Auction/Bidding Mechanic in Board Games
Auction or bidding is a game mechanic where players compete to acquire assets by offering resources, often in the form of in-game currency or points.
Key Features
- Competitive Offers: Players make competing offers to win an asset.
- Types of Auctions: Common formats include open ascending (English), open descending (Dutch), and sealed-bid.
- Strategic Depth: Players must balance the value of assets against potential costs.
- Resource Management: Players must consider their available resources when bidding.
Implementation
- Turn Structure: Auctions can occur at specific phases or as a reaction to certain game actions.
- Winning Criteria: The highest bid often wins, but variations can include the second-highest bidder paying and winning, or pay-your-bid mechanisms.
Strategy
- Valuation: Accurate valuation of the assets up for auction is crucial.
- Bluffing: Players may bluff to inflate prices or deter others from bidding.
- Timing: Biding one's time and jumping in late might secure an asset at a lower cost.
Examples
- Games: Games like "Power Grid" or "Modern Art" use auctions as a core mechanic.
Conclusion
Auction/Bidding adds a layer of interactive strategy to board games, requiring insight and adaptability.
Card Game with Auction/Bidding
Economic themed games with Auction/Bidding
Strategy Game with Auction/Bidding
Auction/Bidding games published by 2F-Spiele
Nautical themed games with Auction/Bidding
Auction/Bidding games published by Broadway Toys LTD
Auction/Bidding and Territory Building games
Rurik: Dawn of Kiev is a euro-style realm building game set in an 11th century Eastern European kingdom and featuring area control, resource management, and a new mechanic - "auction programming."You play as one of several potential successors to the...
Rurik - Dawn of Kiev
$120.00
Your home world is running low on resources. To survive, you send teams of workers to a nearby resource-rich planet, but one with a harsh and inhospitable environment. Will your teams outperform the others to build the best mining colony?• Quick and ...
Mining Colony
$25.00
$15.00
Family Game with Auction/Bidding
Movies / TV / Radio theme themed games with Auction/Bidding
Nightmare Productions
$49.95
A Reiner Knizia classic - based on "Dream Factory", Nightmare Productions puts you in charge of a movie studio that specializes in horror films. Compete with other players in auctions for scary creatures, spooky props, and chilling music to complete...
mixed, 69%
14 y/o +
2 to 5 players
60 minutes
Relaxed
Horror
Movies / TV / Radio theme
Auction/Bidding
Auction: Turn Order Until Pass
Closed Economy Auction
End Game Bonuses
Puzzle themed games with Auction/Bidding
Auction/Bidding and Action Points games
Auction/Bidding and Hand Management games
Space themed games with Auction/Bidding
Planet Steam is a board game in which two to five players take the roles of entrepreneurs in a steampunk boomtown, racing to assemble equipment, claim plots of land, extract resources, and accumulate riches. After harvesting resources using tanks and...
Planet Steam (2nd Edition)
$19.95
$11.00
What's left of civilization on this planet is being cut into portions by those most prone to cutting. Those of us who want something better...we'll find it somewhere else.In Exodus Fleet, you will bid for the services of various service crews. These ...
Exodus Fleet
$59.95
$12.00
Auction/Bidding games illustrated by Jean-Baptiste Reynaud
8Bit Box
-73%
$45.00
$12.00
Invented exclusively by IELLO, the 8Bit Box puts the best video games at your fingertips in board game form. Enjoy technology so cutting edge that it doesn't need wires, screens, or even electricity. Don't wait, start playing today with the first three...
mixed, 56%
6 y/o +
3 to 4 players
15 minutes
Light
Abstract Game
Sports
Video Game Theme
Action Queue
Auction/Bidding
Grid Movement
Race
Auction/Bidding games published by Big Potato Games
Chicken vs Hotdog
-13%
$19.99
$17.49
WHO IS THE TOP DOG (OR CHICKEN)? Get ready to find out. Split into teams, or go one-on-one, then grab your Sling’Em.FLIP IT AND STICK IT: Bid and flip your way to sweet-tastin’ victory. Complete as many challenges as you can.SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE: ...
mixed, 57%
10 y/o +
2 to 10 players
15 minutes
Light
Party Game
Humor
Auction/Bidding
Dexterity
Set Collection