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Point to Point Movement

Open
Games using
53
Median complexity
2.07
0–5
Median rating
6.03
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.433
weight-controlled

Definition

From BoardGameGeek

On a board of a game with point-to-point movement, there are certain spots that can be occupied by markers or figurines, e. g. cities on a map. These points are connected by lines, and movement can only happen along these lines.

Top games using this mechanism

By BGG bayes rating, top 50.

GameYearRatingWtTime
Pandemic Legacy: Season 1#320158.352.860m
Concordia#2920137.933.0100m
Root#3420187.883.890m
Orléans#3620147.863.090m
Pandemic Legacy: Season 2#7020177.693.260m
The Gallerist#8120157.654.2150m
Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure#9820167.602.260m
Concordia Venus#10520187.593.0120m
The Voyages of Marco Polo#12020157.543.2100m
Eldritch Horror#13720137.493.3240m
Iberia#16020167.432.645m
Clank! In! Space!: A Deck-Building Adventure#16220177.432.690m
Pandemic#17120087.402.445m
Star Wars: Outer Rim#19420197.372.6180m
Endeavor: Age of Sail#20620187.362.990m
Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan#23120117.312.8180m
Paths of Glory#26019997.253.9480m
Coimbra#26220187.253.290m
Near and Far#27820177.232.9120m
Pulsar 2849#30720177.193.390m
Arkham Horror (Third Edition)#35320187.143.4180m
Fury of Dracula (Third/Fourth Edition)#40020157.093.3180m
Nemo's War (Second Edition)#40220177.093.3120m
Maria#43120097.063.6210m
Letters from Whitechapel#43620117.062.690m
Notre Dame#46420077.032.775m
Newton#46620187.033.490m
Fall of Rome#46920187.032.560m
Arkham Horror#47520057.023.6240m
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage#48419967.023.5150m
Ticket to Ride: Märklin#51020066.992.260m
Black Orchestra#53320166.972.490m
Here I Stand#53920066.974.2360m
Reign of Cthulhu#55220166.962.240m
Dawn of the Zeds (Third Edition)#57020166.943.8120m
A Few Acres of Snow#58420116.933.090m
Pandemic: The Cure#61220146.912.130m
Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001 – ?#64520106.883.7180m
Freedom: The Underground Railroad#66720136.862.9120m
Tales of the Arabian Nights#69920096.842.2120m
Star Trek: Ascendancy#71420166.833.2180m
Whitehall Mystery#73820176.812.160m
Thebes#75520076.802.260m
BattleCON: Devastation of Indines#75620136.803.145m
Sub Terra#79120176.782.160m
Luna#86720106.723.3100m
Fury of Dracula (Second Edition)#88620056.713.0180m
K2#89620106.712.260m
Century: Eastern Wonders#90120186.712.145m
Defenders of the Realm#91420106.702.790m

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