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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 Track Movement games

Take center stage in a thematic card drafting game with a twist!Each round, during the Week Phase, players will be drafting cards to take actions such as recruiting Crew members to their band or managing their schedule. Players earn Star Power as their...

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 Bluffing games

"Don’t get cold feet! Prove yourself as manager by drafting the best players and sending them to this year’s All-Star Cup. Keep in mind that a well-coordinated team will attract more fans! Once you made your way through the regular season, the playoffs...

Pacific Ocean is a quick game where you aim to attract aquatic animals to your sanctuary. You'll select animal cards that can add new icons to your sanctuary or introduce new scoring conditions.The gameplay combines strategic decision-making with bluffing...

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...

In SpyNet, you are spymasters. Your objective: recruit agents from different branches of espionage to complete vital missions and dominate the world of undercover intelligence. This task will not be easy. You must strike a balance between recruiting...

Science Fiction themed games with Open Drafting

Open Drafting games published by Geekach Games

With more cats, boats, and lesson modules you can now enjoy even more options while playing The Isle of Cats. It also includes the necessary components to support up to 6 players. Mechanisms:• Card Drafting• Pattern Building• Set Collection• Tile Placement...

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...

Control the Spice. Control the UniverseThe struggle for control of the Imperium continues! Technological innovations from the planet Ix offer strategic advantages to those able to acquire them. The spreading reach of the CHOAM corporation provides trade...

A competitive card-drafting, polyomino cat-placement board game for 1 – 4 players (6 with Late Arrivals expansion).You are citizens of Squall’s End on a rescue mission to The Isle of Cats and must rescue as many cats as possible before the evil Lord...

Food, Drink & Cooking themed games with Open Drafting

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...

We Want to Make Our Village Even More Wonderful!Just a few years ago, hardly anyone knew about Tiefenthal. Today, nobility visit our beautiful little village in droves. We have been able to preserve its original charm nonetheless.But let me tell you,...

Quick and tasty! In Pies, you have three rounds to collect combinations of fruit cards to make the tastiest pies. Every round, every player plays a card into the trick. Then, players draft from the cards played in descending order (highest card gets ...

The New MicrobrewIn Brew Crafters: Travel Card Game you've opened your own brewery and are competing with other brewers in town to be named the Brew Crafter of your city. You'll build your brewery by installing equipment and hiring workers, and then...

Open Drafting games published by Wise Wizard Games

Star Realms: High Alert - Requisition

Star Realms: Cosmic Gambit Expansion

Star Realms: High Alert - Heroes

Star Realms: High Alert - Invasion

Star Realms: High Alert - Tech

Star Realms: Frontiers

Hero Realms: Journeys - Discovery Pack

Hero Realms: Journeys - Conquest Pack

Open Drafting games published by Repos Production

Obtain the favors of Divinities or suffer their wrath! Thanks to Divinities of the Pantheon, you will change the rhythm of the game and trigger powerful powers. Mechanisms:• Card Drafting• Hand Management• Set Collection• Simultaneous Action Selection...

In 7 Wonders: Architects, 2-7 players race to become a leader of the ancient world by completing an architectural wonder that will last through the ages.Players receive an unconstructed wonder at the beginning of the game and must collect resources to...

Constructing a Wonder isn't enough anymore! From now on, Medals will reward you for completing your objectives. Every decision counts towards leaving your mark on History and making sure your opponents don't take the lead.This expansion features two...

Develop your science and your army, construct prestigious buildings and lead your civilization to victory!7 Wonders Duel is a stand-alone game in the world of 7 Wonders, made especially for 2 players. 7 Wonders Duel offers a whole new system of drafting...

Open Drafting games published by CrowD Games

Open Drafting games published by Space Cowboys

Splendor Duel

Splendor Duel is a two-player-only standalone game based on Splendor that retains some of the main gameplay mechanisms of that design, while being a bit more complex, dynamic, interactive, rich, tense, and mean.The game features a main board shared by...

Medieval themed games with Open Drafting

Citadels (Revised Edition)

Dominion: Cornucopia & Guilds 2E Update Pack

Rurik - Dawn of Kiev

Video Game Theme themed games with Open Drafting

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...

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...

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...

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 published by CMON Global Limited

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...

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...

Dive tailfirst into the world of Everdell with the Complete Collection. Build a city of critters and constructions and explore the Emerald Valley and beyond; celebrate the Bellfaire, wonder at Newleaf’s mechanical marvels, trek into the Spirecrest Mountains...

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...

Open Drafting and Take That games

Open Drafting games published by Maldito Games

An Orbit-drafting Game of Building a Home in the StarsA tile placement, resource management game where players build a home on their own asteroid. Worker cards rotate around the table after being selected.This is a stand-alone game and does not require...

In Endeavor: Age of Expansion, players will take the mechanics they know and love and use them with a new set of buildings and cards for a new level of game play and interaction.The new building market creates a totally different strategic experience...

Explore the mysterious ruins to reveal the secrets of the blocks! • Draft Keys and clay Blocks from the lower Excavation Site. • Strategically place the Blocks on the upper Temple Floor • Claim Key cards from your unique perspective to score points. ...

Masters of the Renaissance is a new engine building game that recreates the atmosphere of Lorenzo il Magnifico with simple rules and a limited duration.On your turn you may acquire a development card, take resources from the market or activate development...

Family Game with Open Drafting

Overboss - A Boss Monster Adventure

My Village (English Edition)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - A Gemstone Mining Game

For the King (and Me)

Project L - Finesse Expansion (Kickstarter Exclusive)

Berried Treasure

Solo / Solitaire Game with Open Drafting

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

Medici - The Dice Game (2020)

Canvas: Finishing Touches

Agricola: Bubulcus Deck

Bandada (Kickstarter Edition)

Ascension - Delirium

Open Drafting and Die Icon Resolution games

Environmental themed games with Open Drafting

Ark Nova: Zoo Map Pack 1

Legends of the Void

Terraforming Mars: Promo - Self-Replicating Robots

Open Drafting and Set Collection games

A set of four modular expansions included with the Kickstarter edition of the game. Mechanisms:• Card Drafting• Set Collection 12 Development Cards 9 Scoundrels 5 Saints 8 Profiteers 4 Wooden Tokens

As captain of a flying pirate ship, recruit a cutthroat crew, collect relics, and unearth the best rum by gathering shares of Loot. Then send your pirates aboard enemy ships to plunder their treasure!In each round of the game, players take turns divvying...

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...

Animals themed games with Open Drafting

Hike! is a light and fast card-drafting racing game with huskies. Players take on the role of mushers (dog drivers) who assemble their husky sleds and race through the snowy wilderness.The players carefully select the huskies for their abilities to ...

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...

The objective of this game is to collect as much gold as possible while traveling a set path.Each player starts with 3 gold and a hand of cards.The cards represent 4 different types of valuable goods and caravan handlers.Gold is collected along the ...

Industry / Manufacturing themed games with Open Drafting

Inventors and tinkerers abound in the Victorian era, harnessing the power of clockwork, steam, and electriks to build machines capable of anything!In Steam Works you’ll put your mechanics to work collecting components and power sources, and assembling...

A corporate faction desperate for Brass awaits your leadership as you make strategic choices to construct buildings, hire employees, and sabotage your opponents.Brass Empire is a strategic steampunk deckbuilding card game where players battle and sabotage...

This expansion consists of seventeen modules which each add something new and different to the game Food Chain Magnate. They can be played individually or together. Some suggestions for combinations can be found in the rulebook.A selection of what is...

Open Drafting and End Game Bonuses games

Open Drafting games published by KEJI Inc

Draconis Invasion

Draconis Invasion is a fast-paced strategic deck-building card game for 1-6 players. You and your friends must fight the forces of evil in a beautiful dark fantasy world. Players take the roles of noble Heroes in this 45-minute tabletop game. Defeat...

Deck, Bag, and Pool Building

Open Drafting games illustrated by Dominique Vassie

Forever Home

A Game of Second Chances for Shelter DogsHelp dogs in need find their forever home in this puzzly pattern-building game for 1-5 players. 1. Take dogs into your shelter 2. Prepare them for their new home by completing training cards 3. Match prospective...

End Game Bonuses

Pattern Building

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