Open tools · reusable evidence
The Tabletop Research Library
Useful things worth citing, downloading, teaching with, and passing across the table. No registration wall.
The Certified Guide Answer API
A structured index of canonical guides, direct answers, dates, accountable editor, topic classification, and evidence counts. Each guide also exposes its own complete answer package and points citation back to the public article.
Open the JSON guide index → Open evidence indexThe Certified Guide Evidence Index
A machine-readable inventory of every certified guide, its canonical URL, review date, cluster, direct answer, products, sources, community evidence, and distinct visual count.
Download the evidence index → Downloadable checklistThe 10-question tabletop buying check
A reusable CSV for editors, stores, newsletters, and players. It catches player-count fantasy, setup tax, edition traps, expansion dependency, storage problems, and wrong-product links before checkout.
Download the CSV → Interactive toolBoard Game Finder
Seven questions turn player count, mood, rules weight, budget, time, theme, and dealbreakers into one primary recommendation and three alternatives.
Find a game → Teaching toolArkham Horror LCG Setup Trainer
A scenario-based setup and first-game tutor built to move a new investigator from boxes and zones to confident play.
Open the trainer → Comparison libraryBoard Game Comparisons
Head-to-head verdicts organized around the choice readers are actually making: which box, edition, expansion, or ecosystem fits their table.
Compare games →Use and attribution
Built to be useful beyond this site.
The checklist is released under CC BY 4.0: reuse and adapt it with attribution to Puzzlewick and a link to this page. For data questions, corrections, interviews, or collaboration, email [email protected].
How the evidence is handled
Primary first. Official rules, publisher pages, compatibility notes, and product documentation establish what a product is.
Lived experience next. Independent reviews, forums, Reddit, and owner complaints expose setup pain, durability, group fit, and regret.
Commercial evidence stays separate. Exact-product affiliate links may support the site; they do not replace citations or determine the verdict.
