The BGG Weight Problem
1,153How complex is a game rated on BGG? What does heaviness even mean? We dive into the community ratings of "weight" on boardgamegeek, where people vote between 1-5 on how they think this tabletop game makes them feel in terms of complexity and rules. From John Company 2nd edition to even Candyland, we go through what a heavy game feels like to play, and some weirdness with voting. Maybe Geekscore voting systems can be implemented, like a Bayesian average? We even go through the BGG top 100 and see which games we think are accurately rated! What are ways to improve this for all games (including party games and war games) to help out veterans and newcomers?
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Games featured: Twilight Imperium 4, Twilight Imperium 3, Prophecy of Kings, Dune Imperium, Twister, Candyland, Telestrations, Cards Against Humanity, John Company 2nd Edition, War of the Ring 2nd Edition, Star Wars Rebellion, Dune Imperium, Arkham Horror LCG, Spirit Island, Brass Birmingham, Catan, Ticket to Ride, Rising Sun, Eldritch Horror, Battlestar Galactica
Table of Contents:
Intro - (0:00)
Ascension.gg - (0:53)
Polling the BGG Weight - (1:48)
Heavy, Light, and Medium Examples - (2:32)
Inaccuracies in polling - (5:39)
Potential reasons for weirdness - (7:29)
Some suggestions to help - (10:30)
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