Game Mechanics
Explore board games by mechanic — worker placement, deck building, area control, and more.
197 game mechanics
Acting
294 games
Action Drafting
70 games
Action / Event
180 games
Action Points
674 games
Action Queue
214 games
Action Retrieval
48 games
Action Timer
41 games
Advantage Token
22 games
Alliances
58 games
Area-Impulse
48 games
Area Majority / Influence
774 games
Area Movement
742 games
Auction / Bidding
808 games
Auction Compensation
2 games
Auction: Dexterity
6 games
Auction: Dutch
15 games
Auction: Dutch Priority
4 games
Auction: English
3 games
Auction: Fixed Placement
3 games
Auction: Multiple Lot
11 games
Auction: Once Around
7 games
Auction: Sealed Bid
29 games
Auction: Turn Order Until Pass
15 games
Automatic Resource Growth
24 games
Betting and Bluffing
446 games
Bias
25 games
Bids As Wagers
14 games
Bingo
34 games
Bribery
21 games
Campaign / Battle Card Driven
283 games
Card Play Conflict Resolution
269 games
Catch the Leader
27 games
Chaining
112 games
Chit-Pull System
141 games
Closed Drafting
70 games
Closed Economy Auction
6 games
Command Cards
76 games
Commodity Speculation
149 games
Communication Limits
120 games
Connections
132 games
Constrained Bidding
11 games
Contracts
150 games
Cooperative Game
1262 games
Crayon Rail System
19 games
Critical Hits and Failures
75 games
Cube Tower
9 games
Deck, Bag, and Pool Building
387 games
Deck Construction
162 games
Deduction
381 games
Delayed Purchase
26 games
Dice Rolling
4778 games
Die Icon Resolution
74 games
Different Dice Movement
24 games
Drawing
91 games
Elapsed Real Time Ending
18 games
Enclosure
167 games
End Game Bonuses
329 games
Events
357 games
Expiring Actions
2 games
Facing
3 games
Finale Ending
44 games
Flicking
44 games
Follow
24 games
Force Commitment
25 games
Grid Coverage
80 games
Grid Movement
1095 games
Hand Management
2586 games
Hexagon Grid
1491 games
Hidden Movement
83 games
Hidden Roles
112 games
Hidden Victory Points
75 games
Highest-Lowest Scoring
35 games
Hot Potato
26 games
I Cut, You Choose
28 games
Impulse Movement
20 games
Income
192 games
Increase Value of Unchosen Resources
32 games
Induction
10 games
Interrupts
69 games
Investment
56 games
Kill Steal
24 games
King of the Hill
34 games
Ladder Climbing
65 games
Lane Battler
1 game
Layering
49 games
Legacy Game
25 games
Line Drawing
119 games
Line of Sight
243 games
Loans
31 games
Lose a Turn
99 games
Mancala
33 games
Map Addition
56 games
Map Deformation
20 games
Map Reduction
26 games
Market
137 games
Matching
201 games
Measurement Movement
287 games
Melding and Splaying
35 games
Memory
961 games
Minimap Resolution
24 games
Modular Board
810 games
Movement Points
315 games
Movement Template
35 games
Move Through Deck
91 games
Moving Multiple Units
42 games
Multiple Maps
73 games
Multi-Use Cards
221 games
Narrative Choice / Paragraph
75 games
Negotiation
139 games
Neighbor Scope
7 games
Network and Route Building
296 games
Once-Per-Game Abilities
119 games
Open Drafting
1276 games
Order Counters
11 games
Ordering
29 games
Ownership
62 games
Paper-and-Pencil
621 games
Passed Action Token
9 games
Pattern Building
687 games
Pattern Movement
47 games
Pattern Recognition
513 games
Physical Removal
29 games
Pick-up and Deliver
397 games
Pieces as Map
40 games
Player Elimination
729 games
Player Judge
91 games
Point to Point Movement
822 games
Predictive Bid
38 games
Prisoner's Dilemma
14 games
Programmed Movement
51 games
Push Your Luck
655 games
Questions and Answers
39 games
Race
438 games
Random Production
20 games
Ratio / Combat Results Table
146 games
Real-Time
219 games
Relative Movement
13 games
Re-rolling and Locking
73 games
Resource Queue
8 games
Resource to Move
55 games
Rock-Paper-Scissors
151 games
Role Playing
453 games
Roles with Asymmetric Information
61 games
Roll / Spin and Move
2904 games
Rondel
45 games
Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game
471 games
Score-and-Reset Game
85 games
Secret Unit Deployment
311 games
Selection Order Bid
9 games
Semi-Cooperative Game
116 games
Set Collection
2376 games
Simulation
1381 games
Simultaneous Action Selection
741 games
Singing
66 games
Single Loser Game
25 games
Single Play
3 games
Slide / Push
27 games
Solo / Solitaire Game
942 games
Speed Matching
72 games
Spelling
126 games
Square Grid
382 games
Stacking and Balancing
70 games
Stat Check Resolution
38 games
Static Capture
62 games
Stock Holding
245 games
Storytelling
440 games
Sudden Death Ending
87 games
Tags
49 games
Take That
838 games
Targeted Clues
31 games
Team-Based Game
720 games
Tech Trees / Tech Tracks
79 games
Three Dimensional Movement
33 games
Tile Placement
1222 games
Track Movement
191 games
Trading
707 games
Traitor Game
59 games
Trick-taking
454 games
Tug of War
27 games
Turn Order: Auction
27 games
Turn Order: Claim Action
51 games
Turn Order: Pass Order
42 games
Turn Order: Progressive
90 games
Turn Order: Random
22 games
Turn Order: Role Order
21 games
Turn Order: Stat-Based
51 games
Turn Order: Time Track
37 games
Variable Phase Order
143 games
Variable Player Powers
1335 games
Variable Set-up
506 games
Victory Points as a Resource
92 games
Visual Restriction
1 game
Voting
330 games
Worker Placement
403 games
Worker Placement, Different Worker Types
75 games
Worker Placement with Dice Workers
43 games
Zone of Control
196 games