Understanding the "Race" Mechanism in Board Games
The "race" mechanic in board games refers to a competitive dynamic wherein players strive to be the first to achieve a certain goal or reach a particular end state.
Characteristics:
- Goal-Oriented: Players must reach a specific target, such as a physical location or a points threshold.
- Simultaneity: Often all players are competing at the same time, rather than taking turns to advance.
- Speed: Quick decision-making is generally rewarded.
- Direct Competition: Players might be able to directly or indirectly affect each other's progress.
Examples:
- Ticket to Ride: Players race to complete train routes.
- Carcassonne: Players hurry to complete cities, roads, and monasteries.
- The Quest for El Dorado: Players push to be the first to reach the legendary city.
Benefits:
- Adds tension and excitement through direct competition.
- Encourages strategic planning to outpace opponents.
In summary, the "race" mechanic in board games is central to gameplay that revolves around being the first to reach an objective, fostering a tense and engaging experience for players.
Trains themed games with Race
Strategy Game with Race
Race and Variable Set-up games
Race games designed by Marc André
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...
Splendor Duel
$29.99
$23.99
Bring together a team of super heroes and prevent Thanos from ending the world! The Infinity Stones are scattered throughout the Multiverse. Use their essence to recruit heroes and villains and gain Infinity Points.Assemble the Avengers, acquire locations...
Splendor Marvel
$49.99
$39.99
Race and Variable Player Powers games
Race games designed by Corné van Moorsel
Race and Push Your Luck games
Card Game with Race
Race games published by Hachette Boardgames USA
Rookie drivers: Choose the coolest car, tighten your helmets, prepare your thumbs, and rev up your voice!Either cooperatively or competitively, be the first to cross the finish line in a series of hilarious races. In Turbo Kidz, the Driver covers their...
Turbo Kidz
$24.84
Embark on an adventurous race around the world in Expeditions: Around the World! Discover extraordinary destinations, immerse yourself in new cultures, encounter exotic wildlife, and marvel at stunning landscapes!Three expeditions depart from Northern...
Expeditions: Around the World
$34.99
Race games published by Korea Boardgames
Medieval themed games with Race
Race games published by Alderac Entertainment Group
Automobiles
$150.00
Will you cross the finish line first? Now is your chance to find out! Automobiles is a deck-building game where the fun is cubed. Instead of cards, you’ll be building your collection with cubes. Your cubes not only allow you to race your car around ...
mostly positive, 71%
10 y/o +
2 to 5 players
45 minutes
Relaxed
Strategy Game
Racing
Sports
Deck, Bag, and Pool Building
Hand Management
Race
Race games published by Lucky Duck Games
Race and Connections games
Super Snipers is a one-to-two-player dueling sniper game that features easy to pick up rules, fast and intense gameplay, simultaneous turns, virtually no downtime, and a familiar polyomino puzzle mechanic used in a novel and exciting way!
Super Snipers
$0.00
Who will have the best Metro line? Organize your passengers' trips across the most romantic cities in the world! Feel free to double up with other players and create connections that will earn you even more points.Over multiple rounds in Get on Board...
Get on Board: Paris & Roma
$29.99
$20.00
Race games published by Queen Games
Their ultimate goal is the tomb of the pharaoh, but many treasures can be collected as they search. As they explore, the challenge unfolds: The player who manages to quickly get their team of adventurers to the tomb, while salvaging as many treasures...
Luxor
$49.95
$44.99
As daredevil scrap racers you take part in the fastest, most dangerous, and downright crazy race in the galaxy.Built from all sorts of old scrap, the racers may be fast, but they are susceptible to engine failures of all kind, from small to catastrophic...
Scrap Racer
$42.95
$30.00
Race games published by Game Harbor
Race and Track Movement games
All good things come in threes...In Spinderella, players race to get their three ants across the forest floor as quickly as they can, but spiders await in the branches above and - with a little help from opponents - one might swoop down to scoop up ...
Spinderella (1st Edition)
$35.00
Cartagena takes as its theme the famous 1672 pirate-led jailbreak from the fortress of Cartagena. Each player has a group of six pirates, and you want to be the first to have all six escape through the tortuous underground passage that connects the ...
Cartagena (4th Printing)
$34.95
$24.91
