game thought

When considering a game that I could modify to approach the partnership design problem, I immediately considered Race for the Galaxy (RftG). Primarily, I chose this game because I am very familiar with it as my game group plays it often. Additionally, it already meets two of the four criteria I laid out in my [...]

Partnership games are appealing to me. A lot of this can be attributed to the “high-five” factor; it’s more fun to succeed along with someone else.

However, for a partnership or team game to be successful, there needs to be the ability to cooperate without one person running the show.

I’ve been thinking of this as a mechanic of the game of football, and am curious how such a mechanic could be implemented with a board game.