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Open Drafting

Open Drafting in Board Games

Open drafting is a game mechanic that involves players selecting game components (commonly cards) from a shared pool to collect resources, build strategic advantages, or complete objectives in a board game. This mechanic fosters player interaction and strategic depth as participants must anticipate their rivals' choices.

Key Features

Shared Pool: Central to open drafting is the communal source of items to be drafted.
Transparency: Players have full visibility of the drafting options, unlike in closed drafting systems.
Turn-Based Selection: Players take turns picking items, usually following a specific order.

Strategic Importance

Open drafting compels players to balance their needs against opponents' potential gains. It demands foresight and adaptability, often influencing player dynamics and alliances.

Popular Games

Sushi Go!: A fast-paced card game where players attempt to grab the best combination of sushi dishes as they whiz by.
7 Wonders: Players develop civilizations by drafting cards that provide resources or advance their military, scientific, or commercial superiority.

In conclusion, open drafting enriches board games by blending luck with strategy, making for an engaging gaming experience.

Open Drafting and Square Grid games

Take center stage in a thematic card drafting game with a twist!Each round, during the Week Phase, players will be drafting cards to take actions such as recruiting Crew members to their band or managing their schedule. Players earn Star Power as their...

Explore the mysterious ruins to reveal the secrets of the blocks! • Draft Keys and clay Blocks from the lower Excavation Site. • Strategically place the Blocks on the upper Temple Floor • Claim Key cards from your unique perspective to score points. ...

A competitive card-drafting, polyomino cat-placement board game for 1 – 4 players (6 with Late Arrivals expansion).You are citizens of Squall’s End on a rescue mission to The Isle of Cats and must rescue as many cats as possible before the evil Lord...

A Game of Second Chances for Shelter DogsHelp dogs in need find their forever home in this puzzly pattern-building game for 1-5 players. 1. Take dogs into your shelter 2. Prepare them for their new home by completing training cards 3. Match prospective...

Space themed games with Open Drafting

Open Drafting and Tile Placement games

The Isle of Cats: Late Arrivals Expansion

Penny Black - A Stamp Collecting Game

Project L - Finesse Expansion (Kickstarter Exclusive)

Card Game with Open Drafting

Truffle Shuffle

Penny Arcade Deck Building Game: Penny Arcade the Game - Gamers vs. Evil

Brew Crafters - Travel Card Game

Fighting themed games with Open Drafting

Open Drafting games illustrated by Adam Lechmanski

High Alert - Requisition is a 12-card Expansion Pack featuring new ships and bases that are 1 trade cheaper to acquire for each card of their faction you have played this turn! Mechanisms:• Deck, Bag, and Pool Building• Card Drafting• Player Elimination...

High Alert - Heroes is a 12-card Expansion Pack containing new multi-faction hero cards! Mechanisms:• Deck, Bag, and Pool Building• Card Drafting• Player Elimination• Take That

High Alert - Invasion is a 12-card Expansion Pack containing new ships and bases with the Double Ally mechanic! Mechanisms:• Deck, Bag, and Pool Building• Card Drafting• Player Elimination• Take That

High Alert - Tech is a 12-card Expansion Pack featuring the new Tech card type, which comes straight into play when acquired and gives you a permanent ability you can activate once per turn with trade! Mechanisms:• Deck, Bag, and Pool Building• Card ...

Open Drafting games published by Matagot

City Building themed games with Open Drafting

7 Wonders Duel: Pantheon Expansion

Citadels (Revised Edition)

Brazil - Imperial

Zoo-ography (Zoo-Mongous Collector's Edition)

Everdell - The Complete Collection

New York Card Game (Special Edition)

Open Drafting games published by Galápagos Jogos

Splendor Duel is a two-player-only standalone game based on Splendor that retains some of the main gameplay mechanisms of that design, while being a bit more complex, dynamic, interactive, rich, tense, and mean.The game features a main board shared by...

In 7 Wonders: Architects, 2-7 players race to become a leader of the ancient world by completing an architectural wonder that will last through the ages.Players receive an unconstructed wonder at the beginning of the game and must collect resources to...

Ticket to Ride is a charming board game where players build train routes across North America. Its rules are simple: you either collect train cards, claim routes between cities, or draw destination cards that set new route-building goals. It's a blend...

This expansion consists of seventeen modules which each add something new and different to the game Food Chain Magnate. They can be played individually or together. Some suggestions for combinations can be found in the rulebook.A selection of what is...

Open Drafting and Take That games

Open Drafting and Tableau Building games

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...

Point Salad is a fast and fun card drafting game for the whole family! There are over 100 ways to score points. Players may use a variety of strategies and every game of Point Salad is unique. Mechanisms:• Card Drafting• Set Collection 108 Double-Sided...

"Pax Renaissance 2nd Edition" is a strategic board game where you become a Renaissance banker, influencing the rise and fall of European empires through finance and intrigue. Your objective is to mold the course of history, striving for victory by way...

Open Drafting games published by Rio Grande Games

Gaine one-time and permanent advantages to do even more for the good of Faiyum.Mechanisms:• Auction• Deck Construction• Deck, Bag, and Pool Building• Hand Management• Hexagon Grid• Market• Network and Route Building• Worker Placement 42 Card 15 Wooden...

This update pack will update your copy of Dominion: Cornucopia & Guilds 1st Edition to 2nd Edition.Mechanisms:Card Drafting• Deck, Bag, and Pool Building• Hand Management

The objective of this game is to collect as much gold as possible while traveling a set path.Each player starts with 3 gold and a hand of cards.The cards represent 4 different types of valuable goods and caravan handlers.Gold is collected along the ...

Concordia: Salsa (Latin for "salted") adds completely new elements to the base game of Concordia:- Salt as a new commodity. It is produced in salt cities and may replace any other commodity as a wildcard resource.- 27 unique forum cards that introduce...

Fantasy themed games with Open Drafting

Cerebria - The Card Game

Millennium Blades

Avatar the Last Air Bender: Fire Nation Rising

Draconis Invasion

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - A Gemstone Mining Game

Ascension - Delirium

Open Drafting games illustrated by Dennis Lohausen

Dice Game with Open Drafting

Open Drafting and Hand Management games

A set of four modular expansions included with the Kickstarter edition of the game. Mechanisms:• Card Drafting• Set Collection 12 Development Cards 9 Scoundrels 5 Saints 8 Profiteers 4 Wooden Tokens

Villagers: Kickstarter Expansion Pack

"Mosaic - A Story of Civilization" is a strategic board game that simulates the sprawling journey of building and managing a civilization. Players take on roles as leaders guiding their civilizations through advancements in technology, culture, and ...

Mosaic: A Story of Civilization

Family Game with Open Drafting

Open Drafting games illustrated by Noah Adelman

In Endeavor: Age of Expansion, players will take the mechanics they know and love and use them with a new set of buildings and cards for a new level of game play and interaction.The new building market creates a totally different strategic experience...

Endeavor - Age of Sail: Endeavor - Age of Expansion (Kickstarter Edition)

Overboss is an all-new game featuring the retro villains of Boss Monster! Emerge from your dungeon to conquer the overworld in this game of tile drafting, map building, and set collection. But aspiring Overbosses must be crafty as well as fierce: each...

Overboss - A Boss Monster Adventure

Environmental themed games with Open Drafting

Open Drafting games published by Lavka Games

WILD: Serengeti is a board game inspired by the endless plains of the Serengeti. This game combines the joy of puzzle-solving with elements of set-collection and engine-building to create a deep and unique strategic experience. The mesmerizing artwork...

Control the Spice. Control the UniverseThe struggle for control of the Imperium continues! Technological innovations from the planet Ix offer strategic advantages to those able to acquire them. The spreading reach of the CHOAM corporation provides trade...

The gallery is seeking new masterpieces! In Canvas: Finishing Touches, complete your works of art and show them off to the world with the new Frames! These Frames add a layer of interaction as players compete to have their work displayed on the gallery...

Print & Play Game with Open Drafting

Cosmos: Empires is a 2-8 player, 15-45 minute engine building card game. Jump into the galaxy, choose your strategy and build your galactic empire. Race against your friends, exploiting their economy to your advantage!Each box comes with:92x Cards 2x...

Pacific Ocean is a quick game where you aim to attract aquatic animals to your sanctuary. You'll select animal cards that can add new icons to your sanctuary or introduce new scoring conditions.The gameplay combines strategic decision-making with bluffing...

Travel the world as you photograph beautiful birds. Get the best pictures by attracting birds with their favorite types of food. Will you have the best portfolio by the end?In Bandada, 1-2 players draft cards from an array that has an action listed ...

Open Drafting games published by Iello

Open Drafting games published by Korea Boardgames Co., Ltd.

Open Drafting games edited by Michael Schemaille

Small Railroad Empires (Clearance)

Build the most prestigious railroad empire in this pickup-and-deliver, route-building and set collection board game for 1-4 players!In this game, players play as the owners of emerging train delivery companies, striving to build a vast infrastructure...

Pick-up and Deliver

Open Drafting and Memory games

Viceroy is a board game of bidding and resource management set in the fantasy universe of the famous Russian CCG Berserk. As the players struggle for control over the world of Laar, they recruit a variety of allies and enact various laws. These cards...

Chaosmos uses an open-world exploration system called “area-caching.” There is no draw deck; all the cards are distributed amongst the players’ hands and planet envelopes. The Chaos Clock counts down clockwise from 48 (36 for a shorter game), and each...

Open Drafting games published by Studio Supernova

It's a Wonderful World: War or Peace Expansion

This expansion is a campaign allowing players to live an adventure scripted in 5 scenarios which brings, collectively during the game, players to make choices that will tip the story towards Peace or World War.At the start of a game, players open an ...

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Hand Management

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