Pick Up & Deliver 280: The Board Game 180-Degree Rule

Brendan discusses the film concept of the 180-degree rule, what it means, and how it translates to Board Game Design, then considers a few games that perhaps break the Board Game 180-degree rule.

• The 180-degree rule
  • Love Story, directed by Arthur Hiller
  • Breathless, directed by Jean Luc Goddard
• Dice Rolling
  • Euphoria
  • Teotihuacan: City of Gods
• Deck Building
  • Dominion
  • Miskatonic School for Girls
  • The Big Book of Madness
  • Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle: The Monster Box of Monsters
  • Aeon’s End
• Holding Cards
  • Bohnanza
  • Hanabi
  • Beyond Baker Street
  • Letter Jam
  • Piepmatz

Which mechanisms and games did Brendan leave out? Which ones would you suggest as examples of the 180-degree rule? Join us over on Boardgame Geek in guild #3269 to weigh in.