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Games are an age old way of passing time with friends and fleecing strangers for money |
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=== Types of Games === |
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* [[Arcade Game|Arcade Games]]: The [[Older Than the NES|original]] Video Games. |
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* [[Board Games]]: From Monopoly to chess, the classic test of skill and wits between friends and foes alike. |
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** [[Euro Game]]: A recent style in board gaming, first becoming widely popular with the mid-1990s success of ''The Settlers of Catan''. |
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** [[War Gaming|War Games]]: Board games that attempt to simulate realistic military conflict. Many are infamous for having [[Loads and Loads of Rules]] (and cardboard counters). ''Advanced Squad Leader'' is probably the most famous example. |
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* [[Card Games]]: From poker to ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', a way to win money and while away the empty hours. |
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** [[Collectible Card Game|Collectible Card Games]] are a recently popular variant. |
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** [[Poker]] is a particularly [[Fountain of Memes|famous]] card game. |
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* [[Parlor Games]]: The oldest genre of social games, requiring no special equipment. |
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* [[Pinball]]: The longest-running form of Arcade game. |
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* [[Role Playing Game|Role Playing Games]]: The most diverse and unusual new game genre of the last century, these include both Tabletop and Video Game RPGs in various formats, from ''D&D'' to ''MMORPG''. |
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* [[Tabletop Games]]: Whether you are role-playing an ancient mage or a fighter pilot for the Zarlon empire, these allow you to sit among friends and act out your fantasies. ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' is the [[Ur Example]]. |
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* Tabletop Miniatures: The intersection of Board Games and Collectible Card Games, featuring ''[[Hero Clix]]'', ''[[Mechwarrior]]'', ''[[Mage Knight]]'' and others. They often employ Turn Based Strategy. |
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* [[Strategy Game]]: Games that require strategy or tactics to win. |
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** [[Construction and Management Games]] |
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** [[Turn-Based Strategy]]: An ancient type of game made popular again. |
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** [[Real Time Strategy]]: A more modern incarnation of the strategy game. |
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* [[Video Game Tropes|Video Games]]: The most recent revolution, and certainly most popular. Video games throw you into enthralling or addictive worlds where you forget yourself for a brief period. Any of the above categories can be translated to this format. Originating with [[Arcade Game|Arcade Games]], subgenres include [[Interactive Fiction|Text]], [[Adventure Game|Adventure]], [[PC vs. Console|PC/Console]], [[MUD|MUDs]], [[MMORPG|MMORPGs]], [[RTS]], [[FPS]], and more. |
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** [[Older Than the NES]] |
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=== Games by Origin === |
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* [[Japanese Games]] |
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=== Tropes common to games in general: === |
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* [[Action Initiative]] |
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* [[Area of Effect]] |
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* [[Choose Your Own Adventure]] |
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* [[Crazy People Play Chess]] |
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* [[Deep-Immersion Gaming]] |
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* [[Diagonal Speed Boost]] |
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* [[Diminishing Returns for Balance]] |
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* [[Extra Turn]] |
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* [[Fake Balance]] |
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* [[Fake Difficulty]] |
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* [[Fake Longevity]] |
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* [[Fake Skill]] |
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* [[Joke Character]] |
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** [[Lethal Joke Character]] |
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* [[Kingmaker Scenario]] |
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** [[X Must Not Win]] |
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* [[Kwyjibo]] |
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* [[Let's Mock the Monsters]] |
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* [[Loads and Loads of Rules]] |
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* [[Luck Manipulation Mechanic]] |
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* [[Master Console]] |
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* [[New Rules as the Plot Demands]] |
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* [[No Export for You]] |
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* [[No Plot, No Problem]] |
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* [[Not the Intended Use]] |
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* [[Obvious Rule Patch]] |
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* [[Player Archetypes]] |
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* [[Power Equals Rarity]] |
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* [[Promotional Powerless Piece of Garbage]] |
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* [[Sanity Meter]] |
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* [[Scavenger Hunt]] |
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* [[Sliding Scale of Objective vs. Subjective Games]] |
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* [[Smart People Play Chess]] |
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* [[Splash Damage]] |
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* [[Splash Damage Abuse]] |
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* [[Square Race Round Class]] |
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* [[Surprise Checkmate]] |
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* [[Variable Player Goals]] |
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* [[Variant Chess]] |
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* [[You Fail Statistics Forever]] |
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{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:Media]] |
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[[Category:Index Index/Sandbox]] |
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[[Category:Index Index]] |
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[[Category:Tropes]] |
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[[Category:index]] |
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