Table Tank: Battlefield (Tank-based Board Game)

While looking for new board game to play with my kids, I stumbled across a tank-based strategy game. After printing all of the pieces, I was not happy with how everything pieced together because the pieces kept breaking, so I remixed some pieces and made some new ones as well.created most of the components, except for the tanks and the brick barriers.

The basic game board consists of four 4x4 panels, which are connected via 6x3mm magnets. The boards can be connected to form a basic square playfield, or arranged in any orientation you desire. More boards can be added to make the game more complex.

The game tiles consist of terrain and barriers, and they can be arranged differently for each game. I have found it best to not place more than 2 or 3 barriers side-by-side, otherwise it make quite the blockade.

Terrain: There are three types of terrain. The tiles for each type of terrain are currently identical and are only differentiated by different colors.

• Standard Terrain (black)
• Ice (clear)
• Forest (green)

Barriers: There are four types of barriers. Each is printed in a different color, but barriers each have their own unique features. You cannot cross/pass trough any of these barriers. The water terrain looks similar to the basic terrain tiles, but it is a few milimeters taller to allow for a bridge piece to lock into it.

• Water (blue)
• Brick (red)
• Single Steel Wall (black base with silver wall)
• Double Steel Wall (black base with silver wall)
   

We were trying to work out new rules, but this is the original description of the game:

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Bringing you a board game version of “Battle City”

I think that these props can be combined into infinite ways of playing,
but I have only conceived one of them.
 

Basic gameplay:
2 players (I think 3 or 4 players are also possible) start from their bases and enter the battlefield, shooting and destroy each other, and the remaining player wins the battlefield.

The player rolls the oil barrel dice to determine the number of steps to move. The value on the top of the dice is the amount of oil you need to move this time, and each grid of oil can move one grid of terrain.

You can move back and forth, but you must move the corresponding number of grids, and you cannot stay in place.

You cannot move to the water surface, bricks, steel blocks, or other tanks.

After the move is completed, you can shoot, and you can only shoot in a straight line in the direction of your own tank, and you cannot shoot diagonally.

If you do not hit other tanks, you can choose the direction of your own tank, and enter a defensive posture.

If you hit other tanks, your own tank can be upgraded, but you cannot change the position and direction of the tank, and directly enter a defensive posture.

Tanks in defensive posture have passive priority to fire, that is, you can pass, but you cannot stay within the range of other players' tanks, otherwise you will be destroyed. Passive firing tanks can also be upgraded.

A player tank that has been hit can be revived 3 times, but each resurrection will restore it to a level 1 tank.

Game maps can be set according to your preferences. Due to the range of tanks, the recommended minimum map size is 4x4.

NPC tanks can be placed on basic terrain, forest terrain or ice terrain.
NPC tanks cannot move or turn, but NPC tanks also have passive priority to fire. You cannot stay within the range of NPC tanks, otherwise you will be destroyed by NPC tanks.

NPC tanks cannot be upgraded, but players can get upgrades by destroying NPC tanks.

Range and firepower of tanks of different levels:
Level 1 tank has a range of 1 grid, and can destroy 1 brick in one shot
Level 2 tank has a range of 2 grids, and can destroy 1 brick in one shot
Level 3 tank has a range of 3 grids, and can destroy 2 bricks in one shot
Level 4 tank has a range of 4 grids, and can destroy 2 bricks or 1 steel blocks in one shot

Terrain Description:
Ice terrain: movement +1
Forest terrain: range -1
Water terrain: block movement / cannot cross
Bricks: can be destroyed by tanks of all levels
Steel blocks: can be destroyed by tanks of level 4

Upgrading and adding NPCs add new fun to this board game. After many trials, I found that the biggest advantage of this gameplay is the moving and rotating rules. Even if you upgrade to the highest level tank, other players still have the opportunity to kill you by calculating the route.

Everyone is welcome to try, and help me improve the gameplay.
I hope that one day this board game can be as popular as the video game version.

I remixed and or created new items for most of the components, except for the tanks and the brick barriers.

I created a new game board with different types of terrain:

• Standard Terrain (black)
• Ice (clear)
• Forest (green)

I also created some new barriers to be used:

• Water (blue)
• Brick (red)
• Single Steel Wall (black base with silver wall)
• Double Steel Wall (black base with silver wall)