Best Card Drafting

Heat: Pedal to the Metal is a racing game where players manage their race team, upgrade cars, and compete for victory. The game combines engine-building with card drafting, allowing players to customi...

Splendor Duel takes the core engine-building mechanics of the original Splendor and refines them into a sharper, more aggressive 2-player experience. Players collect gems to purchase cards, which in t...

Ark Nova is a modern masterpiece of zoo management. Players design and manage a modern, scientifically managed zoo, aiming to support conservation projects while attracting visitors. The game features...

Everdell is a stunningly beautiful worker-placement and engine-building game set in a charming forest village. Players manage a group of critters, gathering resources to build their city and attract n...

Paperback is a deck-building game where players take on the roles of authors, building decks of story elements to create a novel. The game features a unique card drafting mechanic, where players selec...

Splendor is a fast-paced, addictive game of chip-collecting and card development. Players are merchants of the Renaissance trying to buy gemstone mines, transportation methods, and shops to turn raw g...

7 Wonders is a civilization-building game where players lead one of the seven great cities of the ancient world. Over three ages, you gather resources, develop commercial routes, and affirm your milit...

Resist! is a cooperative deck-building game where players take on the roles of members of a resistance movement fighting against an oppressive regime. Players build decks of actions and resources to c...

7 Wonders Duel is widely considered the best two-player board game on the market. It distills the civilization-building experience into a tight, tense card-drafting game. Players compete to build wond...

El Grande is a classic area control game set during the Spanish Civil War. Players use cards to deploy troops and gain control of regions. The game features a unique 'El Grande' card, which allows the...

Sushi Go! is a fast-paced card drafting game where players aim to collect the best combinations of sushi dishes. Each round, players simultaneously select a card from their hand and pass the rest to t...

Through the Ages is a complex civilization-building game where players develop their societies through card drafting and resource management. Players construct buildings, advance technologies, and bui...

Res Arcana is a fast-paced engine-building card game where players take on the roles of mages, harnessing the power of artifacts and essences to score victory points. The game features a small, fixed...

Alien Frontiers is a worker placement game set on a newly discovered alien planet. Players deploy robots to claim territories, mine resources, and build structures. The game features a unique dice rol...

Castle Panic is a cooperative tower defense game where players work together to defend their castle from hordes of monsters. Players use action cards to attack monsters, repair walls, and gather resou...

While not a traditional roll-and-write, this game uses card drafting to create a collaborative fairytale. Players draft cards representing story elements and weave them together to create a unique nar...

Munchkin is a humorous card game where players act as dungeon-crawling adventurers, battling monsters and collecting treasure. The game is known for its take-that mechanics, where players can hinder e...

Space Base is a dice-rolling and card-drafting game where players build space stations and earn credits. Players roll dice and use the results to activate cards in their space base. The game is relati...

Point Salad, while primarily a card drafting game, incorporates dice rolls to determine which cards are available. Players draft vegetable cards and combine them to score points based on various objec...

Paris: La Revolution is a card-drafting game where players navigate the French Revolution, managing resources and influencing factions. Players must balance their actions to score points and avoid pen...

Seasons is a card drafting and set collection game where players collect cards representing different seasons and elements. The game features a unique drafting mechanic where players pass cards around...