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Turn Order: Claim Action
OpenGames using
10
Median complexity
2.00
0–5
Median rating
6.92
bayes
Tabletop fit
1.199
weight-controlled
Definition
From BoardGameGeek
In each round there is a First Player, and turns are taken clockwise from the first player. There is an action that may be taken to claim a place in the turn order (typically, but not always, first) for the next round, with play proceeding clockwise from the First Player. If no one takes the action, turn order remains unchanged.
Top games using this mechanism
By BGG bayes rating, top 50.
| Game | Year | Rating | Wt | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mage Knight Board Game#39 | 2011 | 7.84 | 4.4 | 240m |
| Underwater Cities#50 | 2018 | 7.77 | 3.6 | 150m |
| Anachrony#61 | 2017 | 7.73 | 4.0 | 120m |
| Caverna: The Cave Farmers#62 | 2013 | 7.73 | 3.8 | 210m |
| Agricola#64 | 2007 | 7.73 | 3.6 | 150m |
| Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar#72 | 2012 | 7.68 | 3.7 | 90m |
| Agricola (Revised Edition)#85 | 2016 | 7.65 | 3.4 | 120m |
| Azul#96 | 2017 | 7.61 | 1.8 | 45m |
| Fields of Arle#100 | 2014 | 7.59 | 3.8 | 120m |
| Arcs#102 | 2024 | 7.59 | 3.4 | 120m |
| Lords of Waterdeep#107 | 2012 | 7.58 | 2.4 | 120m |
| Dominant Species#113 | 2010 | 7.55 | 4.0 | 240m |
| The Voyages of Marco Polo#120 | 2015 | 7.54 | 3.2 | 100m |
| Caylus#138 | 2005 | 7.49 | 3.8 | 150m |
| Lorenzo il Magnifico#141 | 2016 | 7.49 | 3.3 | 120m |
| Mombasa#144 | 2015 | 7.48 | 3.9 | 150m |
| Russian Railroads#151 | 2013 | 7.46 | 3.4 | 120m |
| War Chest#183 | 2018 | 7.39 | 2.3 | 30m |
| Village#246 | 2011 | 7.28 | 3.1 | 90m |
| Kingdomino#329 | 2016 | 7.17 | 1.2 | 25m |
| Rococo#340 | 2013 | 7.16 | 3.1 | 120m |
| Nusfjord#381 | 2017 | 7.11 | 2.8 | 100m |
| Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery#383 | 2007 | 7.10 | 3.1 | 120m |
| Heaven & Ale#387 | 2017 | 7.10 | 3.2 | 90m |
| Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small#452 | 2012 | 7.04 | 2.4 | 30m |
| The Pillars of the Earth#463 | 2006 | 7.03 | 2.8 | 120m |
| Bus#465 | 1999 | 7.03 | 3.0 | 120m |
| Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra#511 | 2018 | 6.99 | 2.0 | 45m |
| Pipeline#591 | 2019 | 6.93 | 3.9 | 120m |
| Elysium#674 | 2015 | 6.86 | 2.8 | 60m |
| Queendomino#706 | 2017 | 6.84 | 2.1 | 25m |
| Chicago 1875: City of the Big Shoulders#806 | 2019 | 6.76 | 4.0 | 180m |
| Snowdonia#845 | 2012 | 6.74 | 3.0 | 90m |
| New Frontiers#888 | 2018 | 6.71 | 3.0 | 75m |
| Kanagawa#951 | 2016 | 6.68 | 2.0 | 45m |
| Gentes#990 | 2017 | 6.66 | 3.2 | 90m |
| Vasco da Gama#1046 | 2009 | 6.63 | 3.2 | 120m |
| Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef#1122 | 2020 | 6.59 | 2.9 | 90m |
| Bridge#1135 | 1925 | 6.58 | 3.9 | 60m |
| The Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game#1155 | 2016 | 6.57 | 2.6 | 60m |
| Mint Works#1284 | 2017 | 6.52 | 1.7 | 20m |
| Chimera Station#1423 | 2017 | 6.46 | 3.1 | 90m |
| Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem#1453 | 2014 | 6.45 | 2.6 | 90m |
| Vanuatu#1456 | 2011 | 6.44 | 3.3 | 90m |
| My Village#1915 | 2015 | 6.28 | 3.1 | 90m |
| The Ancient World (Second Edition)#2046 | 2019 | 6.24 | 2.9 | 90m |
| Risk: Europe#2246 | 2015 | 6.19 | 2.6 | 180m |
| American Rails#2595 | 2009 | 6.11 | 2.9 | 90m |
| Era of Tribes#2618 | 2019 | 6.11 | 4.2 | 180m |
| The River#2891 | 2018 | 6.05 | 1.9 | 45m |
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