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Contracts in Board Games

What Are Contracts?

Contracts in board games are tasks or objectives that players can fulfill to gain rewards. They often require collecting specific resources or combinations thereof.

Gameplay Implications

Contracts add a strategic layer, pushing players to make decisions based on resource management, timing, and prioritizing different actions to maximize their payoff from fulfilling contracts.

Examples

Ticket to Ride: Players complete routes based on their destination tickets, akin to fulfilling contracts.
Lords of Waterdeep: Completing quests that require specific resources, representing contracts, earns players points and other benefits.

Contracts and Open Drafting games

The printing press was an invention that required remarkable skill to operate efficiently. In Printing Press, your task is to fulfill printing orders, which you earn fame points for completing. Prepare yourself for a fast and dynamic gameplay experience...

After a long life of service to your Kingdom, now is the moment to cement your legacy with the founding of your own guild academy.This task will not be the work of a single day. You must choose the right students, hire the most learned professors, and...

Set in the early 20th century of entrepreneurs and chocolatiers experimenting with new ways to create and market chocolates, YOU are assigned the task of Chief Chocolatier!Compete to run the best Chocolate Factory! Featuring a literal engine (powered...

It's your favorite time of the weekend - grab your coffee for a trip to the downtown Farmers Market! But today's trip might require a little more thinking than usual!1. Line up your 8 challenge tiles.2. Each turn, position your ingredients at the intersection...

Contracts and Territory Building 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...

Brazil - Imperial

Harvest our abundant resources, develop a transport network, and construct new buildings. Our foggy valley needs you, and we'll reward you handsomely!Cooperate with each other on a short-term basis to open new pathways and share resources, but keep your...

Contracts games designed by Shawn Stankewich

Head out to sea and fish to fulfill contracts in order to gain points and emerge as the winner in this tile-laying, engine-building game.In Public Market, players bid on and draft tiles to play into an ice chest. Once the ice chest is full, players ...

Dollars to Donuts is a puzzly, resource management tile-laying game for 2-4 players. Donuts need to be made whole! In Dollars to Donuts players take turns purchasing tiles to match donut halves and to fill their boards, making the most delicious spread...

Dollars to Donuts

Contracts and Set Collection games

King of the Dice

Sheriff of Nottingham - Merry Men Expansion

Great American Mail Race, The

Discoveries: The Journals of Lewis & Clark

Broom Service - The Card Game

Taco Bell Party Pack Game

Atelier - The Painter's Studio

Science Fiction themed games with Contracts

Undermining is a game where players need to make the best of the actions available to achieve short term goals, like gaining particular resources, as well as to consider how to set themselves up long term through upgrading their mining vehicle and fulfilling...

SpaceCorp is a fast-playing board game in which one to four players explore and develop outer space over three eras. Each player controls an Earth-based enterprise seeking profit by driving the expansion of humanity into the Solar System and beyond.Each...

At the scrap yard on the outskirts of the city, four eccentric scientists rummage through piles of useless trash. They are competing to see who is the best rocket designer. The task is not easy, and the materials are limited. Which eccentric researcher...

Embark on an Astronomer's Dream: Explore the enchanting night sky with our constellation exploration board game! Telescope for Realistic Stargazing: Experience the thrill of stargazing with an included telescope component. Peer into the night sky and...

Contracts and Market games

Contracts games illustrated by Robby Corrales

Potions of Azerland

In Potions of Azerland you will, you guessed it, make potions!Gather resources from the forest, increase your knowledge in various potion types, go to the market to collect and trade goods, then make your potions to drink for unique powers or fulfill...

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Simultaneous Action Selection

Trains themed games with Contracts

Contracts games published by Giochix.it

Set in the Renaissance city of Ragusa (now Dubrovnik) in the 15th century, Ragusa tasks players with building the city, its walls, and making use of its growing economy to find their fortunes.The turn-by-turn gameplay is simple: pace houses between spaces...

Rurik: Dawn of Kiev is a euro-style realm building game set in an 11th century Eastern European kingdom and featuring area control, resource management, and a new mechanic - "auction programming."You play as one of several potential successors to the...

Welcome in early Renaissance Europe!You are a wealthy merchant looking to multiply your fortune, gain influence and recognition! While visiting cities spread all over the continent, you build trading posts and contribute to the construction of great ...

Altiplano puts you in the South American highlands, where you must be creative to develop the available resources and vegetation of the high plateau between the Eastern and Western Andes. Learn to thrive by fishing in Lake Titicana, mining ore, breeding...

Puzzle themed games with Contracts

Contracts games published by Gigamic

Each of you has a small island paradise, where you make a living growing delicious fruit. Your goal is to gain the most points by fulfilling ships orders and by adding businesses to your island. Clever planning is essential, as fulfilling orders frees...

In Amul, each player is a striving merchant, competing for wealth and success. The creative card drafting mechanism caters to swift and simultaneous gameplay, keeping all players constantly engaged. Draft cards from the market to collect goods and valuables...

Humanity has become more daring when sailing the open waters. More and more pirate ships venture into the forbidden seas, endangering their realms and the fantastic creatures who inhabit them. In Sea Dragons, you will send out your dragon clan to collect...

Contracts and Action Retrieval games

Barrage is a resource management and strategic placement game in which players compete to build their majestic dams, raise them to increase their storing capacity of precious water, and deliver all the potential power through pressure tunnels connected...

Discover the enchanting beauty of the Crystal Trade Road and its magnificent golems!Wrap your mind around simple and pure game mechanics combined with a touch of a hand-building system that lead to endless strategies and decisions.• Explore the Markets...

Welcome to Valanyr, an otherworldly land home to devastation, unstable magicks, and now, you - a mage tasked with exploring this strange new frontier. Rediscover your affinity for magic as your learn Alteration techniques to control the elements; hone...

Century: Big Box contains the three titles in the Century game series - Spice Road, Eastern Wonders, and A New World - along with all promo items released for these games and a new mini-expansion, Golden Deals.Each game can be played independently, but...

Contracts games illustrated by Andrew Bosley

Contracts games published by GoKids 玩樂小子

Contracts games published by Vagabund

Port Royal hoists new colors! The popular push-your-luck card game by award-winning designer Alexander Pfister is back with completely new artwork and the entire collection in one box.In the harbor of Port Royal, life is bustling and you hope to make...

Port Royal @ 1:04:40 Port Royal hoists new colors! The popular push-your-luck card game by award-winning designer Alexander Pfister is back with completely new artwork and the entire collection in one box.In the harbor of Port Royal, life is bustling...

The players are craftsmen in medieval Europe, creating coal, tools, clothes and much more. The player who builds buildings which benefit from each other and manage their production chains best will gain the most victory points and become a master craftsman...

Contracts and Advantage Token games

This is a modular expansion to any version of Viticulture. What story will you tell as you seek to create the most successful vineyard in Tuscany?Tuscany: Essential Edition includes 3 expansion modules that can be used in any combination: special workers...

Viticulture: Tuscany Essential Edition

The Hallertau in Bavaria, Germany is the largest continuous hop-producing region in the world. It prides itself upon being the first in Middle Europe to cultivate hops. This game is set around 1850, when the Hallertau became what it is today.As a chief...

Contracts and Simultaneous Action Selection games

Own the best ice cream truck in the neighborhood! Summer has come to your neighborhood! Try to fulfill all the ice cream orders around town before your opponents!Adds new scoring mechanics to the hit flip and fill Welcome To… Comes with new city plan...

As a 15th-century printing pioneer, you will compete for the fame of your printing house. Take on the role of one of the historical characters and fulfill your customers' orders and your patron's expectations. Print your books and add refinements. Improve...

The Easter Egg Hunt has begun!Spring has come to your neighborhood! And there’s nothing like a little competition during a holiday season… Race to collect the Easter eggs around town before your opponents. Adds new scoring mechanics to the hit flip ...

Add 7 new cards for more variety to your games of Stonespine Architects.This new chamber cards include 3 shrines allow you to swap two chamber cards and 4 fountains move a market token from one chamber to another.

Strategy Game with Contracts

Queen Himiko has tasked every builder in the kingdom with a prestigious mission: build the capital of Yamataï and make it the jewel of the archipelago. Your task: surpass your competitors and build the most prestigious city of them all, using resources...

The cavernous halls of Winterforge echo once more with the roar of fire and the ring of steel. The six legendary guilds compete for the favor of the royal family, a favor that brings with it a contract of unrivaled value, the Royal Centenary Contract...

Smiths of Winterforge

Contracts and Tableau Building games

Red Cathedral, The

Lorenzo Il Magnifico (2nd Edition)

Splendor Marvel

Terraforming Mars

Contracts games published by Angry Lion Games

Old-world Tuscany awaits your winemaking skill and strategic cunning. You'll plant vines, harvest grapes, age wines, and fill merchant orders to create the greatest winery in Italy!Viticulture is a worker-placement strategy game that allows players to...

Viticulture: Essential Edition

Kennerspiel des Jahres 2017 NomineeRaiders of the North Sea is set in the central years of the Viking Age. As Viking warriors, players seek to impress the Chieftain by raiding unsuspecting settlements. Players will need to assemble a crew, collect provisions...

Raiders of the North Sea

Children's Game with Contracts

Minecraft: Heroes of the Village

Adventure and fun await in this cooperative Minecraft game! Can you protect the Village from raiding Illagers? Explore the world, collect Blocks, fight Mobs, and build defensive buildings before marauding Illagers invade. Your helpful animal companions...

Children's Game

Deck, Bag, and Pool Building

Contracts games published by Lucky Duck Games

"Funfair" is a strategy card game where players compete to build the most attractive theme park. Aimed at players aged 14 and up, the game combines city building and economic elements, with each player's goal to design a park that attracts the most ...

Mint Delivery is a mint tin-sized, refreshingly light, pick-up-and-deliver board game designed to be quick-to-play and easy-to-learn with a small footprint.In the game, players take the role of a mint delivery truck driver, driving around the area taking...

Animals themed games with Contracts

Contracts games illustrated by Adam P. McIver

Embark on an exhilarating journey through the bustling streets of Yokohama, where tradition meets modernity and opportunity awaits at every turn. Yokohama is an immersive board game that invites players to step into the vibrant world of 19th-century ...

Gold West is a delicate balance of resource management and area control. Build your mining empire while vying over the precious metals of the frontier! Carefully manage your supply tracks and refine the right resources at the right times to keep a step...

Nature themed games with Contracts

Contracts and Slide / Push games

Chocolate Factory

Set in the early 20th century of entrepreneurs and chocolatiers experimenting with new ways to create and market chocolates, YOU are assigned the task of Chief Chocolatier!Compete to run the best Chocolate Factory! Featuring a literal engine (powered...

Industry / Manufacturing

End Game Bonuses

Educational Game with Contracts

Deluxe Special Edition: Elevate your Kavango experience with a range of deluxe components in addition to the 12 Kickstarter stretch-goals.Immersive Gameplay & Stunning Artwork: Created by conservationists, Kavango offers a deeply thematic gameplay experience...

Deluxe Special Edition: Elevate your Kavango experience with a range of deluxe components in addition to the 12 Kickstarter stretch-goals.Immersive Gameplay & Stunning Artwork: Created by conservationists, Kavango offers a deeply thematic gameplay experience...

Trekking the World is a globetrotting adventure where you visit the world’s most beautiful places, collect the best souvenirs, and revel in the miracle of our planet.SHARE THE JOY OF WORLD TRAVELA game that helps you share your greatest memories and...

Gregor Mendel is the 19th Century Augustinian Friar credited with the discovery of modern genetics. In Genotype, you play as his assistants, competing to collect experimental data on pea plants by trying to control how the plants inherit key Traits from...

Contracts games edited by Molly Johnson

Contracts and Hand Management games

The grape pickers dispute the inheritance of a magnificent yet neglected vineyard. The one who harvests the best grapes becomes the rightful owner of the land. The players go down the board grabbing the most valuable grape cards and try to sell them...

Nicodemus Gideon, a handyman at the dream factory, is retiring! For the last 352 years, he has repaired the fascinating machines from the Bric-a-brac, essential for producing resources and charcoalium. Assistance interested in his position must face ...

Win the Crown and Succeed the King of Emara!Use your actions and councilors to your advantage. Make the best tactical and strategic decisions, and become Emara's greatest benefactor.1. On each of your turns, send out one of your councilors and decide...

Contracts games published by Korea Boardgames

The Nile Affair is a new thematic map for Barrage for 2-4 players with new mechanics (Irrigation), which includes 1 map board, 2 punchboards and the rules.

Barrage - The Nile Affair Expansion

Acquire goods to produce canned fish (sardines and mackerel), pack them in your factory to later sell to national and international markets, and invest your money wisely to improve your production line. In Lata, a tableau building game with a unique...

Contracts games designed by Henry Audubon

Happy Hiking!Take a hike with TRAILS and explore iconic sites and national parks across the US. With easy-to-learn rules, you'll gather resources, observe wildlife, and earn wilderness badges. Grab your friends and family and hit the trail!TRAILS is ...

Ride a rocket to extraordinary destinations across our galaxy. Gather exotic crystals that further our understanding of what's out there. Earn exploration badges and prove yourself as the galaxy's next great explorer in Space Park! Mechanisms:• Action...