Working Hard - a look at worker placement mechanisms (Topic Discussion)

The genre of worker placement games is quite large and has
evolved a lot over the years. Traditionally, worker placement was
all about certain actions being unavailable to other players as
soon as someone placed their worker there. At some point, games
introduced shared worker place spots. Some games allowed players
to kick workers out, returning them to another player who would
effectively get another go. In this article, I want to look at
the genre and pick out different implementations and variations
on the theme.


Read the full article here:
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/11/07/working-hard-a-look-at-worker-placement-mechanisms-topic-discussion/


Useful Links


Lords of Waterdeep:
https://dnd.wizards.com/products/lords-waterdeep-board-game

Agricola: https://www.asmodee.co.uk/collections/agricola

Raiders of the North Sea review:
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/05/27/raiders-of-the-north-sea-digital-eyes/

Viticulture review:
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/08/15/viticulture-essential-edition-saturday-review/

Genotype review:
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/06/26/genotype-a-mendelian-genetics-game-saturday-review/

I C E: https://thiswayeditions.com/ice/

Hegemony: https://hegemonygame.com/

Pingyao: First Chinese Banks review:
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/01/21/pingyao-first-banks-of-china-saturday-review/



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