# TablePulse Board Game Award Tracker

> TablePulse Board Game Award Tracker is a paid API for AI agents from tablepulse.theaslangroupllc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Tracks nominees and winners for Spiel des Jahres, Kennerspiel des Jahres, Kinderspiel des Jahres, and Golden Geek awards, grounded in current news rather than BoardGameGeek data.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://tablepulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/table/award-tracker
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/tablepulse-board-game-award-tracker-c52b2243
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_azdDiYr6sdBu1bc4_uKIL

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability tablepulse-board-game-award-tracker-c52b2243
```

Example prompt: What are the current Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres nominees and winners this year, and what does winning mean for whether I should buy one of those games?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when a user wants to know about board game award nominations or winners specifically from Spiel des Jahres, Kennerspiel des Jahres, Kinderspiel des Jahres, or Golden Geek, and wants current-news-grounded context rather than community ratings. Especially useful for purchase decisions informed by prestigious awards or for publishers tracking industry recognition. Prefer over generic game search endpoints when award status is the primary question.

## Known failure modes

- Award cycle not yet started for requested year — returns empty nominees list
- Game title not found among nominees — returns null match
- News sources unavailable — may return stale or incomplete award context
- Invalid award name parameter — returns 400 error
- Request for future award cycle before nominations announced — returns no data

## How this service works

Spiel des Jahres, Kennerspiel des Jahres, Kinderspiel des Jahres, and Golden Geek award tracker — nominees, winner status, and what the award means for buyers and publishers, grounded in current news (never BoardGameGeek data).

## Output

Returns a structured list of nominees and winners for major board game awards (Spiel des Jahres, Kennerspiel des Jahres, Kinderspiel des Jahres, Golden Geek), winner status flags, plain-language explanations of what each award means for buyers and publishers, and context grounded in current news rather than BoardGameGeek data.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "lang": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "en | de | fr | es | it | ja | pt | ar"
      },
      "year": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "optional, default current year"
      },
      "award": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "spiel-des-jahres | kennerspiel | kinderspiel | golden-geek | general (required)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "year": "2026",
  "award": "spiel-des-jahres",
  "status_as_of_today": "nominees announced"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/tablepulse-board-game-award-tracker-c52b2243/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from tablepulse.theaslangroupllc.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/tablepulse.theaslangroupllc.com/llms.txt)