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<i class="fas fa-calendar"></i> Posted on September 5, 2024
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Bias is a bit of an ugly word, isn’t it? It certainly has become one of those battle phrases in the culture war, where both sides of the argument accuse the other of forcing their biases onto society. Board game reviews frequently need to justify themselves for their biases affecting their views. Dan Thurot recently wrote a very eloquent piece on the matter, diving deeper into different kinds of biases.
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/boardgamegeek/">BoardGameGeek</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/debiasing/">Debiasing</a>
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The highest rated years on BoardGameGeek
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<i class="fas fa-calendar"></i> Posted on August 22, 2024
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Corey Thompson (of Above Board TV and Dice Tower Dish fame) recently raised an interesting question on the Board Games Insider podcast:
In what year do you think the best titles (highest rated titles) were released?
He actually answered the question twice, first in episode #328 based on an analysis he ran a couple of years ago and then again in #330 with more up-to-date data. I’m not going to spoil his answer here – the podcast in general is worth a listen – so go and find those episodes on your favourite podcast platform.
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/golden-age/">Golden age</a>
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<i class="fas fa-calendar"></i> Posted on July 21, 2024
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The cat’s out of the bag and the winners have been announced!
This year’s show was… even longer… 😅 After last year I’ve hoped for a snappier show – instead it was further extended. As much as I appreciate the jury’s work (which I’ve expressed at length), the stage isn’t where they shine, so I don’t understand why we need two awkward hours of their presence. It’s understandable they want to highlight various aspects of board gaming and their activities, since those are the only two hours of attention they get all year, but just as an endless recommendation list would water down the award, the rule in showbiz is to make every minute count.
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io/posts/spiel-des-jahres-2024-winners/" class="post-read-more">[Read More]</a>
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/sdj/">SdJ</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/sdj-2024/">SdJ 2024</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres/">Spiel des Jahres</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres-2024/">Spiel des Jahres 2024</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/ksdj/">KSdJ</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel/">Kennerspiel</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-des-jahres/">Kennerspiel des Jahres</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-des-jahres-2024/">Kennerspiel des Jahres 2024</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/winners/">Winners</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/game-of-the-year/">Game of the Year</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/germany/">Germany</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/sky-team/">Sky Team</a>
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<i class="fas fa-calendar"></i> Posted on July 8, 2024
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The waiting is finally coming to an end! On Sunday, July 21, the jury will announce the winners of Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres 2024. We’re blessed with another year of very strong games and I’m certainly very excited to learn what games will win the two awards.
I’ve been doing this for four years now and I’ve called seven out of the eight winners correctly. No reason to rest on any laurels – there’s another batch of awards coming up, and this year might be the closest race yet!
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io/posts/spiel-des-jahres-2024-predictions-part-2/" class="post-read-more">[Read More]</a>
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/sdj/">SdJ</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/sdj-2024/">SdJ 2024</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres/">Spiel des Jahres</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres-2024/">Spiel des Jahres 2024</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/ksdj/">KSdJ</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel/">Kennerspiel</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-des-jahres/">Kennerspiel des Jahres</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-des-jahres-2024/">Kennerspiel des Jahres 2024</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/game-of-the-year/">Game of the Year</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/germany/">Germany</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/predictions/">Predictions</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres-nominations/">Spiel des Jahres nominations</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres-2024-nominations/">Spiel des Jahres 2024 nominations</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/sdj-nominations/">SdJ nominations</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-nominations/">Kennerspiel nominations</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-des-jahres-nominations/">Kennerspiel des Jahres nominations</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-des-jahres-2024-nominations/">Kennerspiel des Jahres 2024 nominations</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/captain-flip/">Captain Flip</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/in-the-footsteps-of-darwin/">In the Footsteps of Darwin</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/sky-team/">Sky Team</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/daybreak/">Daybreak</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/the-guild-of-merchant-explorers/">The Guild of Merchant Explorers</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/ticket-to-ride-legacy-legends-of-the-west/">Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West</a>
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io/posts/thoughts-on-spiel-des-jahres/">
<h2 class="post-title">Thoughts on Spiel des Jahres</h2>
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What it is and what it isn't
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<i class="fas fa-calendar"></i> Posted on June 26, 2024
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Some of you might have notices that I’m a bit of a Spiel des Jahres fanboy. 🙃 Every year when the award season rolls around, the discussion about the purpose and the influence of Spiel des Jahres comes up again. So I thought it’s a good idea to collect my thoughts on the subject in one handy place I can easily reference in the future. 🤓
What’s the purpose of Spiel des Jahres?
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres/">Spiel des Jahres</a>
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io/posts/spiel-des-jahres-2024-nominations/">
<h2 class="post-title">Spiel des Jahres 2024 nominations</h2>
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<i class="fas fa-calendar"></i> Posted on June 11, 2024
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Nominations are out! The jury selected a total of sixteen games for their longlist, nine for Spiel des Jahres and seven for Kennerspiel des Jahres. Out of these games, three games each are nominated for the two awards and can hope to get the coveted meeple added to their covers on July 21.
Let’s dive straight into the nominations and recommendations, before we discuss how good (or bad) my predictions were and if the agreed with our Kennerspiel score.
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io/posts/spiel-des-jahres-2024-nominations/" class="post-read-more">[Read More]</a>
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/sdj/">SdJ</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/sdj-2024/">SdJ 2024</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres/">Spiel des Jahres</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres-2024/">Spiel des Jahres 2024</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/ksdj/">KSdJ</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel/">Kennerspiel</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-des-jahres/">Kennerspiel des Jahres</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-des-jahres-2024/">Kennerspiel des Jahres 2024</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/game-of-the-year/">Game of the Year</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/germany/">Germany</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/predictions/">Predictions</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres-nominations/">Spiel des Jahres nominations</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres-2024-nominations/">Spiel des Jahres 2024 nominations</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/sdj-nominations/">SdJ nominations</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-nominations/">Kennerspiel nominations</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-des-jahres-nominations/">Kennerspiel des Jahres nominations</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-des-jahres-2024-nominations/">Kennerspiel des Jahres 2024 nominations</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/captain-flip/">Captain Flip</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/in-the-footsteps-of-darwin/">In the Footsteps of Darwin</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/sky-team/">Sky Team</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/daybreak/">Daybreak</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/the-guild-of-merchant-explorers/">The Guild of Merchant Explorers</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/ticket-to-ride-legacy-legends-of-the-west/">Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West</a>
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io/posts/spiel-des-jahres-2024-predictions/">
<h2 class="post-title">Spiel des Jahres 2024 predictions</h2>
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<i class="fas fa-calendar"></i> Posted on May 31, 2024
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Spiel des Jahres 2024 is around the corner! As in the previous four years, I’ll try to predict what games have the best shot at ending up on the longlist (aka recommendations) and the shortlist (aka nominations) when the jury announces their picks on June 11th.
As every year, I’ll let the algorithms speak, but I’ve added something new this year: I tried to track the jury members’ reviews of all eligible1 games, in particular when they publish scores (such as in the magazine Spielbox), and fed those into the predictions.
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io/posts/spiel-des-jahres-2024-predictions/" class="post-read-more">[Read More]</a>
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/sdj/">SdJ</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/sdj-2024/">SdJ 2024</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres/">Spiel des Jahres</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres-2024/">Spiel des Jahres 2024</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/ksdj/">KSdJ</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel/">Kennerspiel</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-des-jahres/">Kennerspiel des Jahres</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-des-jahres-2024/">Kennerspiel des Jahres 2024</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/game-of-the-year/">Game of the Year</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/germany/">Germany</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/predictions/">Predictions</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres-predictions/">Spiel des Jahres predictions</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres-2024-predictions/">Spiel des Jahres 2024 predictions</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/sdj-predictions/">SdJ predictions</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-predictions/">Kennerspiel predictions</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-des-jahres-predictions/">Kennerspiel des Jahres predictions</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-des-jahres-2024-predictions/">Kennerspiel des Jahres 2024 predictions</a>
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io/posts/game-designer-hall-of-fame/">
<h2 class="post-title">Game Designer Hall of Fame</h2>
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The best board game designers of all times – according to Spiel des Jahres
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<i class="fas fa-calendar"></i> Posted on May 17, 2024
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Spiel des Jahres 2024 nominations are just around the corner (watch this space for our annual predictions), but I wanted to take this opportunity for a look back over the history of the award. Specifically, I wanted to see which designers have been most successful at the Spiel, Kennerspiel and Kinderspiel des Jahres awards.
The first red meeple was given out in 1979. Since 1989, the jury also awarded the Kinderspiel des Jahres for children’s games, initially as an annual special award, and from 2001 as its own award with the blue meeple.
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/spiel-des-jahres/">Spiel des Jahres</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kennerspiel-des-jahres/">Kennerspiel des Jahres</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/kinderspiel-des-jahres/">Kinderspiel des Jahres</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/game-of-the-year/">Game of the Year</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/hall-of-fame/">Hall of Fame</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/designers/">Designers</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/records/">Records</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/statistics/">Statistics</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/wolfgang-kramer/">Wolfgang Kramer</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/reiner-knizia/">Reiner Knizia</a>
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io/posts/collaborative-filtering/">
<h2 class="post-title">A brief introduction to Collaborative Filtering</h2>
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Recommend.Games explained, part 1: how we recommend games to you
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<i class="fas fa-calendar"></i> Posted on May 9, 2024
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What is a good recommendation? Collaborative filtering is the workhorse powering the recommendations by Recommend.Games. Over the years, I’ve been asked every now and then how it works. So, I thought it’s high time I outlined the basic ideas behind our recommendation engine.
Let’s first take a step back and talk about recommendations in general. What is it we’re trying to achieve? The answer to this question is far from trivial, and it gets harder when you want to formalise its goals.
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/recommend.games-explained/">Recommend.Games explained</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/collaborative-filtering/">Collaborative filtering</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/recommendations/">Recommendations</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/recommendation-engine/">Recommendation engine</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/machine-learning/">Machine learning</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/matrix-factorisation/">Matrix factorisation</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/embeddings/">Embeddings</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/latent-factors/">Latent factors</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/cosine-similarity/">Cosine similarity</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/alternating-least-squares/">Alternating least squares</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/linear-regression/">Linear regression</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/boardgamegeek/">BoardGameGeek</a>
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io/posts/world-of-board-games/">
<h2 class="post-title">The world of board games</h2>
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Board game rankings by country
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<i class="fas fa-calendar"></i> Posted on April 25, 2024
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BoardGameGeek (BGG) users can select their country of residence in their profile. The main purpose is to find other users in your region to play face to face or maybe trade games, but but over here at Recommend.Games we obviously cannot help ourselves but to use this information for some interesting statistics. 🤓
Let’s start with the usual disclaimer: We will have to rely on whatever information BGG provides. In particular, users can freely choose their country.
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<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/boardgamegeek/">BoardGameGeek</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/bgg/">BGG</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/ranking/">ranking</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/rating/">rating</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/bayesian/">Bayesian</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/dummy-ratings/">dummy ratings</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/highest-rated-games/">highest rated games</a>
<a href="https://recommend-games.github.io//tags/alternative-rankings/">alternative rankings</a>
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