Area Majority / Influence in Board Games
The Area Majority / Influence mechanic is central to many strategic board games. It involves players competing to control more regions or areas within the game's map than their opponents.
Key Concepts
- Control: Players exert influence in an area, often through placing tokens or pieces.
- Majority: Having a superior number of pieces or influence points in an area.
- Scoring: Points or benefits are typically awarded based on the area control status.
Strategic Importance
The strategic depth comes from decisions on where and how to allocate resources to gain an advantage. Players must balance aggressive expansion with defense and often predict opponents' moves.
Example Games
- El Grande: Players vie for control of regions in medieval Spain.
- Small World: Different factions aim to dominate a fantasy map.
- Tammany Hall: Players are political bosses controlling wards in New York City.
In conclusion, Area Majority / Influence is a dynamic mechanic offering rich player interaction and decision-making.
City Building themed games with Area Majority / Influence
Strategy Game with Area Majority / Influence
Area Majority / Influence and Simulation games
Area Majority / Influence games illustrated by Meeple Foundry
Winter
-29%
$11.99
$8.50
In this game of frozen lakes and snowflakes, the cold will respond to your strategy - can you freeze and thaw your way to victory? 18 Cards 18 Counters 5 Rules Mechanisms:• Area Majority / Influence• Modular Board• Pattern Building
mostly positive, 71%
10 y/o +
2 to 4 players
30 minutes
Light
Card Game
Area Majority / Influence
Modular Board
Pattern Building
Tile Placement
Fantasy themed games with Area Majority / Influence
Area Majority / Influence games published by Arcane Wonders Games
Desperate times call for desperate measures! Investors want to see results and set global goals while new technologies open up new opportunities. Sometimes your personal presence will be imperative! Mechanisms:• Action Queue• Area Majority / Influence...
Smartphone Inc: Update 1.1 Expansion
$27.99
$19.99
In VIRAL, 2-5 players take on the role of viruses invading a patient's organs. Players compete to control zones in the patient's body, with the goal to gain the most Viral Points. Each round, players secretly select mutation and zone cards, place their...
Viral
$49.99
$12.00
Area Majority / Influence games published by Fox in the Box
Area Majority / Influence games published by Asmodee
Area Majority / Influence and Hand Management games
Area Majority / Influence games designed by Cole Wehrle
Explore unique, tricky strategies in the Arcs base game with new Leaders, and add wild twists to both the Arcs base and campaign games with new Lore.Mechanisms:• Action Points• Area Majority / Influence• Area Movement• Campaign / Battle Card Driven• ...
Arcs: Leaders & Lore Pack
$15.00
$12.99
Root is a game of adventure and war in which 2 to 4 players battle for control of a vast wilderness.The nefarious Marquise de Cat has seized the great woodland, intent on harvesting its riches. Under her rule, the many creatures of the forest have banded...
Root
$60.00
$48.00
Area Majority / Influence and Variable Set-up games
Area Majority / Influence games published by Rebel Sp. z o.o.
Area Majority / Influence games developed by Hjalmar Hach
Vampire the Masquerade: Vendetta
-55%
$39.99
$17.90
Vendetta is a game of area control, bluff and treachery in which you scheme and fight for influence and power as immortal vampires! Play cards and blood to earn the control of influential humans, feed on them, and make them your servants; your goal is...
mixed, 69%
14 y/o +
3 to 6 players
30 minutes
Relaxed
Card Game
Horror
Fantasy
Bluffing
Area Majority / Influence
Auction/Bidding
Deck, Bag, and Pool Building
Area Majority / Influence and Tile Placement games
Area Majority / Influence games designed by Serge Laget
Mare Nostrum - Empires, Atlas Expansion
$47.95
Atlas Expansion adds to Mare Nostrum - Empires the 6th player including a game board expansion (increase map size by 50%), Atlas starting hero, 8 legions, 5 triremes, 5 fortresses, 7 control markers, 5 leadership markers, 9 resources, forum mat, and...
mostly positive, 74%
14 y/o +
2 to 6 players
90 minutes
Involved
War Game
Ancient Civilization
Civilization
Area Majority / Influence
Dice Rolling
Set Collection
Trading
Dice Game with Area Majority / Influence
Waggle Dance by Mike Nudd, also known for Dice Hospital. Control worker bees to build a beehive, collect nectar, and make honey while also being efficient and strategic to outmanoeuvre your opponents. This 1-4 player Euro-style worker-placement dice...
Waggle Dance
$28.00
Who will collect the most money in the Bohemian villages? As a merchant, you want to have as many stores as possible. As an innkeeper, you can earn money only if there are enough people in the village. As a miller or factory owner, cooperation is key...
Bohemian Villages
$39.95
$27.99
Area Majority / Influence games illustrated by Nolan Nasser
Compile: Main 1
-25%
$19.99
$14.99
In the card game Compile, you are competing Artificial Intelligences trying to understand the world around you. Two players select three Protocols each to test. Concepts ranging from Darkness to Water are pitted against each other to reach ultimate understandi...
very positive, 86%
14 y/o +
0 to 2 players
20 minutes
Relaxed
Card Game
Area Majority / Influence
Area Majority / Influence games published by Giochi Uniti
Area Majority / Influence games published by Pendragon Game Studio
Expanse, The
$175.00
The Expanse is a game of politics, conquest, and intrigue as players spread their influence throughout the solar system. Will the U.N. or Martian forces control the resources of the Belt? Will the O.P.A. overthrow their yoke of oppression and be free...
mixed, 68%
14 y/o +
2 to 4 players
60 minutes
Involved
Movies / TV / Radio theme
Novel-based
Action / Event
Action Points
Area Majority / Influence
Campaign / Battle Card Driven
Area Majority / Influence games published by Frosted Games
In Endeavor: Age of Expansion, players will take the mechanics they know and love and use them with a new set of buildings and cards for a new level of game play and interaction.The new building market creates a totally different strategic experience...
Endeavor - Age of Sail: Endeavor - Age of Expansion (Kickstarter Edition)
$60.00
$55.00
London: The biggest, most important and richest city in England in the late medieval and early modern periods.The Guilds played a major role in the lives of London's citizens, controlling the way in which trade, manufacturing and business was conducted...
Guilds of London
$9.00
Area Majority / Influence games published by Games7Days
In Air, Land & Sea: Critters at War, two players vie for control over each theater of war by playing cards and strategically utilizing their special abilities to win battles. Whoever gains the most victory points over several battles wins the war!Gameplay...
Air, Land & Sea: Critters at War
$30.25
$10.99
In Air, Land, & Sea, two players battle for control over each “theater” of war by playing Battle cards and strategically utilizing their special abilities to gain the advantage. Whoever controls the most theaters, claims victory points, and the player...
Air, Land, & Sea (Revised Edition)
$19.95
Area Majority / Influence games designed by Paweł Stobiecki
Flick of Faith
-17%
$59.95
$49.95
Gods are powerful and… bored!Make a bet with the others, use your unique powers, and gather the most believers in the World’s Naval Archipelago.Flick of Faith is a dexterity area control game with easy to learn rules loaded with pure fun. Although you...
mostly positive, 78%
8 y/o +
2 to 4 players
15 minutes
Light
Dexterity Game
Mythology
Area Majority / Influence
Dexterity
Finger Flicking
Flicking