Common Game Types and Play Style Preferences

We assess what kinds of board gamers exist, their play styles, and how these game types might appeal to certain players!

Games Generally Mentioned:

Twilight Imperium 4th Edition, Ark Nova, Terraforming Mars, Spirit Island, Magic: The Gathering, Talisman, Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Board Game, Two Rooms and A Boom

Game Categories:

Social Deduction - Ultimate Werewolf, Avalon, Secret Hitler

Worker Placement - Viticulture, Lords of Waterdeep, Champions of Midgard, Dune: Imperium, Atlantis Rising

Deck Builders - Magic: The Gathering, Dune: Imperium, Arkham Horror: The Card Game, NetRunner, Dominion

Bag Builders - The Quacks of Quedlinburg, Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure

Tableau/Engine-Builders - Mechs vs Minions, Everdell, Terraforming Mars, Wingspan, Beyond the Sun

Cooperative - Mechs vs Minions, Atlantis Rising, Spirit Island

RPG - Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), Gloomhaven (and Jaws of the Lion), Descent: Journeys in the Dark

4X (Explore, Exploit, Expand, Exterminate)/Area-Control : Risk, Kemet, Twilight Imperium 4th Edition

[roll/flip] N' Write - Railroad Ink