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.
Racing themed games with Programmed Movement
Programmed Movement games illustrated by Magdalena Markowska
Bog: Micro Card Game
-25%
$6.00
$4.49
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...
positive, 80%
10 y/o +
2 players
15 minutes
Light
Abstract Game
Animals
Environmental
Force Commitment
Hand Management
Movement Template
Physical Removal
Programmed Movement and Deduction games
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
Goryō is an asymmetrical game of investigation and deduction for two players, set in the mystical feudal Japan. One player will play the role of the Samurai guarding the Imperial Palace, charged with hunting down a dreadful spirit of vengeance, the Gory...
Goryo
$34.99
$19.99
Superheroes themed games with Programmed Movement
Robots themed games with Programmed Movement
Programmed Movement games illustrated by Isaac Murgadella
Cactus Town (Deluxe, Kickstarter Edition)
-41%
$45.95
$27.02
A highly interactive game of fast paced chase & escape.Each player has its own objectives and its special actions, that can be programmed reverse order.This Deluxe Edition contains all stretch goals from the KS camping, beautiful miniatures and standees...
mixed, 68%
7 y/o +
2 to 4 players
20 minutes
Relaxed
Card Game
American West
Exploration
Action Queue
Dice Rolling
Grid Movement
Modular Board
Programmed Movement and Communication Limits games
Programmed Movement games designed by Stefan Andonovski
Rise of Tokugawa is an expansion that adds a new Dojo module, 5th player components, and solo mode components, bringing new mechanisms and ways to play Small Samurai Empires.Train your Samurai to be invincible warriors. Deploy Archer Armies, Elite Samurai...
Small Samurai Empires: Rise of Tokugawa Expansion (Clearance)
$24.99
$18.83
Rise of Tokugawa is an expansion that adds a new Dojo module, 5th player components, and solo mode components, bringing new mechanisms and ways to play Small Samurai Empires.Train your Samurai to be invincible warriors. Deploy Archer Armies, Elite Samurai...
Small Samurai Empires: Rise of Tokugawa Expansion
$24.99
$19.99
Print & Play Game with Programmed Movement
Sports themed games with Programmed Movement
Programmed Movement games published by Asmodee
Programmed Movement games developed by Caezar Al-Jassar
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
$20.00
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
$25.00
Family Game with Programmed Movement
Moles have traveled from all over to compete in the annual Mountain Maker tournament. In this light strategy game, competitors show their skill based on how high they can pile their molehills, and by how many mountains they control. The mole that can...
Mountains Out of Molehills
$35.95
$14.00
The first visitors have arrived at Jurassic Park™ to see its miraculous dinosaurs firsthand. But chaos has hit Isla Nublar— the power is out, and the prehistoric creatures are on the hunt! One player controls the T. rex, Dilophosaurus, and Velociraptor...
Jurassic Park - Danger!
$29.99
$24.00
Programmed Movement games published by Super Meeple
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 games published by TLAMA games
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
$24.00
In the early 1900s, the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud established a revolutionary theory called psychoanalysis, related to the study of the unconscious mind. As his work took hold, supporters met at Freud's apartment every Wednesday to discuss psychology...
Unconscious Mind
$70.00
$56.00
Programmed Movement and Player Elimination games
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...
very positive, 85%
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 Chris Cæsar
Dragonbond: Lords of Vaala
-60%
$59.99
$24.00
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
Under the Sea themed games with Programmed Movement
Dive
-40%
$34.99
$20.96
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...
mixed, 63%
8 y/o +
1 to 4 players
20 to 30 minutes
Light
Animals
Exploration
Action Points
Programmed Movement
Push Your Luck
Race
