Adaptation from board games is a quite straight-forward pattern for many location-based mobile games. Many early games where adaptations of board games (e.g. Geo tic tac toe).
In most cases though, the modifications in the rules that are required for a good adaptation is not straightforward. Location-based mobile games impose a range of restrictions and open new possibilities (a good overview is the list of heuristics).
Examples of board games that can be a base for adaptation are: