Six Perfected Game Mechanics (Volume 2)

This is the second volume of Perfected Game Mechanics. This series looks at games where, be they wonderful, amazing, inspiring, or even flawed in some ways, managed to utilize one particular mechanic with sheer perfection. That one mechanic is not going to be improved upon; there is nowhere “up” to go.

Note: the images representing the mechanics are from BoardGameGeek.

Bingo

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Definition: items are selected at random; it is up to the players to best use the items on their individual player boards.

Welcome To…

Named for the game Bingo, this mechanic has been used in many games such as Cartographers, and My City. It is most certainly not a new mechanic (the game Bingo has been around since 1530). So how does one inject new life into this venerable mechanic? From left field, it would seem. When you first hear that Welcome To… is a game about assigning house numbers to three streets, it hits you with the level of excitement you might get from first viewing the box cover for Power Grid. If you take the time to play the game, you find that Welcome To… is a fantastic experience!

In the standard rules, each round, three pairs of cards are…

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