Knowra Eurogame Eurogame A strategy board game emphasizing indirect player interaction, resource management, and elegant rules, usually with limited luck and little player elimination.
Worker placement : A game mechanic in which players assign pieces to spaces to take actions, often blocking opponents from using those spaces. It turns scarce action spaces into indirect competition.
The Settlers of Catan : A 1995 board game in which players build settlements and roads by trading and spending resources. Its resource trading and relatively indirect competition helped popularize modern Eurogames.
German-style board game : A modern board-game tradition associated with concise rules, strategic choices, and limited player elimination. Eurogame is closely related to this tradition, though the labels are not identical.
Ameritrash : A colloquial label for board games emphasizing theme, dramatic conflict, and often prominent randomness. The label commonly contrasts with Eurogames' emphasis on systems and indirect competition.
Resource management : The allocation and conversion of limited resources to achieve goals efficiently. Players compete through choices about acquiring, spending, and converting resources.
Puerto Rico : A board game in which players develop plantations and buildings while choosing roles that determine shared actions. Its role-selection system exemplifies tightly linked decisions and economic development.
Spiel des Jahres : An annual German award recognizing board games for broad appeal, accessibility, and design quality. The award helped bring German-designed games to international attention.
Wargame : A game that models military conflict, often emphasizing tactical decisions, opposing forces, and combat outcomes. Many wargames foreground direct conflict more than Eurogames typically do.
Victory points : A numerical measure of progress toward winning a game, often tallied at its end. Many Eurogames make several kinds of achievement count toward a shared score.
Carcassonne : A tile-laying board game in which players build a landscape of cities, roads, fields, and monasteries. Its compact rules and shared map illustrate an accessible Eurogame design.
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