Auction: Sealed Bid in Board Games
Auction: Sealed Bid is a game mechanic where players simultaneously submit private bids for an item or privilege within a game. This type of auction ensures that bids are confidential until all players have submitted their offers. Afterward, all bids are revealed and the highest bidder wins the item, often at the cost of their submitted bid.
Key Elements
- Privacy: Bids are not disclosed until all players have committed to their bid.
- Simultaneity: All players submit their bids at the same time.
- Strategy: Involves predicting opponents' bids and valuing items without complete information.
- One-time Reveal: All bids are revealed at once, and the highest bid wins.
Examples in Games
- Modern Art: Players bid on paintings, with the sealed bid being one of several auction methods used.
- Power Grid: Features a phase where players bid on power plants using sealed bids among other auction types.
- Keyflower: Players bid on tiles that grant various abilities, and sealed bids can be used to secure desired tiles.
Strategic Considerations
- Players must balance the risk of overbidding against the possibility of losing an auction.
- Knowledge of the game state and opponents' tendencies informs bidding decisions.
- Often used in conjunction with other mechanics for richer gameplay.
The Auction: Sealed Bid mechanic adds a layer of suspense and strategic depth to board games, making each auction a critical and potentially game-altering event.
Auction: Sealed Bid and Set Collection games
Auction: Sealed Bid games published by Lucky Duck Games
You are an art connoisseur trying to impress your peers by putting together the most fashionable art collection of them all!Bid on the hottest works of art, then arrange them on your drawing room wall into a tastefully curated gallery that's the envy...
Art Society
$43.21
$32.00
The Twelve Kingdoms need you! Use the stone of power and with help of powerful characters you will unite them under your rule.In King of 12, you will need clever tactics, a poker face, and a bit of luck to claim victory. And always remember: There can...
King of 12
$24.99
$19.99
Auction: Sealed Bid and Variable Player Powers games
Auction: Sealed Bid games published by Mayfair Games
Bremerhaven
$0.00
Bremerhaven is a strategy game with simple and intuitive rules, but many small exciting decisions.The core element of the game is five working cards. These vary greatly and must be used as efficiently as possible round after round in order to draw appropriate...
mixed, 54%
12 y/o +
1 to 4 players
60 minutes
Involved
Strategy Game
Nautical
Economic
Pick-up and Deliver
Auction/Bidding
Constrained Bidding
Auction: Sealed Bid
Auction: Sealed Bid games designed by Gabriele Bubola
Old London Bridge
$54.95
$49.99
It's London in 1136, and the great wooden bridge across the mighty Thames has been consumed by fire. Soon the churchman Peter de Colechurch plans to construct a new, fortified bridge from stone upon which various buildings may be built over the years...
mostly positive, 72%
10 y/o +
2 to 4 players
45 minutes
Relaxed
Family Game
Construction
Different Worker Types
Auction: Sealed Bid
Territory Building
Worker Placement