What do your BGG ratings mean to you?

Boardgames
#61

I think my high ratings are something more like:

  • 10 - Outstanding, I evangelise about this to strangers and don’t see myself ever getting rid of my copy.
  • 9 - Excellent game. Even if it’s a long game, I can play it and be in the mood to play it again.
  • 8 - Very good game. It’s on regular rotation for what I take along to game nights.

but of course a 9 I gave five years ago may not be the same as a 9 I give now…

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#62

I mean it’s Champions of Midgard, come on. (Want a game right now?)

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#63

So yeah with my rant over. I think rating systems are kind of inherently flawed as you’re trying to make a subjective evaluation into and objective criteria.
And yes there is the dilemma of does 10/10 mean? a perfect game because it’s 100%?

But I won’t be the guy to cast stones and not try to do it himself so here’s the criteria I use for my ratings.

10 - Masterpiece -an exemplar of the gaming hobby and I love it
9 - amazing - I think everyone should play it once
8 great game - would recommend to a friend
7 - good game - would mostly recommend
6 - Alright game
5 - fine game
4 - has some problems
3 - bad game - going to be difficult to have a good time
2 - terrible game - I probably won’t play this again
1 - this shouldn’t exist

It certainly isn’t perfect but it’s what I base my ratings off of

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#64

P.S. Champions of Midgard was/is my favourite game. I just haven’t seriously evaluated/ranked my games in almost a while (usually do it around the end of the year)

But also does everyone know about the PubMeeple ranking engine? I use it all the time to help me decide things/rank things and it’s a useful tool for ranking your collection and helping you sort out which are really your favourites

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#65

I take it more along the lines of “always willing to suggest it at a game night, or always willing to play if offered.” But your complaint is understandable.

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#66

Yeah, there is a difference between “I always want to play it” and “I always want to play it more than anything”, but always is still a bit overkill :laughing: I might always want to play it to some extent, but I’m not gonna be at a funeral and be like, “man, I wish I was playing Dominion right now…”

But people could say “Gabriel’s always playing Dominion” and it would fit with the use of that phrase, which is more what they mean

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#67

I do love the PubMeeple ranking engine :+1:

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#68

I have never played Dominion. That said, I would totally want to be playing that instead of being at a funeral. :smiley:

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#69

Just preface them with ‘At a games night…’ where necessary

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#70

Also works for fortune cookies. (Do those even happen any more?)

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