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Board Game Oracle Scraper

Scrape Board Game Oracle for board game price comparisons across 50+ online retailers. Get the lowest prices, price history stats, BGG ratings, and store-level pricing for any board game.

What does Board Game Oracle Scraper do?

This scraper extracts board game pricing and metadata from Board Game Oracle, the leading board game price comparison engine. It parses structured JSON data directly from the site's Next.js server-rendered pages — no brittle HTML scraping needed.

Key features

• Search by name — Search for any board game by title
• Price comparison — Get the lowest price across 50+ online board game stores
• Store-level pricing — See individual store prices, availability, and shipping info
• BGG data — BoardGameGeek ratings, complexity scores, player counts, play times
• Price drops — Browse current price drops with 30-day and 52-week low tracking
• Fast & reliable — Parses structured __NEXT_DATA__ JSON, no anti-bot issues

Input

Example input

{
"searchQueries":["catan","gloomhaven","wingspan"],
"maxListings":20,
"scrapeDetails":true
}

Output

Each result includes:

Store offer fields (when scrapeDetails is true)

Browse/trending extra fields

When using "browse" or "trending" as a search query, results include additional price drop data:

Example output

{
"title":"CATAN",
"slug":"catan",
"yearPublished":1995,
"bggRating":7.09,
"bggComplexity":2.28,
"playerCountMin":3,
"playerCountMax":4,
"playTimeMin":60,
"playTimeMax":120,
"lowestPrice":39.99,
"lowestStoreName":"Tabletop Merchant",
"storeCount":14,
"stores":[
{
"store":"Tabletop Merchant",
"price":39.99,
"availability":"in_stock",
"shipping":"Flat rate $14.99"
},
{
"store":"Game Nerdz",
"price":41.97,
"availability":"in_stock",
"shipping":"Flat rate $6"
}
],
"imageUrl":"https://bgomedia-19127.kxcdn.com/image/product/lg/VxllVgl0jgUD0jpXl3vO",
"url":"https://www.boardgameoracle.com/boardgame/price/04ACtDMij8/catan",
"searchQuery":"catan",
"scrapedAt":"2026-04-25T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Use cases

• Find the best deal — Compare prices across 50+ board game retailers
• Track price drops — Monitor when games hit their lowest prices
• Build a collection — Search for multiple games and find the best bundle deals
• Market research — Analyze board game pricing trends and store competition
• Wishlist monitoring — Feed into automated alerts when target prices are hit
• BGG data enrichment — Combine price data with BoardGameGeek ratings and complexity

Cost

This scraper uses pay-per-event pricing. You are charged $0.005 per result scraped. With scrapeDetails enabled, each game with full store pricing counts as one result.

Tips

• Start without details for fast, lightweight price checks
• Enable scrapeDetails when you need to compare across individual stores
• Use "browse" as a search query to find today's biggest price drops
• The site returns up to 24 results per search — use specific search terms for best results
• No proxy needed — Board Game Oracle has no anti-bot protection