@@ -3,11 +3,19 @@ title: Reverse engineering the BoardGameGeek ranking
slug:reverse-engineering-boardgamegeek-ranking
author:Markus Shepherd
type:post
date:2020-09-11T00:00:00+03:00
date:2020-10-03T08:41:00+03:00
tags:
-BoardGameGeek
-BGG
-ranking
-rating
-statistics
-Bayesian
-geek score
-top 100
-dummy ratings
-highest rated games
-alternative rankings
---
***TL;DR***: *BoardGameGeek calculates its ranking by adding around **1500-1600 dummy ratings of 5.5** to the regular users' ratings. They called it their geek score, statisticians call it a Bayesian average. We use this knowledge to calculate some [alternative rankings](#alternative-rankings).*