Outline of games

Overview of and topical guide to games

For sports, see Outline of sports.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to games:

A game is a structured type of play usually undertaken for entertainment or fun. Games can also be work, art or an educational tool.[1]

## Definition

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Main article: Game § Definitions

* Chris Crawford
* Ludwig Wittgenstein
* Roger Caillois
* Other definitions

## Purpose

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Individuals participate in game-play for various reasons, depending upon the aspect the particular game covers. These include:

* Education - The transmission of knowledge, skills and character traits.
* Learning analytics - Collecting data about learners for understanding and optimizing learning.
* Entertainment - Activity that holds attention or gives pleasure.
* Play - Intrinsically motivated recreation.
* Social relation - Interpersonal relationship between two or more people.
* Pleasure - Experience that feels good, is enjoyable.
* Hobby - A regular pleasurable activity.
* Strategy - Plan to achieve goals in uncertainty.
* Tactics - Conceptual action or short series of actions with the aim of achieving a short-term goal.

## Classification

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Further information: Game § Gameplay elements and classification

* Game classification
* By cause of uncertainty

### Genre

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Main article: List of game genres

* Party games
* Tabletop games
* Video games
* Other games

## Lists of games

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### Party games

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* Party game#Common party games
* Party game#Children's party games

### Tabletop games

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* List of board games
* List of cross and circle games
* List of card games
* List of dice games
* List of domino games
* List of tabletop role-playing games

### Video games

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Main article: Lists of video games

* By platform
* By developer
* By publisher
* By hardware
* By date
* By character or franchise
* By feature
* By region
* By genre
* By technology
* By license
* By player type
* By reception
* Other

### Other

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* List of fictional games
* List of games that Buddha would not play
* List of role-playing games
* List of traditional children's games

## Game elements

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Further information: Game § Gameplay elements and classification

* Clock
* Game controller
* Game media
* Lists of video game consoles
* Lusory attitude
* Marble
* Stadium
* Teetotum
* User guide

### Tabletop

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Further information: Tabletop game § Tabletop game components

* Casino chip
* Chess set
* Chessboard
* Chess piece
* Bishop
* King
* Knight
* Pawn
* Queen
* Rook
* Dice
* Long dice
* Dominoes
* Game board
* Gamemaster
* Gamemaster's screen
* Meeple
* Miniatures
* Piece
* Player character
* Playing card
* French-suited
* German-suited
* Italian-suited
* Portuguese-suited
* Spanish-suited
* Swiss-suited
* Play money

## Players

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Main article: Gameplay

* Player - Participant in a game.
* Gamer - Participant in video games or tabletop games

### Lists of players

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* List of chess players
* List of esports players

## History

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Main article: History of games

* Pre-modern
* Modern

## Game development

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Main articles: Board game development and Video game development

* Game development kit
* Tabletop game industry
* Video game developer
* Video game industry
* Video game modding

### Game design

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Main article: Game design

* Dynamic music
* Emergent gameplay
* Game balance
* Game design process
* Game mechanics
* Game of chance
* House rule - Unofficial modifications to official rules of a game.
* Simultaneous action selection

#### Video game

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Main article: Video game design

* Dynamic game difficulty balancing
* Gold sink
* Game designer

## Game theory

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Main article: Game theory

* Cooperative game
* Evolutionary game theory
* Extensive form game
* Information set
* Kingmaker scenario
* List of games in game theory
* Normal-form game
* Payoff matrix
* Perfect information

## Outlines of games

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* Outline of chess
* Outline of games
* Outline of poker
* Outline of video games

## See also

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* Games portal

* Game club
* Game semantics
* Ludology
* Play
* Puzzle
* Sport
* Toy
* List of puzzle topics
* List of impossible puzzles
* List of puzzle-based computer and video games

## References

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1. ^ "Definition of GAME". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 7 May 2017.

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