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Secret Unit Deployment

Open
Games using
28
Median complexity
2.04
0–5
Median rating
6.09
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.540
weight-controlled

Definition

From BoardGameGeek

In Secret Unit Deployment games, some (or all) pieces enter the board in secret, and only the player controlling certain playing pieces has perfect information about the nature (or even the whereabouts) of those pieces. Other players will not know where those pieces are located on the board, or they may know where pieces are, but not know the details (such as strength or type) of these pieces.

Top games using this mechanism

By BGG bayes rating, top 50.

GameYearRatingWtTime
Android: Netrunner#8220127.653.445m
Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan#23120117.312.8180m
Captain Sonar#24520167.292.260m
Survive: Escape from Atlantis!#37619827.111.760m
Fury of Dracula (Third/Fourth Edition)#40020157.093.3180m
Maria#43120097.063.6210m
Letters from Whitechapel#43620117.062.690m
BattleLore: Second Edition#44920137.052.790m
Evolution: Climate#53220166.972.760m
The Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation#54620056.962.230m
Advanced Squad Leader#57619856.944.7480m
Space Empires 4X#63320116.893.4240m
Triumph & Tragedy: European Balance of Power 1936-1945#71620156.833.4360m
Whitehall Mystery#73820176.812.160m
Francis Drake#75320136.802.9120m
Hammer of the Scots#78520026.783.0180m
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation#79720026.772.130m
D-Day at Omaha Beach#81720096.763.5480m
Treasure Island#82520186.752.245m
Fury of Dracula (Second Edition)#88620056.713.0180m
Specter Ops#92120156.702.4120m
Earth Reborn#93820106.693.9180m
Battle for Rokugan#97320176.672.790m
Vast: The Crystal Caverns#98920166.663.7150m
Fugitive#101020176.651.620m
Friedrich: Anniversary Edition#103720046.633.1210m
Jaws#108520196.612.260m
Napoleon's Triumph#114720076.583.7180m
Wildlands#121120186.542.260m
Paper Tales#121720176.542.230m
Ambush!#137019836.483.3240m
Julius Caesar: Caesar, Pompey, and the Roman Civil War#138220106.472.5180m
Lockup: A Roll Player Tale#140120196.472.490m
Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space#143120106.462.045m
Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game#146520176.444.090m
Dungeon Twister#156420046.412.960m
Titan#169019806.353.5240m
Scotland Yard#171319836.351.945m
Kremlin#186319866.302.875m
Necromunda#197819956.273.130m
Codex: Card-Time Strategy – Deluxe Set#209120166.243.645m
Wars of the Roses: Lancaster vs. York#214520106.223.2180m
Felicity: The Cat in the Sack#216220076.221.420m
Cold War: CIA vs KGB#222220076.201.960m
Empires in Arms#224119836.204.412000m
Napoléon: The Waterloo Campaign, 1815#229319746.182.5120m
Rommel in the Desert#238219826.163.4480m
Europe Engulfed: WWII European Theatre Block Game#246020036.143.7720m
City of Spies: Estoril 1942#248520156.142.560m
Hunt for the Ring#250620176.133.2180m

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