Editing Eurogame (section)

=== Game mechanics ===
[[File:Samurai board game.jpg|thumb|''[[Samurai (board game)|Samurai]]'' is a game of tile placement, set collection, and area control.]]
A wide variety of often innovative mechanisms or [[game mechanics|mechanics]] are used, and familiar mechanics such as rolling dice and moving, capture, or [[Trick-taking game|trick-taking]] are avoided. If a game has a board, the board is usually irregular rather than uniform or symmetric (such as ''Risk'' rather than chess or ''[[Scrabble]]''). The board is often random (as in ''The Settlers of Catan'') or has random elements (such as [[Tikal (board game)|''Tikal'']]). Some boards are merely mnemonic or organizational and contribute only to ease of play, such as a [[cribbage]] board; examples of this include ''Puerto Rico'' and ''[[Princes of Florence]]''. Random elements are often present but do not usually dominate the game. While rules are light to moderate, they allow depth of play, usually requiring thought, planning, and a shift of tactics through the game and featuring a chess- or backgammon-like [[chess opening|opening game]], [[middle game]], and [[Chess endgame|end game]].{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

Stewart Woods' ''Eurogames'' cites six examples of mechanics common to eurogames:<ref name="Eurogames"/>

*Tile placement – spatial placement of game components on the playing board.
*Auctions – includes open and hidden auctions of both resources and actions from other players and the game system itself.
*Trading/negotiation – not simply trading resources of equivalent values, but allowing players to set markets.
*Set collection – collecting resources in specific groups that are then cashed in for points or other currency.
*Area control – also known as area majority or influence, this involves controlling a game element or board space through allocation of resources.
*Worker placement or role selection – players choose specific game actions in sequential order, with players disallowed from choosing a previously selected action.