Programmed Movement in Board Games
Programmed movement is a game mechanic where players plan their units' or characters' moves in advance. This mechanic adds a level of strategy and unpredictability to games. Here's a quick overview:
How it Works
Players secretly select their moves or actions for a set number of turns. After all players have chosen, they reveal their choices and execute them in order. This can lead to chaotic and unpredictable outcomes when players' plans interact.
Game Experience
This mechanic introduces forward-thinking and planning. It can mitigate luck factors and emphasize strategic skill. However, it also creates a unique challenge as players must anticipate opponents' plans without perfect information.
Examples
- RoboRally: Players program robots' moves on a factory floor, trying to reach checkpoints amidst hazards.
- Mechs vs. Minions: Players control mechs, programming their actions to fight off waves of minions.
Programmed Movement games published by CMON Global Limited
Programmed Movement and Action Queue games
Programmed Movement games published by Matagot
Program your frogs to land on lily pads with opposing frogs and take control of the bog in this unique, chess-like game of tactics and timing. Earn the most points to win this battle for 2 players!Mechanisms:• Force Commitment• Hand Management• Movement...
Bog: Micro Card Game
$6.00
$4.49
The King is away on holiday, leaving the crown prince in charge of the city and his treasure. The local brigands have heard the news and are hatching plans to line their pockets! Will you play as the prince or a brigand? &1. Plan your day in secret &...
Brigands
$31.99
$25.99
American West themed games with Programmed Movement
Programmed Movement games designed by D. Brad Talton, Jr.
Bring the fast-paced action of head-to-head arcade fighting to your gaming table! Choose your fighter from an ever-growing roster of diverse characters, each with their own deck of special moves and supers. Play your cards to unleash fireballs, dragon...
Exceed Fighting System: Shovel Knight - Plague Box
$24.95
BattleCON: War of Indines (2nd Ed.) is a fast-paced head to head card game for 2-4 players, based loosely around the mechanics and tactics present in 2D fighting games.In BattleCON, two or four players choose characters with unique abilities and powers...
BattleCON: War of Indines (2nd Edition)
$49.95
$28.00
Maze themed games with Programmed Movement
Programmed Movement games published by Archona Games
Sports themed games with Programmed Movement
Programmed Movement games published by Kaissa Chess & Games
Wonder what it would be like to experience chess like the extraordinary Beth Harmon? Beth’s ability to envision chess moves on her ceiling enabled her to clear her opponents’ pieces from the board and defeat them. In The Queen’s Gambit: The Game, you...
Queen's Gambit, The
$24.95
Your island has a traditional ceremony in which the most daring compete in a freediving competition to retrieve the sacred stone thrown from the top of the cliff. All of the divers plunge into the ocean, looking for help from sea turtles and mantra rays...
Dive
$34.99
$24.94
Programmed Movement games illustrated by Quentin Regnes
The Eternal Palace has fallen into disrepair. As the leader of a noble house seeking the favour of the Emperor you plan to aid in its reconstruction. Collect the materials you need to contribute to rebuilding the Palace monuments, and commemorate the...
Eternal Palace
$44.95
$28.00
The Eternal Palace has fallen into disrepair. As the leader of a noble house seeking the favor of the Emperor you plan to aid in its reconstruction. Collect the materials you need to contribute to rebuilding the Palace monuments, and commemorate the...
Eternal Palace (Deluxe Kickstarter Edition)
$54.95
$28.00
Programmed Movement and Different Worker Types games
Doggerland
$79.99
Once Upon a Time, 15,000 Years Ago . . .Doggerland was a landmass that connected Great Britain to mainland Europe that disappeared under the North Sea after the last ice age. Humans lived on these fertile lands where multiple resources and animals were...
mostly positive, 75%
14 y/o +
2 to 4 players
60 minutes
Involved
Strategy Game
Prehistoric
Different Worker Types
Programmed Movement
Tile Placement
Worker Placement
Programmed Movement and Command Cards games
There's no peace on the Gastropodia Islands. Especially not when snails grab their weapons and start a deadly combat. Each squad is ready to show the other mollusks who's the boss. Bazookas, flamers, mines, barrels full of toxic waste, hammers and drills...
Snails
$39.90
$31.99
Vaala, also known as Magic, is the force of change and power, which mortals use to fuel their spells, and dragons feed upon. Every Red Moon, dragons come to the land of Valerna to feast upon its Vaala. Sometimes mortals join forces against them, sometimes...
Dragonbond: Lords of Vaala
$59.99
$28.00
