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Contracts

Contracts in Board Games

What Are Contracts?

Contracts in board games are tasks or objectives that players can fulfill to gain rewards. They often require collecting specific resources or combinations thereof.

Gameplay Implications

Contracts add a strategic layer, pushing players to make decisions based on resource management, timing, and prioritizing different actions to maximize their payoff from fulfilling contracts.

Examples

Ticket to Ride: Players complete routes based on their destination tickets, akin to fulfilling contracts.
Lords of Waterdeep: Completing quests that require specific resources, representing contracts, earns players points and other benefits.

Contracts games developed by Krzysztof Jurzysta

Civilization themed games with Contracts

Brazil: Imperial is a midweight strategic board game for 1-4 players introducing a new concept of the “euro X" game—combining a euro game, in which players collect and manage resources, with a 4X game, where players explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate...

Brazil - Imperial

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

Puzzle themed games with Contracts

Head out to sea and fish to fulfill contracts in order to gain points and emerge as the winner in this tile-laying, engine-building game.In Public Market, players bid on and draft tiles to play into an ice chest. Once the ice chest is full, players ...

In Canvas, you play as a painter competing in an art competition. Players will collect art cards, layering 3 of them together to create their own unique Painting. Each card contains a piece of artwork as well as a set of icons used during scoring. Icons...

The realm is in peril! Time bends and reality shifts uncontrollably in the physical world and it's up to you as a royal magician to help the Queen rebuild the Realm of Sand! Acquire different glyphs on polyominoes, then strategically place the tiles ...

Return to the famous Sagrada Familia cathedral in Glory, the third and final of the Great Facades expansions. This modular expansion explores the thrill of competition and rivalry - add everything inside or handpick modules to enhance your crafting experience...

Transportation themed games with Contracts

Coal Baron (1st Printing)

Merchants of the Dark Road: Patron's Provisions Expansion

Great American Mail Race, The

Merchants of the Dark Road (Standard Edition)

Contracts and Dice Rolling games

The players want to gain new citizens for their kingdoms by fulfilling the various requirements on the cards with three rolls of the dice. Special cards provide benefits. But watch out for village idiots and dragons! The player with the best citizens...

The cavernous halls of Winterforge echo once more with the roar of fire and the ring of steel. The six legendary guilds compete for the favor of the royal family, a favor that brings with it a contract of unrivaled value, the Royal Centenary Contract...

Dogs Have Spots. Dice Have Spots. Fill in Your Dogs to Win!Spots is a game about rolling dice, pushing your luck, and dogs! You'll roll and reroll, trying to place dice on the matching spots on your dogs.You get to laugh at your friends when they take...

Family Game with Contracts

Port Royal: Big Box Edition

Port Royal: Big Box Edition

Sheriff of Nottingham - Merry Men Expansion

Takenoko (2020 Edition)

Creature Comforts - Maple Valley (Kickstarter Edition)

Contracts and Connections games

Set in the Renaissance city of Ragusa (now Dubrovnik) in the 15th century, Ragusa tasks players with building the city, its walls, and making use of its growing economy to find their fortunes.The turn-by-turn gameplay is simple: pace houses between spaces...

Ticket to Ride is a charming board game where players build train routes across North America. Its rules are simple: you either collect train cards, claim routes between cities, or draw destination cards that set new route-building goals. It's a blend...

Managing a successful food court is hard work. Foodies flock to food courts with the tastiest offering, so you'd better brush up! Can you tell a rissole from a risotto? Do you add falafel to your fajitas? Oooh, how about some bratwurst-stuffed baozi?...

Contracts and Simultaneous Action Selection games

In Potions of Azerland you will, you guessed it, make potions!Gather resources from the forest, increase your knowledge in various potion types, go to the market to collect and trade goods, then make your potions to drink for unique powers or fulfill...

Add 7 new cards for more variety to your games of Stonespine Architects.This new chamber cards include 3 shrines allow you to swap two chamber cards and 4 fountains move a market token from one chamber to another.

Beyond the Sea of Mists lies Alula, a mysterious continent. Travel this ever-changing world and discover its wonders. Meet its inhabitants, unveil its secrets, and gain more fame than your competitors.Explore the continent, get quests, and gather the...

Contracts and Deck, Bag, and Pool Building games

Discoveries: The Journals of Lewis & Clark

Minecraft: Heroes of the Village

Century: Golem Edition

Century: Big Box

Medieval themed games with Contracts

Far beyond the farthest mountains, a valley overflowing with resources awaits you. Collect, build, optimize - and build a perfect Little Town in your image!The double-sided board and vast selection of buildings are the starting point for an incredible...

In Amul, each player is a striving merchant, competing for wealth and success. The creative card drafting mechanism caters to swift and simultaneous gameplay, keeping all players constantly engaged. Draft cards from the market to collect goods and valuables...

In this worker placement game, climb your way to victory through various paths like farming, traveling, participating in the council chamber, and many others. Your family members will live a fulfilling life and might get the chance to get a good place...

At the end of the 13th century, Marco Polo sets off with his father and uncle on a long voyage to the East. They will journey far and wide, master the mercantile trade, and gain favor with the great Kublai Kahn. Will you follow in the footsteps of the...

Strategy Game with Contracts

Coal Baron - The Great Card Game

Broom Service - The Card Game

Trekking the World

Downtown Farmers Market

Pipeline: Emerging Markets Expansion

Starry Night Sky

Food, Drink & Cooking themed games with Contracts

Alubari: A Nice Cup of Tea

Chocolate Factory

Chocolate Factory (Deluxe Kickstarter Edition)

Sunny Day Sardines

Taco Bell Party Pack Game

Contracts and Victory Points as a Resource games

Cooperate with members of your extended winemaking family in various different regions around the world as you try to achieve global recognition. Balance the management of your individual vineyard with the combined effort of your fellow players to gain...

This is a modular expansion to any version of Viticulture. What story will you tell as you seek to create the most successful vineyard in Tuscany?Tuscany: Essential Edition includes 3 expansion modules that can be used in any combination: special workers...

Dollars to Donuts is a puzzly, resource management tile-laying game for 2-4 players. Donuts need to be made whole! In Dollars to Donuts players take turns purchasing tiles to match donut halves and to fill their boards, making the most delicious spread...

Old-world Tuscany awaits your winemaking skill and strategic cunning. You'll plant vines, harvest grapes, age wines, and fill merchant orders to create the greatest winery in Italy!Viticulture is a worker-placement strategy game that allows players to...

Contracts and Flip and Write games

Welcome to... Summer

Molehill Meadows

Welcome to... Spring

Cascadia: Rolling Hills

Cascadia: Rolling Rivers

Contracts and Rondel games

Tsar Ivan the terrible has ordered the construction of a cathedral in honor of his military victories. Many teams of builders will take part in the construction, but only one of them will stand out and gain the favor of the Tzar. This game can be played...

Win the Crown and Succeed the King of Emara!Use your actions and councilors to your advantage. Make the best tactical and strategic decisions, and become Emara's greatest benefactor.1. On each of your turns, send out one of your councilors and decide...

Ride a rocket to extraordinary destinations across our galaxy. Gather exotic crystals that further our understanding of what's out there. Earn exploration badges and prove yourself as the galaxy's next great explorer in Space Park! Mechanisms:• Action...

Contracts games published by Lucky Duck Games

Contracts games illustrated by Klemens Franz

Contracts games published by Rio Grande Games

Players struggle to survive the Stone Age by working as hunters, collectors, farmers, and tool makers. As you gather resources and grow your population, you work to build the tools needed to build your civilization.The times were hard indeed. Our ancestors...

In Woodcraft, players take turns choosing one of seven actions, which become more valuable the longer they remain unchosen. These actions are used to manipulate dice representing wood that can be cut, gilded, purchased, or even grown.Manage your workshop...

Contracts games published by Бельвіль

In Splendor, you lead a Renaissance merchant's guild. Your only objective: prestige! At the beginning of the game, you have a small stash of gems with which you'll build a commercial empire. Your tokens allow you to acquire mines, ships, and artisans...

Bring together a team of super heroes and prevent Thanos from ending the world! The Infinity Stones are scattered throughout the Multiverse. Use their essence to recruit heroes and villains and gain Infinity Points.Assemble the Avengers, acquire locations...

Splendor Marvel

Contracts games published by Nuts! Publishing

SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD (2nd Printing)

SpaceCorp is a fast-playing board game in which one to four players explore and develop outer space over three eras. Each player controls an Earth-based enterprise seeking profit by driving the expansion of humanity into the Solar System and beyond.Each...

mostly positive, 76%

Science Fiction

Hand Management

Point to Point Movement

Contracts games published by Matagot

Bad CompanyBuild your own gang and customize it to suit your plans. Gather resources to complete heists and money to recruit new gang members. And make sure you escape the police! A unique and fun game from the award-winning designers of Automania and...

Happy Hiking!Take a hike with TRAILS and explore iconic sites and national parks across the US. With easy-to-learn rules, you'll gather resources, observe wildlife, and earn wilderness badges. Grab your friends and family and hit the trail!TRAILS is ...

Gold West is a delicate balance of resource management and area control. Build your mining empire while vying over the precious metals of the frontier! Carefully manage your supply tracks and refine the right resources at the right times to keep a step...

You are bird enthusiasts - researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors - seeking to discover and attract the best birds to your aviary. Each bird extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your habitats (actions). These habitats...

Contracts games published by Schwerkraft-Verlag

Contracts games published by Midnight Jungle

Tiletum

Welcome in early Renaissance Europe!You are a wealthy merchant looking to multiply your fortune, gain influence and recognition! While visiting cities spread all over the continent, you build trading posts and contribute to the construction of great ...

mostly positive, 78%

Action Drafting

Contracts games designed by Zara Reid

Deluxe Special Edition: Elevate your Kavango experience with a range of deluxe components in addition to the 12 Kickstarter stretch-goals.Immersive Gameplay & Stunning Artwork: Created by conservationists, Kavango offers a deeply thematic gameplay experience...

Kavango (Deluxe Edition)

Deluxe Special Edition: Elevate your Kavango experience with a range of deluxe components in addition to the 12 Kickstarter stretch-goals.Immersive Gameplay & Stunning Artwork: Created by conservationists, Kavango offers a deeply thematic gameplay experience...

Kavango (Deluxe Edition)

Contracts games published by CrowD Games

Barrage - The Nile Affair Expansion

The Nile Affair is a new thematic map for Barrage for 2-4 players with new mechanics (Irrigation), which includes 1 map board, 2 punchboards and the rules.

mostly positive, 79%

Action Drafting

End Game Bonuses

Contracts and Sudden Death Ending games

Nicodemus

Nicodemus Gideon, a handyman at the dream factory, is retiring! For the last 352 years, he has repaired the fascinating machines from the Bric-a-brac, essential for producing resources and charcoalium. Assistance interested in his position must face ...

Two-player Game

Industry / Manufacturing

Hand Management

Contracts games illustrated by Eugène Delacroix

Atelier - The Painter's Studio

Take on the role of an artist managing an atelier, or art studio, during the 19th century. Roll dice, manage your assistants, collect needed paint, and complete famous works of art. Will you be a prolific artist completing many works for your patrons...

Post-Napoleonic

Area Majority / Influence

End Game Bonuses