What is a Game?

Defination :

In the German language a game is any activity which is executed only for pleasure and without conscious purpose. In this definition every activity that brings pleasure is a game. For example, people dance, play musical instruments, act in plays, and play with dolls and model trains.

Other definitions :

• "A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome."
• "A game is a form of art in which participants, termed players, make decisions in order to manage resources through game tokens in the pursuit of a goal." According to this definition, some "games" that do not involve choices, such as Chutes and Ladders, Candy Land, and War are not technically games any more than a slot machine is.
• "A game is an activity among two or more independent decision-makers seeking to achieve their objectives in some limiting context."

Types :

1. Sports : Many sports require special equipment and dedicated playing fields.
2. Lawn games : Lawn games are outdoor games that can be played on a lawn.
3. Tabletop games : A tabletop game generally refers to any game where the elements of play are confined to a small area and that require little physical exertion.
4. Dexterity and coordination games : This class of games includes any game in which the skill element involved relates to manual dexterity or hand-eye coordination.
5. Board games : Board games use as a central tool a board on which the players' status.
6. Card games : Card games use a deck of cards as their central tool. These cards may be a standard Anglo-American (52-card) deck of playing cards.
7. Dice games : Dice games use a number of dice as their central element. Board games often use dice for a randomization element, and thus each roll of the dice has a profound impact on the outcome of the game.
8. Pencil and paper games : Pencil and paper games require little or no specialized equipment other than writing materials.
9. Guessing games : A guessing game has as its core a piece of information that one player knows, and the object is to coerce others into guessing that piece of information without actually divulging it in text or spoken word.
10. Video games : Video games are computer- or microprocessor-controlled games. Computers can create virtual spaces for a wide variety of game types
11. Online games : From the very earliest days of networked and time-shared computers, online games have been part of the culture.

What criteria must a game have?

There are criteria which apply to all games and those that apply to the "games with rules". First, I will describe the criteria that apply to "games with rules".

• Game rules
• Goal
• The course of the game is never the same - chance
• Competition

Summary

Games are objects which consist of components and rules and have certain criteria: rules, a goal, always changing course; chance; competition; common experience; equality; freedom; activity; diving into the world of the game; and no impact on reality.

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