End Game Bonuses in Board Games
What Are End Game Bonuses?
End game bonuses are rewards given to players at the conclusion of a board game for achieving certain criteria. These bonuses typically come in the form of additional victory points or resources that can contribute to a player's final score.
Purpose of End Game Bonuses
End game bonuses incentivize players to pursue specific strategies throughout the game and maintain engagement until the very end. They also add a layer of uncertainty to the final outcome, as players may not be completely aware of their opponents' bonuses until scores are finalized.
Impact on Gameplay
- Strategic Depth: Players must balance short-term gains with potential end game bonuses.
- Diversity: Encourages varied strategies, as different bonuses will align with different playstyles.
- Uncertainty: Adds suspense, as the final victor is often undecided until the very end.
Examples
- Ticket to Ride: Players receive bonuses for the longest continuous train.
- Settlers of Catan: Bonus points for the largest army and the longest road.
- Agricola: Points awarded for a variety of farm configurations at the end of the game.
Conclusion
End game bonuses are a versatile mechanic used in many board games to add complexity and excitement to the gaming experience. They can significantly affect player strategy and game outcomes, making them a vital part of board game design.
Civilization themed games with End Game Bonuses
End Game Bonuses games published by Korea Boardgames
Strategy Game with End Game Bonuses
End Game Bonuses and Pattern Building games
Economic themed games with End Game Bonuses
Deep Shelf is a game of deep-sea exploration, engine building, and area majority scoring. Control one of four highly asymmetric factions and lead them to victory by building the most efficient resource extraction engine and researching powerful new ...
Deep Shelf (Kickstarter Edition)
$129.95
Between alleys of old London, bands of survivors use their abilities to explore and plunder the scarce resources that are left, to sell them to the Pure Caste in exchange for food and fuel.The only ones who still have high technology, the Pure Ones ...
D.E.I. - Divide et Impera Core Game (English Meeple Version)
$80.00
End Game Bonuses games published by Hobby Japan
End Game Bonuses and Dice Rolling games
Semi-Cooperative Game with End Game Bonuses
In Too Deep is a unique, narrative that thrusts you into the future in a tense, strategic board game for up to 5 players. Draft characters and spend actions to fulfill objectives and collect sets. Which side of the law will you end up on?Box Includes...
In Too Deep
$55.00
$38.99
Welcome home, good Hunter. Yharnam's blood calls to you. You may believe this to be nothing more than a bad dream, but its curse lies heavy upon us all...Long ago, the cursed city of Yharnam made a grim discovery: by using Blood Ministration, every affliction...
Bloodborne: The Card Game
$69.92
$18.00
Travel themed games with End Game Bonuses
Family Game with End Game Bonuses
End Game Bonuses and Closed Drafting games
End Game Bonuses games published by Arcane Wonders Games
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
-51%
$44.99
$22.00
The heyday of the Star Union has come to an end. Setting off massive Gravity-Bombs designed to create spatial rifts to new worlds led to the Collapse, and many planets were cut off from the rest of the Empire.The surviving factions began gradually rebuilding...
mixed, 68%
12 y/o +
2 to 6 players
20 minutes
Relaxed
Card Game
Science Fiction
Space
End Game Bonuses
Income
Open Drafting
Set Collection
Anthropomorphic themed games with End Game Bonuses
Hickory Dickory
-53%
$59.95
$28.00
Hickory dickory dock,Behold Lord Cuckoo's squawk!Return his hoard,For your reward,By traveling 'round the clock.Hickory dickory dock,Leap, scurry, and gather stock,You'll soon savor,Noble favor,Of the mad king of the clock!In Hickory Dickory, players...
mixed, 67%
10 y/o +
1 to 4 players
60 minutes
Relaxed
Animals
Anthropomorphic
Action Retrieval
Different Worker Types
End Game Bonuses
Market
End Game Bonuses games illustrated by Shem Phillips
Wayfarers of the South Tigris is set during the height of the Abbasid Caliphate, circa 820 AD. As brave explorers, cartographers and astronomers, players set off from Baghdad to map the surrounding land, waterways, and heavens above. Players must carefully...
Wayfarers of the South Tigris
$60.00
$45.00
In Gates of Gold, people from near and far have come to see the splendor of our great city. While most are traders and labourers, eager to make a home for themselves, others seem to have more devious intentions. Can we really trust those who once attacked...
Viscounts of the West Kingdom: Gates of Gold Expansion
$35.00
$26.99
End Game Bonuses games published by Galakta
Team-Based Game with End Game Bonuses
End Game Bonuses games illustrated by Ryo Nyamo
Yokohama
-50%
$60.00
$29.98
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 ...
mostly positive, 77%
14 y/o +
2 to 4 players
90 minutes
Involved
Economic
Contracts
End Game Bonuses
Grid Movement
Modular Board
