Resource management games are all about making the most of what little you’ve got. You gather, trade, and spend your resources, always wishing you had just one more of something. It’s a careful balance between planning ahead and adapting when things don’t go quite your way.
Some examples of resource management games are Black Forest, Transgalactica and Yokohama.
Opera Magna – Maybe We Should Build the Cathedral
Building a cathedral is complicated. You need marble, wood, metal, glass, skilled workers and, apparently, a very good supply chain. Opera Magna takes us to Renaissance Florence, where each player runs a workshop helping with the construction of the Cathedral…
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Parks & Potions – Every Potion Counts
Alchemy in board games usually involves wizards, ancient laboratories, and a suspicious amount of bubbling liquid. Parks & Potions takes a friendlier approach. Here, we’re park rangers using botanical alchemy to heal animals found across forests, wetlands, and other natural…
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Wondrous Creatures: Winterfall – A Season of Change
The island of Starbeak was first discovered when explorers followed a strange bird with a glowing beak through the sea mist. On the other side, they found a mysterious island full of unusual creatures, hidden habitats, and enough weird wildlife…
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Critter Kitchen – More Than Just Stirring the Pot
In Critter Kitchen, you’re running a little restaurant in the coastal town of Bistro Bay during Restaurant Week. Your team of animal chefs, mice, lizards, and boars, are all busy hunting down ingredients, cooking meals, and trying to impress a…
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Black Forest – The Return of Uwe’s Turning Wheels
Uwe Rosenberg is known for his structured, puzzle-like games where everything links together. He’d already experimented with a shared resource wheel in Ora et Labora, but Glass Road took that idea further, introducing personal rotating production wheels that automatically track…
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Transgalactica – The Universe is Yours… Probably
You’re the captain of a starship, cruising through the galaxy in search of power, progress, and maybe just a little prestige. In Transgalactica, you’ll spend five rounds building outposts, managing your crew, exploring the stars, and trying to stay one…
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Timelancers – Tampering with Time Since 2140
In Timelancers, you step into the boots of a time-hopping operative, working in the shadows for powerful factions who are secretly rewriting history. Time travel? Completely illegal. The timeline? On the brink of falling apart. And to make things worse,…
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Yokohama – A Eurogame Classic That Still Holds Up
Yokohama used to be just a small fishing village. Quiet, local, nothing too fancy. But things started to change when the locals began trading copper and raw silk with foreign countries. In return, they brought back technology, new ideas, and…
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Wyrmspan – More Than Just Wingspan With Dragons
As an amateur dracologist, you have one mission: to study and protect dragons of all shapes and sizes. To do that, you’ll need to excavate a hidden labyrinth, turning it into a safe haven that will attract these magnificent creatures…
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Daitoshi – Where Steam Fuels Ambition and the Yokai Push Back
Board game publisher Devir has been creating a fascinating universe with the Kemushi Saga, a series of games that all take place in the same world but at different points in time. If you’ve played Bitoku, Bamboo, or Sand, you’ve…
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