# Board Game Oracle Scraper - Board Game Price Comparison (`lulzasaur/boardgameoracle-scraper`) Actor Scrape Board Game Oracle for board game prices across 50+ stores. Get lowest prices, 30-day/52-week lows, BGG ratings, complexity, player counts, and store-level pricing for any board game. - **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/boardgameoracle-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $10.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Board Game Oracle Scraper Scrape [Board Game Oracle](https://boardgameoracle.com) for board game price comparisons across 50+ online retailers. Get the lowest prices, price history stats, BGG ratings, and store-level pricing for any board game. ### What does Board Game Oracle Scraper do? This scraper extracts board game pricing and metadata from Board Game Oracle, the leading board game price comparison engine. It parses structured JSON data directly from the site's Next.js server-rendered pages — no brittle HTML scraping needed. #### Key features - **Search by name** — Search for any board game by title - **Price comparison** — Get the lowest price across 50+ online board game stores - **Store-level pricing** — See individual store prices, availability, and shipping info - **BGG data** — BoardGameGeek ratings, complexity scores, player counts, play times - **Price drops** — Browse current price drops with 30-day and 52-week low tracking - **Fast & reliable** — Parses structured `__NEXT_DATA__` JSON, no anti-bot issues ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `searchQueries` | string[] | Board game names to search for. Use `"browse"` or `"trending"` to get homepage price drops. | | `maxListings` | integer | Maximum games per query (default: 100) | | `scrapeDetails` | boolean | Visit each game's price page for store-level pricing (default: false) | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Proxy settings (usually not needed) | #### Example input ```json { "searchQueries": ["catan", "gloomhaven", "wingspan"], "maxListings": 20, "scrapeDetails": true } ```` ### Output Each result includes: | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `title` | Board game name | | `slug` | URL-friendly identifier | | `yearPublished` | Year the game was published | | `bggRating` | BoardGameGeek average rating (1-10) | | `bggComplexity` | BGG weight/complexity score (1-5) | | `playerCountMin` / `playerCountMax` | Supported player range | | `playTimeMin` / `playTimeMax` | Play time range in minutes | | `lowestPrice` | Lowest available price in USD | | `lowestStoreName` | Store with the lowest price | | `storeCount` | Number of stores with listings | | `stores` | Array of store offers (when `scrapeDetails` is enabled) | | `imageUrl` | Game box art thumbnail | | `url` | Board Game Oracle price page URL | #### Store offer fields (when `scrapeDetails` is true) | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `store` | Retailer name | | `price` | Listed price | | `availability` | `in_stock`, `out_of_stock`, or `backorder` | | `shipping` | Shipping rate description | | `pickupArea` | Local pickup location (if available) | #### Browse/trending extra fields When using `"browse"` or `"trending"` as a search query, results include additional price drop data: | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `thirtyDayLow` | 30-day lowest price | | `fiftyTwoWeekLow` | 52-week lowest price | | `priceDropDayPercent` | Day-over-day price change % | | `priceDropWeekPercent` | Week-over-week price change % | | `discountFromMedian` | Discount from median price % | #### Example output ```json { "title": "CATAN", "slug": "catan", "yearPublished": 1995, "bggRating": 7.09, "bggComplexity": 2.28, "playerCountMin": 3, "playerCountMax": 4, "playTimeMin": 60, "playTimeMax": 120, "lowestPrice": 39.99, "lowestStoreName": "Tabletop Merchant", "storeCount": 14, "stores": [ { "store": "Tabletop Merchant", "price": 39.99, "availability": "in_stock", "shipping": "Flat rate $14.99" }, { "store": "Game Nerdz", "price": 41.97, "availability": "in_stock", "shipping": "Flat rate $6" } ], "imageUrl": "https://bgomedia-19127.kxcdn.com/image/product/lg/VxllVgl0jgUD0jpXl3vO", "url": "https://www.boardgameoracle.com/boardgame/price/04ACtDMij8/catan", "searchQuery": "catan", "scrapedAt": "2026-04-25T12:00:00.000Z" } ``` ### Use cases - **Find the best deal** — Compare prices across 50+ board game retailers - **Track price drops** — Monitor when games hit their lowest prices - **Build a collection** — Search for multiple games and find the best bundle deals - **Market research** — Analyze board game pricing trends and store competition - **Wishlist monitoring** — Feed into automated alerts when target prices are hit - **BGG data enrichment** — Combine price data with BoardGameGeek ratings and complexity ### Cost This scraper uses pay-per-event pricing. You are charged $0.005 per result scraped. With `scrapeDetails` enabled, each game with full store pricing counts as one result. ### Tips - **Start without details** for fast, lightweight price checks - **Enable `scrapeDetails`** when you need to compare across individual stores - Use `"browse"` as a search query to find today's biggest price drops - The site returns up to 24 results per search — use specific search terms for best results - No proxy needed — Board Game Oracle has no anti-bot protection # Actor input Schema ## `searchQueries` (type: `array`): Board game names to search for (e.g. 'catan', 'gloomhaven', 'ticket to ride'). Use 'browse' or 'trending' to scrape homepage price drops instead of searching. ## `maxListings` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of board game listings to scrape per search query. Each search page returns up to 24 results. ## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, visits each game's price page to get store-level pricing with individual store names, prices, availability, and shipping info. Slower but provides complete price comparison data. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings. Board Game Oracle has no anti-bot protection, so proxies are usually not needed. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQueries": [ "catan" ], "maxListings": 100, "scrapeDetails": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchQueries": [ "catan" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/boardgameoracle-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchQueries": ["catan"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("lulzasaur/boardgameoracle-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "searchQueries": [ "catan" ] }' | apify call lulzasaur/boardgameoracle-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lulzasaur/boardgameoracle-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Board Game Oracle Scraper - Board Game Price Comparison", "description": "Scrape Board Game Oracle for board game prices across 50+ stores. Get lowest prices, 30-day/52-week lows, BGG ratings, complexity, player counts, and store-level pricing for any board game.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "6VBq5BcgcWIts1HYz" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/lulzasaur~boardgameoracle-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-lulzasaur-boardgameoracle-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/lulzasaur~boardgameoracle-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-lulzasaur-boardgameoracle-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/lulzasaur~boardgameoracle-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-lulzasaur-boardgameoracle-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "searchQueries" ], "properties": { "searchQueries": { "title": "Search Queries", "type": "array", "description": "Board game names to search for (e.g. 'catan', 'gloomhaven', 'ticket to ride'). Use 'browse' or 'trending' to scrape homepage price drops instead of searching.", "default": [ "catan" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxListings": { "title": "Max Listings per Query", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of board game listings to scrape per search query. Each search page returns up to 24 results.", "default": 100 }, "scrapeDetails": { "title": "Scrape Store-Level Pricing", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, visits each game's price page to get store-level pricing with individual store names, prices, availability, and shipping info. Slower but provides complete price comparison data.", "default": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings. Board Game Oracle has no anti-bot protection, so proxies are usually not needed.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": false } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```