BoardGame Friend brings game discovery, community tools, creator content, events, private sessions and personal game lists together in one app.
BoardGame Friend is a board game discovery and community app. You can explore games, organise your collection, follow useful content, find people and places to play, join public events or arrange private game sessions.
The app is organised around four main areas: Games, Pulse, Discover and your Profile and Lists. The sections below explain what you can do in each area.
Use the Games area to find newly released games, popular titles, highly rated games and recommendations that may match your interests or the games you already enjoy.
Search by game title and explore categories such as featured, trending, quick picks, similar games and top-rated games.
Follow games you care about so they are easier to find again and so related activity can appear in your experience.
Add a game to an existing list or create a new list for collections such as My Library, Want to Play, Previously Played or personal favourites.
Explore lists created by other users and like lists that you find useful or interesting.
Open a game page to understand what the game is like before deciding whether it suits you or your group.
Review player count, estimated play time, recommended age, gameplay characteristics, themes, components and a short description.
Check the expected difficulty and whether the game relies heavily on written language or can be played mainly through icons and visual information.
See available player ratings, reviews, comments and other community information about the game.
Open available rulebooks and other supported game files. You can save supported files for later access, including when your device is offline.
Pulse is the content area of BoardGame Friend. It brings together posts and recommendations from board game creators and BoardGame Friend editors.
Discover creator profiles and follow creators whose recommendations, posts and lists you enjoy.
Read official BoardGame Friend editor picks, announcements, guides and curated recommendations.
Explore available reviews, videos, opinions and other game-related content in one place.
Open lists created by creators and use them as inspiration when choosing or discovering games.
The Discover area helps you find people and board game activity that may be relevant to you. Results can depend on your search, language, location, interests, privacy settings and the information made available by other users.
Discover public game sessions, view the available details, join when participation is open or create a public game event of your own.
Find players who are nearby or who share similar game interests and languages. You can view available profiles and send a friend request when you would like to connect.
Explore public game lists created by other players and discover games through their collections, recommendations and rankings.
Find public board game groups, review their details and join groups that are open to new members.
Find nearby board game cafes, view their available information and follow cafes you want to keep track of.
Explore community-marked places where board games can be played. Where enabled, you can also suggest a suitable place for the community.
Discover and follow public events created by organisers, cafes or groups.
Game Rooms are private spaces for arranging a game session with invited or participating users.
You can also use supported one-to-one real-time chat to communicate directly with another user.
The scanner helps you identify a board game from its box image.
Take or upload a photo of one board game box to search for a possible match.
Upload multiple board game box images together when you want to identify several games.
Check the suggested result before confirming that the identified title is the correct game.
Once identified, add the game to your library or another list without searching for it again manually.
Your profile and Lists tab help you manage your collection and make decisions about what to play.
Create and manage lists such as My Library, Previously Played, Want to Play, favourites, yearly collections or any custom list you need.
Choose from games already saved in your library and let the tool help narrow down what you feel like playing at that moment.
Select one or more lists and compare games through a sequence of choices. The tool builds a numbered ranking such as first, second and third place.
Use Ranker as a personal ranking or rating tool, then save the finished order as a new list when you want to keep or share the result.
Change the order of games in supported lists so that your collection reflects your current priorities or preferences.
Some features depend on your account, app version, device capabilities, permissions, location and whether enough public information or community activity is available in your area.
Location, camera, photo, file, notification or other device permissions are requested only when needed for a related feature. You can review these permissions in your device settings, although disabling one may limit the feature that uses it.
Note: Screens, names and feature behaviour may change as BoardGame Friend is updated.
For common questions and contact options, open the BoardGame Friend Help page or use Profile → Settings → Solution Center inside the app.
Support email: [email protected]