Tagging adds the ability to add tags to Games, Plays, Locations and Players, and filter the lists in the app based on those tags. Multiple tags can be added to each Game, Play, Location and Player, so they can be part of multiple groups.
With Game tagging it’s possible to create your own Game filters, using the Advanced filter and saved filters, based on a number of different criteria including tags. For the games in a saved filter a combined statistics page can be viewed. Also, the Insights screen can be filtered based on these Game filters.
Game Tags can optionally be kept in sync with BoardGameGeek, manually or automatically.
With Play tagging you can create groups of plays based on any criteria you want. Use these play tags to filter the list of plays, the Game page, Insights and use them in Challenges!
The combined Play Stats will give an overview of stats of filtered plays, a perfect recap for a gaming weekend or series of plays.
If you have imported plays from BoardGameArena or Yucata previously, using the already created “Digital” play tag helps to view your stats just the way you want.
Tags and saved filters are synced via Cloud sync.
Tagging is part of the Power expansion.
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Game Tagging
With Game Tagging you can create lists/groups of games. The selected tags will be listed on the game’s overview page as well as in game lists. For the Games list, the tags are only displayed in the Expanded view.
Tags can be added to Games on a Game’s overview page, and using multiple-select in the list of games.
Tapping a tag on the game’s overview page will display the date and time the tag was added, and the option to remove that tag from the game.
Adding and removing tags on the Game overview page
On a Game page, tap “Add” on the right of the tags-line if you haven’t set any tags for this Game yet (the tags-line will have the text “No tags set.“). If you have already selected tags for this Game, tap “Edit” on the right of the tags-line.
The Tag selection screen will appear. A description of this screen can be found below.
Editing Game tags using Multiple select
With Multiple select, tags can also be added and removed with the “Edit Tags…” option in the “Edit” menu.
More information about Multiple select can be found here: Multiple Select.
The new Filter Games menu
The games list already had a dropdown on top where your collection can be filtered on predefined filters and collection statuses. This menu has undergone some changes.
There is now an Edit Menu… button on the top right, with which you can select what you want to view in the main dropdown, and what you want to move to submenus.
A separate Tags submenu has been added. If you select one of your created tags from this submenu, the list of Games is filtered on that specific tag. In the submenu you can tap the star icon to favorite tags, so they can appear in the main menu, or as a separate submenu for easy access.
Creating Saved filters
Selections you make in the Custom filter can now be saved as a Saved filter. Press the Save… button to give a name to the new filter, and it will appear in the game filter menu.
When viewing a saved filter, you’ll see an option to Edit that filter, where you can change the criteria, rename or delete it.
It will also show the Stats > button, which displays a combined overview of games resulting from the current filter. This button is also available in the Custom filter.
Creating Advanced filters
By pressing the Advanced… button in the Custom filter you will be taken to the Advanced filter screen, where you can add any combination of filter criteria.
You can add any number of new rules to the filter, with the dropdown on the top
left. All rules must apply for games to be in the results of the filter. The current number of resulting games can be seen on the top right.
Swipe right to left over a rule to delete it from the filter.
The Custom filter’s Advanced button will show a checkmark if advanced rules are applied. You can always completely reset the filter with the Reset button.
Read more about the Advanced filter.
Filtering Insights on game filters
A new filter on the top right of the Insights screen let you filter the stats on any of the standard filters, tags or a saved filter. The selected filter is combined with other filters from the Deep statistics expansion, if you have those activated.
Syncing Game tags with BoardGameGeek
If you already have a lot of tags on BoardGameGeek which you want to continue using in the app, the best first step after purchasing Tagging is to first sync your tags with BGG, so you can immediately start using them.
The Tags you assign to games can be synced with BGG. In the Settings, under BoardGameGeek you can find a new option Tag sync settings. In there, you can sync tags manually with the Sync tags now button, or turn on Auto-sync.
As tags on BGG cannot have spaces in them, any spaces you used in tags in the app will be converted to dashes. BGG tags also can’t contain any emoji’s and can’t be “0”. For that reason those tags in BG Stats are skipped completely during sync.
The Sync tags now button will scan for changes between the app and BGG and display the changes for you to confirm, before continuing the sync.
Turning Auto-sync will sync tags for a game immediately as soon as you change them, and check BGG for changes as soon as you view a game’s overview screen. On startup of the app a full scan will be done as well, and automatically synced if there are less than 10 changes found. If there are 10 ore more, a confirmation will be requested before a sync is done.
Play Tagging
With Play tagging you can create groups of plays. The selected tags will be listed on the play’s overview page as well as in plays lists. For the Plays list, you can show or hide tags with the options in the gear menu at the top right.
A play can be tagged on the play’s overview page, while adding or editing a play, and using multiple-select in the list of plays.
Tapping a tag on the play’s overview page will show the option to remove that tag from the play.
Adding and removing tags on the Play overview page
On a Play page, tap the Add Tag icon to add a tag. This icon is displayed to the right of the comments line if you haven’t set any tags for this play yet, or to the right of the tags-line otherwise.
The Tag selection screen will appear. A description of this screen can be found below.
Adding tags when adding or editing a play
On the New Play or Edit Play page, any already added tags are listed in the Play details row. To edit or add tags, tap that Play details row. On the Play Details page that appears the existing tags are listed below “TAGS” in the tag-line, or “No tags set.”. Tap the Add Tag icon (example above) to the right of this line to add or edit the tags. The Tag selection screen will appear. A description of this screen can be found below.
Tapping a tag in the tag-line over the Play Details screen will show the option to remove that tag from the play.
Tags are copied along with other Play data when you copy a play.
Editing Play tags using Multiple select
With Multiple select, tags can also be added and removed with the “Edit Tags…” option in the “Edit” menu.
More information about Multiple select can be found here: Multiple Select.
Filtering on Play tags
Plays list
The available filters at the top of the Plays list are expanded with the Tag filter. Tap the filter to select Play Tags. You can select one or more Play tags. There are three options available.
- Tab “Any“: Plays that have 1 or more of the selected Tags will be shown.
- Tab “All“: Plays that have all of the selected Tags will be shown.
- Tab “Not“: Plays that have any of the selected Tags will not be shown.
Tap the “x” behind the number of selected Tags to clear the filter.
Game overview page
The available filters at the top of the Game overview page are expanded with the Tag filter. Tap the filter to select Play Tags. You can select one or more Play tags. There are three options available.
- Tab “Any“: Stats will be shown over Plays that have 1 or more of the selected Tags.
- Tab “All“: Stats will be shown over Plays that have all of the selected Tags.
- Tab “Not“: Plays that have any of the selected Tags will not be taken into account.
Tap the “x” behind the number of selected Tags to clear the filter.
Insights
The available filters at the top of Insights are expanded with the Tag filter. Tap the filter to select Play Tags. You can select one or more Play tags. There are three options available.
- Tab “Any“: Stats will be shown over Plays that have 1 or more of the selected Tags.
- Tab “All“: Stats will be shown over Plays that have all of the selected Tags.
- Tab “Not“: Plays that have any of the selected Tags will not be taken into account.
Tap the “x” behind the number of selected Tags to clear the filter.
Challenges
In Challenges, you can select a Play Tag filter as well.
Play Stats
On the Plays list, when you have a filter active, a button “Stats >” appears in the filter bar. Tapping that button displays a page with stats over the plays you have filtered.
The Play Stats header displays the combined stats for the filtered plays: number of plays, players and locations, first play and last play dates, and the total playing time. It also shows a pie chart of the different player counts in those plays.
Next on the page is a bar chart of the number of plays over time. This chart scales automatically to years, months or days, depending on the time period displayed.
Below that is a list of stats per player. For each player the total score (summed over all plays), number of wins and win percentage, play count, and average and best scores are listed. The table can be sorted on any of the columns by tapping that column header. Tapping a row will list the relevant plays.
At the bottom of the Play Stats page you find links to Expansions and Boards/variants. Tapping those lists for each Expansions or Board/variant the number of plays, and average and best scores. This table can be sorted on all columns as well, by tapping the column header.
Posting Play Tags to BoardGameGeek
It’s possible to post the selected tags for a play to BoardGameGeek. If enabled, they will be added to the comments of the play, prefixed with the # sign. You can enable posting play tags in Settings –> BoardGameGeek –> Play Posting Settings.
Sharing of Play tags
Play tags are not shared when you share a play through a QR code or Play file.
The “Digital” play tag
The first time you open the app after Play tagging is enabled for you, the “Digital” play tag will be created (in the language you have set for the app). All plays you have previously imported from Board Game Arena (BGA) and from Yucata will be given this tag.
All plays you import in the future from BGA and Yucata will also have this tag.
You can also set the “Digital” play tag on any play you log yourself.
Using the “Digital” tag
A few examples of how to use the “Digital” tag:
- filter your Insights with or without digital plays
- use in challenges
- share your stats with or without digital plays
Don’t want to use the “Digital” play tag?
It is not possible at the moment to remove, rename or hide the “Digital” play tag.
Player Tagging
A Player can be tagged to create groups of players. The selected tags will be listed on the player’s overview page as well as in player lists.
Tags can be added to Players on a Player’s overview page, and using multiple-select in the list of players.
Tapping a tag on the player’s overview page will display the date and time the tag was added, and the option to remove that tag from the player.
Adding and removing tags on the Player overview page
On a Player page, tap “Add” on the right of the tags-line if you haven’t set any tags for this Player yet (the tags-line will have the text “No tags set.“). If you have already selected tags for this Player, tap “Edit” on the right of the tags-line.
The Tag selection screen will appear. A description of this screen can be found below.
Editing Player tags using Multiple select
With Multiple select, tags can also be added and removed with the “Edit Tags…” option in the “Edit” menu.
More information about Multiple select can be found here: Multiple Select..
Filtering
Everywhere you have a list of Players (the Player list, when selecting Players in a new Play, in a Player filter, etc.), you can filter that list on a Player tag. Tap on the drop down menu at the top of the screen and select the tag. You will now only see the Players with that tag.
Linking Players to a Location for Play logging
You can set a Linked Player Tag on a location (by editing that Location). When you have linked a player tag to a location, when you create a Play at that location, the Player selector will show only players from the linked tag by default. You can always select All Players from the top drop down menu to show all players again.
Location Tagging
A Location can be tagged to create groups of locations. The selected tags will be listed in location lists.
Tags can be added to Locations on the Edit Location page, and using multiple-select in the list of locations.
Adding and removing tags on the Edit Location page
On the Edit Location page, tap “Add” on the right of the tags-line if you haven’t set any tags for this Location yet (the tags-line will have the text “No tags set.“). If you have already selected tags for this Location, tap “Edit” on the right of the tags-line.
The Tag selection screen will appear. A description of this screen can be found below.
Editing Location tags using Multiple select
With Multiple select, tags can also be added and removed with the “Edit Tags…” option in the “Edit” menu.
More information about Multiple select can be found here: Multiple Select..
Filtering
Everywhere you have a list of Locations (the Location list, when selecting Locations in a new Play, in a Location filter, etc.), you can filter that list on a Location tag. Tap on the drop down menu at the top of the screen and select the tag. You will now only see the Locations with that tag.
Linking Players to a Location for Play logging
You can set a Linked Player Tag on a location (by editing that Location). When you have linked a player tag to a location, when you create a Play at that location, the Player selector will show only players from the linked tag by default. You can always select All Players from the top drop down menu to show all players again.
The Tag selection screen
The Tag selection screen appears when you add a tag, filter on tags, or edit tags. On this screen you can change the selected tags, and edit tags.
Via Settings –> Edit Tags you can open the Tag selection screen in Edit mode for all types of tags.
Selecting Tags
Tap any tag in the list of tags to select or deselect tags. Selected tags are marked with a checkmark.
If using multiple-select to edit tags for multiple items at once, a dash before a tag means only some of the selected items currently have that tag. Tapping it will select it for all items, tapping it again deselect it for all items. If you don’t change the selection (leaving the dash) no changes will be made for this tag.
When you’re done selecting tags, tap the “Save” button to save the changes (when editing tags), or the “Filter” button to confirm your new selection for a filter.
Filtering Tags
To filter the list of tags, type in the “Filter” text field at the top of the list. Only tags matching your typed text will appear in the list. To clear the filter, tap the X at the right of the Filter text field.
Creating new Tags
When editing Tags for a Play, Game, Player or Location, you can add a new tag.
- Type the name in the “Filter or Add Tag” text field at the top of the list.
- If the tag doesn’t exist yet, add it by tapping the Return key
- You can also tap the row marked “+ Add …” or tap the “Add” button.
The new tag will be selected by default.
Editing Tags
Tags can be edited directly in the Tag selection screen. Tap the “Edit” button to go to ‘Edit mode’.
You can also edit any kind of tag via Settings –> Edit Tags. The Tag selection screen will then start in Edit mode.
To edit a tag:
- tap the tag you want to change
- change the name of the tag (this will be changed everywhere it it used)
- tap “Save” to save your changes
To Merge two tags, Edit one of the tags and change the name to be exactly the same as the tag you want it to be merged with (this is case insensitive).
Favouriting tags
When editing tags, you can mark Game, Player and Location tags as Favourite (Play tags do not support this). To mark a tag as favourite, tap the star icon behind its name. If the star is yellow, the tag is a favorite.
Favourite tags are sorted at the top of lists of tags. For Game tags you can also choose to include favourite tags inline in the top drop down menu on the Games list.
Deleting Tags
Deselecting a tag on the Tag selection screen will remove the tag from that item, but the tag will not be deleted. You will still be able to select that tag later, and it remains on all other items it was selected for.
To permanently delete a tag, you can swipe over it (from right to left) on the Tag selection screen. A confirmation dialog will appear if the tag is in use. Deleting a tag will also remove it from all items that used that tag. This cannot be undone!
Another way to delete a tag is by tapping “Edit” on the Tag selection screen or Tag filter to go into Edit mode. Tap the tag you want to delete, and tap “Delete…“.