Understanding Grid Movement in Board Games
Grid movement is a system used in board games to dictate how players or components move on the game board. It's structured around a grid of squares or hexagons where each piece moves a certain number of spaces according to the rules.
Key Components of Grid Movement
- Game Board: Consists of a pre-defined pattern of spaces, like squares or hexagons.
- Movement Rules: Define how and when a piece can move—typically from one space to adjacent spaces.
- Player Strategy: Involves tactical movement to achieve objectives or hinder opponents.
Variations in Grid Movement
- Fixed vs. Variable: Some games allow a fixed number of spaces per move, while others vary the movement based on die rolls or cards.
- Obstacles: Elements like walls or other game pieces that restrict movement.
- Special Movement: Includes rules for jumping, teleporting, or other non-standard forms of moving from one space to another.
Strategic Importance
The grid movement imposes tactical limitations and considerations for players, making strategic planning a crucial element of gameplay.
Examples
Games like "Chess" and "Checkers" are classic examples, while modern games such as "Gloomhaven" also use grid movement for character positioning and combat.
Overall, grid movement is a foundational mechanic in board game design, providing a structured way to incorporate strategic movement into gameplay.
Two-player Game with Grid Movement
Robots themed games with Grid Movement
Grid Movement and Bluffing games
Grid Movement and Contracts games
Grid Movement games designed by Chris Rowlands
Grid Movement and Simultaneous Action Selection games
Animals themed games with Grid Movement
Grid Movement and Sudden Death Ending games
Card Game with Grid Movement
Grid Movement games illustrated by Antoine Schindler
Fighters of the Pacific
-24%
$55.00
$41.99
Fighters of the Pacific contains everything you need to play hours of battle over the Pacific Ocean: a huge modular board where aircraft carriers, destroyers, and a great number of aircrafts will fight each other. The game provides 10 different scenarios...
positive, 83%
14 y/o +
2 players
120 minutes
Relaxed
Solo / Solitaire Game
Aviation / Flight
World War II
Grid Movement
Hexagon Grid
Modular Board
Movement Points
Grid Movement games illustrated by Eric Verspoor
Race to the North Pole
$9.00
Each player controls an expedition to the North. The winner will be the first to carry all his pieces in the center of the tray. Play cards to move or attack your enemies. Race to the North Pole contains a turntable that simulates the weather of the...
mixed, 53%
7 y/o +
2 to 4 players
45 minutes
Relaxed
Strategy Game
Adventure
Exploration
Grid Movement
Push Your Luck
Take That
Variable Player Powers
Grid Movement and Territory Building games
Sports themed games with Grid Movement
Print & Play Game with Grid Movement
Thrive is an abstract strategy board game where your game pieces evolve as you play. Compete for control of the lotus pond in this strategic game of tactical decision making!Game Contents:12 lotus pieces 12 colored center pegs 68 wooden game pegs 1 ...
Thrive
$29.95
$24.00
In the far reaches of space where humankind still dares not go, a sturdy ROVE – short for Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer – is often deployed. You are one such unit.A wallet collection of three 6-card Mission Pack expansions for ROVE: Results-Oriented...
ROVE - Expansion Collection 1
$0.00
Grid Movement games published by 2 Tomatoes
In Coral, players develop a coral reef together, whilst vying to position their own species closest to the top, where they can soak up the life-giving sunlight. Together - as much as against one another - you'll build a unique, magnificent 3D structure...
Coral
$30.00
$24.00
Every spring, the melted snow fills the riverbeds, opening the way back home for the salmon after a life swimming in the oceans.In Upstream, each player controls a bank of salmon swimming upstream to lay their eggs where they were born. During their...
Upstream
$30.00
Grid Movement and Action Points games
Fantasy themed games with Grid Movement
Grid Movement games published by Heidelberger Spieleverlag
Grid Movement games published by Delta Vision Publishing
Grid Movement and Push Your Luck games
Grid Movement games published by Ghenos Games
Anime / Manga themed games with Grid Movement
Grid Movement games published by Skellig Games
A deceptively cute, deceivingly challenging abstract strategy game for two players.Every time you place a kitten on the bed, it goes "boop." Which is to say that it pushes every other kitten on the board one space away. Line up three kittens in a row...
boop.
$53.02
$24.99
A deceptively cute, deceivingly challenging abstract strategy game for two players.Every time you place a kitten on the bed, it goes "boop." Which is to say that it pushes every other kitten on the board one space away. Line up three kittens in a row...
boop.
$34.99
$24.99