BGG database: Historical analysis
In this section, I look at how boardgames changed throughout the years using the data of the Boardgamegeek database. I’ll keep it short and sweet, focusing mostly on the data. I don’t want to draw too much conclusions as the data may be very biased in all sorts of way, as discussed in the Introduction. So, I’ll stick to the figures below - you can find some comments by clicking on them.
We can look also at the how the frequencies of the categories (sort of like themes) and mechanics changed over the years. These frequencies are the percentage of the game having this category or mechanics. These were not included in the above gallery since the files are too large. You can view them here:
Finally, please let me know what you think below!