Visualizations
Charts of BGG mechanism trends — read directly from Neon. Refresh after each npm run sync.
Most-used mechanisms
Top 20 mechanisms by number of games using them in the corpus.
Weight vs. rating by mechanism
Each dot is one mechanism. X = avg BGG weight, Y = avg bayes rating, dot size = number of games. Top-right = heavy + highly-rated; bottom-left = light + lower-rated.
Top mechanism interactions
Mechanism pairs with the strongest joint effect on rating (LightGBM SHAP).
| Pair | Magnitude |
|---|---|
| Set Collection × End Game Bonuses | 0.0041 |
| Set Collection × Tile Placement | 0.0030 |
| Open Drafting × Push Your Luck | 0.0021 |
| Hand Management × Push Your Luck | 0.0019 |
| Hand Management × Set Collection | 0.0018 |
| Open Drafting × Pattern Building | 0.0017 |
| Hand Management × Variable Player Powers | 0.0015 |
| Set Collection × Dice Rolling | 0.0014 |
| Open Drafting × Deck, Bag, and Pool Building | 0.0013 |
| End Game Bonuses × Variable Set-up | 0.0013 |
| Open Drafting × Solo / Solitaire Game | 0.0013 |
| Dice Rolling × Action Points | 0.0013 |
| Modular Board × Hexagon Grid | 0.0011 |
| Dice Rolling × Modular Board | 0.0008 |
| Open Drafting × Communication Limits | 0.0007 |
Digital execution status
How games in the wide-enriched corpus relate to existing digital ports.