Ratings for - RPGnet RPG Game Index

Statistics: Trail of the Gold Spike

Core Game Ratings

Rating: 5 / Ranking: 12803

These ratings are based on 0 ratings with 0 average weight.

This is compared to an index-wide 3.64 average ratings and 1.98 average weight.

This rating earns a low level of trust because of its low level of input.

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Core Game Reviews

All Magazine Reviews

Year	Magazine	Synopsis
1985	Space Gamer V1, #72	"simply a lot of fun"

Ratings Explanation

The following components make up a rating:

Ratings. The ratings that users enter into this index are each averaged into the final rating with a weight of between 0 and 4, with weight based on trust algorithms.

Reviews. Each review is averaged into the final rating with a weight of 8. Sometimes reviews can skew high, but they also display fan interest (or disdain) in a product.

Content. The average rating of each content--before its own bayesian weight is inserted--is averaged into the final rating. The weight of a content is equal to its own weight divided by the number of contents, and divided again if it only appears in a fraction of editions.

Bayesian Weight. A rating of 5.00 is inserted into the final rating with a weight of 35. This is an arbitrary weighting of the average rating that keeps things toward the center until they're better rated.