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Sudden Death Ending
OpenGames using
18
Median complexity
1.81
0–5
Median rating
6.27
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.867
weight-controlled
Definition
From BoardGameGeek
The game has a fixed and known victory condition, and a special variable condition that ends the game prematurely.
Top games using this mechanism
By BGG bayes rating, top 50.
| Game | Year | Rating | Wt | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twilight Struggle#14 | 2005 | 8.04 | 3.6 | 180m |
| 7 Wonders Duel#24 | 2015 | 7.95 | 2.2 | 30m |
| Root#34 | 2018 | 7.88 | 3.8 | 90m |
| Bomb Busters#99 | 2024 | 7.59 | 2.0 | 30m |
| Jaipur#201 | 2009 | 7.36 | 1.5 | 30m |
| A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition)#237 | 2011 | 7.30 | 3.7 | 240m |
| Glory to Rome#292 | 2005 | 7.21 | 2.9 | 60m |
| Innovation#379 | 2010 | 7.11 | 2.8 | 60m |
| Toy Battle#440 | 2025 | 7.06 | 1.5 | 15m |
| Chess#459 | 1475 | 7.04 | 3.6 | — |
| Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery#505 | 2012 | 7.00 | 2.7 | 180m |
| Shadows over Camelot#592 | 2005 | 6.93 | 2.6 | 90m |
| Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001 – ?#645 | 2010 | 6.88 | 3.7 | 180m |
| Discworld: Ankh-Morpork#649 | 2011 | 6.87 | 2.2 | 60m |
| Taluva#784 | 2006 | 6.78 | 2.2 | 45m |
| AuZtralia#830 | 2018 | 6.75 | 2.9 | 120m |
| 878 Vikings: Invasions of England#944 | 2017 | 6.68 | 2.6 | 120m |
| Parade#996 | 2007 | 6.65 | 1.5 | 45m |
| Tribune: Primus Inter Pares#1045 | 2007 | 6.63 | 2.9 | 120m |
| Kahuna#1619 | 1998 | 6.38 | 2.1 | 40m |
| Naga Raja#1681 | 2019 | 6.36 | 2.0 | 30m |
| The Rose King#1794 | 1992 | 6.32 | 1.9 | 30m |
| Tides of Madness#1964 | 2016 | 6.27 | 1.5 | 20m |
| District Noir#1999 | 2016 | 6.26 | 1.3 | 20m |
| Babel#2161 | 2000 | 6.22 | 2.4 | 60m |
| The Russian Campaign#2213 | 1974 | 6.20 | 2.8 | 360m |
| König von Siam#2258 | 2007 | 6.19 | 2.7 | 60m |
| Antike Duellum#2275 | 2012 | 6.19 | 2.9 | 75m |
| Bios: Genesis#2387 | 2016 | 6.16 | 4.4 | 120m |
| Villa Paletti#2698 | 2001 | 6.09 | 1.2 | 30m |
| Shadowrift#2739 | 2012 | 6.08 | 2.7 | 120m |
| Victorian Masterminds#2799 | 2019 | 6.07 | 2.1 | 60m |
| Onward to Venus#3029 | 2014 | 6.02 | 2.6 | 120m |
| Isle of Trains#3035 | 2014 | 6.02 | 2.0 | 45m |
| The Awful Green Things From Outer Space#3054 | 1979 | 6.02 | 1.9 | 90m |
| Flip City#3248 | 2014 | 5.99 | 1.7 | 50m |
| Longhorn#3472 | 2013 | 5.95 | 1.8 | 15m |
| Chrononauts#3600 | 2000 | 5.93 | 1.8 | 30m |
| Gheos#3654 | 2006 | 5.93 | 2.5 | 60m |
| Rescue Polar Bears: Data & Temperature#4032 | 2017 | 5.88 | 2.3 | 60m |
| Beasts of Balance#4090 | 2016 | 5.87 | 1.2 | 30m |
| Bios: Megafauna#4420 | 2011 | 5.83 | 3.7 | 120m |
| War of the Ring#4478 | 1977 | 5.83 | 3.5 | 210m |
| Europe in Turmoil: Prelude to the Great War#4750 | 2018 | 5.80 | 2.8 | 240m |
| DIG#5639 | 2017 | 5.74 | 1.2 | 10m |
| Fortress Europa#5651 | 1978 | 5.73 | 3.2 | 240m |
| Lost Legacy: Third Chronicle – Sacred Grail & Staff of Dragons#5778 | 2015 | 5.73 | 1.4 | 10m |
| The Fog of War#5798 | 2016 | 5.73 | 3.0 | 120m |
| Die Pyramiden des Jaguar#6778 | 2002 | 5.68 | 1.7 | 45m |
| Airborne Commander#6889 | 2015 | 5.67 | 1.9 | 30m |
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