Time flies when you’re having fun, and twenty years have zoomed by with all the great content that BoardGameGeek has provided to the community. The popular website is celebrating its birthday with a compilation of users and board game content creators offering their heartfelt thanks to the place that has helped grow an enthusiastic community of players.
The celebratory video below shows long-time fans of the website expressing gratitude, many of which share similar stories with regards to how BoardGameGeek affected their lives in their favorite pastime. As a resource for all things board game-related, the website was a major find for individuals who loved the hobby but were not aware of how large the community truly was. This was especially true as over the past two decades European-style board games have grown substantially in popularity.
To say that BoardGameGeek has been useful is a vast understatement. The website not only provides an in-depth catalogue of most board games ever created, it also provides basic information for those who might be looking for something new, community driven voting and ranking, forums, photos, and much more.
BoardGameGeek has become such a central hub for the community of players that game developers often opt to chime in on their games’ forums when it comes to providing rule clarifications, and also where players help each other out by providing their own house rules developed over years of playing a game.
A bit of a hidden gem within Board Game Geek is the GeekMarket, which is a great tool to find games that may be difficult to locate new through retail outlets, especially for out of print material. As long as you don’t mind a little wear and tear, GeekMarket can be a fantastic resource for players trying to build their collection. If anything, a well-worn game that has been taken care of is the best option anyways.
Best of all, if you’re an older user, the site still looks like it was made in the early 2000s! Despite the unintentional retro style of the website, it is still a fantastic place for new players to explore the always broadening genre of board games. Here’s to another twenty years and beyond for Board Game Geek, hopefully sporting the same old-fashioned website layout in 2040!
Source: BoardGameGeek
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