Non-official BGG collection for BGA games
Posted: 20 May 2020, 08:16
With a huge library getting close to 200 games, I've decided to create a page for BGA on BGG with all the games available. But not a GeekList, which is nothing more than a list. I've created a collection, so you can apply filters in order to choose games you want to play.
A few options to help search for games:
1. Check the profile's collection, optimally displayed here.
2. Open the Advanced Search, add "BoardGameArena" (no quotes) to "Specify User", and tick "Owned" to the right of "Filter by Collection". This is will allow you to filter by categories, mechanics, number of players etc, but you can't read the comments this way.
3. My favorite method requires using a tool called WhatToPlay. The link provides instructions for using it. After opening the download link and installing Adobe Air, "Download My Application now." doesn't work, you have to click "this link" at the end of the lower sentence.
It has a few advantages over option 2 because it included a wide variety of filters (and you can save filter sets), like being able to filter by polls (like "best with" and "recommended with" for number of players), filtering Premium games (all Premium content is marked as "Want to Play"), and you can also read the comments by clicking the game, not to mention the "pick a random game" tool.
I've made this basically for myself, but I hope it can help others as well. Of course, some data varies between BGG and BGA, like players available, and there are a couple of games from BGA that are not on BGG (I've used custom names as a work-around), but it should give a good idea. Some expansions that I could identify were also included. Yes, I intend to keep it up to date, following announcements here.
A few options to help search for games:
1. Check the profile's collection, optimally displayed here.
2. Open the Advanced Search, add "BoardGameArena" (no quotes) to "Specify User", and tick "Owned" to the right of "Filter by Collection". This is will allow you to filter by categories, mechanics, number of players etc, but you can't read the comments this way.
3. My favorite method requires using a tool called WhatToPlay. The link provides instructions for using it. After opening the download link and installing Adobe Air, "Download My Application now." doesn't work, you have to click "this link" at the end of the lower sentence.
It has a few advantages over option 2 because it included a wide variety of filters (and you can save filter sets), like being able to filter by polls (like "best with" and "recommended with" for number of players), filtering Premium games (all Premium content is marked as "Want to Play"), and you can also read the comments by clicking the game, not to mention the "pick a random game" tool.
I've made this basically for myself, but I hope it can help others as well. Of course, some data varies between BGG and BGA, like players available, and there are a couple of games from BGA that are not on BGG (I've used custom names as a work-around), but it should give a good idea. Some expansions that I could identify were also included. Yes, I intend to keep it up to date, following announcements here.