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All mechanics in the catalog, ordered by the number of games available.

Hand Management 236 games Dice Rolling 181 games Cooperative Game 122 games Open Drafting 115 games End Game Bonuses 110 games Variable Player Powers 107 games Modular Board 92 games Set Collection 92 games Solo / Solitaire Game 90 games Area Majority / Influence 88 games Action Points 79 games Grid Movement 79 games Deck, Bag, and Pool Building 63 games Contracts 61 games Area Movement 58 games Income 55 games Events 51 games Hexagon Grid 45 games Take That 45 games Tile Placement 45 games Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game 43 games Worker Placement 38 games Push Your Luck 36 games Auction / Bidding 34 games Multi-Use Cards 34 games Race 34 games Role Playing 34 games Point to Point Movement 33 games Variable Set-up 33 games Player Elimination 31 games Card Play Conflict Resolution 29 games Delayed Purchase 28 games Simultaneous Action Selection 28 games Team-Based Game 28 games Action Queue 27 games Pattern Building 27 games Deduction 26 games Closed Drafting 25 games Communication Limits 24 games Campaign / Battle Card Driven 23 games Storytelling 23 games Market 21 games Network and Route Building 21 games Die Icon Resolution 20 games Enclosure 20 games Map Addition 20 games Pick-up and Deliver 20 games Action Retrieval 19 games Hidden Victory Points 19 games Narrative Choice / Paragraph 19 games Turn Order: Claim Action 19 games Memory 18 games Once-Per-Game Abilities 18 games Square Grid 18 games Tags 18 games Action Drafting 17 games Connections 17 games Follow 17 games Grid Coverage 17 games Movement Points 17 games Hidden Roles 16 games Increase Value of Unchosen Resources 16 games Score-and-Reset Game 16 games Ownership 15 games Turn Order: Progressive 15 games Betting and Bluffing 13 games Chaining 13 games Automatic Resource Growth 12 games Catch the Leader 12 games Tech Trees / Tech Tracks 12 games Line of Sight 11 games Paper-and-Pencil 11 games Simulation 11 games Track Movement 11 games Trading 11 games Voting 11 games Worker Placement, Different Worker Types 11 games Constrained Bidding 10 games Deck Construction 10 games Trick-taking 10 games Auction: Dutch 9 games Layering 9 games Loans 9 games Melding and Splaying 9 games Alliances 8 games Legacy Game 8 games Roll / Spin and Move 8 games Rondel 8 games Action / Event 7 games Finale Ending 7 games Kill Steal 7 games Lose a Turn 7 games Re-rolling and Locking 7 games Semi-Cooperative Game 7 games Turn Order: Time Track 7 games Variable Phase Order 7 games Advantage Token 6 games Auction: Sealed Bid 6 games Bias 6 games Bingo 6 games Commodity Speculation 6 games King of the Hill 6 games Map Reduction 6 games Move Through Deck 6 games Negotiation 6 games Predictive Bid 6 games Programmed Movement 6 games Resource to Move 6 games Selection Order Bid 6 games Traitor Game 6 games Worker Placement with Dice Workers 6 games Auction: Fixed Placement 5 games Auction: Turn Order Until Pass 5 games Critical Hits and Failures 5 games Force Commitment 5 games Interrupts 5 games Investment 5 games Line Drawing 5 games Secret Unit Deployment 5 games Stat Check Resolution 5 games Sudden Death Ending 5 games Area-Impulse 4 games Auction: Multiple Lot 4 games Bribery 4 games Hidden Movement 4 games Hot Potato 4 games Ordering 4 games Pattern Recognition 4 games Prisoner's Dilemma 4 games Real-Time 4 games Rock-Paper-Scissors 4 games Stock Holding 4 games Targeted Clues 4 games Turn Order: Stat-Based 4 games Victory Points as a Resource 4 games Auction: Once Around 3 games Elapsed Real Time Ending 3 games I Cut, You Choose 3 games Mancala 3 games Matching 3 games Multiple Maps 3 games Pattern Movement 3 games Questions and Answers 3 games Random Production 3 games Roles with Asymmetric Information 3 games Acting 2 games Auction: English 2 games Bids As Wagers 2 games Closed Economy Auction 2 games Flicking 2 games Ladder Climbing 2 games Map Deformation 2 games Measurement Movement 2 games Movement Template 2 games Neighbor Scope 2 games Pieces as Map 2 games Spelling 2 games Static Capture 2 games Three Dimensional Movement 2 games Turn Order: Pass Order 2 games Auction Compensation 1 games Auction: Dutch Priority 1 games Chit-Pull System 1 games Command Cards 1 games Cube Tower 1 games Different Dice Movement 1 games Drawing 1 games Highest-Lowest Scoring 1 games Moving Multiple Units 1 games Passed Action Token 1 games Player Judge 1 games Ratio / Combat Results Table 1 games Relative Movement 1 games Resource Queue 1 games Singing 1 games Single Loser Game 1 games Tug of War 1 games Turn Order: Auction 1 games Zone of Control 1 games