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BGG ratings correlation

I miss the ratings correlation tool from BoardGameGeek. Actually, I miss it so much, I went and built my own: BGG ratings correlation. Type in two usernames and you'll get the correlation between the ratings. The tool will cache the...

Posted by Mikko on October 12, 2006 10:03 AM

I'm the Geek of the Week

Doug Adams was rather kind and chose me as his successor for the coveted Geek of the Week title. This is your chance to ask me the question you've always wanted to ask. Just visit my Geek of the Week...

Posted by Mikko on July 1, 2006 7:59 PM

Where's My Geek?

Grr. BoardGameGeek just won't answer. I don't have any particular need to use it, just some general checking, which I can't do because either the server is busy or the site doesn't answer at all, and I'm getting all aggravated...

Posted by Mikko on November 10, 2005 2:05 PM

Thursday, day two: Shopping for games

The morning started off quite well. We were having breakfast, when I suddenly noticed a familiar-looking gentleman in a salmon-coloured shirt: herr Knizia! I wasn't quite brave enough to go talk to him, but maybe I'll ask for his signature...

Posted by Mikko on October 14, 2005 9:16 AM

ÜberGeekBadge

I've achieved something: I have an ÜberGeekBadge. Super neat! You can admire my excellence at my profile page. You'll also see that I've been generous. Creating the Geek Supporter badge was a brilliant idea in the first place and adding...

Posted by Mikko on February 11, 2005 5:17 PM

New Geek feature

The BoardGameGeek guys just keep on coming up with new features. Now they offer RSS feeds on individual games. The urls are in format http://www.boardgamegeek.com/gamexml/[gameid]. For example, here's War of the Ring. I'm actually not sure if this is a...

Posted by Mikko on October 25, 2004 3:54 PM

GeekSpeak

The guys at BoardGameGeek have done a radio show. You can download the mp3 from Aldie's GeekJournal, it's about 16 megs and 61 minutes. I wasn't going to listen to it first, but then Iain said it was ok. I...

Posted by Mikko on October 1, 2004 1:10 PM

Geek Badges

Talk about silly and useless features... BoardGameGeek allows users to create badges, for the measly sum of 50 geekgold. I got one for myself right away... See We Don't Need No Stinking Badges for more information. My badge? Green and...

Posted by Mikko on May 3, 2004 10:27 AM

BoardGameGeek RSS feeds

Iain's blog entry about BoardGameGeek RSS feeds inspired me to subscribe to some of them (new articles, new reviews and new geeklists). They are certainly much better than they used to be....

Posted by Mikko on April 10, 2004 10:58 AM

BoardGameGeek supporter

BoardGameGeek is having another fundraiser. Last time I skipped it, but now I had a credit card and a PayPal account, so I made a donation. Also, because they now have better user identification system, they are able to give...

Posted by Mikko on April 10, 2004 10:41 AM

Electric news

I heard Rio Grande Games is doing an English version of Funkenschlag. The new version will be called Power Grid. It has - obviously - better components and also streamlined rules, so it should play in two hours or less....

Posted by Mikko on January 31, 2004 8:49 PM

New Boardgamegeek functions

BoardGameGeek keeps getting better and better. Latest new gadget is a list of game rating correlations with other users. That way you can know who other users enjoy similar games as you do, so you can perhaps value their opinions...

Posted by Mikko on July 2, 2003 9:26 PM

Growing old and bitter

I went through my Boardgamegeek ratings and updated them a bit. Seems I'm becoming more critical: my average rating went down from 7.30 to 6.99. Quite a few games dived from 7 to 4, for example. It was an interesting...

Posted by Mikko on May 14, 2003 4:56 PM

T&E Play-by-email at BGG

I've started to play Tigris & Euphrates at the Boardgamegeek. The interface is pretty ok - if you have decent Internet connection. It is quite heavy, so modem users might want to skip this one. However, if you're not afraid...

Posted by Mikko on November 22, 2002 4:58 PM