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Your collection is the list of board games you own or want. Once your games are on Kallax.io, friends and communities can see what you have, and you can search your own shelf with all the filters on the Search page.

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Import your games

There are four ways to add games. Pick whichever suits you, and mix them as you like.

Import from BoardGameGeek

Already track your games on BoardGameGeek? Bring them over in one go.

Bulk import

Paste a list of game titles.

Scan barcodes

Point your phone at the boxes on your shelf.

Add from search

Find a game and add it with one click.

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Import from BoardGameGeek

1

Open BGG Import

In the main menu, open My Account > Add Games > BGG Import.
2

Enter your BoardGameGeek username

Type your username and press Enter or click the sync icon. Kallax.io fetches your collection from BoardGameGeek.Large collections can take a little while. If BoardGameGeek is still preparing your collection, you will see BoardGameGeek is processing your collection… and Kallax.io keeps trying automatically.
3

Review the changes

Nothing changes until you confirm. The changes are grouped into:
  • Ready to be Added: games that are new to your Kallax.io collection. Games on your BoardGameGeek wishlist are marked Wishlisted.
  • Ready to be Updated: games you already have where something changed, for example a wishlisted game you now own.
  • Ready to be Removed: games that are on Kallax.io but no longer owned or wishlisted on BoardGameGeek.
  • No Action Required: games that are already up to date, plus BoardGameGeek entries that are not imported (see below).
Untick any rows you do not want to apply. A summary shows how many games will be added, updated and removed.
4

Apply

Click Apply changes to collection, or apply only the ones you selected.
Only games marked as owned or wishlisted on BoardGameGeek are imported. Entries marked only as Previously Owned, For Trade, Want, Want to Play, Want to Buy, Preordered or Do Not Buy are counted under No Action Required and left out.
You can sync again whenever you like. Only the differences are shown each time, so it is safe to run after every trade or purchase.

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Automatic import

Verify your BoardGameGeek account in Settings, and Kallax.io checks your BoardGameGeek collection daily for changes in the background. You get a notification when there is something to apply. See Notifications.

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If something goes wrong

  • The user could not be found on BoardGameGeek: check the spelling of your username.
  • BoardGameGeek is taking too long to respond: wait a few minutes and try again.

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Bulk import by title

1

Open Bulk Import

In the main menu, open My Account > Add Games > Bulk Import.
2

Paste your list

Type or paste game titles, separated by commas or one per line. For example: Codenames, Wingspan, Azul.
3

Preview the import

Click Preview Import. Each title is matched against every game and expansion in the database, and small spelling mistakes are fine. Each match is labelled so you can see how confident it is.
4

Resolve any doubts

If a title matches several games or editions, it is marked Ambiguity and you choose the right one. If you already own a matching game, you can choose to add an extra copy.
5

Import

Confirm, and a summary shows what was added.

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Scan barcodes

The scanner is designed for phones. On your phone, open My Account > Add Games > Scan Game in the main menu.
1

Start the camera

Tap Start camera, allow camera access, then point the camera at the barcode on a game box and hold steady.
2

Keep scanning

Each game you scan is added to the Scanned board games list. You can scan a whole shelf in one go. Tap Pause camera to take a break.
3

Check the list

Games that were found show their title. If a barcode matches more than one game, pick the right one. If a barcode is not recognised, you can type it in by hand with Enter manually (use the UPC or EAN number printed under the barcode).
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Add to your collection

Select the games you want (or use Select all) and tap Add, or tap Wishlist to put them on your wishlist instead.
Not logged in? You can still scan and use Download as CSV to keep a list of your games.
Open My Account > Add Games > via Search in the main menu, search for any game and add it to your collection from the result. Added the wrong one? Select Undo on the same result. Use the ⋮ menu on a game to add it with a tag or add an extra copy. See Search.

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Organise with tags

Tags help you group your games, for example “Party games”, “At the cabin” or “Lent to Anna”. A game can have as many tags as you want.
Tags used to be called folders. They work the same way.
Open your collection with My Account > Game Tags in the main menu. Your tags are listed at the top of the page with the number of games in each. Select All to see every game, or a tag to see only its games. To create a tag, select New tag and fill in:
  • Tag name and an optional Description.
  • Public: others can see the tag on your profile and open a link to it. Otherwise only you can see it.
  • Whether games with the tag appear in search results. Visible tags tell others you have the game. Hidden tags are for games that are not really on your shelf, such as games you sold or want to track privately.
Select a tag to see whether it is Shown in search or Hidden from search, and On your profile or Only you. From there you can Edit or delete it, or Copy link to tag. Deleting a tag only takes it off the games: they stay in your collection. Some tags, such as your wishlist, are built in and can not be changed.
Games on your wishlist, with only hidden tags, or marked as promo or unofficial items do not show up when others search your collection. Each game on your collection page says so when it is left out of search.

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Edit your games

On your collection page you can Search by game title or comment and Order games by title, date added, players, playtime, complexity or popularity. Tap a game to edit your copy and its tags. The ⋮ menu on any game has:
  • Add tag, Move to … another tag or Remove tag.
  • Edit my copy, for example to add a comment.
  • View details about the game.
  • Remove from collection.

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Data editor

For bigger clean-ups, Enthusiasts can open My Account > Data Editor in the main menu on a computer or tablet. It shows your whole collection as a spreadsheet, with bulk edits for tags and storage location, your own columns and CSV export. See Data editor.

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More tools for your collection

See when your games arrived with the collection timeline, or find the expansions you are missing. See Collection tools.