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Role Playing

Open
Games using
21
Median complexity
2.09
0–5
Median rating
6.15
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.563
weight-controlled

Definition

From BoardGameGeek

Some board games incorporate elements of role playing. It can be that players control a character that improves over time. It can also be a game that encourages or inspires Storytelling. This mechanic can be viewed as an extension of Variable Player Powers.

Top games using this mechanism

By BGG bayes rating, top 50.

GameYearRatingWtTime
Gloomhaven#420178.303.9120m
Arkham Horror: The Card Game#3220167.893.6120m
Too Many Bones#3720177.853.9120m
Mage Knight Board Game#3920117.844.4240m
Cthulhu: Death May Die#5420197.762.5120m
Mansions of Madness: Second Edition#7520167.682.7180m
Star Wars: Imperial Assault#8420147.653.3120m
Mechs vs. Minions#9020167.622.5120m
Kingdom Death: Monster#9320157.624.3180m
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game#12620087.533.3180m
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon#13620197.503.4120m
Eldritch Horror#13720137.493.3240m
The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth#14320197.482.7120m
Too Many Bones: Undertow#17020187.404.0180m
This War of Mine: The Board Game#21320177.343.3120m
Chaos in the Old World#21420097.343.2120m
The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era#22320257.334.1240m
Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition)#22720127.323.2120m
Captain Sonar#24520167.292.260m
Roll Player#29820167.212.490m
Monikers#30320157.201.160m
Arkham Horror#47520057.023.6240m
Sword & Sorcery: Immortal Souls#54120176.964.1150m
Mice and Mystics#55720126.952.790m
Middara: Unintentional Malum – Act 1#58920196.934.160m
Stuffed Fables#60320186.912.590m
Sheriff of Nottingham#61020146.911.760m
Betrayal Legacy#61420186.912.990m
Mansions of Madness#61520116.913.2180m
Descent: Journeys in the Dark#61920056.903.3240m
Shadows of Brimstone: City of the Ancients#65320146.873.4120m
Runebound (Third Edition)#65920156.872.7180m
One Night Ultimate Werewolf#67820146.861.410m
Tales of the Arabian Nights#69920096.842.2120m
HeroQuest#70419896.842.190m
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords – Base Set#71220136.832.790m
Betrayal at House on the Hill#77220046.792.460m
One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak#80920156.761.410m
Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game#92420156.702.760m
Shadows of Brimstone: Swamps of Death#93320146.693.4180m
Vast: The Crystal Caverns#98920166.663.7150m
One Deck Dungeon#100520166.652.145m
Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt Board Game#101820116.642.660m
Spyfall#110220146.601.215m
Catacombs (Third Edition)#111320156.592.490m
Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game#111420106.592.560m
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of Ashardalon Board Game#115820116.572.660m
Runebound: Second Edition#128120056.522.7240m
When I Dream#132520166.501.240m
Fallout#133520176.503.0180m

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