http://tabletoptracker.com — Thousands of board games are published each year, but data overload can make it hard to know which ones to check out. I made Tabletop Tracker so you can easily see which games are climbing in the rankings.

1. @nathanTbaker
TabletopTracker.com

2. I’m Nate, that dude that plays
board games over lunch.
Codenames: Pictures
Quoridor
Tumblin-Dice
No Thanks!
Deep Sea Adventure
The Magic Labyrinth
Codenames
Eight-Minute Empire
Coconuts
Survive: Escape from Atlantis
Blood Rage
Can’t Stop
A Fake Artist Goes to New York
Star Fluxx
Strike
3 Wishes
Dimension
Zombie Die
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Plays
Games I’ve played in the Nashville
Software School lunch room
So far…

3. The Problem
• Thousands of board
games are published
each year.
• Data overload doesn’t
help find the good ones.

4. Project Goals
1. Display which new board games are popular in a visual way.
2. Use the Board Game Geek API.
3. Create a crawler to gather
additional information.
4. Fully deploy the project.
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5. Cool Geeky Stuff
1. The crawler gathers data about
13,000+ games daily.
2. All data calculations and API calls
are done daily in Node so data can
be cached.
3. All charts are drawn with a single
database request.
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6. Lessons Learned
1. Research what’s likely to break.
2. Set boundaries around when you code.
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No data for you!
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7. What’s Next?
Submit your email at
TabletopTracker.com
to learn when new charts
and features are added.
Look mom, I’m responsive!

8. TabletopTracker.com
Find the new board games that
deserve your attention at