Game Mechanics
Explore board games by mechanic — worker placement, deck building, area control, and more.
191 game mechanics
Acting
169 games
Action Drafting
35 games
Action / Event
100 games
Action Points
372 games
Action Queue
106 games
Action Retrieval
25 games
Action Timer
18 games
Advantage Token
13 games
Alliances
31 games
Area-Impulse
26 games
Area Majority / Influence
472 games
Area Movement
406 games
Auction / Bidding
508 games
Auction Compensation
1 game
Auction: Dexterity
4 games
Auction: Dutch
8 games
Auction: English
2 games
Auction: Fixed Placement
1 game
Auction: Multiple Lot
7 games
Auction: Once Around
6 games
Auction: Sealed Bid
22 games
Auction: Turn Order Until Pass
12 games
Automatic Resource Growth
13 games
Betting and Bluffing
254 games
Bias
16 games
Bids As Wagers
8 games
Bingo
18 games
Bribery
13 games
Campaign / Battle Card Driven
151 games
Card Play Conflict Resolution
153 games
Catch the Leader
19 games
Chaining
57 games
Chit-Pull System
76 games
Closed Drafting
44 games
Closed Economy Auction
6 games
Command Cards
53 games
Commodity Speculation
86 games
Communication Limits
62 games
Connections
69 games
Constrained Bidding
6 games
Contracts
82 games
Cooperative Game
683 games
Crayon Rail System
10 games
Critical Hits and Failures
38 games
Cube Tower
7 games
Deck, Bag, and Pool Building
220 games
Deck Construction
85 games
Deduction
204 games
Delayed Purchase
17 games
Dice Rolling
2667 games
Die Icon Resolution
50 games
Different Dice Movement
14 games
Drawing
57 games
Elapsed Real Time Ending
8 games
Enclosure
94 games
End Game Bonuses
191 games
Events
184 games
Finale Ending
28 games
Flicking
23 games
Follow
12 games
Force Commitment
18 games
Grid Coverage
46 games
Grid Movement
578 games
Hand Management
1479 games
Hexagon Grid
757 games
Hidden Movement
45 games
Hidden Roles
69 games
Hidden Victory Points
43 games
Highest-Lowest Scoring
21 games
Hot Potato
18 games
I Cut, You Choose
18 games
Impulse Movement
9 games
Income
123 games
Increase Value of Unchosen Resources
23 games
Induction
4 games
Interrupts
37 games
Investment
36 games
Kill Steal
18 games
King of the Hill
18 games
Ladder Climbing
39 games
Layering
37 games
Legacy Game
17 games
Line Drawing
68 games
Line of Sight
125 games
Loans
18 games
Lose a Turn
64 games
Mancala
16 games
Map Addition
32 games
Map Deformation
14 games
Map Reduction
15 games
Market
86 games
Matching
97 games
Measurement Movement
159 games
Melding and Splaying
22 games
Memory
520 games
Minimap Resolution
8 games
Modular Board
464 games
Movement Points
153 games
Movement Template
15 games
Move Through Deck
49 games
Moving Multiple Units
26 games
Multiple Maps
40 games
Multi-Use Cards
136 games
Narrative Choice / Paragraph
52 games
Negotiation
85 games
Neighbor Scope
4 games
Network and Route Building
173 games
Once-Per-Game Abilities
66 games
Open Drafting
760 games
Order Counters
5 games
Ordering
19 games
Ownership
40 games
Paper-and-Pencil
332 games
Passed Action Token
3 games
Pattern Building
378 games
Pattern Movement
25 games
Pattern Recognition
273 games
Physical Removal
16 games
Pick-up and Deliver
223 games
Pieces as Map
25 games
Player Elimination
414 games
Player Judge
48 games
Point to Point Movement
480 games
Predictive Bid
21 games
Prisoner's Dilemma
4 games
Programmed Movement
28 games
Push Your Luck
374 games
Questions and Answers
23 games
Race
252 games
Random Production
15 games
Ratio / Combat Results Table
69 games
Real-Time
125 games
Relative Movement
5 games
Re-rolling and Locking
46 games
Resource Queue
5 games
Resource to Move
31 games
Rock-Paper-Scissors
92 games
Role Playing
245 games
Roles with Asymmetric Information
33 games
Roll / Spin and Move
1647 games
Rondel
36 games
Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game
265 games
Score-and-Reset Game
52 games
Secret Unit Deployment
176 games
Selection Order Bid
8 games
Semi-Cooperative Game
63 games
Set Collection
1371 games
Simulation
725 games
Simultaneous Action Selection
407 games
Singing
35 games
Single Loser Game
14 games
Slide / Push
17 games
Solo / Solitaire Game
553 games
Speed Matching
41 games
Spelling
56 games
Square Grid
207 games
Stacking and Balancing
48 games
Stat Check Resolution
22 games
Static Capture
30 games
Stock Holding
136 games
Storytelling
247 games
Sudden Death Ending
52 games
Tags
36 games
Take That
476 games
Targeted Clues
20 games
Team-Based Game
421 games
Tech Trees / Tech Tracks
49 games
Three Dimensional Movement
18 games
Tile Placement
699 games
Track Movement
119 games
Trading
396 games
Traitor Game
34 games
Trick-taking
260 games
Tug of War
19 games
Turn Order: Auction
18 games
Turn Order: Claim Action
25 games
Turn Order: Pass Order
24 games
Turn Order: Progressive
52 games
Turn Order: Random
8 games
Turn Order: Role Order
7 games
Turn Order: Stat-Based
38 games
Turn Order: Time Track
20 games
Variable Phase Order
94 games
Variable Player Powers
782 games
Variable Set-up
287 games
Victory Points as a Resource
56 games
Voting
190 games
Worker Placement
248 games
Worker Placement, Different Worker Types
41 games
Worker Placement with Dice Workers
28 games
Zone of Control
107 games