Delayed Purchase
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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.
| Game | Year | Rating | Wt | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dune: Imperium – Uprising#5 | 2023 | 8.23 | 3.5 | 120m |
| Dune: Imperium#6 | 2020 | 8.22 | 3.1 | 120m |
| Star Wars: Rebellion#10 | 2016 | 8.17 | 3.8 | 240m |
| The Castles of Burgundy#15 | 2011 | 8.03 | 3.0 | 90m |
| Lost Ruins of Arnak#30 | 2020 | 7.92 | 2.9 | 120m |
| Food Chain Magnate#49 | 2015 | 7.78 | 4.2 | 240m |
| On Mars#58 | 2020 | 7.74 | 4.6 | 150m |
| Quacks#78 | 2018 | 7.67 | 1.9 | 45m |
| Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure#98 | 2016 | 7.60 | 2.2 | 60m |
| Aeon's End#108 | 2016 | 7.58 | 2.8 | 60m |
| The Quest for El Dorado#122 | 2017 | 7.54 | 1.9 | 60m |
| Dominion: Intrigue#132 | 2009 | 7.50 | 2.4 | 30m |
| Dominion#145 | 2008 | 7.47 | 2.3 | 30m |
| Clank! In! Space!: A Deck-Building Adventure#162 | 2017 | 7.43 | 2.6 | 90m |
| Tyrants of the Underdark#164 | 2016 | 7.42 | 2.5 | 60m |
| Star Realms#174 | 2014 | 7.40 | 1.9 | 20m |
| Dominion: Second Edition#175 | 2016 | 7.40 | 2.2 | 30m |
| War Chest#183 | 2018 | 7.39 | 2.3 | 30m |
| Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game#197 | 2014 | 7.37 | 2.7 | 60m |
| Star Realms: Colony Wars#261 | 2015 | 7.25 | 1.9 | 20m |
| Hero Realms#306 | 2016 | 7.20 | 1.8 | 20m |
| Lewis & Clark: The Expedition#331 | 2013 | 7.17 | 3.3 | 120m |
| Rococo#340 | 2013 | 7.16 | 3.1 | 120m |
| A Few Acres of Snow#584 | 2011 | 6.93 | 3.0 | 90m |
| Friday#588 | 2011 | 6.93 | 2.2 | 25m |
| Shards of Infinity#724 | 2018 | 6.82 | 2.1 | 30m |
| Paperback#743 | 2014 | 6.81 | 2.0 | 45m |
| Eminent Domain#939 | 2011 | 6.69 | 2.5 | 45m |
| Super Motherload#982 | 2015 | 6.66 | 2.3 | 60m |
| Thunderstone#1073 | 2009 | 6.61 | 2.5 | 60m |
| Quarriors!#1309 | 2011 | 6.51 | 2.0 | 30m |
| Hardback#1310 | 2018 | 6.50 | 2.1 | 90m |
| Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition#1327 | 2008 | 6.50 | 3.1 | 360m |
| Rune Age#1800 | 2011 | 6.32 | 2.3 | 60m |
| World in Flames#2110 | 1985 | 6.23 | 4.6 | 6000m |
| Nightfall#2692 | 2011 | 6.09 | 2.6 | 45m |
| Shadowrift#2739 | 2012 | 6.08 | 2.7 | 120m |
| Pax Emancipation#3533 | 2018 | 5.94 | 4.7 | 120m |
| Praetor#4038 | 2014 | 5.88 | 3.0 | 75m |
| The Tea Dragon Society Card Game#5254 | 2018 | 5.76 | 1.5 | 60m |
| Saint Seiya: Deckbuilding#5912 | 2018 | 5.72 | 2.4 | 60m |
| Johari#7323 | 2014 | 5.66 | 2.2 | 90m |
| Rick and Morty: Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind Deck-Building Game#7746 | 2017 | 5.64 | 2.2 | 70m |
| Warmachine: High Command#8728 | 2013 | 5.61 | 2.3 | 60m |
| Fatal Alliances: The Great War 1914-1918#9615 | 2016 | 5.60 | 4.1 | 1200m |
| Het Koninkrijk Dominion#10374 | 2015 | 5.58 | 1.8 | 20m |
| Temp Worker Assassins#10781 | 2016 | 5.58 | 2.3 | 60m |
| Taiwan Formosa#15056 | 2018 | 5.54 | 2.7 | 60m |
| Thunder's Edge#15669 | 1999 | 5.53 | 3.1 | 300m |
| Ravingspire#17641 | 2016 | 5.53 | 2.4 | 240m |
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