A crossword focused on rare and unusual mechanics found in board games, challenging your knowledge of unique gameplay elements.
Esoteric Dynamics of Obscure Gameplay
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Extracting pieces as a strategic depletion tactic
- 2. Isolated control zone within a contested territory
- 3. Discrete currency spent to craft moves or activations
- 5. Deferred resource saving for future expenditure
- 8. Linking elements to create synergistic clusters
- 10. Negotiation mechanic lending victory through tongues, not troops
- 13. Initial positioning phase critical for spatial advantage
- 14. Cap on cards held, constraining available strategies
- 16. Obscure mechanic involving movement of grouped units en masse
Down
- 4. Unified use of elements to generate compounded effects
- 6. Systematic turning altering board state or components
- 7. Sealed offering mechanic shrouded in strategic uncertainty
- 9. Multiple steps or moves combined into one action
- 11. Control mechanic emphasizing territorial or influence superiority
- 12. Card functioning dually as resource and ability
- 15. Layered placement of components influencing emergent patterns
- 17. Player’s standing affecting negotiations and alliances
- 18. Mechanic reflecting opponent’s moves in calculated symmetry
- 19. Mechanic depicting capture or removal via ecological analog
- 20. Compulsion to move despite disadvantage, from chess lexicon