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Ownership
OpenGames using
7
Median complexity
2.08
0–5
Median rating
6.52
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.817
weight-controlled
Definition
From BoardGameGeek
Players own entities, and perform actions for those entities, or collect benefits if others use them.
Top games using this mechanism
By BGG bayes rating, top 50.
| Game | Year | Rating | Wt | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brass: Birmingham#1 | 2018 | 8.39 | 3.9 | 120m |
| Dune: Imperium#6 | 2020 | 8.22 | 3.1 | 120m |
| Great Western Trail#20 | 2016 | 7.98 | 3.7 | 150m |
| Brass: Lancashire#23 | 2007 | 7.96 | 3.8 | 120m |
| Barrage#40 | 2019 | 7.84 | 4.1 | 180m |
| Everdell#42 | 2018 | 7.81 | 2.8 | 80m |
| Le Havre#80 | 2008 | 7.66 | 3.7 | 150m |
| Lords of Waterdeep#107 | 2012 | 7.58 | 2.4 | 120m |
| Teotihuacan: City of Gods#109 | 2018 | 7.57 | 3.8 | 120m |
| Keyflower#133 | 2012 | 7.50 | 3.3 | 120m |
| Caylus#138 | 2005 | 7.49 | 3.8 | 150m |
| Troyes#140 | 2010 | 7.49 | 3.4 | 90m |
| Hansa Teutonica#147 | 2009 | 7.47 | 3.1 | 90m |
| Railways of the World#241 | 2005 | 7.30 | 3.0 | 120m |
| Vindication#297 | 2018 | 7.21 | 3.1 | 150m |
| 1830: Railways & Robber Barons#311 | 1986 | 7.19 | 4.2 | 360m |
| Indonesia#318 | 2005 | 7.18 | 4.0 | 240m |
| Steam#341 | 2009 | 7.16 | 3.5 | 90m |
| The Great Zimbabwe#357 | 2012 | 7.14 | 3.7 | 150m |
| Imperial#369 | 2006 | 7.12 | 3.6 | 180m |
| Imperial 2030#397 | 2009 | 7.09 | 3.5 | 180m |
| IKI#472 | 2015 | 7.02 | 3.1 | 90m |
| Lords of Vegas#596 | 2010 | 6.92 | 2.3 | 90m |
| Port Royal#628 | 2014 | 6.89 | 1.6 | 50m |
| Wabash Cannonball#647 | 2007 | 6.87 | 2.8 | 60m |
| 1846: The Race for the Midwest#660 | 2005 | 6.87 | 4.0 | 240m |
| Shikoku 1889#735 | 2004 | 6.82 | 3.8 | 240m |
| The Bloody Inn#781 | 2015 | 6.78 | 2.4 | 60m |
| Chicago 1875: City of the Big Shoulders#806 | 2019 | 6.76 | 4.0 | 180m |
| The Republic of Rome#824 | 1990 | 6.75 | 4.4 | 300m |
| Belfort#851 | 2011 | 6.73 | 3.0 | 120m |
| Mint Works#1284 | 2017 | 6.52 | 1.7 | 20m |
| Islebound#1306 | 2016 | 6.51 | 2.7 | 120m |
| 1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties#1374 | 2013 | 6.48 | 4.6 | 300m |
| Machi Koro#1379 | 2012 | 6.47 | 1.5 | 30m |
| Caylus Magna Carta#1494 | 2007 | 6.43 | 2.9 | 75m |
| 18Chesapeake#1507 | 2018 | 6.43 | 3.8 | 180m |
| Sol: Last Days of a Star#1660 | 2017 | 6.37 | 2.9 | 90m |
| Wildcatters#1705 | 2013 | 6.35 | 4.0 | 120m |
| 1817#1763 | 2010 | 6.33 | 4.8 | 540m |
| Tramways#1947 | 2016 | 6.28 | 3.8 | 120m |
| Key Flow#2095 | 2018 | 6.23 | 2.9 | 75m |
| The New Era#2277 | 2011 | 6.19 | 3.5 | 60m |
| Harbour#2337 | 2015 | 6.17 | 2.1 | 60m |
| 1822: The Railways of Great Britain#2637 | 2016 | 6.10 | 4.4 | 420m |
| Key to the City: London#2879 | 2016 | 6.06 | 2.9 | 120m |
| 1848: Australia#3104 | 2007 | 6.01 | 3.8 | 240m |
| Canal Mania#3264 | 2006 | 5.98 | 2.9 | 90m |
| Entdecker: Exploring New Horizons#3508 | 2001 | 5.95 | 2.4 | 90m |
| Steam Works#3546 | 2015 | 5.94 | 3.1 | 120m |
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