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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.

Betting and Bluffing games

Wits & Wagers - It's Vegas, Baby!

Win: Micro Card Game

Squid Game: Let the Games Begin

Lying Pirates: Race for the Pirate Throne (Deluxe Edition)

Queen's Necklace (2nd Edition)

Great Designers Series, The: Fog of War, The

Mighty Monsters

Herbalism (English Edition)

House of Borgia

Betting games published by AEG (Alderac Entertainment Group)

In Ready Set Bet, you and your friends head to the races for a day of cheering, jeering, and betting on your favorite horses, whose fates hang on every roll of the dice.Ready Set Bet is played over 4 rounds. Each round consists of a race followed by ...

The latest in our Big in Japan line is Greedy Kingdoms, a collaboration between award-winning designers Hayato Kisaragi and Bruno Faidutti! Bluff past your opponent's defenders to secure the resources needed to build the most lavish Kingdom. Show that...

Greedy Kingdoms

Betting games illustrated by Adam P. McIver

Power of your heroic army with these hungry mercenaries waiting to be hired into the battle.Mechanisms:• Action Points• Area Majority / Influence• Betting/Wagering• Deck, Bag, and Pool Building• Take That• Variable Player Powers• Worker Placement 4 Miniatures...

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...

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...

Animals themed games with Betting

Betting and Paper-and-Pencil games

Family Game with Betting

Mascarade (2nd Edition)

Wits & Wagers - Vegas Expansion

Sly: Micro Card Game

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - A Gemstone Mining Game

Disney Robin Hood - Sheriff of Nottingham

Guns or Treasure

Betting and Push Your Luck games

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

Congratulations, comrades! You've made it to the World Championship! ...Unfortunately, it's for Russian Roulette. In this press-your-luck bluffing game, earn points by bidding on how many pulls of your gun's trigger you can survive. The more pulls, ...

Virulence: An Infectious Card Game is an addictively quick and simple card game focused on viruses infecting a host cell - and how they assemble and replicate inside that host cell. Virulence has players take on the role of viruses competing to infect...

Virulence: An Infectious Card Game is an addictively quick and simple card game focused on viruses infecting a host cell - and how they assemble and replicate inside that host cell. Virulence has players take on the role of viruses competing to infect...

Miniatures themed games with Betting

Western Legends: Fistful of Extras Expansion

Bioshock Infinite - The Siege of Columbia

Western Legends - The Big Box w/Wooden Stores

Betting and Variable Player Powers games

In Gladius, play as cunning Roman spectators trying to make the most money by betting on rigging the gladiatorial games. Each round, players secretly place bets on competing gladiator teams. Through the skillful use of underhanded tactics, players can...

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...

A game of murder and mystery, lies and logic, deduction and deception.This grimoire contains the first 3 editions of Blood on the Clocktower. Each has a unique collection of characters from the worldly to the bizarre, encourages different strategies...

Betting games published by Gém Klub Kft.

Western Legends is an open-world sandbox tabletop adventure for 2-6 players set in the American Wild West. Players assume the roles of historical figures of the era, earning their legendary status in a variety of ways: gamble, drive cattle, prospect ...

Once upon a time, three big cats became exhausted fighting to be top cat. They agreed to quit the fight and spice up their nine lives with a hot spice eating contest. Alas, everyone was soon cheating, so the cats invented a very hot, often tearful, bluffing...

Witches and Wizards, ready your wands!Open the box of Stupefy!... and discover an immersive game in the atmosphere of the Wizarding World.In this bluffing game created by Ludovic Maublanc, players grab their wands, play cards, cast spells, target their...

Betting games published by Slug Fest Games

Fantasy themed games with Betting

Dungeons & Dragons - Three-Dragon Ante

Doomtown: Weird West Edition

Gempire - Zarmund's Demands

Three-Dragon Ante: Legendary Edition

Mafia themed games with Betting

Breaking Bad - The Board Game

Breaking Bad the board game takes you up to the treacherous low funds of Albuquerque as shown in the famous television series.Will you play as a member of one of the criminal factions, Heisenberg, Los Pollos Hermanos or the Juarez Cartel, to amass a...

Humor themed games with Betting

Betting games published by Reflexshop

Betting and Auction/Bidding games

Science Fiction themed games with Betting

A Game of Intrigue, Tactics, & DeceptionAre you loyal to the noble House Atreides or a secret agent for the treacherous House Harkonnen?In this game of tactics and deception, you are secret agents amid the sands of Dune. Your goal is learn the identities...

The dazzling boulevards and historical monuments of Paris have been enveloped by lush vegetation. The once bustling city hub has been hushed to stillness following an apocalyptic event and your goal is to forge a new future. Equip your shelter, manage...

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...

The clock is ticking. On your every side, agents and double-agents declare their loyalty. But you know that some agents seek the VIP's assassination. Shoot first, ask questions later.In Crossfire, players will use deduction, negotiation, and the limited...

Betting games published by Korea Boardgames

These camels have it made in the shade of a giant 3D palm tree! Camel Up, the award winning game about the craziest camel race, just got even crazier! The race now includes new contestants – camels that are so crazy that they start the race running ...

Camel Up: The Card Game brings a new way to enjoy the camel race with a racing deck! While keeping the same excitement as the board game, the card game experience gives the players a little bit more insight and control on the race. Don't forget about...

Pirate 21 is competitive card game for 2-6 players. Each player tries to get 21 without going over. Sound familiar? It is, but in this version of 21 you have Pirates that can knock an opponent out of the round, Mates & Captains that can swap cards and...

Betting games designed by Richard Garfield

In this stand-alone expansion, Mindbug: Beyond Evolution introduces the Evolve effect to certain cards allowing to play through a 3 stage evolution line with changing creature abilities.In Mindbug, you summon hybrid creatures and send them to battle ...

In this stand alone expansion, Mindbug: Beyond Eternity introduces the Boost ability where you can use cards from your graveyard to give your creatures a +1 boost in power. Also cards can have effects when in your graveyard, such as making them stronger...

Half Truth is a party game for all ages and people, created by legendary game designer Richard Garfield and 74-time Jeopardy winner Ken Jennings. With art by well-known artist Ian O'Toole, the game comes with 500 trivia question cards and each card ...

Betting games published by Hobby World

Betting and Worker Placement games

Prepare your clan of Vikings for the season of exploration!Your objective is to set sail on board the ships best equipped for a successful voyage. Before you embark, you will need to win the favor of the strongest Vikings by offering them barrels of...

Vikings on Board

Floating Market utilizes polyhedral dice, worker placement, and dice speculation to create a unique and accessible experience for gamers of all levels. The rules and turns are simple and intuitive and the game teaches quickly, making it perfect for ...

Floating Market

Betting and Simulation games

Betting games illustrated by Elliot Whiting

Doomtown Reloaded: Doomtown - Reloaded

It’s your chance to take it to the streets of Gomorra and show who runs the most dangerous boomtown in the West. The Weird West!Doomtown is an expandable card game set in the Deadlands universe. Based on the classic collectible game, Doomtown: Reloaded...

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