The board game market was valued at $7.2 billion in 2017 and is projected to reach $12 billion by 2023. Over 1400 board games were published in 2019. There are two main schools of board game design - European games focus on simple but attractive components, strategy, and short play times, while American games emphasize theme, detailed components, randomness, and longer play times. Popular board game mechanics include worker placement, tile placement, deck building, and area control. Games can also be classified by complexity from gateway to heavy games, and by level of cooperation from fully competitive to fully cooperative.

1. Board Games
Brief Introduction

2. Statistics
 According to Statista global board game market
was estimated as 7.2 billions of US dollars in
2017 and was forecast to reach a value of 12
billion U.S. dollars by 2023.
 More than 1400 board games were published
in 2019.

3. International Expos
 Spiele in Messe Essen Center, Germany

4. International Expos
 GenCon in Indiana Convention Center, USA

5. Tabletop Games vs Board Games
 Tabletop games include:
 Board Games
 RPGs
 Wargames
 Collectible Card Games (CCG)

6. Modern Board Games
 Eurogames
 Ameritrash games
 Party games

7. European school of game design
 Mixture of game mechanics
 Simple but attractive components
 Theme independence
 Strategy planning
 Indirect interaction between players
 Short playing time (30-40 minutes per player)

8. Examples: Caverna

9. Examples: Caverna

10. American school of game design
 Theme and atmosphere are important
 Detailed components
 Randomness
 Direct interaction between players
 Complex rules
 Significant playing time

11. Examples: Star Wars: Rebellion

12. Examples: Mansions of Maddness

13. Popular mechanics
 Worker placement
 Tile placement
 Auction
 Deck, bag and pool building
 Deck construction
 Tableu and engine building
 Push Your Luck
 Hidden roles

14. Popular mechanics
 Area majority
 Legacy
 Card drafting
 Dice rolling
 Action selection
 Hand management
 etc.

15. Examples: Terraforming Mars

16. Examples: The Quacks of Quedlinburg

17. Examples: Twilight Struggle

18. Classification by complexity
 Gateway games
 Family games
 Mid-core games
 Heavy games

19. Classisifcation by cooperation
 Fully competitive games
 Semi-competitive games
 Semi-cooperative games
 Fully cooperative games