Game Mechanics
Explore board games by mechanic — worker placement, deck building, area control, and more.
188 game mechanics
Acting
22 games
Action Drafting
10 games
Action / Event
30 games
Action Points
83 games
Action Queue
22 games
Action Retrieval
9 games
Action Timer
10 games
Advantage Token
4 games
Alliances
12 games
Area-Impulse
12 games
Area Majority / Influence
157 games
Area Movement
105 games
Auction / Bidding
119 games
Auction: Dexterity
3 games
Auction: Dutch
4 games
Auction: English
1 game
Auction: Multiple Lot
4 games
Auction: Once Around
6 games
Auction: Sealed Bid
10 games
Auction: Turn Order Until Pass
5 games
Automatic Resource Growth
7 games
Betting and Bluffing
59 games
Bias
5 games
Bids As Wagers
2 games
Bingo
2 games
Bribery
4 games
Campaign / Battle Card Driven
36 games
Card Play Conflict Resolution
52 games
Catch the Leader
5 games
Chaining
23 games
Chit-Pull System
6 games
Closed Drafting
13 games
Closed Economy Auction
3 games
Command Cards
15 games
Commodity Speculation
34 games
Communication Limits
20 games
Connections
24 games
Constrained Bidding
5 games
Contracts
28 games
Cooperative Game
160 games
Crayon Rail System
7 games
Critical Hits and Failures
5 games
Cube Tower
2 games
Deck, Bag, and Pool Building
45 games
Deck Construction
28 games
Deduction
62 games
Delayed Purchase
7 games
Dice Rolling
491 games
Die Icon Resolution
16 games
Different Dice Movement
4 games
Drawing
16 games
Elapsed Real Time Ending
4 games
Enclosure
23 games
End Game Bonuses
65 games
Events
63 games
Finale Ending
8 games
Flicking
7 games
Follow
3 games
Force Commitment
7 games
Grid Coverage
5 games
Grid Movement
128 games
Hand Management
432 games
Hexagon Grid
150 games
Hidden Movement
15 games
Hidden Roles
23 games
Hidden Victory Points
18 games
Highest-Lowest Scoring
4 games
Hot Potato
8 games
I Cut, You Choose
3 games
Impulse Movement
4 games
Income
48 games
Increase Value of Unchosen Resources
7 games
Induction
1 game
Interrupts
13 games
Investment
14 games
Kill Steal
6 games
King of the Hill
5 games
Ladder Climbing
14 games
Layering
16 games
Legacy Game
5 games
Line Drawing
12 games
Line of Sight
26 games
Loans
5 games
Lose a Turn
7 games
Mancala
5 games
Map Addition
13 games
Map Deformation
8 games
Map Reduction
5 games
Market
34 games
Matching
23 games
Measurement Movement
16 games
Melding and Splaying
10 games
Memory
70 games
Minimap Resolution
3 games
Modular Board
116 games
Movement Points
42 games
Movement Template
3 games
Move Through Deck
15 games
Moving Multiple Units
7 games
Multiple Maps
15 games
Multi-Use Cards
61 games
Narrative Choice / Paragraph
27 games
Negotiation
30 games
Neighbor Scope
2 games
Network and Route Building
52 games
Once-Per-Game Abilities
21 games
Open Drafting
155 games
Order Counters
1 game
Ordering
10 games
Ownership
12 games
Paper-and-Pencil
48 games
Pattern Building
83 games
Pattern Movement
7 games
Pattern Recognition
35 games
Physical Removal
4 games
Pick-up and Deliver
46 games
Pieces as Map
6 games
Player Elimination
68 games
Player Judge
12 games
Point to Point Movement
88 games
Predictive Bid
11 games
Prisoner's Dilemma
1 game
Programmed Movement
8 games
Push Your Luck
90 games
Questions and Answers
7 games
Race
85 games
Random Production
8 games
Ratio / Combat Results Table
14 games
Real-Time
31 games
Relative Movement
3 games
Re-rolling and Locking
13 games
Resource Queue
3 games
Resource to Move
13 games
Rock-Paper-Scissors
23 games
Role Playing
51 games
Roles with Asymmetric Information
8 games
Roll / Spin and Move
132 games
Rondel
7 games
Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game
73 games
Score-and-Reset Game
16 games
Secret Unit Deployment
44 games
Selection Order Bid
5 games
Semi-Cooperative Game
24 games
Set Collection
252 games
Simulation
103 games
Simultaneous Action Selection
106 games
Singing
5 games
Single Loser Game
4 games
Slide / Push
4 games
Solo / Solitaire Game
144 games
Speed Matching
6 games
Spelling
16 games
Square Grid
64 games
Stacking and Balancing
16 games
Stat Check Resolution
10 games
Static Capture
15 games
Stock Holding
27 games
Storytelling
52 games
Sudden Death Ending
23 games
Tags
19 games
Take That
148 games
Targeted Clues
6 games
Team-Based Game
93 games
Tech Trees / Tech Tracks
16 games
Three Dimensional Movement
4 games
Tile Placement
165 games
Track Movement
38 games
Trading
52 games
Traitor Game
10 games
Trick-taking
69 games
Tug of War
8 games
Turn Order: Auction
6 games
Turn Order: Claim Action
4 games
Turn Order: Pass Order
5 games
Turn Order: Progressive
26 games
Turn Order: Random
1 game
Turn Order: Role Order
4 games
Turn Order: Stat-Based
13 games
Turn Order: Time Track
4 games
Variable Phase Order
13 games
Variable Player Powers
205 games
Variable Set-up
105 games
Victory Points as a Resource
27 games
Voting
45 games
Worker Placement
53 games
Worker Placement, Different Worker Types
15 games
Worker Placement with Dice Workers
6 games
Zone of Control
22 games