Game Mechanics
Explore board games by mechanic — worker placement, deck building, area control, and more.
192 game mechanics
Acting
216 games
Action Drafting
46 games
Action / Event
124 games
Action Points
463 games
Action Queue
133 games
Action Retrieval
33 games
Action Timer
33 games
Advantage Token
15 games
Alliances
36 games
Area-Impulse
30 games
Area Majority / Influence
555 games
Area Movement
527 games
Auction / Bidding
610 games
Auction Compensation
1 game
Auction: Dexterity
4 games
Auction: Dutch
10 games
Auction: English
2 games
Auction: Fixed Placement
2 games
Auction: Multiple Lot
8 games
Auction: Once Around
6 games
Auction: Sealed Bid
26 games
Auction: Turn Order Until Pass
12 games
Automatic Resource Growth
18 games
Betting and Bluffing
327 games
Bias
19 games
Bids As Wagers
11 games
Bingo
21 games
Bribery
14 games
Campaign / Battle Card Driven
191 games
Card Play Conflict Resolution
182 games
Catch the Leader
19 games
Chaining
81 games
Chit-Pull System
100 games
Closed Drafting
50 games
Closed Economy Auction
6 games
Command Cards
58 games
Commodity Speculation
107 games
Communication Limits
81 games
Connections
91 games
Constrained Bidding
7 games
Contracts
103 games
Cooperative Game
829 games
Crayon Rail System
15 games
Critical Hits and Failures
51 games
Cube Tower
8 games
Deck, Bag, and Pool Building
267 games
Deck Construction
107 games
Deduction
244 games
Delayed Purchase
23 games
Dice Rolling
3357 games
Die Icon Resolution
55 games
Different Dice Movement
18 games
Drawing
66 games
Elapsed Real Time Ending
12 games
Enclosure
129 games
End Game Bonuses
231 games
Events
231 games
Finale Ending
31 games
Flicking
29 games
Follow
14 games
Force Commitment
18 games
Grid Coverage
53 games
Grid Movement
753 games
Hand Management
1819 games
Hexagon Grid
1053 games
Hidden Movement
54 games
Hidden Roles
81 games
Hidden Victory Points
55 games
Highest-Lowest Scoring
26 games
Hot Potato
20 games
I Cut, You Choose
22 games
Impulse Movement
11 games
Income
147 games
Increase Value of Unchosen Resources
25 games
Induction
4 games
Interrupts
42 games
Investment
45 games
Kill Steal
21 games
King of the Hill
20 games
Ladder Climbing
47 games
Layering
41 games
Legacy Game
19 games
Line Drawing
87 games
Line of Sight
175 games
Loans
20 games
Lose a Turn
76 games
Mancala
21 games
Map Addition
37 games
Map Deformation
15 games
Map Reduction
16 games
Market
97 games
Matching
123 games
Measurement Movement
188 games
Melding and Splaying
24 games
Memory
664 games
Minimap Resolution
13 games
Modular Board
568 games
Movement Points
206 games
Movement Template
25 games
Move Through Deck
55 games
Moving Multiple Units
31 games
Multiple Maps
50 games
Multi-Use Cards
166 games
Narrative Choice / Paragraph
60 games
Negotiation
100 games
Neighbor Scope
4 games
Network and Route Building
214 games
Once-Per-Game Abilities
83 games
Open Drafting
914 games
Order Counters
6 games
Ordering
23 games
Ownership
46 games
Paper-and-Pencil
432 games
Passed Action Token
6 games
Pattern Building
504 games
Pattern Movement
34 games
Pattern Recognition
373 games
Physical Removal
20 games
Pick-up and Deliver
284 games
Pieces as Map
31 games
Player Elimination
484 games
Player Judge
59 games
Point to Point Movement
602 games
Predictive Bid
24 games
Prisoner's Dilemma
5 games
Programmed Movement
34 games
Push Your Luck
456 games
Questions and Answers
32 games
Race
304 games
Random Production
17 games
Ratio / Combat Results Table
98 games
Real-Time
152 games
Relative Movement
7 games
Re-rolling and Locking
54 games
Resource Queue
6 games
Resource to Move
39 games
Rock-Paper-Scissors
112 games
Role Playing
319 games
Roles with Asymmetric Information
42 games
Roll / Spin and Move
2127 games
Rondel
39 games
Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game
321 games
Score-and-Reset Game
62 games
Secret Unit Deployment
223 games
Selection Order Bid
8 games
Semi-Cooperative Game
77 games
Set Collection
1704 games
Simulation
950 games
Simultaneous Action Selection
518 games
Singing
47 games
Single Loser Game
17 games
Single Play
2 games
Slide / Push
19 games
Solo / Solitaire Game
665 games
Speed Matching
52 games
Spelling
90 games
Square Grid
275 games
Stacking and Balancing
53 games
Stat Check Resolution
28 games
Static Capture
42 games
Stock Holding
178 games
Storytelling
300 games
Sudden Death Ending
64 games
Tags
41 games
Take That
581 games
Targeted Clues
21 games
Team-Based Game
511 games
Tech Trees / Tech Tracks
57 games
Three Dimensional Movement
25 games
Tile Placement
904 games
Track Movement
138 games
Trading
499 games
Traitor Game
39 games
Trick-taking
323 games
Tug of War
23 games
Turn Order: Auction
19 games
Turn Order: Claim Action
31 games
Turn Order: Pass Order
34 games
Turn Order: Progressive
60 games
Turn Order: Random
15 games
Turn Order: Role Order
10 games
Turn Order: Stat-Based
43 games
Turn Order: Time Track
23 games
Variable Phase Order
115 games
Variable Player Powers
945 games
Variable Set-up
362 games
Victory Points as a Resource
63 games
Voting
232 games
Worker Placement
288 games
Worker Placement, Different Worker Types
53 games
Worker Placement with Dice Workers
33 games
Zone of Control
139 games