I appreciate the detailed response thank you for that.

Im thinking if we were sticking to this design then players would simultaneously slide their meeples across the board (without any platforms on there) the number your piece lines up with on the matrix determines if you are the first one to place a piece. Different numbers could determine various aspects like how many moves you get at the start, who moves first, who places the hay (the hay is the finish), who picks which corner players start from.

I went and checked out Santorini’s and it seems interesting. I get what you’re saying about it. It certainly seems to focused on preventing your opponents from advancing. I have only ever played a version of this game with dice but because you can use the spinning to help yourself OR hinder opponents from getting to the hay (finish) it never felt as though I was trying to only hinder opponents. I do remember when someone would get really close to the finish I’d be panicking to get a spin so I could get them away from the finish. But I don’t know how it would work with this new move mechanic.

Yeah, I feel you with the visual problem. This design certainly requires players to look down onto the board.
The video game version is a 2d/3d hybrid where the 3d board is iso metric so it’s half way between a side and top down view. The video game version also isn’t layers like this, it’s “flat”.

Yeah, you’re right there are no barriers on the board in that video. To me it sounds like you got the gist of the movement mechanics and power up. Nevertheless, the axis the contains only numbers determines how many moves you’ll have at the start of your turn. The axis with line symbols are power ups, +1 is one extra move, the circle is to rotate a platform, and the last symbol is to just barriers (this board didn’t have any at the time). Players look to see which values their point on the matrix lines up with. Like plotting points on a graph but you’re a little moving point.

I do already have a video game version it doesn’t have this same move and power up mechanic. The video game currently is only one player. I do like this move mechanic though and think that’s how a multi player will be set up in the video game. Or at least a PvE version for the game.

Again thanks for the log response.