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Discussion: What are your favorite boardgame mechanics or gimmicks? (self.boardgames)
submitted 5 days ago by AwesomeLowlander to c/[email protected]
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As per title. I personally really enjoy deckbuilding / engine builders and civilisation games, but most of them understandably end just as you're hitting the sweet spot of getting your engine up and running. Probably why Through the Ages is my favorite game - has all the mechanics I like, but lasts long enough that I feel like I get a chance to run them.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I love the ship customization in Eclipse, each type of ship (scout, fighter, cruiser) has a certain number of squares on your board that you can put any ship competent into. You can add more engines so it can move further in one action, or computers so you're more likely to hit, or more guns so you roll more dice, or more shields so they are harder to destroy. You can find or research better components and all of your ships of the same class use the same blueprint.

I love how you can customize your units for how you want to play, but I'm not a fan of 4x games and wish there were other games with a similar mechanic.

[–] AwesomeLowlander 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Galaxy trucker, maybe? It's a very different game, but it does have the ship building mechanic

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

You can't exactly plan your Galaxy Trucker ship, it's more "doing the best you can with what you've found." For example: if you want to put a bunch of engines on your ship but don't find very many, then there is nothing you can do about that.