Round the Outside - tracking scores in board games (Topic Discussion)

Pretty much every hobby game contains some sort of score which
measures who is in the lead and decides who wins the game. That's
undoubtedly true for competitive games, but sometimes also for
cooperative ones. The score can be in the form of victory points,
glory points, reputation, money or something else or even a mix
of different things. Some games keep track of players' scores
throughout the game, others count everything up at the end and
there are also games that have a mix of in-game scoring and
end-of-game points. In this article, I want to look at these
different ways of score keeping and how it affects gameplay
experience.


Read the full article here:
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/05/30/round-the-outside-tracking-scores-in-board-games-topic-discussion/


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