Track Movement in Board Games
Track movement is a mechanic in board games where players advance pieces along a predetermined path. This path can be linear, branching, or circular, and is often used to represent progression in the game.
Purpose
The purpose of track movement is to provide a visual and strategic representation of a player's advancement towards a goal. It simplifies movement decisions and often integrates with other mechanics such as resource management or competitive racing.
Common Usage
- Racing Games: Players move pieces along a track to reach the finish line first.
- Economic Games: Tracks might represent production levels or market prices that fluctuate.
- Resource Management: Tracks can monitor resources like money, supplies, or points.
Examples
- Ticket to Ride: Players claim railway routes on a map to connect cities and complete destination tickets.
- Power Grid: The game uses an economic track to manage resources and a separate track for player order.
- Terra Mystica: Each player has individual tracks for various resources that determine available actions.
Benefits and Challenges
- Clarity: Offers a clear visual representation of goals and progress.
- Strategy: Can allow for strategic depth through positioning and timing.
Track movement mechanics provide structure and competitive elements to a variety of board game genres and are an essential tool in game design.
Strategy Game with Track Movement
Track Movement games designed by Roberto Fraga
Spinderella (1st Edition)
$35.00
All good things come in threes...In Spinderella, players race to get their three ants across the forest floor as quickly as they can, but spiders await in the branches above and - with a little help from opponents - one might swoop down to scoop up ...
mixed, 64%
6 y/o +
2 to 4 players
20 minutes
Light
Family Game
Animals
Dexterity
Race
Roll / Spin and Move
Three Dimensional Movement
Track Movement games published by MINDOK
Track Movement games illustrated by David Forest
Cooperative Game with Track Movement
Track Movement games published by Galápagos Jogos
Track Movement and Open Drafting games
Track Movement games published by Maldito Games
Explore even more of Navoria with the Forgotten Lands expansion, featuring asymmetrical player powers, a new location to visit, new cards to draft, a solo mode story to play through, everything you need to play with a 5th player, and more!Mechanisms:...
Explorers of Navoria: Forgotten Lands Expansion
$25.00
$20.00
Players try to score the most points by winning or placing second in races between segments of Route 66, The Mother Road, from Chicago to Santa Monica. To do this, they roll four dice and form two pairs which determine the segments they may race on during...
The Mother Road: Route 66
$39.99
$25.00
Food, Drink & Cooking themed games with Track Movement
Science Fiction themed games with Track Movement
Track Movement games illustrated by Klemens Franz
Track Movement games published by Geekach Games
Hidden Leaders - Forgotten Legends
$21.99
This expansion for Hidden Leaders comes with 3 new modules:A new faction, four leaders, and 20 new heroes. The guardians are a powerful race that everyone can use but using them too much will lead to the Guardian Leaders winning.Artifacts will upgrade...
positive, 80%
10 y/o +
2 to 6 players
20 minutes
Relaxed
Card Game
Fantasy
Betting
Bluffing
Deduction
Hand Management
Track Movement games published by Albi Polska
Track Movement games published by Piatnik
Track Movement games illustrated by Mihajlo Dimitrievski
Track Movement and Dice Drafting games
Track Movement games designed by Wolfgang Kramer
Track Movement games published by Arrakis Games
Track Movement and Chaining games
Track Movement games published by Toy Vault, Inc.
Starship Merchants
$25.95
Toy Vault presents STARSHIP MERCHANTS, a game by Tom Lehmann and Joseph Huber.Two millennia after the dawn of space travel, the galaxy hums with prosperity and peace. But as mankind and its neighbors colonized the stars, the burgeoning need for resources...
mixed, 57%
14 y/o +
2 to 4 players
90 minutes
Relaxed
Science Fiction
Economic
Commodity Speculation
Pick-up and Deliver
Track Movement
Trading
Track Movement games illustrated by Anca Gavril
Dandelions
-49%
$31.59
$15.99
Transform into a dandelion to float on a gentle breeze and plant your seeds in beautiful gardens. Roll your eleven dice and plan your movements.Land in the best gardens, blow your opponents' seeds out of your way, and try to have the most seeds in each...
mixed, 68%
8 y/o +
2 to 3 players
10 minutes
Light
Dice Game
Environmental
Flowers
Dice Rolling
Area Majority / Influence
Area Movement
King of the Hill
