<i>The proof of the pudding is in the tasting.</i><p>And the rating system on that site is in question of late due to a presently controversial number 1 game: <i>Pandemic: Legacy</i>. The rating system is highly subjective and many suspect is prone to &quot;flavor of the week,&quot; ratings by people who don&#x27;t take time to read the scale and objectively rate the games they play.<p>Monopoly could be rated so lowly because it is a popular opinion on the site that it&#x27;s not a good game.<p>That being said I don&#x27;t think the classics are disappearing or that they&#x27;re bad games. A game like Mancala is seeing a resurgence as a mechanic in many popular games today. I think we can learn something from what made these games endure for so long and are starting to incorporate them into new games.<p>Don&#x27;t let the rating system on boardgamegeek dictate what we think is a really good game until the objectivity problem gets sorted out.<p><i>update</i>: An example of a thread that comes up every now and again: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;boardgamegeek.com&#x2F;thread&#x2F;1512907&#x2F;new-rating-system-needed-bgg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;boardgamegeek.com&#x2F;thread&#x2F;1512907&#x2F;new-rating-system-n...</a>