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According to this article Eurogames tend to have the following features:

• “emphasise strategy over showiness”
• “downplay luck and conflict”
• “lean towards economic rather than martial themes”
• “strive to keep all the players at the table until the game’s end”

The linked article emphasizes that, “[Germany] specialises in ‘Eurogames’,” and that “Germans are the keenest European players.”