To have a board or NOT?

Few questions for you...

What does the board *add* to the game?
Does it make it more fun?
Would the game be broken without the board?

From what you have stated, I assume not having a board will result in a minor, if any, impact to gameplay. I assume this because you suggest that you can use just cards tp play your game. But I worry about what else your game might *lose* by removing the board. So what else does you board currently do for the game? And will the loss of these board related options *hurt* the gameplay (such as the teleport option you stated)?

But does your board offer anything besides tracking of the players current score (or position)?

Do the squares on the board offer any other game related mechanics or actions?

If the board is nothing more than a score tracker, then it does not offer enough value to the game. So I would not use it and save on game production costs.

But as an example, if the board contained squares that contained additional *actions* that say force a team to anwser two questions to move forward this turn, maybe a double my points this turn for a correct anwser or some such elelment. The board might be worth keeping. But I dont see this being your case from what you have stated.

I guess you need to decide if the board means enough to keep in your game based on the value add it gives to you game.

Do you currently have any restrictions on when and how the teleport chip can be used by a team? You stated a team may use it at the end of a winning round, but is that all there is to it?

If each team gets two chips and can just use them when they win the round, that might be so-so. As you stated they can just let other teams do the work and teleport.

But if you were to attach the concept of making the team using a teleport chip answer X questions in Y seconds it might add fun twist. If they succeed, they teleport, if they fail the teleport fails and they lose that teleport chip.

Or maybe you allow the team that won the round the option to use their teleport chip, and they teleport the number of spaces equal to the number of correct answer they get in the Y seconds.

No board. You don't need it. If you want to use the teleport, just keep track of points and use it to give the user one point more than whoever is currently in the lead.