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A modular game board is a mechanic used in some board games where the board is made up of several smaller sections that can be combined in different ways to create the play area. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Most games use a standardized and unchanging board, usually quadrilateral (chess, go, and backgammon each have such a board), but some games use a modular board whose component tiles or cards can assume varying layouts from one session to another, or even during gameplay (ex. Betrayal at House on the Hill or Descent: Journeys in the Dark). Some ...
The original HeroQuest was an adventure board game created in 1989 by Milton Bradley in conjunction with the British company Games Workshop. Later the same year, Games Workshop released Advanced HeroQuest, a similar but more complex game.
The game board is a modular board, allowing players to freely design the shape and size of the game board. Depicted on each piece is a collection of hexes. Some hexes contain gold mines, some lumber, some mountains, and some are strategic locations that are worth victory points. Finally, each map contains a hex containing a player's town hall.
The game is set on a modular board made up of various board sections which represent corridors and rooms and which can be freely arranged and locked together like a jigsaw puzzle to represent the interior of a space hulk. One player controls the Space Marine Terminators, and the other player controls the Tyranid Genestealers.
The first version of the game was released by the Milton Bradley Company in 1984, the same year when Hasbro took over that company. Instead of a standard game board, the original Mystery Mansion features a modular board where players build the mansion by adding new rooms drawn at random.