What Are Board Game Mechanisms? 10 MOST USED MECHANISMS | BOARD GAME 101

Hey friends! It's time for another board game 101 video! Today we are chatting all about board game mechanisms. If you are already in the hobby you may know all this but for people just getting into the hobby this stuff is unknown! Let's get into what makes a board game a board game y'all!

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[JennaRoseBeasley]

Hey friends! I would really love to chat below about mechanisms! 😊 leave a comment below of which mechanism sounds the most exciting or which is your favourite! 👇🏻

[moongirl]

This is soooo making me want to get more into board games! I loved your explanations and I feel like I don't glaze over trying to understand like when some people explain things hahaha

[FostertheMeeple]

Love the little intro with the Takenoko panda!! Great video :)

[lauranapier]

So excited about another video in this series! I also love the puzzle-y, deduction type games. I'd never heard of 'Awkward Guests' - that one looks right up my alley! I want to try them - I officially need a bigger apartment for storing all these games.

[ditorresyt]

Super helpful. Will start to filter my future games based on this. Just realized that my least favorites are deduction, pattern building and flip & write. And my favorites seems to be engine building, deck building and worker placement.

[BillyIndiana]

My top 3 are deck-building, engine building & worker placement, but I'm definitely an omni-gamer so I am always excited to try new ideas and combos of mechanisms.

[corinnerundell]

Loved this!! Im definitely gonna have to check these games out

[charlesmartin]

Keep up the board game videos! Love all of them you have posted so far!

[tiffanyel-khal]

I’m loving this series! Because of you, I’ve bought Point Salad and Azul (the first). Both awesome. I’m excited to try more

[kimoro]

thanks for doing this video! hearing ppl saying ‘mechanisms’ all the time when I first got in the hobby really confused me but now I get it lol

my one fav is probably worker placement and we were so excited to discover the cool way they do it in Raiders of Scythia where you place a worker and get the stuff AND then you take a different worker and get that stuff too 🤯 so fun!
…but the best is when two are combined in a neat way like Obsession with a mix of worker / hand management / tableau / engine-building (I’m sure that’s a mechanism! lol. but also I’m not sure what is in Obsession, it’s kinda a unicorn) 💗

I don’t like roll and writes!! I’ve tried, but they just aren’t for me, although Hadrian’s Wall has such rave reviews, I’ll prob try again HA 😜

other mechanisms we love are dexterity games (like Rhino Hero) and real time, we just got Rush M.D. which I’m excited to try!

[genchaos]

As far as Dice Games, I recommend 'Roll For The Galaxy' which has a neat dice mechanic/cup and tile management. Note: Not to be confused with 'Race For The Galaxy'. Both are good, but I prefer the dice over cards. And for Worker Placement, I really like 'Energy Empire'(Manhattan Project#2) which has a cool combo building effect that you can do with your workers. Good Gaming to All!!!

[shojimcghee]

Have you played Pan Am? It is a worker placement game with route building, similar to Ticket to Ride, but done in a very different way. It is in my top 10 games.

[ddiaz]

Great breakdown of mechanisms. I really enjoy Cartographers. Heroes is worth picking up for sure. Another awesome roll & write that doesn't get talked about a lot is Roland Wright. Excellent game where you're filling in a grid of circles with different colored patterns. And shameless plug ... 😊 If you want to try a pretty unique mechanism that I would consider tile displacement, along with some set collection and action points, check out the game I designed called Fossilis published by Kids Table Board Gaming. They also make a really great worker placement game called Wreck Raiders that is awesome as well.

[_droo]

If you haven't already, you should try Hansa Teutonica. It's area control but without any combat. You can oust an opponent's trader from a spot but it actually benefits them. Blocking spots is a big part of the strategy but you have to be clever with it. It's the most Euro game ever so there aren't any dice or cards. The only randomness is in the bonus tiles that are put out throughout the game.

[GeorgiaMomPlans]

It is hard to pick a favorite but I do love pattern building and deck building! Azul is so fun- we have the original & one of the expansions. I want the others. I also love games that combine mechanisms (Everdell being one of my favorites). Somehow we don’t have any Deduction games and I think I would love that! Definitely adding those to my list. What mechanism would you say Takaido is- worker placenta & engine building? That is another one of my favorites. I also love Ticket to Ride (mainly because I can’t beat my husband 99% of the time 😂).

[Kman]

Mind Mgmt is a good deduction / hidden movement type game🙂. My fave game at the moment is Sheepy Time because of the push your luck aspect

[jimphilidor]

Many of my favorite games have worker placement. I'm not particularly in love with the mechanic but maybe it's just a very versatile and simple mechanic that fits many types of games and can be mixed with other mechanics like in Trickerion or Barrage. Any mechanic can be done well and poorly. My favorite game is actually a roll & move game, backgammon, but it's a highly skill based game. I love games that use dice in interesting ways.

I think that engine building is not one particular mechanic, but more of a style of game. In Photosynthesis you grow trees that generate more and more light that enables you to grow more trees. Wingspan and Terraforming Mars use tableau building etc.

Calico looks cool. A big part of my life is trying to please my cats.

[Ongo]

Just to expand, I'm not a fan of calico/azul/sagrada because I'm impatient. I found that the turns in those felt too long (probably due to analysis paralysis) and I'm not a fan of drafting from a shared pool where the options dwindle before your turn and then you're left with dice/tile/patterns that are of no use to you.

[mknkt]

Instead of all the Azul games, just get Harmonies and enjoy!

[fotismaroulis]

for deduction try decorum,
for engine building+ try innovation and valeria, card kingdom/bad company/ my farm shop
and for patern building try project L