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jmagnini: whats your favorite game mechanic?

0Shea0: Mechanicisms
Hendal: DICE, DICE, DICE - give me the roll of the dice in every great game. Did you know Heroscape uses dice, it is true - no seriously check it out cool dice, that the ink wears off from to much play, of course you can go to tourneyments and win engraved dice that work way better but to be honest I really never use all the ones I have won, but I will lay them on the table so my enemy sees them, get in his head is always part of it, you know the mental side of it
zippy1979: worker placement
the manatee: Variable powers.
Butterbob: Tile laying or woker placement, not sure which is better
Polgara: anything that means I'm building something.. and playing OL (or similar) in games like Descent/Doom
sk8llington: Manage resources
KillerPower: Strategical dice rolling....
Woelf: Variable player/character powers
grayousious: Stripping games
daveroswell: right now, the deck building mechanic in Dominion
ChukLife: Drawing from a deck.
Der Ubermolch: Negotiation. I love Diplomacy, Quo Vadis, and Mall of Horror and like the trading aspects of many other games (and trading is a form of negotiation)
wifwendell: random events from cards are pretty cool
hancock.tom: card driven
joni: can't tell
matthan: City Building, but I like variety.
edralla: Cards ... easy to manage, often contain the relevant rules, and portable
DHEK: I don't have a favorite game mechanic.
Benzebub: Dice, and lots of them.
Snorii: wargame
Geosphere: Modular changing board
scriptorum: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/question/286
aleo09: winning
Chris Page: Stefan Brueck. (Alea developer.)
Greedo: Super Mario, though he's more like a plumber, not really a mechanic.
Cut & Space: Chess
Dorque: Don't have any broken games that need one.
Admiral Fisher: I think the splitting of cards in San Marco is pretty clever.
collezionista: ... auction
vampywife: what exactly is a game mechanic? is that a career option?
kevinwho: At the moment, I am a fan of simultaneous action selection. Well, I've liked the mechanic for decades, ever since I learned Diplomacy, and even though I hated the negotiating and wheedling in that game, still loved the SAS.
brainrob: This is a repeat question - please try again
Bahamut-X: Is Variable player power a mechanic? ;)
Eddy Bee: Fun
jasta6: Upfront & Wing of War
tipigi: tile placement
BoboDaHobo: Modular tile map thingys!!!
Mike A: Tile placement.
laurion: Variable player powers
mrbeankc: Bob. He does the oil changes and tune ups on all my games down at the garage.
Mikebegeta: minitures
notquitekarpov: No luck combat mechanisms (diplomacy, warlord etc)
sourwyrm: double blind
CharlieWonka: fortitude in WWE Raw Deal
jens_hoppe: Auctions!
Spielguy: Multiple actions
chrisesko: Positive feedback loops
Belash: Mario from Super Mario 3
ssmooth: Reiner Knizia
djlg: Influence in areas
Cavedog_pdx: negotiation and trading
meshuggener: Anything with clay.
Lord_Prussian: Double-blind and/or bluffing
rapier1642: simultaneous action
heli: 2 I like are variable powers and logical deduction
2amp: Warpwar's diceless combat system
nexttothemoon: I like lots of different ones...mechanisms as well.
snoozefest: variable powers
melissa: tile placement
skelebone: Louie down at Jimmy's Gamehaus, always gets it running again.
Metaphora: It's a toss-up between tile-laying, trick-taking, and simultaneous action selection.
puffinge: Simultaneous facedown cardplay.
CDRodeffer: GM Goodwrench.
chaddyboy_2000: Crapping in your kitchen.
Spielfreak: Jay. Whenever there's a problem with a game, he fixes it.
gnomehome: See TD2008YDS's question
CortexBomb: The Auction (and my favourite auction is probably Goa's vicious flag based once around)
AlorielLelyn: I don't have one
jttm: Changing starting player.