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Games using
12
Median complexity
2.28
0–5
Median rating
6.87
bayes
Tabletop fit
1.238
weight-controlled

Definition

From BoardGameGeek

Items that are purchased do not enter play right away but arrive on a future turn.

Top games using this mechanism

By BGG bayes rating, top 50.

GameYearRatingWtTime
Dune: Imperium – Uprising#520238.233.5120m
Dune: Imperium#620208.223.1120m
Star Wars: Rebellion#1020168.173.8240m
The Castles of Burgundy#1520118.033.090m
Lost Ruins of Arnak#3020207.922.9120m
Food Chain Magnate#4920157.784.2240m
On Mars#5820207.744.6150m
Quacks#7820187.671.945m
Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure#9820167.602.260m
Aeon's End#10820167.582.860m
The Quest for El Dorado#12220177.541.960m
Dominion: Intrigue#13220097.502.430m
Dominion#14520087.472.330m
Clank! In! Space!: A Deck-Building Adventure#16220177.432.690m
Tyrants of the Underdark#16420167.422.560m
Star Realms#17420147.401.920m
Dominion: Second Edition#17520167.402.230m
War Chest#18320187.392.330m
Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game#19720147.372.760m
Star Realms: Colony Wars#26120157.251.920m
Hero Realms#30620167.201.820m
Lewis & Clark: The Expedition#33120137.173.3120m
Rococo#34020137.163.1120m
A Few Acres of Snow#58420116.933.090m
Friday#58820116.932.225m
Shards of Infinity#72420186.822.130m
Paperback#74320146.812.045m
Eminent Domain#93920116.692.545m
Super Motherload#98220156.662.360m
Thunderstone#107320096.612.560m
Quarriors!#130920116.512.030m
Hardback#131020186.502.190m
Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition#132720086.503.1360m
Rune Age#180020116.322.360m
World in Flames#211019856.234.66000m
Nightfall#269220116.092.645m
Shadowrift#273920126.082.7120m
Pax Emancipation#353320185.944.7120m
Praetor#403820145.883.075m
The Tea Dragon Society Card Game#525420185.761.560m
Saint Seiya: Deckbuilding#591220185.722.460m
Johari#732320145.662.290m
Rick and Morty: Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind Deck-Building Game#774620175.642.270m
Warmachine: High Command#872820135.612.360m
Fatal Alliances: The Great War 1914-1918#961520165.604.11200m
Het Koninkrijk Dominion#1037420155.581.820m
Temp Worker Assassins#1078120165.582.360m
Taiwan Formosa#1505620185.542.760m
Thunder's Edge#1566919995.533.1300m
Ravingspire#1764120165.532.4240m

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