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Action Retrieval

Open
Games using
19
Median complexity
2.22
0–5
Median rating
6.19
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.626
weight-controlled

Definition

From BoardGameGeek

Each player has a set of Actions available to them, embodied in cards, tokens, or some other affordance. Once performed, they are spent and may not be performed again until retrieved. Action Retrieval typically is itself an Action, or may take an entire turn.

Top games using this mechanism

By BGG bayes rating, top 50.

GameYearRatingWtTime
Gloomhaven#420178.303.9120m
Spirit Island#1120178.144.1120m
Concordia#2920137.933.0100m
Root#3420187.883.890m
Obsession#6620187.723.190m
Endeavor: Deep Sea#8320247.652.9120m
Concordia Venus#10520187.593.0120m
Dwellings of Eldervale#12820207.523.2150m
Roll for the Galaxy#17220147.402.845m
Century: Golem Edition#27720177.231.745m
Lewis & Clark: The Expedition#33120137.173.3120m
Rococo#34020137.163.1120m
Arcadia Quest#36320147.132.560m
Century: Spice Road#38420177.101.845m
Tiny Epic Galaxies#39220157.102.245m
Mission: Red Planet (Second/Third Edition)#42620157.062.290m
Newton#46620187.033.490m
The Manhattan Project#56520126.943.0120m
Raptor#63820156.882.130m
AuZtralia#83020186.752.9120m
Century: A New World#87220196.722.145m
Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game#92420156.702.760m
Arcadia Quest: Inferno#104720176.632.5120m
Spirits of the Wild#140920186.461.430m
Mission: Red Planet#159220056.402.360m
Heroes of Terrinoth#171720186.342.560m
Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock#172220256.343.5120m
La Habana#193320096.282.245m
Chakra#212520196.231.830m
Transatlantic#223920176.203.1120m
Risk: Europe#224620156.192.6180m
Sardegna#227020056.192.660m
A Castle for All Seasons#227420086.192.860m
Historia#228020146.193.1120m
Stop Thief!#248820176.141.560m
Il Vecchio#264820126.102.660m
Chronicle#266720096.102.030m
Founders of Gloomhaven#270420186.094.1120m
OddVille#281920126.072.360m
Trash Pandas#297720176.041.420m
Famiglia#304220106.021.830m
Witch of Salem#313820086.002.560m
Heroes Wanted#355520145.942.645m
Eminent Domain: Microcosm#434220145.842.015m
Santo Domingo#436420175.841.730m
Legendary Inventors#444820165.832.040m
Guns & Steel#560320155.742.460m
Assault of the Giants#573720175.733.4150m
Mercado#595220185.721.830m
Neolithic#606820165.712.145m

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