What is the correct term for these types of games?

I like games like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ultra Marines and HeroQuest. The thing they have in common is that the board has narrow streets/halls with some larger buildings/rooms off of them. You have a small number of dudes, and you run around trying to complete an objective while also trying to kill all your opponent's dudes, but not get all your dudes killed. Most of the fun comes from trying to position your dude so that you can get a shot or a head butt in, but not get shot or kicked back. What makes it interesting is you have all these long spaces that are only one dude wide. So you have to decide which of your dudes are going to cover an intersection while another dude makes a run down the hall to grab something. Or who is going to go through a door first. Or how you can lure an opponent into a tight space and then trap them between two of your dudes.

I hope this makes sense.

Anyway, I was wondering if there was a specific name for this type of game.

Hmm. I feel like we are circling closer, but aren't quite there yet. Dungeon crawl is too broad. It's more like I'm trying to describe one piece of what makes up dungeon crawls, but you can also find it in games that aren't dungeon crawls, like for example "Cowboys: Way of the Gun."

I don't like using a term that refers to a specific game as it isn't helpful and communicates nothing to someone who hasn't played that game.

Turn-based tactical combat game is close. It allows me to say, "I like the turn-based tactical combat of Decent, but the whole teleport to town to go shopping bit is crap."

However, turn-based tactical combat doesn't fully communicate "fighting with a small band of dudes using things for cover" in tight spaces. Couldn't it also apply to fighting with an army on an open field?

Could I say something like "tactical corridor combat?"

Another thought. Maybe "skirmish" is more accurate than "combat." Like people sometimes use skirmish to describe paintball.

Man-to-man tactical corridor skirmish! That just sounds so cool.

I like man-to-man tactical corridor skirmish games, especially ones with squads, variable player powers and no shopping. How about you?

Totally sounds like I know what I am talking about, doesn't it?