hidden personal goal + full information
Secret goals create surprise twists even when the board shows everything else clearly.
What it brings
- Board transparency lets players focus on strategy.
- Opponents can guess goals from public actions.
What it costs
- Guessing goals might frustrate if too obvious or too hidden.
- Full view can make blocking easy once goals are spotted.
Example games
- Suburbia
How the games were checked against BoardGameGeek
- Ticket to Ride: partly checkable, nothing against it. hidden personal goal: not checkable. full information: not checkable.
- Suburbia: partly checkable, nothing against it. hidden personal goal: not checkable. full information: not checkable.
Games removed after checking
- Ticket to Ride: Days of Wonder rulebook: players keep their Destination Tickets secret until the end of the game; not full information