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Open Drafting

Open Drafting in Board Games

Open drafting is a game mechanic that involves players selecting game components (commonly cards) from a shared pool to collect resources, build strategic advantages, or complete objectives in a board game. This mechanic fosters player interaction and strategic depth as participants must anticipate their rivals' choices.

Key Features

Shared Pool: Central to open drafting is the communal source of items to be drafted.
Transparency: Players have full visibility of the drafting options, unlike in closed drafting systems.
Turn-Based Selection: Players take turns picking items, usually following a specific order.

Strategic Importance

Open drafting compels players to balance their needs against opponents' potential gains. It demands foresight and adaptability, often influencing player dynamics and alliances.

Popular Games

Sushi Go!: A fast-paced card game where players attempt to grab the best combination of sushi dishes as they whiz by.
7 Wonders: Players develop civilizations by drafting cards that provide resources or advance their military, scientific, or commercial superiority.

In conclusion, open drafting enriches board games by blending luck with strategy, making for an engaging gaming experience.

Open Drafting and Grid Coverage games

Open Drafting and Bluffing games

Open Drafting games published by Mandoo Games

Truffle Shuffle is a fast and fun card-drafting game for the whole family! Players take turns selecting truffles from a shared box of overlapping cards in order to make their own arrangements of chocolates to sell. Players can complete a variety of sets...

You can now enjoy more Sagrada by adding up to two extra players. This expansion also introduces the Private Dice Pool boards for smooth gameplay through six players. It also includes new private objectives, tools, and window-pattern cards. Mechanisms...

Point Salad is a fast and fun card drafting game for the whole family! There are over 100 ways to score points. Players may use a variety of strategies and every game of Point Salad is unique. Mechanisms:• Card Drafting• Set Collection 108 Double-Sided...

Open Drafting and Set Collection games

Open Drafting games illustrated by Graphics Manufacture

Strategy Game with Open Drafting

The Isle of Cats: Late Arrivals Expansion

Zoo-ography (Zoo-Mongous Collector's Edition)

Endeavor - Age of Expansion (Kickstarter Edition)

Marco Polo Expedition

Draconis Invasion

Canvas: Finishing Touches

Terraforming Mars: Promo - Self-Replicating Robots

Project L - Finesse Expansion (Kickstarter Exclusive)

Brew Crafters - Travel Card Game

Open Drafting games published by IELLO

Star Realms: Cosmic Gambit Expansion

Star Realms: High Alert - Heroes

Hero Realms: Journeys - Discovery Pack

Hero Realms: Journeys - Conquest Pack

Open Drafting and Take That games

Cerebria - The Card Game

Dominion: Cornucopia & Guilds 2E Update Pack

Berried Treasure

Open Drafting games published by Repos Productions

7 Wonders Duel: Pantheon Expansion

7 Wonders: Architects

7 Wonders - Architects Medals

Open Drafting games published by Galakta

To be selected for the coveted post of Master Builder, you must impress the monarchy by constructing a majestic medieval metropolis. In Citadels, players use the local citizens to acquire gold and build districts to complete their city. Players draft...

WILD: Serengeti is a board game inspired by the endless plains of the Serengeti. This game combines the joy of puzzle-solving with elements of set-collection and engine-building to create a deep and unique strategic experience. The mesmerizing artwork...

"Pax Renaissance 2nd Edition" is a strategic board game where you become a Renaissance banker, influencing the rise and fall of European empires through finance and intrigue. Your objective is to mold the course of history, striving for victory by way...

Open Drafting games illustrated by Dylan Mangini

From the team that brought you the smash hit Point Salad, Point City is a fast and fun card-drafting, engine-building game for the whole family! There are over 150 unique building cards, so you can create a completely different city each and every time...

Calico is a gorgeous spatial puzzle game for the whole family!Players are quilters competing to create the coziest, most beautiful cat quilts. Turns are simple - sew patches into your quilt by drafting and placing tiles onto your personal board. Earn...

Open Drafting games illustrated by Matt Paquette & Co.

Cosmic Colonies

Overboss - A Boss Monster Adventure

Food Chain Magnate Ketchup Mechanism Expansion

Card Game with Open Drafting

Penny Arcade Deck Building Game: Penny Arcade the Game - Gamers vs. Evil

Open Drafting and Hexagon Grid games

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...

Build the most prestigious railroad empire in this pickup-and-deliver, route-building and set collection board game for 1-4 players!In this game, players play as the owners of emerging train delivery companies, striving to build a vast infrastructure...

Legends of Void is a 1-4 player strategy game, based on card-driven, engine-building, and area-control mechanics. You’ll play a Hero leading a Faction in the battle against the Void. The Void has summoned Seraphs, god-like creatures who threaten the...

Open Drafting games illustrated by Harald Lieske

Gaine one-time and permanent advantages to do even more for the good of Faiyum.Mechanisms:• Auction• Deck Construction• Deck, Bag, and Pool Building• Hand Management• Hexagon Grid• Market• Network and Route Building• Worker Placement 42 Card 15 Wooden...

La Granja - No Siesta! is a standalone dice game followup to the hit board game La Granja.In this game players collect resources by crossing them off on their scoring sheet. They can hire helpers for their special effects or even build a barn to store...

New York in the early 1930s—the city is in the middle of a construction boom. Skyscrapers are shooting out of the ground like mushrooms. As a player, you get involved in all the planning and building work as you help to create a fascinating metropolis...

Open Drafting and Dice Rolling games

The Taverns of Tiefenthal: Open Doors Expansion

Medici - The Dice Game (2020)

Cosmos - Empires

Avatar the Last Air Bender: Fire Nation Rising

My Village (English Edition)

Bandada (Kickstarter Edition)

Ascension - Delirium

Open Drafting games published by Cranio Creations

Open Drafting games published by FoxGames

Like so many people, from royalty to your next-door neighbor, players are dog lovers sharing the joy of adorable dogs. During the game, you will be fetching cards, collecting bones, and gathering food for your loveable dogs. You will rescue them from...

Players are cat ladies, part of an elite group of people including Marie Antoinette and Ernest Hemingway. During the game, you and your fellow cat ladies will draft cards three at a time, collecting toys, food, catnip, costumes, and of course lovable...

This expansion is a campaign allowing players to live an adventure scripted in 5 scenarios which brings, collectively during the game, players to make choices that will tip the story towards Peace or World War.At the start of a game, players open an ...

Open Drafting and Worker Placement games

Open Drafting games published by Devir

Grow tall trees, lush jungle plants, and attract diverse wildlife as you compete to create the most bountiful rainforest!Build your rainforest tableau in this light card drafting and set collection game for two!Solo and 3-4 plyer variants included! 183...

Avoid the Kraken! Become the King of the deep!Oceanos is a unique drafting game with deep mechanics, where you discover and collect forgotten treasures in the ocean depths. But will your submarine be strong enough to bring your discoveries back to the...

Oceanos (2nd Edition)

Open Drafting games published by Matagot

Build colossal monuments, like the Great Lighthouse of Poseidon, the Military Academy, or the Temple of Athena...and leverage their powerful abilities! Mechanisms:• Area Majority / Influence• Auction/Bidding• Card Drafting• Dice Rolling

Draft dice to build your circus camp, hire artists and stage grandiose performances in this beautifully illustrated strategy game.The Magnificent is a new unique medium complexity strategy game from the designers of Santa Maria, featuring a unique take...

Egizia: Shifting Sands is an updated version of the beloved strategy game Egizia. Players travel down the Nile, placing boats as they go, to collect resources that will help them construct some of Egypt's most famous monuments. With new monuments to ...

Open Drafting and Commodity Speculation games

Discover! Deckbuild! Dominate!Millennium Blades is a board game about a fictional collectible card game, which is also called Millennium Blades. You begin the game on pre-release night with just your starter deck. You'll open new packs, form collections...

Millennium Blades

Share & Bid (Until It's All Yours)The young monarch has no knack for governing. Take advantage of this and gain his trust by taking on the most important government duties. Distribute the duties, and use your influence to outbid your opponent for the...

Civilization themed games with Open Drafting

Open Drafting and Deduction games

Chaosmos

Chaosmos uses an open-world exploration system called “area-caching.” There is no draw deck; all the cards are distributed amongst the players’ hands and planet envelopes. The Chaos Clock counts down clockwise from 48 (36 for a shorter game), and each...