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Campaign / Battle Card Driven

Open
Games using
14
Median complexity
2.11
0–5
Median rating
6.16
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.615
weight-controlled

Definition

From BoardGameGeek

The Campaign/Battle Card Driven mechanic is a relatively recent development in wargames that focuses the players' actions on cards they have in their hand. Performing a single action uses a single card; cards will often be multi-purpose.

Top games using this mechanism

By BGG bayes rating, top 50.

GameYearRatingWtTime
Gloomhaven#420178.303.9120m
War of the Ring: Second Edition#820118.204.2240m
Spirit Island#1120178.144.1120m
Twilight Struggle#1420058.043.6180m
Nemesis#2520187.953.5180m
Arcs#10220247.593.4120m
Inis#12420167.532.990m
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon#13620197.503.4120m
The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth#14320197.482.7120m
War of the Ring#21820047.333.8120m
Memoir '44#22020047.332.345m
Commands & Colors: Ancients#25020067.282.760m
Paths of Glory#26019997.253.9480m
Combat Commander: Europe#27920067.233.3180m
1960: The Making of the President#33220077.173.2120m
BattleLore: Second Edition#44920137.052.790m
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage#48419967.023.5150m
Here I Stand#53920066.974.2360m
Mythic Battles: Pantheon#54020176.963.190m
Commands & Colors: Napoleonics#55120106.962.790m
Dawn of the Zeds (Third Edition)#57020166.943.8120m
Black Rose Wars#58120196.933.490m
BattleLore#60720066.912.860m
Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001 – ?#64520106.883.7180m
1775: Rebellion#65120136.872.3120m
Triumph & Tragedy: European Balance of Power 1936-1945#71620156.833.4360m
Bloodborne: The Board Game#76120216.793.175m
Gears of War: The Board Game#77720116.782.9180m
Hammer of the Scots#78520026.783.0180m
Churchill#81420156.763.4300m
Empire of the Sun: The Pacific War 1941-1945#89520056.714.4360m
878 Vikings: Invasions of England#94420176.682.6120m
Hannibal & Hamilcar#99920186.653.9200m
Up Front#103619836.633.460m
1989: Dawn of Freedom#104320126.633.3150m
Washington's War#107420106.612.990m
Combat Commander: Pacific#107520086.613.2180m
13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962#108020166.612.345m
Virgin Queen#116320126.574.4420m
Here I Stand: 500th Anniversary Edition#120620176.554.6360m
Time of Crisis: The Roman Empire in Turmoil, 235-284 AD#125920176.533.0180m
Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit#129720006.512.5120m
Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar#135620166.494.0360m
Julius Caesar: Caesar, Pompey, and the Roman Civil War#138220106.472.5180m
For the People#138519986.473.7360m
Andean Abyss#139320126.473.8360m
Castle Panic#140520096.461.760m
Wilderness War#141420016.463.3180m
Maximum Apocalypse#142620186.462.190m
Risk: Star Wars Edition#144020156.451.945m

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