BoardGameGeek In The News

Wikipedia: BoardGameGeek (entry) The entry is continuously updated. There was a challenge to BGG's inclusion on the site in 2006 but it was overturned.

Directopedia: Board Games Connecting various articles from across the web (often from Wikipepia), Directopedia has over 50 links to BGG (along with a short site description) from its various board gaming entries.

Reference.com: BoardGameGeek Reference/Dictionary/Thesaurus .com uses the BGG Wikipedia entry for its online encyclopedia.

Answers.com: BoardGameGeek Another reference site (currently being used by Google) that uses the Wikipedia BGG entry.

Brainy Encyclopedia: BoardGameGeek This online encyclopedia uses some Wikipedia for its BoardGameGeek entry.

The Internet Public Library: Board Games This college reference site lists BGG as a board games resource.

-Books-

Challenges for Game Designers This book (published in 2008) shows how video game designers can incorporate ideas from board games and RPGs into their own virtual creations. BoardGameGeek is mentioned no less than 6 times (on pages 28, 66, 106, 198, 252, and 255), usually advising readers to use the BGG database to examine various game mechanics.

The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician Written by Beatnik Turtle band members Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan, this book (published in 2008) examines how a band can make money in the modern music world. BGG is discussed since the Beatnik Turtles did the theme song for the BGG podcast (a new experience for them).

The Game Inventor's Guidebook: How to Invent and Sell Board Games, Card Games, Role-Playing Games, & Everything in Between! The title of this book (published in 2008) makes its intent obvious. BGG is mentioned on a list of industry websites.

Treasure Hunt: Shipwreck, Diving, and the Quest for Treasure in an Age of Heroes This book (published in 2008) examines various sunken treasure finds. BGG is (presumably) mentioned for those who want to search for sunken treasure on their kitchen table rather than the open seas.

Computers and Games Published in 2007, this book constituting "the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computers and Games, CG 2006, held in Turin, Italy, May 29-31, 2006 co-located with the 14th World Computer-Chess Championship and the 11th Computer Olympiad" deals with artificial intelligence. BGG is listed as a source for information on the game Can't Stop. The link shows the BoardGameGeek reference in it from an Amazon.com search.

Illustrator CS3 Bible Published in 2007, this web graphics book features an ad which, along with the box art, was created using the "Illustrator" program for the game Start Player. The ad makes a joke reference about BGG. The link shows the BoardGameGeek reference in it from an Amazon.com search.

Uudet Lautapelit (The New Board Games) This book (published in Finland 2007) was written by BGG user Mikko Saari and is an introduction to the board gaming hobby for beginners. BGG is mentioned as an online resource. The link is to a Boardgame News article where the author discusses his work.

Internet Yellow Pages, 2007 Edition (Que's Official Internet Yellow Pages) This book is sort of a Who's Who of Internet sites. The link shows BoardGameGeek references in it from an Amazon.com search.

Connection Games: Variations on a Theme This book deals with boardgames using connection mechanics. The link shows BoardGameGeek references in it from an Amazon.com search.

Billionaires for Bush: How to Rule the World for Fun and Profit This is a humor book examining wealth and the wealthy attitude. BGG gets a credit for information on the game Rich Uncle. The link shows BoardGameGeek references in it from an Amazon.com search.

Mind Performance Hacks: Tips and Tools for Overclocking Your Brain This is a self help book designed to improve your intellect. It includes a section on boardgames and BGG is listed in the end-notes (page 268) as a "tremendous repository for all things related to board games".

State Formation: Anthropological Perspectives (Anthropology, Culture and Society) You wouldn't think BGG would end up in a book like this, yet here it is. BGG gets a credit for one quote.

-Technical-

McAfee SiteAdvisor: BoardGameGeek.com Test Results BoardGameGeek was given a "Green - Safe" rating by the McAfee SiteAdvisor in December 2006. BGG was declared "free of adware, spyware, and other unwanted programs".

Alexa: BoardGameGeek Traffic Analysis This is a graphical analysis of BGG website traffic. Note: There are many disclaimers to this data such as "The traffic data are based on the set of toolbars that use Alexa data, which may not be a representative sample of the global Internet population."

WebsiteOutlook This interesting website estimates BGG's value at over one quarter of a million dollars with yearly banner ad revenues in six figures.

-Miscellaneous-

StumbleUpon Website review: BoardGameGeek These are various reviews of the BGG website found at StumbleUpon.

Collective Choice: Rating Systems (essay)
Systems for Collective Choice (essay) These two essays (published in 2005) are from a series of essays written by computer wiz Christopher Allen and Shannon Appelcline (Skotos.net) examining various rating systems. "Collective Choice: Rating Systems" takes a close look at BGG's 1-10 scale of rating games. "Systems for Collective Choice" mentions the BGG game rating system as an example system. Since "Systems for Collective Choice" deals with some "Peer-to-Peer" theory, it was reproduced on the website of Belgian integral philosopher (and P2P theorist) Michel Bauwens.

International Gamers Awards: General Strategy Committee Members A brief (and out of date) bio on Aldie.

KublaCon: Special Guests and special friends! A brief (and out of date) bio on Aldie and Derk for their 2007 convention appearance.

-Editor's Note-

Many of the articles on this page mention BGG only in passing. The point in including them is to show their cumulative effect: When the subject is board games, news and magazine organizations turn to BoardGameGeek for quotes and information.

There are several BGG news articles that this page does not link to since the publishers charge money to access their archives. This page also avoids BGG mentions in gamer blogs and other board game websites (unless the article is unusual or written by someone noteworthy) as there are too many to keep accurate track of.

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