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Area Majority / Influence

Claimed
Games using
168
Median complexity
2.10
0–5
Median rating
6.19
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.538
weight-controlled

Definition

From BoardGameGeek

Multiple players may occupy a space and gain benefits based on their proportional presence in the space.

Top games using this mechanism

By BGG bayes rating, top 50.

GameYearRatingWtTime
War of the Ring: Second Edition#820118.204.2240m
Star Wars: Rebellion#1020168.173.8240m
Spirit Island#1120178.144.1120m
Twilight Struggle#1420058.043.6180m
SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence#1620248.023.8160m
Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy#2220207.963.7200m
Scythe#2620167.953.5115m
Root#3420187.883.890m
Pax Pamir: Second Edition#5320197.773.8120m
Blood Rage#6520157.722.990m
Lisboa#6920177.714.6120m
El Grande#10119957.592.9120m
Arcs#10220247.593.4120m
Dominant Species#11320107.554.0240m
Inis#12420167.532.990m
Tigris & Euphrates#13119977.513.5120m
Troyes#14020107.493.490m
Mombasa#14420157.483.9150m
Hansa Teutonica#14720097.473.190m
Rising Sun#15320187.453.3120m
Vinhos: Deluxe Edition#15420167.454.0180m
Forbidden Stars#15720157.443.8180m
Tyrants of the Underdark#16420167.422.560m
War Chest#18320187.392.330m
Kemet#19920127.363.0120m
Endeavor: Age of Sail#20620187.362.990m
Chaos in the Old World#21420097.343.2120m
War of the Ring#21820047.333.8120m
Memoir '44#22020047.332.345m
Carcassonne#23920007.301.945m
Village#24620117.283.190m
Cyclades#27020097.242.890m
La Granja#27520147.233.6120m
Hanamikoji#28220137.221.715m
Samurai#28319987.222.460m
Speakeasy#29620257.214.4180m
Vindication#29720187.213.1150m
Shogun#31320067.193.4120m
1960: The Making of the President#33220077.173.2120m
Ethnos#33520177.172.160m
Rococo#34020137.163.1120m
Cthulhu Wars#34620157.153.1120m
Imperial#36920067.123.6180m
Survive: Escape from Atlantis!#37619827.111.760m
Tikal#37819997.112.890m
Bunny Kingdom#38220177.112.360m
Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery#38320077.103.1120m
Imperial 2030#39720097.093.5180m
Nemo's War (Second Edition)#40220177.093.3120m
Small World#40420097.092.380m

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