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Stat Check Resolution

Open
Games using
6
Median complexity
2.21
0–5
Median rating
6.46
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.847
weight-controlled

Definition

From BoardGameGeek

There is a target number required to succeed at some test. A random number is generated (by card draw, die roll, etc.), which is compared to the target. If it meets or exceeds the target, the action succeeds.

Top games using this mechanism

By BGG bayes rating, top 50.

GameYearRatingWtTime
Twilight Struggle#1420058.043.6180m
Arkham Horror: The Card Game#3220167.893.6120m
Too Many Bones#3720177.853.9120m
Mansions of Madness: Second Edition#7520167.682.7180m
Eldritch Horror#13720137.493.3240m
The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth#14320197.482.7120m
Too Many Bones: Undertow#17020187.404.0180m
Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition)#22720127.323.2120m
Arkham Horror (Third Edition)#35320187.143.4180m
Nemo's War (Second Edition)#40220177.093.3120m
Summoner Wars: Master Set#40320117.092.560m
Arkham Horror#47520057.023.6240m
Betrayal Legacy#61420186.912.990m
Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001 – ?#64520106.883.7180m
Runebound (Third Edition)#65920156.872.7180m
Tales of the Arabian Nights#69920096.842.2120m
One Deck Dungeon#100520166.652.145m
Britannia#118319866.563.2300m
Space Hulk (Fourth Edition)#133420146.502.760m
Rattus#152720106.422.145m
One Deck Dungeon: Forest of Shadows#158020176.402.345m
Hostage Negotiator#159020156.402.130m
Wyatt Earp#174020016.341.845m
Axis & Allies#191819816.283.0180m
Duel of Ages II#265620136.103.4150m
Onward to Venus#302920146.022.6120m
The Awful Green Things From Outer Space#305419796.021.990m
Assault on Doomrock#376720145.913.2150m
A Brief History of the World#383520095.902.9180m
Escape from 100 Million B.C.#504620175.782.890m
The Witches#512320135.771.790m
Warhammer Age of Sigmar#525020155.762.7180m
Captive#526920145.761.2130m
Airborne Commander#688920155.671.930m
Snit's Revenge!#915319775.601.420m
Darkness Comes Rattling#1073820155.583.1120m
Ninja Burger: Secret Ninja Death Touch Edition#1382520095.551.860m
Behind#1486220035.542.7
Europe at War#1880919855.521.8120m
Europe at War#2503719935.503.1300m

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