ph ... r&q=knizia You can change the end of the URL to use another name than "knizia" if you like.

3. After clicking on Reiner Knizia, the URL shows you that his ID is 2, so you change the 10 to 2 in the original URL: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.ph ... ignerid]=2


I don't know if that made things any easier or not, but I hope it helps.

[5cardstud]

I did it here, using Uwe Rosenberg as the designer. The result shows just the 11 games published here on BGA:

Well crud, I definitely should have re-re-read GTSchemer's first post closer - his link was already showing BGA's Uwe Rosenbergs. To prove the method works for anyone (and that I didn't just copy ), here's Stonemaier's 4 BGA games instead:

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.php?...=Submit&familyids%5B%5D=70360

Edit: Of course I pick the same designer (Knizia) for my updated example that also gets an OP example in between my posts.

[landon1013]

Dude.... We are on BoardGameArena not BoardGameGeek. I know how to search for designers on BGG I don't want to search for games on BGG I want to search for games that are available on BGA. The only helpful thing your very long post has provided is that list of games from BGA posted on BGG.

Although even here I don't see a way to further narrow down the list by designer. So no not as helpful as I had hoped.

Actually, GTSchemer's post did give you the tools to do what you wanted. On the BGG advanced search page, add the designer you wanted to look up. After hitting submit, paste the family id (&familyids[]=70360) at the end of address bar and press enter. That way you get just the intersection of BGA-available games by that designer.

I did it here, using Uwe Rosenberg as the designer. The result shows just the 11 games published here on BGA:

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.php?...=Submit&familyids[]=70360

I agree it would be better to have a designer and publisher search directly on BGA, and you do have to copy and paste text onto the end of a URL, but at the very least GTSchemer's method can get you exactly what you want.

Pasting in the ID is the part I missed. Thanks.