The best action drafting board, card & dice games 2021
Looking for a good game that involves fighting over actions? Then we have just the thing: our top list of the best action drafting games 2021.
What are action drafting games?
Action drafting literally means "action drafting" or "action selection." In the board game world, this means that players choose from an assortment of actions in a common pool. The available actions are limited in quantity. Once a player has selected an action, he and usually everyone else may not select it again.
Differentiation from other game categories
A very related game category is "open draw"/ "drafting" (e.g. card-drawing (Wingspan), Dice (That's pretty clever), tokens (Azul)). This is more general and not limited to actions - which is why we created a separate category for it: drafting-games.
List of the best action drafting games 2021
San Juan
Nominated for 6 awards and won 2.
More details for San Juan
2 - 4 Players
45 - 60 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: easy
Video reviews for San Juan
Inis
Nominated for 6 awards.
More details for Inis- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: medium
👍 Good price!135€ at
.deVideo reviews for Inis
Paris: La Cité de la Lumière
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Paris: La Cité de la Lumière- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Puerto Rico
- 3 - 5 Players
- 90 - 150 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
El Grande
Nominated for 3 awards and won 3.
Spiel des Jahres 1996
🔥 Deal: 78% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!More details for El Grande- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
🔥 Great price!9€ at.deRising Sun
Nominated for 9 awards and won 3.
More details for Rising Sun- 3 - 5 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition- 3 - 6 Players
- 240 - 480 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: hard
👍 Good price!120€ at.deVideo reviews for Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition
Yspahan
Nominated for 8 awards.
Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2007
Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2007
🔥 Deal: 24% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!More details for Yspahan- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: easy
🔥 Great price!22€ at.deVillage
- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
🔥 Great price!29€ at.deVideo reviews for Village
New Frontiers
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for New Frontiers- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 - 75 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: medium
In the Year of the Dragon
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for In the Year of the Dragon- 2 - 5 Players
- 75 - 100 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Barrage
Nominated for 13 awards and won 6.
More details for Barrage- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: hard
In the Year of the Dragon: 10th Anniversary
- 2 - 5 Players
- 75 - 100 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Puerto Rico
- 2 - 5 Players
- 70 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Gentes
Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.
More details for Gentes- 1 - 4 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Video reviews for Gentes
Alchemists
Nominated for 11 awards and won 3.
More details for Alchemists- 2 - 4 Players
- 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Complexity: hard
👍 Good price!40€ at.deVideo reviews for Alchemists
Pipeline
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for Pipeline- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: hard
Video reviews for Pipeline
Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: hard
Nauticus
🔥 Deal: 15% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!More details for Nauticus- 2 - 4 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
🔥 Great price!34€ at.deThe Cost
- 2 - 4 Players
- 75 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: hard
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