Game mechanics in two distinct ways: Examples of tile mechanics include: "Scrabble", in which tiles are letters and players lay them down to form words and score points; and "Tikal", in which players lay tiles representing newly explored areas of jungle, through which archaeologists (represented by tokens) must move to score game points. Worker placement is a game mechanism where players allocate a limited number of tokens ("workers") to multiple stations that provide various defined actions. The worker placement mechanism originates with board games. Stewart Woods identifies "Keydom" (1998; later remade and updated as "Aladdin's Dragons") as the first game to implement
Play On Words (game) Play On Words (game) Play on Words is a word card game, in which players build words from 8 stacks of cards which show available letters. Players earn points by building words from the stacks or stealing opponents' words. Words can be captured if they are added to or rearranged to make a new word. Play on Words was released by David James Games in 2014. Play on Words received a Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award in Fall of 2015. Play on Words can be played by 2 to 4 players (or up to 6 players in teams of 2.)