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Betting

Betting Mechanics in Board Games

Betting or wagering is a common game mechanic where players allocate resources, like currency or points, predicting an uncertain outcome within the game. The goal is often to amass wealth or points through these gambles to win.

Key Features

Risk vs. Reward: Players must weigh potential gains against possible losses.
Bluffing: Players may deceive others regarding the strength of their position.
Strategic Depth: Intelligent betting can lead to game advantages.
Probability: Understanding odds is crucial for informed decisions.

Common Betting Mechanics

Fixed Bets: Set amounts to enter a game phase, like an ante in poker.
Auction Bets: Players bid on game items or privileges.
Dynamic Bets: Fluent betting throughout play, evolving with game context.

Examples

Poker: Classic card game focused on betting and bluffing.
Camel Up: Players bet on the outcome of a camel race.

Betting adds excitement and strategic complexity to board games, making outcomes partly dependent on players' decisions under uncertainty.

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Wits & Wagers, the most award-winning party game in history, is now for the whole family!First, every player writes down a guess to a fun question. Then players try to score points by choosing which guess is closest to the right answer. Wits & Wagers...

An expansion to Wits & Wagers Party, Vegas Wits & Wagers has a huge playmat that takes over the room at parties and large gatherings. The additional betting sections are designed to create fun banter and bring the high-rolling spirit of Vegas into your...

Say Anything is about you. You get to decide how witty, weird, or wild you want to be. Each round, players answer a question like "What would make next weekend more exciting?" or "When's the worst time to burst out laughing?" After the answers are revealed...

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Heroes of Land, Air & Sea offers players the reminiscent feel of classic RTS games.BEAUTIFUL MINIATURES and 3D CARDBOARD CONSTRUCTS; in this game offers 80 highly detailed miniatures across 4 color specific factionsTake to the skies; Test your valor...

Heroes of Land, Air & Sea offers players the reminiscent feel of classic RTS games.BEAUTIFUL MINIATURES and 3D CARDBOARD CONSTRUCTS; in this game offers 80 highly detailed miniatures across 4 color specific factionsTake to the skies; Test your valor...

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Regine

Regine is a game of deceit, of bluffing, and of backstabbing. Achieve the winning combination of cards and climb over your rivals on the social ladder! 44 Cards 32 Markers Mechanisms:• Betting and Bluffing• Hand Management• Push Your Luck

Hand Management

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Plan and push your luck as the action unfolds in this tense race of 8 horses. You'll buy horses, place bets, influence race movement, and utilize special abilities.The dice determine which horses move and the actions available each turn, so be ready ...

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The adventure is over, but the party is just getting started! Survie a wild night at the tavern, where you'll roughhouse with your friends, have a few drinks, and try not to pass out go broke. The last player standing wins!But what happens when you're...

Serving up drinks and hospitality to the hardy adventurers of Greyport is an exciting, often difficult, and always thirsty task! The Wench finally joins the paty at The Red Dragon Inn,and she's bringing the rest of the tavern crew with her! Now the staff...

Natyli is an impulsive young troll who likes to make dolls of her friends and the monsters that she comes across in the dungeons. These aren’t normal dolls, though. They are magical, and she can use them to affect whomever the doll looks like, for good...

You and your increasingly mighty party of adventuring companions have spent all day slogging through the dungeon, killing monsters and taking their stuff. Now you're back in town, healed up, cleaned up, and ready to party at the Red Dragon Inn. Drink...

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In Cursed Court, players wager their limited influence across the courtly seasons. As the machinations of the nine key nobles are progressively revealed, their fortunes rise and fall.The intrigues of the realm's greater nobility are a subject of fixation...

The king has died without any descendants. Throughout the realm, the most influential families try to seize power through conspiracy, cunning,...and blood. You are the head of one of these families.1. Play your cards face down to prepare your dirty schemes...

Light the fires of resistance in this groundbreaking, semi-cooperative game inspired by 21st century protest movements, riots and popular uprisings.In Bloc by Bloc: The Insurrection Game, each player controls a faction of revolutionaries—Workers, Students...

In Bloc by Bloc: Uprising, each player controls a faction of revolutionaries—Workers, Students, Neighbors, or Prisoners—fighting against the police in the streets of a city that changes with each game. Build barricades, clash with police, occupy districts...

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Houston, we have a Dolphin! is a card-based social deduction game for 3-5 players. It's the board game for all Among Us fans out there!Each player controls a team of up to 4 astronauts with different abilities, possibly fooled by a murderous dolphin...

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