The best games where you can retrieve actions 2023
Looking for a really good game where you can get actions back? Then we have just the thing for you: the list of the best "action recovery" games 2023.
What are "recover actions" games?
Each player has a set of actions available to them, embodied in cards, tokens, or other affordances. Once executed, they are spent and cannot be executed again until they are retrieved. Retrieving actions is usually an action itself or may take an entire turn.
Examples of games where you can retrieve actions:
A good example of an action retrieval game is Century: Golem Edition or Gloomhaven.
List with the best Recovering Actions games 2023
Century: Golem Edition
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Century: Spice Road
Nominated for 9 awards and won 2.
More details for Century: Spice Road- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Century: Spice Road
Meadow
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
More details for Meadow- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Concordia
Nominated for 7 awards and won 2.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2014
More details for Concordia- 2 - 5 Players
- 100 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Concordia
Colt Express
- 2 - 6 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
Nominated for 12 awards and won 5.
More details for Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Hard to learn
Mission: Red Planet (Second Edition)
- 2 - 6 Players
- 45 - 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Gloomhaven
Nominated for 22 awards and won 10.
More details for Gloomhaven- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Hard to learn
🔥 Great price!141€ at.de
Video reviews for Gloomhaven
Raptor
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Raptor- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Raptor
Concordia Venus
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Concordia Venus- 2 - 6 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Concordia Venus
Arcadia Quest
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Arcadia Quest- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Century: A New World
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Century: A New World- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Arcadia Quest: Inferno
- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
Stop Thief!
- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Roll for the Galaxy
Nominated for 7 awards and won 2.
More details for Roll for the Galaxy- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!41€ at.de
Century: Eastern Wonders
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Century: Eastern Wonders
Ankh: Gods of Egypt
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for Ankh: Gods of Egypt- 2 - 5 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
🔥 Great price!65€ at.de
Honey Buzz
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Honey Buzz- 1 - 4 Players
- 45 - 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Chakra
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Spirit Island
Nominated for 13 awards and won 2.
More details for Spirit Island- 1 - 4 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Hard to learn
👍 Good price!54€ at.de
Root
Nominated for 24 awards and won 14.
More details for Root- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Hard to learn
Rococo
- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Chronicle
- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Chronicle
Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Heroes of Terrinoth
- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Santo Domingo
- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Santo Domingo
Famiglia
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Famiglia- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
The Manhattan Project
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for The Manhattan Project- 2 - 5 Players
- 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Mission: Red Planet
- 3 - 5 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Havana
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Havana- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
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