Board Games & Puzzles Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-30 · 5 entries checked · 3 flagged · 6 issues confirmed · 3 corrected · 3 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Eurogame — The entry states 'The Settlers of Catan, first published in 1995, sold over 1 million copies in Germany by the late 1990s (specifically 1998 or 1999)'. The game was first published in 1995, but it sold over 1 million copies in Germany by 1998, not '1998 or 199

Eurogame — The 'DID YOU KNOW' section says '204,000 people attended Essen Spiel in 2024.' The correct attendance figure for Essen Spiel 2024 is approximately 193,000 (as reported by the organizers), not 204,000.

Jenga — Jenga was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame on November 5, 2019, not November 5, 2020.

Jenga — Schaper was acquired by Tyco Toys, not Hasbro; Hasbro acquired Jenga rights through Milton Bradley.

Sliding puzzle — The 'Puzzle of the Seven' is not a known historical sliding puzzle; no widely recognized canonical puzzle by that name predates the fifteen puzzle.

Sliding puzzle — The entry states sliding puzzles 'prohibit lifting any pieces off the board' but also mentions 'three-dimensional tokens' and 'mechanical interlinking', which contradict that rule.

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