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Victory Points as a Resource
OpenGames using
14
Median complexity
2.21
0–5
Median rating
6.58
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.914
weight-controlled
Definition
From BoardGameGeek
Victory Points (VPs) may be spent as a currency to impact the game state.
Top games using this mechanism
By BGG bayes rating, top 50.
| Game | Year | Rating | Wt | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaia Project#13 | 2017 | 8.09 | 4.4 | 150m |
| Scythe#26 | 2016 | 7.95 | 3.5 | 115m |
| Terra Mystica#35 | 2012 | 7.86 | 4.0 | 150m |
| Viticulture Essential Edition#44 | 2015 | 7.81 | 2.9 | 90m |
| Food Chain Magnate#49 | 2015 | 7.78 | 4.2 | 240m |
| The Gallerist#81 | 2015 | 7.65 | 4.2 | 150m |
| Five Tribes: The Djinns of Naqala#95 | 2014 | 7.61 | 2.8 | 80m |
| Teotihuacan: City of Gods#109 | 2018 | 7.57 | 3.8 | 120m |
| Galactic Cruise#125 | 2025 | 7.53 | 4.0 | 150m |
| Age of Steam#139 | 2002 | 7.49 | 3.9 | 120m |
| Mombasa#144 | 2015 | 7.48 | 3.9 | 150m |
| Patchwork#146 | 2014 | 7.47 | 1.6 | 30m |
| Modern Art#221 | 1992 | 7.33 | 2.3 | 45m |
| La Granja#275 | 2014 | 7.23 | 3.6 | 120m |
| The Princes of Florence#302 | 2000 | 7.20 | 3.2 | 100m |
| 1830: Railways & Robber Barons#311 | 1986 | 7.19 | 4.2 | 360m |
| Indonesia#318 | 2005 | 7.18 | 4.0 | 240m |
| Seasons#349 | 2012 | 7.14 | 2.8 | 60m |
| Acquire#359 | 1963 | 7.13 | 2.5 | 90m |
| Imperial#369 | 2006 | 7.12 | 3.6 | 180m |
| Chinatown#375 | 1999 | 7.11 | 2.2 | 60m |
| Tikal#378 | 1999 | 7.11 | 2.8 | 90m |
| Imperial 2030#397 | 2009 | 7.09 | 3.5 | 180m |
| Small World#404 | 2009 | 7.09 | 2.3 | 80m |
| Stockpile#554 | 2015 | 6.95 | 2.1 | 45m |
| Deus#605 | 2014 | 6.91 | 2.8 | 90m |
| Oceans#627 | 2020 | 6.89 | 2.9 | 90m |
| Jamaica#642 | 2007 | 6.88 | 1.7 | 60m |
| Wabash Cannonball#647 | 2007 | 6.87 | 2.8 | 60m |
| Blackout: Hong Kong#658 | 2018 | 6.87 | 3.5 | 150m |
| 1846: The Race for the Midwest#660 | 2005 | 6.87 | 4.0 | 240m |
| Last Will#668 | 2011 | 6.86 | 2.7 | 75m |
| Vikings#685 | 2007 | 6.85 | 2.5 | 60m |
| Medici#719 | 1995 | 6.83 | 2.2 | 60m |
| Shikoku 1889#735 | 2004 | 6.82 | 3.8 | 240m |
| Arkwright#854 | 2014 | 6.73 | 4.6 | 240m |
| Santiago#927 | 2003 | 6.69 | 2.5 | 75m |
| Cry Havoc#1003 | 2016 | 6.65 | 3.3 | 120m |
| Nightmare Productions#1048 | 2000 | 6.63 | 2.1 | 60m |
| Irish Gauge#1222 | 2014 | 6.54 | 2.3 | 60m |
| Majesty: For the Realm#1235 | 2017 | 6.53 | 1.7 | 30m |
| Polis: Fight for the Hegemony#1360 | 2012 | 6.48 | 3.7 | 120m |
| 1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties#1374 | 2013 | 6.48 | 4.6 | 300m |
| Vinci#1378 | 1999 | 6.47 | 2.8 | 120m |
| Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem#1453 | 2014 | 6.45 | 2.6 | 90m |
| Caylus Magna Carta#1494 | 2007 | 6.43 | 2.9 | 75m |
| 18Chesapeake#1507 | 2018 | 6.43 | 3.8 | 180m |
| Fleet#1549 | 2012 | 6.41 | 2.2 | 45m |
| Ulm#1606 | 2016 | 6.39 | 2.7 | 75m |
| Evo#1641 | 2001 | 6.38 | 2.3 | 120m |
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