My Top 12 Favorite Tabletop Game Mechanisms

Jamey ranks his top 12 favorite tabletop game mechanisms, providing a few examples of each. In the future, tableau-building may make this list.

1. Worker Placement (Raiders of the North Sea, Architects of the West Kingdom, Tzolk’in, Lords of Waterdeep)
2. I-Cut-You-Choose (Hanamikoji, Castles of Mad King Ludwig)
3. Tug of War (Hanamikoji, 7 Wonders Duel, Watergate)
4. Deck/bagbuilding (Quacks of Quedlinburg, Clank, Shards of Infinity)
5. Polyominoes (Blokus, Cartographers, Isle of Cats)
6. Engine Building (Terra Mystica, Russian Railroads)
7. Push Your Luck (Ra, Incan Gold, Quacks of Quedlinburg)
8. One-Way Time Tracks (Tokaido, Parks, Glen More II)
9. Cooperation (TIME Stories, Just One, Mysterium Park)
10. Positive Player Interaction (Downforce, Concordia)
11. Closed/Interdependent Economies (Isle of Skye, Poker)
12. Simultaneous Actions (Space Base, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Libertalia, Orleans)

00:00 - Introduction
01:35 - Top 12 List

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