Game Mechanics
Explore board games by mechanic — worker placement, deck building, area control, and more.
192 game mechanics
Acting
214 games
Action Drafting
44 games
Action / Event
116 games
Action Points
459 games
Action Queue
131 games
Action Retrieval
31 games
Action Timer
32 games
Advantage Token
14 games
Alliances
35 games
Area-Impulse
30 games
Area Majority / Influence
551 games
Area Movement
525 games
Auction / Bidding
608 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
16 games
Betting and Bluffing
326 games
Bias
19 games
Bids As Wagers
11 games
Bingo
21 games
Bribery
14 games
Campaign / Battle Card Driven
190 games
Card Play Conflict Resolution
181 games
Catch the Leader
19 games
Chaining
81 games
Chit-Pull System
100 games
Closed Drafting
48 games
Closed Economy Auction
6 games
Command Cards
57 games
Commodity Speculation
107 games
Communication Limits
80 games
Connections
89 games
Constrained Bidding
7 games
Contracts
101 games
Cooperative Game
816 games
Crayon Rail System
15 games
Critical Hits and Failures
51 games
Cube Tower
8 games
Deck, Bag, and Pool Building
265 games
Deck Construction
103 games
Deduction
242 games
Delayed Purchase
23 games
Dice Rolling
3331 games
Die Icon Resolution
54 games
Different Dice Movement
17 games
Drawing
66 games
Elapsed Real Time Ending
12 games
Enclosure
125 games
End Game Bonuses
226 games
Events
227 games
Finale Ending
31 games
Flicking
29 games
Follow
14 games
Force Commitment
18 games
Grid Coverage
52 games
Grid Movement
745 games
Hand Management
1798 games
Hexagon Grid
1050 games
Hidden Movement
52 games
Hidden Roles
80 games
Hidden Victory Points
53 games
Highest-Lowest Scoring
25 games
Hot Potato
20 games
I Cut, You Choose
22 games
Impulse Movement
10 games
Income
143 games
Increase Value of Unchosen Resources
25 games
Induction
4 games
Interrupts
42 games
Investment
44 games
Kill Steal
21 games
King of the Hill
20 games
Ladder Climbing
46 games
Layering
40 games
Legacy Game
19 games
Line Drawing
86 games
Line of Sight
173 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
95 games
Matching
121 games
Measurement Movement
186 games
Melding and Splaying
24 games
Memory
657 games
Minimap Resolution
13 games
Modular Board
563 games
Movement Points
203 games
Movement Template
25 games
Move Through Deck
55 games
Moving Multiple Units
29 games
Multiple Maps
50 games
Multi-Use Cards
155 games
Narrative Choice / Paragraph
60 games
Negotiation
98 games
Neighbor Scope
4 games
Network and Route Building
210 games
Once-Per-Game Abilities
81 games
Open Drafting
910 games
Order Counters
6 games
Ordering
23 games
Ownership
45 games
Paper-and-Pencil
428 games
Passed Action Token
6 games
Pattern Building
499 games
Pattern Movement
34 games
Pattern Recognition
371 games
Physical Removal
20 games
Pick-up and Deliver
283 games
Pieces as Map
30 games
Player Elimination
482 games
Player Judge
59 games
Point to Point Movement
599 games
Predictive Bid
23 games
Prisoner's Dilemma
5 games
Programmed Movement
32 games
Push Your Luck
451 games
Questions and Answers
31 games
Race
298 games
Random Production
16 games
Ratio / Combat Results Table
97 games
Real-Time
151 games
Relative Movement
6 games
Re-rolling and Locking
54 games
Resource Queue
6 games
Resource to Move
39 games
Rock-Paper-Scissors
112 games
Role Playing
315 games
Roles with Asymmetric Information
41 games
Roll / Spin and Move
2118 games
Rondel
39 games
Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game
317 games
Score-and-Reset Game
60 games
Secret Unit Deployment
222 games
Selection Order Bid
8 games
Semi-Cooperative Game
75 games
Set Collection
1691 games
Simulation
946 games
Simultaneous Action Selection
516 games
Singing
47 games
Single Loser Game
16 games
Single Play
1 game
Slide / Push
18 games
Solo / Solitaire Game
651 games
Speed Matching
52 games
Spelling
90 games
Square Grid
270 games
Stacking and Balancing
53 games
Stat Check Resolution
28 games
Static Capture
40 games
Stock Holding
177 games
Storytelling
297 games
Sudden Death Ending
62 games
Tags
41 games
Take That
573 games
Targeted Clues
21 games
Team-Based Game
506 games
Tech Trees / Tech Tracks
57 games
Three Dimensional Movement
25 games
Tile Placement
896 games
Track Movement
137 games
Trading
498 games
Traitor Game
38 games
Trick-taking
317 games
Tug of War
22 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
9 games
Turn Order: Stat-Based
43 games
Turn Order: Time Track
23 games
Variable Phase Order
114 games
Variable Player Powers
937 games
Variable Set-up
360 games
Victory Points as a Resource
61 games
Voting
231 games
Worker Placement
286 games
Worker Placement, Different Worker Types
51 games
Worker Placement with Dice Workers
32 games
Zone of Control
138 games