Ooog. That explains a “bug” I encountered that I was too scared to report. So what good is the number as a notification if it isn’t a reliable notification? I’m noticed that the email notification recently stopped, not sure why. So now I have to check manually on my Ladder games, making me just as late to play as my opponents, since I have lots going on in my life other than go.
It’s reliable, it notifies when it’s your turn. Always.
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Nah, there are some bugs, such as if you timeout a game when it’s your move it doesn’t go down. 
But yes that number is intended to be the number of games it is your move to play in, not a count of notifications about interesting events such as games it is your turn to move in AND games that just started which are not your turn. And it is fairly reliable, and not a bug to not increment when a new ladder games starts with you as white.
Thank you, that is very clear. I also find it convenient to click to get from one game to the next. I just wish it were documented, for the sake of people who aren’t interested in asking questions in the OGS forum.