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 Variable Player Powers games
Open Drafting and Simultaneous Action Selection games
Open Drafting games published by Lucky Duck Games
Fighting themed games with Open Drafting
Open Drafting games designed by Robert Melvin
Open Drafting games published by Repos Production
Open Drafting and Dice Rolling games
Open Drafting and Take That games
Open Drafting and Race games
Medieval themed games with Open Drafting
Open Drafting and Hand Management games
Open Drafting games designed by John Olson & Bryn Smith
Zoo-ography (Zoo-Mongous Collector's Edition)
$90.00
In Zoo-ography, you've been asked to design a new city zoo. Build custom habitats, draft animals for exhibits, and strategically place attractions. Meet the city's unique objectives, and you'll earn the highest rated zoo!
mostly positive, 72%
12 y/o +
1 to 4 players
15 minutes
Relaxed
Abstract Game
Animals
City Building
Open Drafting
Pattern Building
Set Collection
Tile Placement
Steampunk 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...
Steam Works
$15.00
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...
Brass Empire
$49.99
$39.99
Open Drafting games designed by Martin Řehořík
Similar to Settlers of Catan, Space Race is a settlement building and resource harvesting game set in space. However, resources are non-renewable. Each player purchases their own copy of the components, each with a different color, which are then combined...
Space Race
$13.95
$11.00
The Finesse expansion brings extra strategic depth to Project L through an addition of goals which require each player to fulfill different conditions to get more points during the game. Completing your goals may require making compromises in your strategy...
Project L - Finesse Expansion (Kickstarter Exclusive)
$12.95
Open Drafting games published by Lavka Games
Open Drafting and Square Grid games
Open Drafting games published by Lord of Boards
Calico
-54%
$64.99
$30.00
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...
mostly positive, 77%
14 y/o +
1 to 4 players
30 minutes
Relaxed
Strategy Game
Animals
Puzzle
Enclosure
End Game Bonuses
Grid Coverage
Hexagon Grid
