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Command Cards
OpenGames using
5
Median complexity
2.27
0–5
Median rating
6.91
bayes
Tabletop fit
1.071
weight-controlled
Definition
From BoardGameGeek
Players have a hand of cards that allows them to activate and perform actions with a subset of their units.
Top games using this mechanism
By BGG bayes rating, top 50.
| Game | Year | Rating | Wt | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voidfall#86 | 2023 | 7.64 | 4.6 | 240m |
| Memoir '44#220 | 2004 | 7.33 | 2.3 | 45m |
| Commands & Colors: Ancients#250 | 2006 | 7.28 | 2.7 | 60m |
| BattleLore: Second Edition#449 | 2013 | 7.05 | 2.7 | 90m |
| Mythic Battles: Pantheon#540 | 2017 | 6.96 | 3.1 | 90m |
| Commands & Colors: Napoleonics#551 | 2010 | 6.96 | 2.7 | 90m |
| BattleLore#607 | 2006 | 6.91 | 2.8 | 60m |
| Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001 – ?#645 | 2010 | 6.88 | 3.7 | 180m |
| 1775: Rebellion#651 | 2013 | 6.87 | 2.3 | 120m |
| 878 Vikings: Invasions of England#944 | 2017 | 6.68 | 2.6 | 120m |
| Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit#1297 | 2000 | 6.51 | 2.5 | 120m |
| Battle Cry#1411 | 1999 | 6.46 | 2.1 | 45m |
| Dual Powers: Revolution 1917#2681 | 2018 | 6.09 | 2.3 | 60m |
| Commands & Colors: Medieval#2944 | 2019 | 6.04 | 2.6 | 120m |
| Kick-Ass: The Board Game#3488 | 2018 | 5.95 | 3.0 | 90m |
| Mutabo#3955 | 2017 | 5.89 | 1.0 | 45m |
| Dawn of Peacemakers#6197 | 2018 | 5.70 | 3.1 | 120m |
| Strat-O-Matic Pro Basketball#8911 | 1973 | 5.61 | 2.6 | 90m |
| Neon Gods#11411 | 2018 | 5.57 | 2.4 | 120m |
| Semper Fidelis: Bitwa o Lwów 1918-1919#12091 | 2017 | 5.56 | 2.9 | 180m |
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