Game Mechanics
Explore board games by mechanic — worker placement, deck building, area control, and more.
197 game mechanics
Acting
289 games
Action Drafting
68 games
Action / Event
180 games
Action Points
659 games
Action Queue
211 games
Action Retrieval
48 games
Action Timer
40 games
Advantage Token
22 games
Alliances
56 games
Area-Impulse
41 games
Area Majority / Influence
758 games
Area Movement
719 games
Auction / Bidding
789 games
Auction Compensation
2 games
Auction: Dexterity
6 games
Auction: Dutch
14 games
Auction: Dutch Priority
4 games
Auction: English
2 games
Auction: Fixed Placement
3 games
Auction: Multiple Lot
11 games
Auction: Once Around
6 games
Auction: Sealed Bid
29 games
Auction: Turn Order Until Pass
15 games
Automatic Resource Growth
24 games
Betting and Bluffing
438 games
Bias
23 games
Bids As Wagers
14 games
Bingo
34 games
Bribery
20 games
Campaign / Battle Card Driven
275 games
Card Play Conflict Resolution
264 games
Catch the Leader
26 games
Chaining
109 games
Chit-Pull System
138 games
Closed Drafting
70 games
Closed Economy Auction
6 games
Command Cards
76 games
Commodity Speculation
145 games
Communication Limits
119 games
Connections
129 games
Constrained Bidding
11 games
Contracts
146 games
Cooperative Game
1197 games
Crayon Rail System
18 games
Critical Hits and Failures
73 games
Cube Tower
9 games
Deck, Bag, and Pool Building
387 games
Deck Construction
160 games
Deduction
375 games
Delayed Purchase
25 games
Dice Rolling
4649 games
Die Icon Resolution
74 games
Different Dice Movement
24 games
Drawing
91 games
Elapsed Real Time Ending
17 games
Enclosure
164 games
End Game Bonuses
321 games
Events
344 games
Expiring Actions
1 game
Facing
3 games
Finale Ending
43 games
Flicking
44 games
Follow
24 games
Force Commitment
24 games
Grid Coverage
79 games
Grid Movement
1048 games
Hand Management
2540 games
Hexagon Grid
1421 games
Hidden Movement
78 games
Hidden Roles
111 games
Hidden Victory Points
75 games
Highest-Lowest Scoring
35 games
Hot Potato
26 games
I Cut, You Choose
28 games
Impulse Movement
18 games
Income
190 games
Increase Value of Unchosen Resources
32 games
Induction
10 games
Interrupts
66 games
Investment
56 games
Kill Steal
24 games
King of the Hill
32 games
Ladder Climbing
65 games
Lane Battler
1 game
Layering
49 games
Legacy Game
25 games
Line Drawing
118 games
Line of Sight
228 games
Loans
31 games
Lose a Turn
98 games
Mancala
32 games
Map Addition
54 games
Map Deformation
20 games
Map Reduction
26 games
Market
136 games
Matching
199 games
Measurement Movement
270 games
Melding and Splaying
35 games
Memory
941 games
Minimap Resolution
23 games
Modular Board
795 games
Movement Points
295 games
Movement Template
34 games
Move Through Deck
90 games
Moving Multiple Units
42 games
Multiple Maps
73 games
Multi-Use Cards
219 games
Narrative Choice / Paragraph
75 games
Negotiation
137 games
Neighbor Scope
7 games
Network and Route Building
291 games
Once-Per-Game Abilities
118 games
Open Drafting
1259 games
Order Counters
11 games
Ordering
29 games
Ownership
62 games
Paper-and-Pencil
604 games
Passed Action Token
9 games
Pattern Building
678 games
Pattern Movement
46 games
Pattern Recognition
509 games
Physical Removal
29 games
Pick-up and Deliver
389 games
Pieces as Map
39 games
Player Elimination
720 games
Player Judge
89 games
Point to Point Movement
799 games
Predictive Bid
37 games
Prisoner's Dilemma
14 games
Programmed Movement
51 games
Push Your Luck
648 games
Questions and Answers
39 games
Race
433 games
Random Production
20 games
Ratio / Combat Results Table
139 games
Real-Time
217 games
Relative Movement
13 games
Re-rolling and Locking
73 games
Resource Queue
8 games
Resource to Move
55 games
Rock-Paper-Scissors
149 games
Role Playing
440 games
Roles with Asymmetric Information
61 games
Roll / Spin and Move
2846 games
Rondel
44 games
Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game
451 games
Score-and-Reset Game
84 games
Secret Unit Deployment
299 games
Selection Order Bid
9 games
Semi-Cooperative Game
115 games
Set Collection
2338 games
Simulation
1309 games
Simultaneous Action Selection
711 games
Singing
64 games
Single Loser Game
25 games
Single Play
3 games
Slide / Push
27 games
Solo / Solitaire Game
931 games
Speed Matching
71 games
Spelling
124 games
Square Grid
372 games
Stacking and Balancing
70 games
Stat Check Resolution
38 games
Static Capture
60 games
Stock Holding
238 games
Storytelling
435 games
Sudden Death Ending
86 games
Tags
49 games
Take That
829 games
Targeted Clues
31 games
Team-Based Game
701 games
Tech Trees / Tech Tracks
78 games
Three Dimensional Movement
31 games
Tile Placement
1198 games
Track Movement
191 games
Trading
694 games
Traitor Game
59 games
Trick-taking
448 games
Tug of War
26 games
Turn Order: Auction
26 games
Turn Order: Claim Action
49 games
Turn Order: Pass Order
42 games
Turn Order: Progressive
87 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
139 games
Variable Player Powers
1313 games
Variable Set-up
486 games
Victory Points as a Resource
91 games
Visual Restriction
1 game
Voting
325 games
Worker Placement
398 games
Worker Placement, Different Worker Types
74 games
Worker Placement with Dice Workers
43 games
Zone of Control
191 games