Wikidata:WikiProject Board Games

The goals of this WikiProject is to work and improve all items about board and card games, adding the necessary missing information (e.g. labels, descriptions, statements), as well as other necessary tasks.

As new games are released each day, the goal will also be to keep up with the new releases of games, to make Wikidata's coverage of board and card game data as comprehensive as possible.

This section includes useful resources to be used on board game items.

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
instance of	P31	Item	instance of: the subject is an instance of the object (should be board game or card game)	The Settlers of Catan <instance of> board game	-
part of the series	P179	Item	board game franchise: the item is part of a series, whose sum constitutes the object	The Settlers of Catan <part of the series> Catan series	-
expansion of	P8646	Item	board game expansion: the item is an expansion set for a base game	Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune <expansion of> Carcassonne	-
genre	P136	Item	genre, by genre and award for best album (genre): genre of a creative work or genre in which an artist works	Pandemic <genre> cooperative board game	-
based on	P144	Item	based on: work used as basis	Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game <based on> Star Wars	derivative work
publisher	P123	Item	publishing company and publisher: organization responsible for publishing books, periodicals, games or software	Labyrinth <publisher> Ravensburger	-
creator	P170	Item	creator, author, visual artist and software developer: maker of a creative work or other object (where no more specific property exists)->see talk page	Agricola <creator> Uwe Rosenberg	notable work
illustrator	P110	Item	board game illustrator: artist who designed the game components	The Castles of Burgundy <illustrator> Julien Delval	-
minimum age	P2899	Quantity	minimum age: minimum age	backgammon <minimum age> 5 years old	-
publication date	P577	Point in time	publication date: date or point in time a work is first published or released	7 Wonders <publication date> 2010	-
language of work or name	P407	Item	language: language of a work	Secret Hitler <language of work or name> English	-
image	P18	Commons media file	illustration and image: a relevant illustration (only for images on Commons)	Monopoly <image> German_Monopoly_board_in_the_middle_of_a_game.jpg	-
award received	P166	Item	game award: award or recognition received by a person, organisation or creative work	Codenames <award received> Spiel des Jahres	-
minimum number of players	P1872	Quantity	player: minimum numbers of players of a game	Risk <minimum number of players> 2	-
maximum number of players	P1873	Quantity	player: maximum numbers of players of a game	Risk <maximum number of players> 6	-
Commons category	P373	String	Commons category: name of the Wikimedia Commons category containing files related to this item (without the prefix "Category:")	Alhambra <Commons category> Alhambra_(board_game)	-
official website	P856	URL	official website and home page: URL to the website of this item	Dominion <official website> http://riograndegames.com/games.html?id=278	-
BoardGameGeek ID	P2339	External identifier	identifier for a board game in the BoardGameGeek database	Istanbul <BoardGameGeek ID> 148949	-
RPGGeek ID	P7226	External identifier	identifier for a role-playing game in the RPGGeek database	Call of Cthulhu <RPGGeek ID> rpgfamily/814	-
Luding game ID	P3528	External identifier	identifier for a board game in the Luding database (German)	The Settlers of Catan <Luding game ID> 1508	-
Spiel des Jahres ID	P11025	External identifier	identifier for a board game in the "Spiel des Jahres" database (German)	The Settlers of Catan <Spiel des Jahres ID> die-siedler-von-catan	-
Tabletopia game ID	P12970	External identifier	Tabletopia: identifier for a board game on tabletopia.com	Go <Tabletopia game ID> go	-

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• Inspirations, citations & acknowledgements :
  • influenced by (P737) :
  • inspired by (P941) :
  • based on (P144) : inverse of derivative works (P4969)
  • after a work by (P1877) : more rare
  • cites (P2860) : games cited in acknowledgment, in dedication, in ludography, in references (ex: query for TTRPG graph).
• Sets
  • part of (P361) : a more generic game
    • part of the series (P179) : one item of the series of game (more rare than "part of")
  • has edition (P747) : Q... (for each edition)
    • each edition needs to have the reverse relation edition or translation of (P629) and it needs to be instance of (version, edition, or translation)
• Descriptions
  • license (P275) : Open Game License (Q1752744),...
  • game equipment (Q17638008)
  • game rules (Q23804016)
    • game mechanic (Q1751513) : query with the ones currently used with P4151 - query with all instances of game mechanics -- query with all subclcasses of game mechanics
  • role-playing game system (Q2164067)
  • board game expansion (Q60474521)
  • expansion pack (Q209163)
    • campaign setting (Q4418079) (for the fictional world)
    • adventure (Q4686479) (for the physical document: campaign, module, etc.)

• game (Q11410)
  • tabletop game (Q3244175)
    • paper-and-pencil game (Q2347716)
    • dice game (Q1515156)
    • Solitaire (Q2056928)
    • card game (Q142714)
      • collectible card game (Q734698)
    • board game (Q131436)
      • German-style board game (Q788553)
      • cooperative board game (Q1783817)
  • wargame (Q1501543)
    • block wargame (Q4927217)
    • board wargame (Q4931403)
    • miniature wargaming (Q532716)
    • miniatures game (Q62570118)
      • collectible miniatures game (Q5146062)
  • social game (Q17351672)
    • parlour game (Q14947863)
    • storygame (Q16645768)
    • role-playing game (Q160738) : do not use for traditional tabletop RPG...
      • ...preferred use: tabletop role-playing game (Q1643932), different than role-playing video game (Q744038)
      • live action role-playing game (Q216749)
        • Murder mystery game (Q1468908)
        • Freeform role-playing game (Q5500893)
        • Battle gaming (Q4870196)
        • cosplay (Q142554)

• instance of (P31) :
  • Specific : board game publishing company (Q3579158) publisher specialising in board games
  • General : game publisher (Q59244106) publisher of games in any medium
  • Qualifiers : "of"
    • board game (Q131436)
    • wargame (Q1501543)
    • card game (Q142714)
    • tabletop role-playing game (Q1643932) : query all qualifiers "of:TTRPG"

• inception (P571) / dissolved, abolished or demolished (P576) :

• industry (P452) : game industry (Q1368944) :
• country (P17) :
• official website (P856) :
• BoardGameGeek game publisher ID (P6160) :
• RPGGeek ID (P7226) : rpgpublisher/00000

• instance of (P31) : human (Q5)
• sex or gender (P21) :
• country of citizenship (P27) :
• occupation (P106) : game designer (Q3630699) ; game author (Q1544133) ; game book author (Q37495867) ; role-playing game designer (Q54845077)
• award received (P166) : Spiel der Spiele (Q2310039) ; Spiel des Jahres (Q1128609) ; Meeples' Choice Award (Q1916782) ; Essen Feather (Q452426) ; Deutscher Spiele Preis (Q670648) ; ENnies Awards (Q5323772) ;
• notable work (P800) :
• official website (P856) :
• BoardGameGeek designer ID (P3505) :
• Luding designer ID (P3506) :
• RPGGeek ID (P7226) : rpgdesigner/00000
• Query listing all works by an author - Another query

• Creating new TTRPG items with this Cradle designed by Ruthbrarian

• Mix'n match > Entertainment : help matching items with openID databases
  • A request for data export was submitted, so RPGGeek ID should appear in this tool (soon?) -- 28 Aug 2019 Pmartinolli

• Property proposals for new identifiers of openID databases :
  • RPGGeek (created P7226) : query with all items with RPGGeek ID
    • To do : populating TTRPG items with RPGGeek ID
  • LeGrog. Request an identifier ID. Formatter URL : http://www.legrog.org/detail.jsp?id=$1
  • TricTrac. Request an identifier ID. Formatter URL : https://www.trictrac.net/jeu-de-societe/$1

• Data updating :
  • Turn "Instance of = role-playing game" into "Instance of = tabletop role-playing game" or "live action role-playing game" : query listing all "Instance of = role-playing game"

• board games basic information
• board games with no BoardGameGeekID
• board games with no publisher, but have a BoardGameGeekID
• board games with no publish date, but have a BoardGameGeekID
• board games with no minimum/maximum number of players, but have a BoardGameGeekID
• board games with no minimum age, but have a BoardGameGeekID
• board games with conflicting BoardGameGeekID's

• ...

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