Game mechanics
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| Game mechanics | |
|---|---|
| Types of Mechanic | Board | Cards | Resource Management | Role Playing | Unit Placement |
| Board | Area Control & Area Influence | Area Enclosure | Area Movement | Hex-and-Counter | Modular Board | Pick-up and Deliver | Point to Point Movement | Rondel | Tile Placement | |
| Cards | Deck Construction | Card Dealing | Card Drafting | Card Drawing | Card Driven Campaign/Battle | Hand Management |
| Role Playing | Acting | Auction & Bidding | Character Development | Co-operative Play | Dialogue | Riddle Solving | Role Playing | Storytelling |
| Unit Placement | Secret Unit Deployment | Worker Placement |
| Part of Board Game Design. See also Gameplay | |
Part of Board Game Design
Contents |
Introduction [edit]
This will be a page for the discussion of organization and experimentation with game mechanics.
List of game mechanics [edit]
This list has been developed from BoardGameGeek.
- Acting
- Action Point Allowance System
- Area Control/Area Influence
- Area Enclosure
- Area Movement
- Area-Impulse
- Auction & Bidding
- Backtracking
- Betting/Wagering
- Capture
- Card Dealing
- Card Drafting
- Card Drawing
- Card Driven Campaign/Battle
- Character Development
- Chit-Pull System
- Co-operative Play
- Commodity Speculation
- Conquest
- Crayon Rail System
- Deck Construction
- Dialogue
- Dice Rolling
- Exploration
- Hand Management
- Hex-and-Counter
- King Making
- Line Drawing
- Memory
- Modular Board
- Negotiating
- Paper-and-Pencil
- Partnerships
- Pattern Building
- Pattern Recognition
- Pick-up and Deliver
- Point to Point Movement
- Riddle Solving
- Rock-Paper-Scissors
- Rondel
- Role Playing
- Roll and Move
- Secret Unit Deployment
- Set Collection
- Simulation
- Simultaneous Action
- Selection
- Singing
- Stock holding
- Storytelling
- Tile Placement
- Trading
- Trick-taking
- Upgrading
- Variable Phase Order
- Variable Player Powers
- Victory points
- Voting
- Worker Placement
Proposed Taxonomy/Hierarchy [edit]
A place to discuss how mechanics can be ordered and organized.
Board [edit]
- Area Control/Area Influence
- Area Enclosure
- Area Movement
- Hex-and-Counter
- Modular Board
- Pick-up and Deliver
- Point to Point Movement
- Rondel
- Tile Placement
Cards [edit]
- Deck Construction
- Card Dealing
- Card Drafting
- Card Drawing
- Card Driven Campaign/Battle
- Hand Management
