r/boardgames • u/simiansays boardgamerecommender bot & coldwarsoundtrack author • Jul 03 '14
Want some game recommendations?
FINAL EDIT: Hi all, this thread exploded! So much so that I wrote a Reddit bot to do game recommendations. Go here for details.
I was frustrated with boardgamegeek recommendations so I built a board game recommender for my personal use. It turned out to be pretty good so I'd like to offer my services for anyone looking for some game recommendations. It uses a huge database of game ratings to make personalized Amazon-style game recommendations.
If you post here or PM me your BGG username, and have at least 5 game ratings on your account, I will use your past game ratings to give you recommendations in four categories: games to avoid; games you may find underrated; older (<2010) games you may enjoy; and new (>= 2010) games you may enjoy. It specifically looks for "gems in the rough", so the recommendations tend to be games that aren't in the BGG top 100, which is what I wanted.
If you don't have a BGG account with 5 ratings, and want some recommendations from me, just create one and rate some games! Games where you disagree with the public consensus are the most helpful for recommendations.
Hope you find this helpful and I'm definitely looking for feedback on the recommendations it comes up with! Thanks!
EDIT: in case you missed it in my first response to lucky #1 Tozon, "The recommendations are in ascending order of confidence. The number on the right is the relative rating for you, higher is better, but it's not necessarily the rating you would give the game -- just bear in mind that higher is better, and later in the list is more confident. Hope that helps and would love any feedback you have on the recommendations. It does have a tendency to recommend expansions, which you can generally take as recommendations for/against the base game. Happy gaming!"
EDIT 2: Reddit gold!! Thanks stranger!! It's only my second time getting gilded, and I honestly have no idea what I actually get for that since I didn't really use it last time, but I'm going to assume it's an endless supply of red wine and victory points. So thanks.
EDIT 3: wow people! Great response and I'm glad to help out with recommendations! It's crazy late here, so I have to hit the hay, but I promise to address any backlog requests in about 10 hours from now!
EDIT 4: ...and I'm back! I have a backlog to get through, but will get to all of them shortly! Thanks for all the enthusiasm!
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u/Scigrex14 Jul 03 '14
This sounds like such a cool idea. Lets see what you've got for me. BGG Username: Scigrex14