tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34958803631138938.post8462131730086406811..comments2024-03-27T17:15:34.190+08:00Comments on Hiew's Boardgame Blog: the value of ratingsHiew Chok Sien 邱卓成http://www.blogger.com/profile/17243478408389021695noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34958803631138938.post-45976672733447292582013-06-18T23:47:18.985+08:002013-06-18T23:47:18.985+08:00I understand that time pressure can mean a review ...I understand that time pressure can mean a review only after one play. Honestly, there are games that I have played only once that I know are great or I know are awful. Part of the trick is acknowledging that might be a better game with different people, as we said.<br /><br />I guess I am lucky. On my blog (http://sofrankly.com), I am targeting family and casual players, which means that manySoFranklyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629984479802083360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34958803631138938.post-11852700686879964822013-06-18T22:56:31.709+08:002013-06-18T22:56:31.709+08:00Good point. Indeed BGG ratings are skewed towards ...Good point. Indeed BGG ratings are skewed towards newer games because of how the BGG population has been growing. <br /><br />One thing that I know I will not be able to do is review a game after playing it at least 3 times. If I try to follow this rule, I will have very little to say at my blog. :-) I often hesitate to call my blog posts "reviews". "First impressions" is moreHiew Chok Sien 邱卓成https://www.blogger.com/profile/17243478408389021695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34958803631138938.post-14961765837441113092013-06-18T21:49:23.251+08:002013-06-18T21:49:23.251+08:00Great article. I think the ratings on BGG may als...Great article. I think the ratings on BGG may also be skewed towards new games, since the BGG population has exploded over the past couple of years. Newer gamers may not be as familiar with older games. <br /><br />The driving forces for me are game length and complexity, which aren't directly reflected in ratings.<br /><br />As for reviews, I completely agree that I want an idea of the SoFranklyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629984479802083360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34958803631138938.post-34269035331149134382013-06-17T21:10:40.317+08:002013-06-17T21:10:40.317+08:00Yeah, lots of different thoughts about reviews. I ...Yeah, lots of different thoughts about reviews. I actually pay no attention to the BGG ratings. And because of that, I like to read in-depth reviews with a rules overview (not bullet point by bullet point rehash, but enough to give me a good idea about how the games plays). That's how I do my "research" into if I think I - and my boys - will like a game before I buy.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11401460607083226726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34958803631138938.post-14250888371199561552013-06-17T20:09:19.699+08:002013-06-17T20:09:19.699+08:00I actually find the BGG ratings useful, but a seri...I actually find the BGG ratings useful, but a serious pinch of salt needs to be applied. Because of the way the ratings are calculated, I figure that any rating above 6 is actually pretty good. After all, there are currently only 6 games with ratings above 8, and a little more than 250 above 7. Any game that has a score above 6 clearly has a good number of people that like it, and it is at Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34958803631138938.post-80405282294667422182013-06-17T16:37:21.828+08:002013-06-17T16:37:21.828+08:00I have to agree with you on the BGG rating being a...I have to agree with you on the BGG rating being a hinderance at times. My group originally refused to play anything outside of the BGG top 100 when we first started playing.<br /><br />However, recently my persistance has paid off and we've managed to get a few 'lower' rated games to the table. On Saturday we got a game played with a rating of a 6.3 (around 1000 on the list) and it Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14482489077576264822noreply@blogger.com