Board Game Mechanics Decoder

Players take turns drafting actions on a shared board using physical pieces ("workers"). Once an action spot is claimed, other players cannot use it that round.

Every player starts with an identical weak 10-card deck and acquires stronger cards from a central market throughout the game, constantly shuffling new purchases into their deck.

Players compete for numerical dominance on geographical map territories to score victory points during periodic audits.

Players receive a hand of cards or pool of dice, select one to keep, and pass the remaining hand to their neighbor in a circle.

A player takes an agonizingly long time on their turn because there are too many variables or they are obsessed with making the 100% mathematically optimal move.

The iconic little wooden human-shaped figure (portmanteau of "My People") first coined in Carcassonne in 2000.