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Layering
OpenGames using
26
Median complexity
1.89
0–5
Median rating
6.45
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.751
weight-controlled
Definition
From BoardGameGeek
Components are placed above other components, partially covering the ones below, or overlapping in various ways. Only the topmost visible icons/areas are active.
Top games using this mechanism
By BGG bayes rating, top 50.
| Game | Year | Rating | Wt | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Feast for Odin#27 | 2016 | 7.94 | 3.9 | 120m |
| Teotihuacan: City of Gods#109 | 2018 | 7.57 | 3.8 | 120m |
| Tikal#378 | 1999 | 7.11 | 2.8 | 90m |
| Innovation#379 | 2010 | 7.11 | 2.8 | 60m |
| Ginkgopolis#427 | 2012 | 7.06 | 2.9 | 45m |
| Smartphone Inc.#443 | 2018 | 7.05 | 2.8 | 90m |
| Sprawlopolis#542 | 2018 | 6.96 | 1.8 | 20m |
| Mystic Vale#590 | 2016 | 6.93 | 2.3 | 45m |
| Cacao#780 | 2015 | 6.78 | 1.8 | 45m |
| Taluva#784 | 2006 | 6.78 | 2.2 | 45m |
| Dragon Castle#884 | 2017 | 6.71 | 2.0 | 45m |
| Reef#917 | 2018 | 6.70 | 1.8 | 45m |
| Eminent Domain#939 | 2011 | 6.69 | 2.5 | 45m |
| One Deck Dungeon#1005 | 2016 | 6.65 | 2.1 | 45m |
| Orchard: 9 card solitaire game#1131 | 2018 | 6.58 | 1.2 | 10m |
| NMBR 9#1280 | 2017 | 6.52 | 1.2 | 20m |
| Loony Quest#1323 | 2015 | 6.50 | 1.2 | 30m |
| Circle the Wagons#1413 | 2017 | 6.46 | 1.6 | 15m |
| Honshū#1452 | 2016 | 6.45 | 1.9 | 30m |
| Edge of Darkness#1541 | 2019 | 6.41 | 3.5 | 120m |
| Java#1595 | 2000 | 6.39 | 3.4 | 120m |
| Tournay#1742 | 2011 | 6.34 | 2.9 | 60m |
| Marrakech#1745 | 2007 | 6.34 | 1.3 | 30m |
| Gingerbread House#1775 | 2018 | 6.33 | 1.9 | 30m |
| Kodama: The Tree Spirits#1842 | 2016 | 6.30 | 1.6 | 30m |
| Patchistory#2038 | 2013 | 6.25 | 3.8 | 120m |
| Babel#2161 | 2000 | 6.22 | 2.4 | 60m |
| The Hanging Gardens#2434 | 2008 | 6.15 | 1.9 | 45m |
| Lotus#2444 | 2016 | 6.14 | 1.5 | 30m |
| Cuzco#2453 | 2018 | 6.14 | 2.6 | 90m |
| Gloom#2465 | 2005 | 6.14 | 1.6 | 60m |
| Custom Heroes#2473 | 2017 | 6.14 | 1.6 | 45m |
| Gunkimono#2942 | 2018 | 6.04 | 1.9 | 60m |
| Isle of Trains#3035 | 2014 | 6.02 | 2.0 | 45m |
| The Manhattan Project 2: Minutes to Midnight#3349 | 2018 | 5.97 | 3.6 | 150m |
| Hokkaido#3822 | 2018 | 5.90 | 2.1 | 40m |
| Game of Trains#3945 | 2015 | 5.89 | 1.2 | 20m |
| Taluva Deluxe#2591 | 2015 | 5.85 | 2.4 | 45m |
| Sunrise City#4366 | 2012 | 5.84 | 2.3 | 60m |
| Heartland#4458 | 2009 | 5.83 | 2.1 | 60m |
| Friese's Landlord#4748 | 2013 | 5.80 | 1.8 | 40m |
| Origami#4777 | 2017 | 5.80 | 1.7 | 30m |
| Rat Hot#5464 | 2005 | 5.75 | 1.5 | 30m |
| Guns & Steel#5603 | 2015 | 5.74 | 2.4 | 60m |
| ...and then, we held hands.#5863 | 2015 | 5.72 | 1.8 | 45m |
| Vadoran Gardens#5903 | 2019 | 5.72 | 2.3 | 40m |
| CIV: Carta Impera Victoria#6514 | 2018 | 5.69 | 2.1 | 60m |
| NUT#6668 | 2017 | 5.68 | 1.4 | 15m |
| Friesematenten#7400 | 2010 | 5.65 | 2.0 | 45m |
| Upwords#8049 | 1982 | 5.63 | 1.7 | 90m |
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