How to Organize and Manage Your Board Game Collection

If you're reading this, chances are you've bought a game, brought it home, and then realized you already owned it. Or you can never remember what games you have when someone asks. Or you just want a better way to browse your collection without digging through stacks of boxes.

The Problem with Physical Collections

Board games take up space. As your collection grows, a few problems emerge:

You forget what you own, that game buried at the bottom of the shelf? It hasn't been played in years because you forgot it existed
Choosing games becomes overwhelming, when friends come over, you spend 20 minutes debating what to play instead of playing
Duplicate purchases happen, especially with expansions, it's easy to lose track of what you already have
Sharing is difficult, when someone asks what games you have for 4 players, you can't easily answer

Your Digital Board Game Library

tableport's library feature is a digital catalog of your collection. Here's what you can do:

Add Games to Your Library

Browse our catalog of thousands of board games and add the ones you own to your library. Each game includes details like:

Player count (min and max)
Average playtime
Complexity rating
Category and themes
Community ratings from BoardGameGeek

Filter and Browse Your Collection

Once your games are in your library, you can filter them by player count, playtime, complexity, and more. Having exactly 5 people for game night? Filter your library to show games that support 5 players. Only have an hour? Filter by playtime.

Share Your Library

You can share your library with friends. Instead of texting back and forth about what games to bring, just share your library link. Your friends can browse what you own and come prepared with suggestions.

Tips for Cataloging Your Collection

If you have a large collection, here's how to approach cataloging it:

Start with favorites, add the games you play most often first
Do it in batches, add 10-20 games at a time rather than trying to do everything at once
Use the search, our search connects to BoardGameGeek data, so you can find almost any published game
Include expansions, don't forget to add expansions separately from base games

Beyond Simple Organization

Your library isn't just a static list. It connects to other tableport features:

Event planning, suggest games from your library when creating events
Match history, track which games from your library you actually play
Friend recommendations, see which games in your library your friends are also interested in

Actually Using Your Collection

Having your collection organized digitally means you'll actually play more of your games because you'll remember what you own.

The tableport Team, hello@tableport.gg