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Area Movement

Open
Games using
36
Median complexity
2.16
0–5
Median rating
6.20
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.506
weight-controlled

Definition

From BoardGameGeek

The game board is divided into irregularly shaped areas to determine adjacency and movement.

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
Lost Ruins of Arnak#3020207.922.9120m
Arkham Horror: The Card Game#3220167.893.6120m
Root#3420187.883.890m
Pax Pamir: Second Edition#5320197.773.8120m
Cthulhu: Death May Die#5420197.762.5120m
Blood Rage#6520157.722.990m
The White Castle#7320237.683.180m
Mansions of Madness: Second Edition#7520167.682.7180m
Arcs#10220247.593.4120m
Teotihuacan: City of Gods#10920187.573.8120m
Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island#11920127.553.8120m
Inis#12420167.532.990m
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game#12620087.533.3180m
Architects of the West Kingdom#13020187.512.880m
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon#13620197.503.4120m
The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth#14320197.482.7120m
Trajan#14820117.463.6120m
Rising Sun#15320187.453.3120m
Forbidden Stars#15720157.443.8180m
The 7th Continent#16320177.422.91000m
Kemet#19920127.363.0120m
Chaos in the Old World#21420097.343.2120m
War of the Ring#21820047.333.8120m
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition)#23720117.303.7240m
Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game#25120147.273.0120m
Cyclades#27020097.242.890m
Western Legends#28520187.222.990m
Shogun#31320067.193.4120m
Cthulhu Wars#34620157.153.1120m
Navegador#36520107.133.190m
Imperial#36920067.123.6180m
Space Alert#37720087.113.030m
Imperial 2030#39720097.093.5180m
Small World#40420097.092.380m
Merchants & Marauders#41420107.073.3180m
Mission: Red Planet (Second/Third Edition)#42620157.062.290m
Carpe Diem#44420187.052.575m
Lords of Hellas#48520187.013.390m
Firefly: The Game#52020136.983.0240m
Civilization#52719806.973.6360m
Mythic Battles: Pantheon#54020176.963.190m
Sword & Sorcery: Immortal Souls#54120176.964.1150m
The Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation#54620056.962.230m
Mice and Mystics#55720126.952.790m
Dune#57419796.943.5180m
Zombie Kidz Evolution#57520186.941.415m
Black Rose Wars#58120196.933.490m
Mansions of Madness#61520116.913.2180m

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