War Rooms, The War Board and Stratergy Board Games.

The War Board

War boards generally feature playing pieces which are moved around the board in representation of the moves. Borders are marked with pins and objectives are flagged.

Pieces need to be designed to represent the buildings, objectives and forces moving.

What can be used as a physical representation?

Stratergy Board Games

Board games like Stratego, Risk and Carcassonne use little pieces to move about and be positioned on the map.



Within Stratego, the pieces are all shaped the same but have different pictures printed on in order to allow players to play with a degree of secrecy. The opposing player cannot see the piece's type until attacking.

In Carcassonne, all the pieces are distinguishable. The playing board is constructed by the player as they go by choosing and placing different tiles down on the surface. The strategy in the game is about where the tiles are best placed in order to gather the most amount of points, and then to bolster those points with the working pieces which are represented by people shaped markers.

In Risk, the playing pieces are represented by models which are clearly different. The other players are clearly able to see which pieces are where.