diff --git a/bgg_connection.py b/bgg_connection.py
index 775df68..94f3fba 100644
--- a/bgg_connection.py
+++ b/bgg_connection.py
@@ -10,16 +10,51 @@ authenticated_session: requests.Session = requests.Session()
 
 def url_to_xml_object(url: HttpUrl) -> ET.Element:
     r = authenticated_session.get(url)
+    assert r.status_code == 200
     root = ET.fromstring(r.content)
     return root
 
+def get_boardgame(boardgame_id: int) -> BoardGame:
+    url : str = "https://boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi2/thing?id={}&stats=true".format(boardgame_id)
+    boardgame_xml_object : ET.Element = url_to_xml_object(url)
+
+    requested_boardgame = convert_xml_to_boardgame(boardgame_xml_object.find('item'))
+
+    return requested_boardgame
+
+def get_multiple_boardgames(boardgame_ids: list[int]) -> list[BoardGame]:
+
+    def divide_list_in_chunks(list_to_divide: list[int], chunk_size: int = 20): 
+        for i in range(0, len(list_to_divide), chunk_size):  
+            yield list_to_divide[i:i + chunk_size] 
+
+    
+    boardgame_list_to_return: list[BoardGame] = []
+
+    #Boardgamegeek only allows chunks of 20 boardgames at a time
+    boardgame_ids_divided = list(divide_list_in_chunks(boardgame_ids))
+
+    for boardgame_id_list_20 in boardgame_ids_divided:
+        boardgame_id_list_commas: str = ','.join(boardgame_id_list_20)
+        url : str = "https://boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi2/thing?id={}&stats=true".format(boardgame_id_list_commas)
+        print(url)
+        boardgame_xml_object : ET.Element = url_to_xml_object(url)
+
+        for boardgame in boardgame_xml_object:
+            requested_boardgame = convert_xml_to_boardgame(boardgame_xml_object.find('item'))
+            boardgame_list_to_return.append(requested_boardgame)
+
+    return boardgame_list_to_return
+
+
+
 #Requires single boardgame XML 'item' from bgg api on /thing
 def convert_xml_to_boardgame(boardgame_xml: ET.Element) -> BoardGame:
 
     boardgame_type = boardgame_xml.get('type')
 
     boardgame_dict = {
-        "id" : boardgame_xml.get('id'),
+        "id" : int(boardgame_xml.get('id')),
         "name" : boardgame_xml.find('name').get('value'),
         "description" : boardgame_xml.find('description').text,
         "image_url" : boardgame_xml.find('image').text,
@@ -45,20 +80,22 @@ def convert_xml_to_boardgame(boardgame_xml: ET.Element) -> BoardGame:
 
 def convert_collection_xml_to_boardgame(boardgame_xml: ET.Element) -> BoardGame:
 
+    boardgame_extra: BoardGame = get_boardgame(boardgame_xml.get('objectid'))
+
     boardgame_type = boardgame_xml.get('subtype')
 
     boardgame_dict = {
-        "id" : boardgame_xml.get('objectid'),
-        "name" : boardgame_xml.find('name').get('value'),
-        "description" : boardgame_xml.find('description').text,
-        "image_url" : boardgame_xml.find('image').text,
-        "thumbnail_url" : boardgame_xml.find('thumbnail').text,
-        "year_published" : int(boardgame_xml.find('yearpublished').get('value')),
-        "min_players" : int(boardgame_xml.find('minplayers').get('value')),
-        "max_players" : int(boardgame_xml.find('maxplayers').get('value')),
-        "min_playing_time" : int(boardgame_xml.find('minplaytime').get('value')),
-        "max_playing_time" : int(boardgame_xml.find('maxplaytime').get('value')),
-        "min_age" : int(boardgame_xml.find('minage').get('value')),
+        "id" : boardgame_extra.id,
+        "name" : boardgame_extra.name,
+        "description" : boardgame_extra.description,
+        "image_url" : boardgame_extra.image_url,
+        "thumbnail_url" : boardgame_extra.thumbnail_url,
+        "year_published" : boardgame_extra.year_published,
+        "min_players" : boardgame_extra.min_players,
+        "max_players" : boardgame_extra.max_players,
+        "min_playing_time" : boardgame_extra.min_playing_time,
+        "max_playing_time" : boardgame_extra.max_playing_time,
+        "min_age" : boardgame_extra.min_age,
         "all_expansion_ids" : [0,1,2,3]
     }
 
@@ -72,14 +109,6 @@ def convert_collection_xml_to_boardgame(boardgame_xml: ET.Element) -> BoardGame:
 
     return boardgame
 
-def get_boardgame(boardgame_id: int) -> BoardGame:
-    url : str = "https://boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi2/thing?id={}&stats=true".format(boardgame_id)
-    boardgame_xml_object : ET.Element = url_to_xml_object(url)
-
-    requested_boardgame = convert_xml_to_boardgame(boardgame_xml_object.find('item'))
-
-    return requested_boardgame
-
 def get_user_owned_collection() -> list[BoardGame]:
     url = 'https://boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi2/collection?username={}&own=1&stats=1&excludesubtype=boardgameexpansion&showprivate=1&version=1'.format(auth_manager.username)
     collection_xml = url_to_xml_object(url)
@@ -89,7 +118,7 @@ def get_user_owned_collection() -> list[BoardGame]:
     owned_collection_list: list[BoardGame] = []
 
     for boardgame_item in collection_xml:
-        boardgame = convert_xml_to_boardgame(boardgame_item)
+        boardgame = convert_collection_xml_to_boardgame(boardgame_item)
         owned_collection_list.append(boardgame)
 
     return owned_collection_list