# TabletopFinder Scraper - European Board Game Database (`lulzasaur/tabletopfinder-scraper`) Actor

Scrape board game data from tabletopfinder.eu. Get game names, designers, publishers, player counts, play times, prices, descriptions, and tags from Europe's board game price comparison site.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/tabletopfinder-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## TabletopFinder Scraper

Scrape board game data from [TabletopFinder.eu](https://www.tabletopfinder.eu/) -- Europe's board game database and price comparison site with 10,000+ games.

### What data can you extract?

From listing pages (fast, basic info):

- Game name and URL
- Cover image

With **Scrape Full Details** enabled (slower, comprehensive):

- Game name, designer(s), publisher(s)
- Player count (min/max), play time, minimum age
- Release year
- Description
- Categories and game mechanic tags (dice, cards, trade, build, etc.)
- Price range across European retailers (low/high in EUR)
- Number of store offers
- Cover image and page URL

### Input parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `searchQueries` | string\[] | `[]` | Board game names or terms to search. Leave empty to browse all games. |
| `maxListings` | integer | `100` | Maximum number of games to scrape (1-10000). |
| `scrapeDetails` | boolean | `false` | Visit each game's detail page for full data (designer, publisher, description, pricing, tags). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | - | Optional proxy settings. |

### Example input

#### Browse all games with details

```json
{
    "maxListings": 50,
    "scrapeDetails": true
}
```

#### Search for specific games

```json
{
    "searchQueries": ["catan", "ticket to ride"],
    "maxListings": 20,
    "scrapeDetails": true
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
    "name": "Catan",
    "designer": "Klaus Teuber",
    "publisher": "999 Games, Asmodee, Devir, Kosmos, Mayfair Games, Catan Studio",
    "playerCount": { "min": 3, "max": 4 },
    "playTime": "75 min",
    "age": null,
    "year": 1995,
    "categories": ["Board games", "Strategy games"],
    "mechanics": ["dice", "tiles", "build", "hexes", "resources", "trade", "roads", "cities"],
    "description": "Settlers discovered new island; colonists collect resources...",
    "rating": null,
    "priceFrom": 21.99,
    "priceTo": 1339,
    "offerCount": 111,
    "imageUrl": "https://cdn.anyfinder.eu/assets/TQVlQcgs2sDGuWxfrmEjfaATjQU5393zDSWpzOEi0UsVQVDjnHuigy2m6wUPzuee",
    "url": "https://www.tabletopfinder.eu/en/boardgame/56/catan",
    "searchQuery": "catan",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-25T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Notes

- TabletopFinder uses Livewire (Laravel) for its search interface, so URL-based search filtering has limited effectiveness. The scraper browses the main game listing which includes all 10,000+ games.
- Enable `scrapeDetails` for rich data; without it, only basic info (name, image, URL) is extracted from listing cards.
- Listing pages show ~48 games each. The scraper automatically paginates.
- Price data comes from JSON-LD structured data on game detail pages and reflects offers from multiple European retailers.
- Game tags (mechanics) include terms like: dice, cards, trade, build, hexes, resources, etc.

### Cost estimation

- **Listing only** (scrapeDetails: false): ~1 request per 48 games. 100 games = ~3 requests.
- **With details** (scrapeDetails: true): 1 listing request + 1 detail request per game. 100 games = ~103 requests.
- Uses pay-per-event billing. Each scraped item costs $0.005.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Board game names or terms to search for (e.g. "catan", "strategy"). Leave empty to browse all games.

## `maxListings` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of games to scrape (1-10000). Each listing page has ~48 games.

## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Visit each game's detail page for full info: designer, publisher, description, tags, pricing. Slower but much richer data.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy configuration for requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "catan"
  ],
  "maxListings": 100,
  "scrapeDetails": false
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "catan"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/tabletopfinder-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchQueries": ["catan"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/tabletopfinder-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "catan"
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/tabletopfinder-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/tabletopfinder-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/56cck1cWPdTiA9nsy/builds/fXIgd4vLnKKQhFtFD/openapi.json