Tom Vasel takes a look at different terms the Dice Tower uses to talk about board game mechanisms, and explains what they mean.
1:16 – Abstract Strategy
2:05 – Action Point Selection
3:03 – Area Control
3:42 – Asymmetrical
4:39 – Types of Auctions
5:42 – CDG (Card driven game)
6:32 – CCG/TCG – Collectible Card Game
7:40 – LCG – Living Card Game
8:20 – Cooperative Games
9:10 – Deck Building
10:11 – Drafting
11:03 – Filler
11:52 – Gateway Games
12:39 – Hidden Roles
13:33 – Pick up and Delivery
14:22 – Push Your Luck
15:13 – Roll & Move
16:04 – Set Collection
17:07 – Simultaneous Selection
18:07 – Strategy and Tactics
19:21 – “Take That”
20:07 – Trick Taking Games
21:16 – Worker Placement
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Very informative. Thank you from Iran.
bluffing game?
Not shown because they didn't really exist at the time: Legacy games. These games (named for Risk Legacy) have a unique feature where as you play, you actually modify the game itself, such as applying stickers to the boards, ripping up cards, etc. These changes persist to later playthroughs. This can result in some games becoming unplayable after a certain number of plays (such as Pandemic Legacy), but you generally still get a fantastic experience from them that you don't from non-legacy games.
I wanted to add this since I'm currently making a legacy game…
Thank you so much for this video. I teach a middle school game design class and this has been a great video to use to have a collection of mechanics we can use when we play all sorts of games. 🙂
How is Resource Management different from Worker Placement?
Thank you very much Mr Vasel for this video. I'm new to board games and I have being wondering what some of the terms used in the game reviews actually mean. I figured some of them and you did the rest. Very much appreciated and helpful for newbies and non English native speakers (which I both am).
What is the game that’s used for deck building example?
I am just getting into gaming – thank you – I found this very helpful!
Sorry, but I wouldn’t use chess as an example in order to teach the difference between strategy and tactics, because that is the one game in which strategy and tactics have a VERY specific meaning. Chess tactics are the sequence of moves which chess players use to gain an advantage (such as forks/double attacks, pins, skewers, checks, discovered attacks, discovered checks, etc.) It involves attacking the actual pieces of your opponent on the chessboard. Chess strategy, on the other hand, rather than being about attacking the chess pieces, is more about POSITION and putting your pieces in the best positions in order to gain a tactical – ATTACKING advantage. Hence, the study of chess strategy involves: Pawn structures, good vs. bad pieces (again, WHERE is the best place to place your pieces?), etc. They are 2 completely different things in chess, though. Unlike most other games.
There are also “Dutch Auctions”.
I would argue that “action point selection” gives you a number of points to use, rather than a number of actions. Then the number of actions you get depends on how many points each action uses – and which action(s) a player chooses to use.
Ok, so what is the difference between abstract (strategy) games and Eurogames, then? You like to complain about how Eurogames don’t have themes. Does that mean that all Eurogames are abstract (or all abstract games are Eurogames)?
What is an "rendall"?
Thumbs up for listing timestamps 🙂
Could you put a list of the games featured in the description please? I'm especially interested in the hot air balloon game.
Oh Tom, I've seen so many of your videos but this one's so awesome. After months playing and learning new board games, this is a great reward as it helps me to consolidate terms and jargon that I had some kind of an intuition about. Thanks so much!
Thanks Dude!
I said GOODDAY SIR!!
Good video, Tom
greatly appreciate this one. thanks Tom
looking for a printable list/chart of maybe few hundred great games and what mechanics are played in each. Is there such a thing?
Thank you for this video, Tom! I don't often post out here, but I'll try to do so more often because I really appreciate your family friendly videos. My teenagers, who are all about video games, are now excited about playing board games thanks to your videos… though my husband's wallet may not be as thrilled about it. 😉 lol Anyway, keep up the great work!
You guys need to do a top 10 Abstract Games video.
HOW HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS
Great video. Thanks
Where did you get the viruses for Pandemic? They are awesome!
the most famous trick taking game tom is BRIDGE
Is that a werewolf or a werespider?
Great explanations! Thank you! 🙂
Which game is used as an example of Area Control in 3:04 ? The board seems to represent Spain but the names are written in German…
Future video!
I hope to use this video (& future ones( as an educational tool for my Facebook pages & Board Game Events I host to create awareness in my city!
Role selection should be on this list 🙂 Like in Rattus, though it is very similar to worker placement.
Could a poker variant like Texas Hold-'em be considered a deck building game? You don't actually buy cards per se, but community cards are considered part of every player's hand, and players try to build the strongest hand they can from the combination of their own cards and the community cards.
Euro game should be a term explained
Thank you so much for this
OH MY, HOW DID I MISS THAT VIDEO? I love it, FINALLY!
great video!
Exactly the episode I was looking for. A lot has happened the last 20 years… 🙂
may sounds weird, but i have no idea what does it mean: "Go and initiate" mechanic.
Perfect for teaching my wife!!!
This is a great video that probably took a long long time to put together. Go and pay the guy or catch the last few days of the kickstarter. Top job Tom.
For some reason I have a problem with differentiating between Luck and Randomness