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BoardGameArena Scraper

Scrape the complete BoardGameArena game database. Extract detailed information for 1200+ board games including game names, player counts, duration, complexity ratings, designers, publishers, play statistics, BGG IDs, and more.

Features

• Fast mode: Scrapes the full game list in a single request (~1200 games in seconds)
• Detail mode: Visits each game's page for designer, publisher, artist, year, complexity, strategy, luck, and interaction ratings
• Flexible search: Scrape all games or filter by specific game names/slugs
• Rich data: Player counts, duration, total games played, premium status, BGG cross-reference IDs, aliases

Input

Example Input

{
"searchQueries":["catan","ticket-to-ride","wingspan"],
"maxListings":50,
"scrapeDetails":true
}

To scrape all games in fast mode:

{
"searchQueries":["all"],
"maxListings":0,
"scrapeDetails":false
}

Output

Each game produces a JSON object with these fields:

Example Output

{
"gameName":"CATAN",
"gameSlug":"catan",
"gameId":1539,
"description":"Play CATAN online from your browser with the whole world!",
"imageUrl":"https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/gamemedia/catan/box/en_280.png?h=1751536970",
"playerCount":"3 - 4",
"minPlayers":3,
"maxPlayers":4,
"averageDuration":35,
"complexity":2,
"strategy":3,
"luck":3,
"interaction":4,
"designer":"Klaus Teuber",
"artist":"Eric Hibbeler, Quentin Regnes, Michael Menzel (former edition)",
"publisher":"Catan",
"releaseYear":1995,
"gamesPlayed":7609152,
"gamesPlayedRecent":7027,
"premium":true,
"hasTutorial":true,
"bggId":13,
"realtime":true,
"turnBased":true,
"publishedOn":"2022-06-22",
"aliases":["The Settlers of Catan","Die Siedler von Catan","Les Colons de Catane"],
"status":"public",
"url":"https://en.boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=catan",
"scrapedAt":"2026-04-26T04:47:21.694Z"
}

Use Cases

• Board game research: Compare complexity, strategy, and popularity across 1200+ games
• Collection management: Track which games are available on BGA and their details
• BGG integration: Use bggId to cross-reference with BoardGameGeek data
• Trend analysis: Monitor gamesPlayed and gamesPlayedRecent for popularity trends
• Premium tracking: Identify which games require Premium subscription

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