BoardGamePrices UK/EU Multi-Retailer Price Comparison Scraper
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BoardGamePrices UK/EU Multi-Retailer Price Comparison Scraper
Scrapes BoardGamePrices.co.uk — the dominant European board-game price aggregator — comparing prices and availability across 15+ UK/EU retailers. Returns lowest/highest prices, in-stock count, and per-retailer offer details.
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Scrapes BoardGamePrices.co.uk — the dominant European board-game price aggregator — to compare prices and availability across 15+ UK/EU retailers for any board game. For each game, the actor returns the lowest and highest price, in-stock retailer count, and a full breakdown of per-retailer offers including item price, shipping cost, total, and availability.
What data does this actor return?
Each result record includes:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
game_name | Game title as listed on BoardGamePrices |
bgp_url | Full URL of the game's BoardGamePrices.co.uk detail page |
bgp_id | BoardGamePrices internal numeric item ID |
bgg_id | BoardGameGeek game ID (for cross-referencing rankings, ratings, etc.) |
image_url | URL of the game box art image |
currency | Price currency (GBP on .co.uk) |
lowest_price | Lowest available item price (excluding shipping) across all tracked retailers |
highest_price | Highest available item price across all tracked retailers |
offer_count | Total number of retailer offers currently tracked |
in_stock_count | Number of retailers currently showing the item as in stock |
retailer_offers | JSON-encoded array of per-retailer offer objects (see below) |
region_scope | Region scope of the price data (uk for .co.uk) |
Each object in retailer_offers contains:
{"retailer_name": "Zatu Games","item_price": 29.99,"shipping_cost": 0,"grand_total": 29.99,"in_stock": true,"last_seen_at": "2026-05-25 14:30:00","buy_link_path": "/item/go?rank=1&source=I&h=abc123&storeitemid=1234567"}
Input configuration
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
mode | string | Required. One of: top_n, game_slugs, full_catalog |
topN | integer | For mode=top_n: number of top-popularity games to scrape (default: 50) |
gameSlugs | array | For mode=game_slugs: list of BoardGamePrices.co.uk game paths or IDs |
maxItems | integer | Maximum number of game records to return |
Mode: top_n (default)
Scrapes the top N most-popular games by popularity ranking. Suitable for regular price monitoring of the most sought-after titles.
{"mode": "top_n","topN": 100,"maxItems": 100}
Mode: game_slugs
Scrapes specific games by their BoardGamePrices.co.uk URL path or numeric ID. Ideal for price-watching a custom list of titles.
{"mode": "game_slugs","gameSlugs": ["/item/show/40549/ark-nova","/item/show/15555/terraforming-mars","8741"],"maxItems": 10}
Mode: full_catalog
Paginates through the full popularity-sorted catalog up to maxItems. Use for bulk price snapshots.
{"mode": "full_catalog","maxItems": 500}
Retailers tracked
BoardGamePrices.co.uk tracks 15+ UK and EU retailers including Zatu Games, Chaos Cards, Magic Madhouse, Firestorm Cards, The Meeple Rooms, Rules of Play, Philibert, Spielespektakel, Spelspul, and more — covering the full UK/EU market.
Notes
- Prices are in GBP on the
.co.ukdomain. bgg_idis extracted from the cross-link to BoardGameGeek when present; allows joining with BGG ratings, rankings, and community data.- The
buy_link_pathis a redirect path on BoardGamePrices.co.uk — prependhttps://boardgameprices.co.ukto build the full URL. - Price data is refreshed frequently by the aggregator (typically within hours); timestamps are available in
retailer_offers[*].last_seen_at.