Boardgamegeek

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BoardGameGeek board-game data: game metadata, community ratings, ranks, search and the "hot" list.

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Tools

bgg_get_games

Get BoardGameGeek details for up to 20 games by BoardGameGeek id: name, year, player count, play time, categories, mechanics, designers, and community statistics (rating, rank, weight, owners). Requir

No parameters required.

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bgg_search_games

Search BoardGameGeek for board games and expansions by name. Returns BoardGameGeek ids to pass to bgg_get_games. Requires your own BoardGameGeek application token as _apiKey.

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bgg_hot_games

The BoardGameGeek "hot" list: the 50 board games currently trending on BoardGameGeek, in rank order. Requires your own BoardGameGeek application token as _apiKey.

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bgg_user_collection

A BoardGameGeek member's game collection (owned, wishlist, rated). Requires your own BoardGameGeek application token as _apiKey. Large collections are queued upstream and may take a retry.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/boardgamegeek/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/boardgamegeek/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"bgg_get_games","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("bgg_get_games", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("boardgamegeek board-game data: game metadata, community ratings, ranks, search and the "hot" list");