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key: mechanic/tabletop-systems--t180
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title: 'Area control, majorities and enclosure'
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  Influence is compared by presence, connectivity or enclosure, linking
  placement to the timing of a future scoring check.
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    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: 'Areas, majority and enclosure'
    description: >-
      Influence is compared by presence, connectivity or enclosure, linking
      placement to the timing of a future scoring check.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/general-tabletop-simulator-10.webp
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      height: 810
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      caption: Go stones form groups and boundaries on a shared board
      alt: Go stones form groups and boundaries on a shared board
      markers:
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    tips:
      - 'Explain when and how control is scored, including contested boundaries.'
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  Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on
  2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design
  examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests.
  Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not
  every proposed variant.
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---
# Area control, majorities and enclosure

id: tabletop-systems--t180
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/tabletop-systems--t180
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/tabletop-systems--t180/

Influence is compared by presence, connectivity or enclosure, linking placement to the timing of a future scoring check.

## At a glance

![Go stones form groups and boundaries on a shared board](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/general-tabletop-simulator-10.webp)

[Tabletop Simulator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed screenshot from Steam; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. Stone adjacency changes connections between groups

- Explain when and how control is scored, including contested boundaries.

- [Tabletop Simulator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/)

## How it works

Influence is compared by presence, connectivity or enclosure, linking placement to the timing of a future scoring check.

## Variants

### Mechanic variants

<a id="t180-variants"></a>

- Majorities earn rewards when scoring occurs. <a id="t180-v1"></a>
- Enclosure changes an isolated region's owner. <a id="t180-v2"></a>
- Connectivity supports an adjacent territory. <a id="t180-v3"></a>
- Ties preserve disputes or split a reward. <a id="t180-v4"></a>

## Design example

One token connects two weak areas and creates a majority before the round ends.

Prototype check: Test ties and broken connections immediately before scoring so the evaluation moment is visible.

## Context and limits

Tabletop mechanisms allocate limited actions and hidden information through cards, dice, positions and commitments. Each overview separates player actions, state changes and alternative rules. Examples are hypothetical design scenarios, not claims about a named game. A prototype check states an observable question for the next iteration. Existing detailed references remain separately linked from the direction map.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests. Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not every proposed variant.

- [PuzzleScript: Rules](https://www.puzzlescript.net/Documentation/rules.html) (id: source-eceba0e40b661634)
- [Wizards of the Coast: Magic rules](https://magic.wizards.com/en/rules) (id: source-1701f69d697ae522)
- [Tabletop Simulator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/) (id: source-ce84c62b65d7ae81)

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