What is Area Movement?
Area Movement is a mechanic commonly used in board games that involves moving pieces through distinct zones or areas on a game board. Unlike grid-based systems, area movement allows for movement between large, defined regions.
How does Area Movement work?
Players move their pieces from one area to another, often with restrictions based on the game's rules. These rules may involve:
- Movement Costs: Different areas might require varying amounts of movement points to enter.
- Control: Some games may restrict movement into areas controlled by opponents.
- Capacity: Limits on the number of pieces that can occupy a single area.
Implications of Area Movement
This mechanic can impact gameplay by:
- Strategic Depth: Encourages players to think strategically about positioning and movement.
- Player Interaction: Often leads to direct confrontations as players enter the same area.
- Game Flow: Tends to create a more dynamic and fluid board state compared to grid movement.
Area Movement provides a flexible approach that can suit various game themes and styles, providing designers with a tool to craft engaging spatial strategies and player interactions.
Science Fiction themed games with Area Movement
War Game with Area Movement
Area Movement games illustrated by Ewa Labak
Solo / Solitaire Game with Area Movement
Area Movement and Hexagon Grid games
This Casting Shadows expansion introduces 2 new playable Characters and 3 new Hex tiles, allowing you to play with up to 6 players on an expanded map. With this expansion, you can Freeze and Stun your enemies to limit their movement and Resource Pools...
Casting Shadows: Ice Storm Expansion, The
$60.00
The two grandsons of the King of Albalonga – the twins Romolo and Remo, descendants of Enea of Troy – don't want to miss an opportunity to dominate the region and, acting against each other, try to establish two cities close to the Tiber river. Their...
Romolo o Remo?
$9.00
Area Movement and Variable Player Powers games
Area Movement and Bluffing games
Area Movement and Network and Route Building games
The floodwaters are rising and the animals need to board the ark!In this deceptively simple game, players move their boats around a steadily deteriorating landscape, matching pairs in order to rescue stranded animals.Animals that are rare at the end...
Two by Two
$14.00
$9.00
Make, Move, and Deliver moonshine through a Swamp, all while avoiding Gators, Police, and the Competition to claim Pappy’s Moonshine Empire!
Moon Shine Empire (Deluxe Edition)
$128.39
Area Movement games published by Matagot
Area Movement and Dexterity games
Area Movement and Campaign / Battle Card Driven games
Villainy themed games with Area Movement
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
The Old Ones have risen. Monsters walk the Earth. Humanity is finished, but the struggle continues. Which Great Old One will rule the ruins of Earth? Now, you take charge!Cthulhu Wars Duel: Extinction is a fast-moving two-player strategy game in which...
Cthulhu Wars Duel: Extinction
$30.00
$24.00
Fighting themed games with Area Movement
Economic themed games with Area Movement
After a wave of reprint requests, R&D Games brings the second edition of Key Market. The game tracks two years where players employ their workers to farm, harvest, and sell goods. Successes can depend on the weather and other developments based on the...
Key Market (2nd Edition)
$85.00
Each player represents a mining company drilling the Earth to get resources. But drilling often request the help of other players (forced or not). Each one therefore moves four drills on the arcs stratum of the planet to successfully implement his mines...
Rockwell
$19.95
$14.00
