Trending Board Games Scraper

This Apify actor fetches the current trending/hotness list from BoardGameGeek (BGG) and stores it in a structured format. It provides up-to-date information about the most popular board games that are generating buzz in the community today.

Every day the hotness / trending ranking is updated.

Features

• Fetches up to 50 trending board games from BGG
• Extracts key information like game ID, name, rank, publication year, and images
• Stores data in a structured format

Input

No input required.

Output

The output is a dataset with the following schema:

• id (string): Unique identifier of the board game on BoardGameGeek
• name (string): Name of the board game
• delta (number): Change in hotness ranking position compared to yesterday
• href (string): Link to the game's page on BoardGameGeek
• imageurl (string): URL of the game's thumbnail image
• images (object): Different sizes and formats of the game's images
  • square30: Small square image (30x30)
    • src: Regular resolution URL
    • src@2x: High resolution URL
  • square100: Medium square image (100x100)
    • src: Regular resolution URL
    • src@2x: High resolution URL
  • mediacard: Rectangular image
    • src: Regular resolution URL
    • src@2x: High resolution URL
• rank (number): Current rank in the general board game list
• yearpublished (number): Publication year of the game
• description (string): Brief description of the game

Example output:

1{
2    "position": 1,
3    "id": "418059",
4    "name": "SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence",
5    "delta": 0,
6    "href": "/boardgame/418059/seti-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence",
7    "imageurl": "https://cf.geekdo-images.com/_BUXOVRDU9g_eRwgpR5ZZw__tinysquare/img/6oQXdLlk0wjTmarA-lf2xgzKUpQ=/fit-in/30x30/filters:strip_icc()/pic8160466.jpg",
8    "images": {
9        "square30": {
10            "src": "https://cf.geekdo-images.com/_BUXOVRDU9g_eRwgpR5ZZw__square30/img/EVpcvP8uQjauhvr44hcHFV8F0Cw=/174x0:1574x1400/30x30/filters:strip_icc()/pic8160466.jpg",
11            "src@2x": "https://cf.geekdo-images.com/_BUXOVRDU9g_eRwgpR5ZZw__square30@2x/img/YXKhVVXCH7TzhuCd_RD9sI37H-8=/174x0:1574x1400/60x60/filters:strip_icc()/pic8160466.jpg"
12        },
13        "square100": {
14            "src": "https://cf.geekdo-images.com/_BUXOVRDU9g_eRwgpR5ZZw__square100/img/Yoe3mq0MSNqhRpOKi-1PgMJXUWc=/174x0:1574x1400/100x100/filters:strip_icc()/pic8160466.jpg",
15            "src@2x": "https://cf.geekdo-images.com/_BUXOVRDU9g_eRwgpR5ZZw__square100@2x/img/xN4dL3qcph0HttBwYe2PAAq3gKs=/174x0:1574x1400/200x200/filters:strip_icc()/pic8160466.jpg"
16        },
17        "mediacard": {
18            "src": "https://cf.geekdo-images.com/_BUXOVRDU9g_eRwgpR5ZZw__mediacard/img/rsvSCxLnfeoBhhnZ321q7qTNKFY=/0x0:2000x1125/288x162/filters:strip_icc()/pic8160466.jpg",
19            "src@2x": "https://cf.geekdo-images.com/_BUXOVRDU9g_eRwgpR5ZZw__mediacard@2x/img/Mx9GyRRGjuE1DZ3BsfuvS4wQioo=/0x0:2000x1125/576x324/filters:strip_icc()/pic8160466.jpg"
20        }
21    },
22    "rank": "579",
23    "yearpublished": "2024",
24    "description": "Search for signs of alien life by launching probes and analyzing distant signals."
25}