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Action / Event

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Games using
Median complexity
0–5
Median rating
bayes
Tabletop fit
weight-controlled

Definition

From BoardGameGeek

On their turn, the player plays a card that shows Action Points and an Event. They must choose to either use the Action Points or perform the Event. If they choose to use Action Points, typically the Event may be performed by another player.

Top games using this mechanism

By BGG bayes rating, top 50.

GameYearRatingWtTime
Twilight Struggle#1420058.043.6180m
1960: The Making of the President#33220077.173.2120m
Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001 – ?#64520106.883.7180m
Wir sind das Volk!#87420146.723.7150m
13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962#108020166.612.345m
Wilderness War#141420016.463.3180m
Pendragon: The Fall of Roman Britain#202220176.254.5360m
The Expanse Board Game#214220176.222.860m
WW2: Barbarossa to Berlin#261420026.113.5420m
We the People#272819936.082.7120m
Iron Curtain#274120176.082.130m
Star Trek: Five-Year Mission#379220155.911.745m
Infection: Humanity's Last Gasp#419220135.862.145m
The Cousins' War#442720175.832.030m
Europe in Turmoil: Prelude to the Great War#475020185.802.8240m
Freedom in the Galaxy: The Star Rebellions, 5764 AD#512119795.774.01200m
Fort Sumter: The Secession Crisis, 1860-61#526820185.761.840m
The Cousins' War (Second Edition)#558920185.742.130m
Forged in Steel#595020165.723.5120m
Maurice: War in an Age of Gentlemen and Philosophers – 1690-1790#1234020125.562.7180m
Flying Carpet#1509219875.541.520m
T.E.G. Cartas#2626220125.502.030m
INTERACTION: No more boredom!#2646320175.501.060m
Toboggans of Doom#2997020085.451.230m

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