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Auction: Dutch
OpenGames using
10
Median complexity
1.90
0–5
Median rating
6.39
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.771
weight-controlled
Definition
From BoardGameGeek
A simultaneous single-bid system in which the lot starts at a very high price, and then is gradually decreased by the auctioneer or other controlling mechanism, until someone agrees to claim the item at its current price, ending the auction. The first bidder to accept the current price is the winner, such that there are no ties.
Top games using this mechanism
By BGG bayes rating, top 50.
| Game | Year | Rating | Wt | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization#18 | 2015 | 8.01 | 4.4 | 120m |
| Concordia#29 | 2013 | 7.93 | 3.0 | 100m |
| Pax Pamir: Second Edition#53 | 2019 | 7.77 | 3.8 | 120m |
| Concordia Venus#105 | 2018 | 7.59 | 3.0 | 120m |
| Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization#118 | 2006 | 7.55 | 4.2 | 120m |
| Suburbia#247 | 2012 | 7.28 | 2.8 | 90m |
| Century: Golem Edition#277 | 2017 | 7.23 | 1.7 | 45m |
| Century: Spice Road#384 | 2017 | 7.10 | 1.8 | 45m |
| Pax Renaissance#835 | 2016 | 6.74 | 4.5 | 120m |
| Vegas Showdown#930 | 2005 | 6.69 | 2.4 | 75m |
| Dale of Merchants#1008 | 2015 | 6.65 | 2.1 | 30m |
| Majesty: For the Realm#1235 | 2017 | 6.53 | 1.7 | 30m |
| Firenze#1271 | 2010 | 6.52 | 2.5 | 60m |
| Eight-Minute Empire: Legends#1380 | 2013 | 6.47 | 2.0 | 20m |
| Eight-Minute Empire#1815 | 2012 | 6.31 | 1.6 | 20m |
| Show Manager#2462 | 1996 | 6.14 | 2.1 | 60m |
| Copycat#2674 | 2012 | 6.09 | 2.7 | 95m |
| Atlantic Star#2737 | 2001 | 6.08 | 2.1 | 60m |
| Orbis#2814 | 2018 | 6.07 | 2.0 | 45m |
| Sobek#2897 | 2010 | 6.05 | 1.8 | 40m |
| Merchants of Amsterdam#3197 | 2000 | 6.00 | 2.6 | 90m |
| Senators#4194 | 2017 | 5.86 | 2.1 | 60m |
| Dreaming Spires#12713 | 2014 | 5.55 | 2.8 | 90m |
| Das Kollier#26505 | 2000 | 5.50 | 2.2 | 20m |
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