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 CoolMiniOrNot (CMON)
Abstract Game with Programmed Movement
Programmed Movement and Take That games
Programmed Movement and Variable Player Powers games
Programmed Movement and Track Movement games
Programmed Movement and Open Drafting games
Programmed Movement games published by Asmodee
Programmed Movement and Simultaneous Action Selection games
Gentle-Robots. . . Start Your Microprocessors!And while you're at it, turn on the conveyor belts, fire up the wall-mounted lasers, and charge up those batteries. It's closing time at the factory, but the racing and combat action is about to begin!Robo...
Robo Rally
$50.00
$37.99
World War II was a new age of aviation and a new age of warfare and now, Wings of War goes to the beginning of this new epoch. This is the Dawn of War.Wings of War expands to include the flying machines and battles of World War II with Wings of War:...
Wings of War: Dawn of War - Game of WW2 Air Combat
$60.00
$55.00
Programmed Movement games designed by Jérôme Daniel Snowrchoff
Doggerland
$87.36
$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, 76%
14 y/o +
2 to 4 players
60 minutes
Involved
Strategy Game
Prehistoric
Different Worker Types
Programmed Movement
Tile Placement
Worker Placement
Programmed Movement games designed by Damian Stankowski
Snails
-20%
$39.90
$31.99
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...
positive, 84%
10 y/o +
2 to 4 players
60 minutes
Relaxed
Dice Game
Animals
Exploration
Action Queue
Area Movement
Command Cards
Dice Rolling
Programmed Movement games illustrated by Valerio Korax Carbone
Dragonbond: Lords of Vaala
-63%
$59.99
$22.00
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...
mostly positive, 70%
13 y/o +
1 to 4 players
30 minutes
Relaxed
Dice Game
Fantasy
Miniatures
Action Queue
Action / Event
Area Majority / Influence
Command Cards
