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Contracts

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 Auction/Bidding games

Contracts games developed by Joanna Wójtowicz

Contracts games published by Hobby Japan

Brazil - Imperial

Coal Baron - The Great Card Game

Village - Big Box

Alubari: A Nice Cup of Tea

Oh My Goods! (2019 Edition)

Takenoko (2020 Edition)

Science Fiction themed games with Contracts

Contracts games illustrated by Andrew Bosley

Contracts and Pick-up and Deliver games

Essen, on the verge of the 20th century: A time when endless supplies of coal are abundant in the earth and ripe for the taking! You are the owner of a coal mine fulfilling contracts for various types of coal. Spend capital to buy coal carts and expand...

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...

People refer to this vast place only as "the Desert" since no one remembers what was here before. The golden age of human beings has long passed. Now there is only sand, and the only hope is in the humidity.Travelers cross the desert that stretches from...

Family Game with Contracts

Fantasy themed games with Contracts

King of the Dice

Dollars to Donuts

Broom Service - The Card Game

Minecraft: Heroes of the Village

Smiths of Winterforge

Century: Golem Edition

Guild Academies of Valeria

Contracts games published by Giant Roc

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...

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 ...

Contracts and Track Movement games

Contracts and Network and Route Building games

Great American Mail Race, The

Molehill Meadows

Barrage - The Nile Affair Expansion

Pipeline: Emerging Markets Expansion

Starry Night Sky

Contracts and Open Drafting games

Lorenzo Il Magnifico (2nd Edition)

Chocolate Factory

Chocolate Factory (Deluxe Kickstarter Edition)

Downtown Farmers Market

Sagrada: The Great Facades #3 - Glory Expansion

Contracts and Race games

Medieval themed games with Contracts

Sheriff of Nottingham - Merry Men Expansion

Raiders of the North Sea

Voyages of Marco Polo, The

Century: Big Box

Contracts games illustrated by Fantasmagoria Creative

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: Big Box Edition

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...

Port Royal: Big Box Edition

Contracts games designed by Benoit Turpin

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...

Welcome to... Summer

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 ...

Welcome to... Spring

American West themed games with Contracts

A party of brave men committed to gaining an understanding of the geography and natural resources of the West. Without fail, they traversed almost inaccessible mountains, crossed important rivers, contending with mosquitoes and wild animals. Their adventure...

The Cascadia: Rolling series of puzzly flip-and-roll-and-write games featuring the habitats and wildlife of the Pacific Northwest! Simultaneously roll dice, collect wildlife, and complete habitat cards to fill in different environments in Cascadia. Use...

The Cascadia: Rolling series of puzzly flip-and-roll-and-write games featuring the habitats and wildlife of the Pacific Northwest! Simultaneously roll dice, collect wildlife, and complete habitat cards to fill in different environments in Cascadia. Use...

Contracts games illustrated by Pedro Soto

Red Cathedral, The

Tsar Ivan the terrible has ordered the construction of a cathedral in honor of his military victories. Many teams of builders will take part in the construction, but only one of them will stand out and gain the favor of the Tzar. This game can be played...

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Animals themed games with Contracts

Contracts games published by Rio Grande Games

Players struggle to survive the Stone Age by working as hunters, collectors, farmers, and tool makers. As you gather resources and grow your population, you work to build the tools needed to build your civilization.The times were hard indeed. Our ancestors...

In Woodcraft, players take turns choosing one of seven actions, which become more valuable the longer they remain unchosen. These actions are used to manipulate dice representing wood that can be cut, gilded, purchased, or even grown.Manage your workshop...

Contracts games designed by Marco Portugal

Foodies (Last Chance)

Managing a successful food court is hard work. Foodies flock to food courts with the tastiest offering, so you'd better brush up! Can you tell a rissole from a risotto? Do you add falafel to your fajitas? Oooh, how about some bratwurst-stuffed baozi?...

Food, Drink & Cooking

Contracts games designed by Jordy Adan

Stonespine Architects - Shrines and Fountains

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.

Closed Drafting

Hand Management

Pattern Building

Educational Game with Contracts

Kavango (Deluxe Edition)

Kavango (Deluxe Edition)

Trekking the World

Wingspan (with Swift-Start Pack)

Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game

Contracts games developed by John Zinser

Atelier - The Painter's Studio

Take on the role of an artist managing an atelier, or art studio, during the 19th century. Roll dice, manage your assistants, collect needed paint, and complete famous works of art. Will you be a prolific artist completing many works for your patrons...

Post-Napoleonic

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