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Image submissions
Image galleries play a large role in the BoardGameGeek database. BGG users can use images of games to compare box art for various versions, examine a game's components and their relative scale, see how a game looks during play, and discover modifications that others have done to enhance their gaming experience. Users can also see the faces of those who design games and create artwork for them.Submitting images to the database is easy. Not only is it a great way to contribute to the site, but it is also a way to earn GeekGold. This page explains:
Table of Contents Submit an ImageBefore submitting images, please familiarize yourself with the BGG Image Policy. 1. Locate the Images tab below the main information box on the game listing, designer listing, publisher listing, etc., then click on it.4. Find the image file(s) on your device, select them, then click Open. The filename of your image(s) will appear in the Name field. 5. Click in the Caption field and describe the image, e.g. "Aqualin, KOSMOS, 2020 — front cover (image provided by the publisher)". Adding a caption is required.6. Click in the Gallery field, and choose the appropriate gallery based on these descriptions:
7. Press the green Upload All button, which will send your image(s) to GeekMod. In GeekMod, your fellow users will vote to approve or decline your submission, and you will receive a GeekMail letting you know whether your image was approved (or declined). If approved, the image becomes part of that item's image gallery. Why was my image submission declined?Reasons that an image might be declined include:
To emphasize this final point, do NOT submit individual images for every component — character, card, tile, etc.; in particular, do NOT upload more than a couple of images of painted miniatures. Instead, combine several shots into a composite image. If your image is declined, seek out the reason why and correct the problem. Do not upload the same image again; doing so can lead to the suspension of your image-uploading abilities. For guidance and inspiration for successful image uploads, see Image Hints and Tips. How can my images be used?By submitting an image to BGG, you are granting permission for it to be employed on the site by any user, but you retain all other rights to it. If someone wants to use your picture outside of BGG, they must obtain your permission. Can I change an image caption?Link an Image to a Game Version1. Visit the image page, e.g., https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/5477505/aqualin. 2. Click on Add a Link to the bottom right of the image.Propose a Representative Database ImageEach game, designer, and publisher page should have a representative image to help users identify what the thing in question is. This representative image will be displayed (in thumbnail form) at the top left corner of the item's listing, in search results, and when the item appears in lists, gallery view, and collections. Representative images are proposed by BGG users and either approved or declined by the community through popular vote via GeekMod. If a proposed image is declined, it cannot be proposed as a representative image again. The preferred representative images are:
When an item listing is first approved in the BGG database, it will have no representative image because the listing will have no images at all. Once an image is approved for that listing, a user may propose it as the representative image, but if this image does not fit the guidelines listed above, ideally another image will be proposed as a replacement representative image once it becomes available. ••• To propose a representative image for a game/designer/publisher/accessory/mechanism/family/etc. page: 1. Go to the Images tab on that page, e.g., https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/5477505/aqualin. 2. Find the appropriate image as described above; in this example, I'm on a game page, so I should look for a 2D front cover image of the English-language version. 3. Click on the three vertical dots underneath the image. 4. Click Propose Representative.Can I propose the background image of a game listing?Can I customize a game's representative image?Sort of. If you want, you can set a personal representative image that will show up when the game is depicted in your collection or in the recently played widget. To do this: 1. Click on the My Games tab below the information box, then click Edit.Propose a Representative Game Version ImageDesigner and publisher listings don't have version listings, but games do — and those game version listings are used in places like convention previews, e.g., the SPIEL '19 Preview. By default, the first image linked to a version will be made the representative image, but sometimes this image will be deleted or is not the desired representative image (i.e., the 2D front cover) — or no image will be linked to a version. When this happens, this game version listing will be accompanied by this image: Seeing this image will make everyone sad, but thankfully you can keep that from happening by proposing a representative image for that game version listing. To do this: 1. First, double-check that the image you want to propose is linked to the version listing. Look for the link to the bottom-right of the image as shown below:2. If the image is not linked to the version, then link the image to the version as explained in this section of the page above. 3. Visit the version listing by clicking on the link below the image or by clicking on the Versions tab below the information box, then clicking on the correct version listing link. |
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