Board Game Mechanics: Role Selection
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A quick overview of the most popular Role Selection board games.
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Board Game Mechanics: City Building Games
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An overview of some of our favorite City Building board games.
Board Game Mechanics: Deck Building Games
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Try crafting your own approach to play with deck building games.
Board Game Mechanics: Tile Placement Games
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Create the board as you play with tile placement games.
Game Mechanics: Controlling your minions with Worker Placement
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If you like to face interesting choices and the challenge of planning ahead, or just to block your opponents’ schemes, then worker placement games are for you.
Game Mechanics: Voting Board Games
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Do you have what it takes to earn the most votes among your fellow board game players?
Gaming Mechanics: A look at the use of Trading in board games
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Try your hand at bargaining with classic trading board games.
Gaming Mechanics: Bluffing
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Lie your way to victory with some of the most popular bluffing board games.
Gaming Mechanics: An Overview of Exploration Games
A look at some of the most popular exploration board games.
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The mechanics of board games define how the game will play out. They are the constructs of the rules, and determine game flow and game- play. Board game mechanics allow players to categorize game types. Often, the type of board game a player is in the mood to play will be determined by its mechanics. Some of the most popular board game mechanics include 'Hand Management', 'Dice Rolling', 'Area Control', 'Auction', and 'Tile Placement'.