Gaming machines with board game theme

A method of operating a gaming machine under control of a processor, the processor being operable to execute a game program defining a plurality of stations about a game board traversable by a token identifier, the plurality of stations having at least one discernible subset defining a station group, the method comprising:

• (a) executing, under processor control, the game program to determine one or more movements of the token identifier along the game board;
• (b) identifying, after each of said one or more movements, a landing station defining the station occupied by the token identifier and, if the landing station is a member of a station group,
• (1) assigning a completed station status to the landing station;
• (2) evaluating the other stations in the station group associated with the landing station and, if each of the other stations has a completed station status, assigning a completed group status to the station group;
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• (3) providing a reward to a player in response to any of the station groups having a completed group status.