Command Board

The Command Board is an upcoming board game-like system in Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep. It can be used to power up your Deck Commands used in battle by gaining CP, or Command Points. You toss the dice and move toward your goal, gaining Board Points (BP) along the way. The player also will have the chances to steal BP from their rivals. Once you've arrived back at the starting point, you have finished the game.

Each world that appears in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep will have its own corresponding board with its own tricks and mechanisms. They are available to play, once the adventures in that world are completed.

Character Pieces
You will control Terra, Aqua or Ventus based upon which storyline you are playing.

World Characters
Besides your own character piece, you will play the game along with certain Disney characters. The Disney characters that appear on the board will only show up for the board for their respective worlds. Below is a list of characters that have been confirmed so far.

BP Counter
The BP Counter is in the bottom right corner and keeps track of all the character's current and total BP. The above number is your current BP. You can spend this like cash and can use it to buy panels or to pay other character's panels when you are stopped on them. The bottom number is your total BP which is the total of your current BP and the points that you have used on panels of your own. The BP Counter also shows which character is which color and how many of the checkpoint panels the character's have passed through.

Map
At the top right corner, there is a map of the current game board. It shows you the character pieces' position, which command panels are claimed by certain characters, which white command panels are still available, where the four checkpoint panels are, and where the Keyhole starting panel is.

Panels
There are many different kinds of panels that are on the game board that each have their own purpose.

Starting Panel
The starting panel is a yellow panel with a Keyhole on it. You start the game here and once you make it back to this panel, the game will be over.

Checkpoint Panels
There are four checkpoint panels that are gold and purple in coloration. Although you do not need to pass through all four panels to end the game, you will be rewarded with extra BP if you do.

Command Panels
There are white command panels that can become yours after landing on them and paying a certain amount of BP. After you purchase a command panel, it is colored to represent that you have bought it. If someone stops on one of your purchased command panels you can take BP from them, but if you land on a command panel of another character you will have to pay them BP.

Special Panels
If you land on a special panel, a unique event will occur. These events are carried out by other characters from the world which board you are playing. These events may help and others may hinder your progress as well. Experiment 221 and the Fairy Godmother have been shown appearing in these events. Experiment 221 only appears on the Deep Space board and he has an event called "Electric Spark" which can allow the player to steal BP from other characters. Fairy Godmother only appears on the Castle of Dreams board and she has an event called "Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo" which gives you an extra roll of the die.

Leveling Up Panels
If you've stopped on your Command Panels or Special Panels, you can spend BP to level up Command Panels. If you level them up you can take more BP and your Deck Commands will receive more BP in normal battle. You can level up each panel five times. The amount of how much CP you will get from the game is decided by various things like the position and value of the panel.

Not only Deck Commands, but Action Commands and special abilities like the Shoot Lock Commands all have levels. You can gain CP by defeating enemies in battle to raise your levels. When they get to a higher level your abilities will be stronger of course, but sometimes will have special support abilities attached.

Wireless Gameplay
Like regular battle has Joint Struggle mulitplayer gameplay with the Mirage Arena world, the Command Board game has its own wireless multiplayer gameplay with a Mirage Arena game board. You can play as either Terra, Aqua, and Ventus and they will appear as they do in their armor. The rules are the same as the single player Command Board and you can still gain CP to level up your Deck Commands.

Trivia

 * Tetsuya Nomura explains that he included a board-game element because he enjoyed board games as a child in elementary school, and even use to make his own.