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class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Construct, rule, or method designed for interaction with a game's state</div><p>In <a href="/wiki/Tabletop_game" title="Tabletop game">tabletop games</a> and <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video games</a>, <b>game mechanics</b> define how a game works for players.<sup id="cite_ref-designing-games_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-designing-games-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Game mechanics are the rules or <a href="/wiki/Ludeme" title="Ludeme">ludemes</a> that govern and guide player actions, as well as the game's response to them. A rule is an instruction on how to play, while a ludeme is an element of play, such as the L-shaped move of the knight in chess.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The interplay of various mechanics determines the game's complexity and how the players interact with the game. All games use game mechanics; however, different <a href="/wiki/Game_studies" title="Game studies">theories</a> disagree about their degree of importance to a game. The process and study of <a href="/wiki/Game_design" title="Game design">game design</a> includes efforts to develop game mechanics that engage players. </p><p>Common examples of game mechanics include turn-taking, movement of tokens, set collection, bidding, capture, and <a href="/wiki/Magic_systems_in_games" title="Magic systems in games">spell slots</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definition_of_term">Definition of term</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definition of term"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is no consensus on the precise definition of game mechanics.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Competing definitions claim that game mechanics are: </p> <ul><li>"systems of interactions between the player and the game"</li> <li>"the rules and procedures that guide the player and the game response to the player's moves or actions"</li> <li>"more than what the player may recognize, they are only those things that impact the play experience"<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_mechanics_vs._theme">Game mechanics vs. theme</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Game mechanics vs. theme"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A game's mechanics are not its <a href="/wiki/Theme_(narrative)" title="Theme (narrative)">theme</a>. Some games have a theme—some element of representation. For example, in <i><a href="/wiki/Monopoly_(board_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Monopoly (board game)">Monopoly</a>,</i> the events of the game represent another activity, the buying and selling of properties. Two games that are mechanically similar can be thematically different, and visa versa. The tension between a game's mechanics and theme is <a href="/wiki/Ludonarrative_dissonance" title="Ludonarrative dissonance">ludonarrative dissonance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Game_Critique_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Game_Critique-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Clint_Hocking_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clint_Hocking-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tom_Bissell_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tom_Bissell-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abstract games do not have themes, because the action is not intended to represent anything. <a href="/wiki/Go_(game)" title="Go (game)">Go</a> is an example of an abstract game. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_mechanics_vs._gameplay">Game mechanics vs. gameplay</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Game mechanics vs. gameplay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Emergent_gameplay" title="Emergent gameplay">Emergent gameplay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Game_balance" title="Game balance">Game balance</a></div> <p>Some <a href="/wiki/Game_studies" title="Game studies">game studies</a> scholars distinguish between game mechanics and <a href="/wiki/Gameplay" title="Gameplay">gameplay</a>. In <i>Playability and Player Experience Research</i>, the authors define gameplay as "the interactive gaming process of the player with the game."<sup id="cite_ref-nackeDiGRA_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nackeDiGRA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this definition, gameplay occurs when players interact with the game mechanics. Similarly, in <i>Dissecting Play – Investigating the Cognitive and Emotional Motivations and Affects of Computer Gameplay</i>, the authors define gameplay as "interacting with a game design in the performance of cognitive tasks".<sup id="cite_ref-C_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Video games researcher Carlo Fabricatore defines gameplay as: </p> <ul><li>What the player can do</li> <li>What other entities can do, in response to player's actions.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In <i>Ernest Adams and Andrew Rollings on game design</i>, the authors define gameplay as the combination and interaction of many elements of a game.<sup id="cite_ref-A_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, popular usage sometimes elides the two terms. For example, gamedesigning.org defines gameplay as the core game mechanics that determine a game's overall characteristics.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Categorization">Categorization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Categorization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scholars organize game mechanics into categories, which they use (along with theme and gameplay) to <a href="/wiki/Game_classification" title="Game classification">classify games</a>. For example, in <i>Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design</i>, Geoffrey Engelstein and Isaac Shalev classify game mechanisms into categories based on game structure, turn order, actions, resolution, victory conditions, uncertainty, economics, auctions, worker placement, movement, area control, set collection, and card mechanisms.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples_of_game_mechanics">Examples of game mechanics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Examples of game mechanics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article contains <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Dynamic_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">dynamic lists</a> that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Game_mechanics" title="Special:EditPage/Game mechanics">adding missing items</a> with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>.</div> <p>The following examples of game mechanics are not a strict or complete <a href="/wiki/Taxonomy" title="Taxonomy">taxonomy</a>. This list is alphabetical. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Action_points">Action points</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Action points"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each player receives a budget of <i>action points</i> to use on each turn. These points may be spent on various actions according to the game rules, such as moving pieces, drawing cards, collecting money, etc.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alignment">Alignment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Alignment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Alignment_(role-playing_games)" title="Alignment (role-playing games)">Alignment</a> is a game mechanic in both <a href="/wiki/Tabletop_role-playing_game" title="Tabletop role-playing game">tabletop role-playing games</a> and <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_video_game" title="Role-playing video game">role-playing video games</a>. Alignment represents characters' moral and ethical orientation, such as good or evil.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some games, a <a href="/wiki/Player_character" title="Player character">player character's</a> alignment permits or prohibits the use of additional game mechanics. For example, in <i><a href="/wiki/Megami_Tensei" title="Megami Tensei">Shin Megami Tensei</a>: Strange Journey Redux</i>, alignment determines which demon assistants a player can or cannot recruit, and in <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic_II:_The_Sith_Lords" title="Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords">Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords</a>, players aligned with the light and dark sides of <a href="/wiki/The_Force" title="The Force">The Force</a> gain different bonuses to attacks, healing, and speed.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Auction_or_bidding">Auction or bidding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Auction or bidding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some games use an auction or bidding system in which the players make competitive bids to determine which player wins the right to perform particular actions. Such an auction can be based on different forms of payment: </p> <ul><li>The winning bidder must pay for the won privilege with some form of game resource (game money, points, etc.). For example, <i><a href="/wiki/Ra_(board_game)" title="Ra (board game)">Ra</a></i> uses this mechanic.<sup id="cite_ref-rules_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rules-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The auction is a form of a promise that the winner will achieve some outcome in the near future. If this outcome is not achieved, the bidder pays a penalty. Such a system is used in many <a href="/wiki/Trick-taking_game" title="Trick-taking game">trick-taking games</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Contract_bridge" title="Contract bridge">contract bridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capture/eliminate"><span id="Capture.2Feliminate"></span>Capture/eliminate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Capture/eliminate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sidjah_game_board_3.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Sidjah_game_board_3.svg/220px-Sidjah_game_board_3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Sidjah_game_board_3.svg/330px-Sidjah_game_board_3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Sidjah_game_board_3.svg/440px-Sidjah_game_board_3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="272" data-file-height="267" /></a><figcaption>A piece being captured in the game <i><a href="/wiki/Seega_(game)" title="Seega (game)">Sidjah</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>In some games, the number of tokens a player has on the playing surface represents their current strength in the game. A central goal is <i>capturing</i> an opponent's tokens, which removes them from the playing surface. </p><p>Captures can be achieved in a number of ways: </p> <ul><li>Moving one of one's own tokens into a space occupied by an opposing token (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parchisi" class="mw-redirect" title="Parchisi">parchisi</a>), also known as a <i>replacement capture</i> or <i>displacement capture</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-OHBG_p232_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OHBG_p232-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>If the space immediately opposite must either be off the board or a marked <i>trap</i> space, it is known as a <i>push</i> capture.<sup id="cite_ref-BGG_capture_types_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BGG_capture_types-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Jumping a token over the space immediately occupied by an opposing token (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Draughts" class="mw-redirect" title="Draughts">draughts</a>), known as a <i>jump</i> or <i>leap</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-OHBG_p232_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OHBG_p232-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>When the opposing token can be any distance along an unobstructed line, it is known as a <i>flying</i> capture.<sup id="cite_ref-BGG_capture_types_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BGG_capture_types-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Occupying the adjacent squares of an opposing token (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Tafl" class="mw-redirect" title="Tafl">tafl</a>), also known as a <i>custodian capture</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>custodianship</i> or <i>interception</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-OHBG_p232_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OHBG_p232-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Occupying one immediately adjacent square to an opposing token, also known as <i>approach</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-OHBG_p232_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OHBG_p232-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The reverse of approach: capturing an adjacent opposing token by moving away from it in a straight line (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Fanorona" title="Fanorona">fanorona</a>), also known as <i>withdrawal</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-OHBG_p232_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OHBG_p232-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Capturing two opposing tokens by occupying the single square separating them, also known as <i>intervention</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-OHBG_p232_22-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OHBG_p232-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Declaring an "attack" on an opposing token, and then determining the outcome of the attack, either in a deterministic way by the game rules (e.g. <i><a href="/wiki/Stratego" title="Stratego">Stratego</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Illuminati_(game)" title="Illuminati (game)">Illuminati</a></i>), or by using a randomizing method (e.g. <i><a href="/wiki/Illuminati:_New_World_Order" title="Illuminati: New World Order">Illuminati: New World Order</a></i>).</li> <li>Surrounding a token or region with one's own tokens in some manner (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Go_(game)" title="Go (game)">go</a>), also known as <i>enclosure</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-OHBG_p232_22-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OHBG_p232-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Playing cards or other game resources to capture tokens.</li> <li>Other specialized mechanisms that do not fall neatly into any of the above categories.</li></ul> <p>In some games, captured tokens are simply removed and play no further part in the game (e.g. chess). In others, captured tokens are removed but can return to play later in the game under various rules (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Backgammon" title="Backgammon">backgammon</a>, pachisi). Some games allow the capturing player to take possession of the captured tokens and use them later in the game (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Shogi" title="Shogi">Shogi</a>, Reversi, Illuminati), also known as <i>conversion</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-OHBG_p232_22-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OHBG_p232-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many video games express the capture mechanism in the form of a kill count (sometimes referred to as "frags"), reflecting the number of opposing pawns eliminated during the game. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chance_and_randomization">Chance and randomization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Chance and randomization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Random_map" title="Random map">Random map</a> and <a href="/wiki/Procedural_generation" title="Procedural generation">Procedural generation</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dice">Dice</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Dice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dice" title="Dice">Dice</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Dice_pool" title="Dice pool">Dice pool</a></div> <p>The most common use of dice is to randomly determine the outcome of an interaction in a game. An example is a player rolling a die or dice to determine how many board spaces to move a game token. </p><p>Dice often determine the outcomes of in-game conflict between players, with different outcomes of the die/dice roll of different benefit (or adverse effect) to each player involved. This occurs in games that simulate direct conflicts of interest. </p><p>Different dice formulas are used to generate different probability curves. A single die has equal probability of landing on any particular side, and consequently produces a linear probability distribution curve. The sum of two or more dice, however, results in a bell curve-shaped probability distribution, with the addition of further dice resulting in a steeper bell curve, decreasing the likelihood of an extreme result. A linear curve is generally perceived by players as being more "swingy", whereas a bell curve is perceived as being more "fair".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Risk_and_reward">Risk and reward</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Risk and reward"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some games include situations where players can "press their luck" in optional actions where the <a href="/wiki/Risk" title="Risk">danger</a> of a risk must be weighed against the chance of reward. For example, in <i><a href="/wiki/Beowulf:_The_Legend" title="Beowulf: The Legend">Beowulf: The Legend</a></i>, players may elect to take a "Risk", with success yielding cards and failure weakening the player's ultimate chance of victory.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crafting">Crafting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Crafting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Crafting new in-game items is a game mechanic in <a href="/wiki/Open_world" title="Open world">open world</a> survival video games such as <i><a href="/wiki/Minecraft" title="Minecraft">Minecraft</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Palworld" title="Palworld">Palworld</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_video_game" title="Role-playing video game">role-playing video games</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Divinity:_Original_Sin" title="Divinity: Original Sin">Divinity: Original Sin</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Stardew_Valley" title="Stardew Valley">Stardew Valley</a>,</i><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tabletop_role-playing_game" title="Tabletop role-playing game">tabletop role-playing games</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" title="Dungeons & Dragons">Dungeons & Dragons</a>,</i><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Deck-building_game" title="Deck-building game">deck-building card games</a> such as <i>Mystic Vale</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crafting mechanics rely on set collection mechanics, since crafting new items requires obtaining specific sets of items, then transforming them into new ones. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modes">Modes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Modes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Mode_(user_interface)" title="Mode (user interface)">Mode (user interface)</a> and <a href="/wiki/House_rule" title="House rule">House rule</a></div> <p>A <i>game mode</i> is a distinct configuration that varies gameplay and affects how other game mechanics behave. A game with several modes presents different settings in each, changing how a particular element of the game is played. </p><p>A common example is the choice between <a href="/wiki/Single-player" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-player">single-player</a> and <a href="/wiki/Multiplayer" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiplayer">multiplayer</a> modes in video games,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where multiplayer can further be <a href="/wiki/Cooperative_video_game" title="Cooperative video game">cooperative</a> or <a href="/wiki/Competitive_gaming" class="mw-redirect" title="Competitive gaming">competitive</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Sandbox_game#Sandbox_mode" title="Sandbox game">sandbox mode</a> allows free play without predefined <a href="/wiki/Goal" title="Goal">goals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a <a href="/wiki/Time_attack#Video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Time attack">Time Attack Mode</a>, the player tries to score, progress or clear levels in a limited amount of time.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Changing modes while the game is in progress can increase difficulty and provide additional challenge or reward player success. <a href="/wiki/Power-up" title="Power-up">Power-ups</a> are modes that last for a few moments or that change only one or a few game rules. For example, power pellets in <a href="/wiki/Pac-Man" title="Pac-Man">Pac-Man</a> give the player a temporary ability to eat enemies.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A game mode may restrict or change the behavior of the available tools, such as allowing play with limited/unlimited <a href="/wiki/Ammo" class="mw-redirect" title="Ammo">ammo</a>, new weapons, obstacles or enemies, or a <a href="/wiki/Timer" title="Timer">timer</a>, etc. A mode may establish different rules and game mechanics, such as altered <a href="/wiki/Game_physics" title="Game physics">gravity</a>, <a href="/wiki/First_Blood_match#First_Blood_match" class="mw-redirect" title="First Blood match">win at first touch</a> in a fighting game, or play with some cards face-up in a <a href="/wiki/Poker" title="Poker">poker</a> game. A mode may even change a game's overarching goals, such as following a story or <a href="/wiki/Career_mode" class="mw-redirect" title="Career mode">character's career</a> vs. playing a limited <a href="/wiki/Deathmatch_(gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deathmatch (gaming)">deathmatch</a> or <a href="/wiki/Capture_the_flag_(video_games)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capture the flag (video games)">capture the flag</a> set. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Movement">Movement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Movement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TSR%27s_Divine_Right_Strategy_Game.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/TSR%27s_Divine_Right_Strategy_Game.jpg/220px-TSR%27s_Divine_Right_Strategy_Game.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/TSR%27s_Divine_Right_Strategy_Game.jpg/330px-TSR%27s_Divine_Right_Strategy_Game.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/TSR%27s_Divine_Right_Strategy_Game.jpg/440px-TSR%27s_Divine_Right_Strategy_Game.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2982" data-file-height="1678" /></a><figcaption>The hexagonal board of <i><a href="/wiki/Divine_Right_(game)" title="Divine Right (game)">Divine Right</a></i></figcaption></figure><p>Many <a href="/wiki/Board_game" title="Board game">board games</a> involve the movement of tokens. Movement mechanics govern how and when these tokens are allowed to move. </p><p>Some game boards are divided into small, equally-sized areas that can be occupied by game tokens. (Often such areas are called <a href="/wiki/Square_(geometry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Square (geometry)">squares</a>, even if not square in shape.) Movement rules specify how and when a token can be moved to another area. For example, a player may be allowed to move a token to an adjacent area, but not one further away. Dice are sometimes used to randomize the allowable movements. Other games, such as <a href="/wiki/Miniature_wargaming" title="Miniature wargaming">miniatures games</a>, are played on surfaces with no marked areas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Resource_management">Resource management</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Resource management"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Virtual_economy" title="Virtual economy">Virtual economy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loot_box" title="Loot box">Loot box</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Technology_tree" title="Technology tree">Technology tree</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Dragon_kill_points" title="Dragon kill points">Dragon kill points</a></div> <p>Many games involve the management of resources.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Examples of game resources include tokens, money, <a href="/wiki/Land_(economics)" title="Land (economics)">land</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natural_resource" title="Natural resource">natural resources</a>, <a href="/wiki/Human_resources" title="Human resources">human resources</a> and <a href="/wiki/Score_(gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Score (gaming)">game points</a>. Players establish relative values for various types of available resources, in the context of the current state of the game and the desired outcome (i.e. winning the game). Game rules determine how players can increase, spend, or exchange resources. The skillful management of resources lets players influence the game's outcome. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Set_collection">Set collection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Set collection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Engine_building">Engine building</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Engine building"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Engine building is a mechanism that involves building and optimizing a system to create a flow of resources.<sup id="cite_ref-adams_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adams-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 311–313">: 311–313 </span></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/SimCity" title="SimCity">SimCity</a></i> is an example of an engine-building video game: money activates building mechanisms, which in turn unlock feedback loops between many internal resources such as people, job vacancies, power, transport capacity, and zone types.<sup id="cite_ref-adams_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adams-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 313">: 313 </span></sup> In engine-building board games, the player adds and modifies combinations of abilities or resources to assemble a <a href="/wiki/Virtuous_circle" class="mw-redirect" title="Virtuous circle">virtuous circle</a> of increasingly powerful and productive outcomes.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tile-laying">Tile-laying</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Tile-laying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carcassonne-meeple.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Carcassonne-meeple.jpg/220px-Carcassonne-meeple.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Carcassonne-meeple.jpg/330px-Carcassonne-meeple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Carcassonne-meeple.jpg/440px-Carcassonne-meeple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Square tiles that join to form cities and roads, in the game <i><a href="/wiki/Carcassonne_(game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carcassonne (game)">Carcassonne</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>Many games use <a href="/wiki/Tile-based_game" title="Tile-based game">tiles</a> - flat, rigid pieces of a regular shape - that can be laid down on a flat surface to form a <a href="/wiki/Tessellation" title="Tessellation">tessellation</a>. Usually, such tiles have patterns or symbols on their surfaces that combine when tessellated to form game-mechanically significant combinations. </p><p>The tiles themselves are often drawn at random by the players, either immediately before placing them on the playing surface, or in groups to form a pool or hand of tiles from which the player may select one to play. </p><p>Tiles can be used in two distinct ways: </p> <ul><li>The playing of a tile itself is directly significant to the outcome of the game, in that where and when it is played contributes points or resources to the player.</li> <li>Tiles are used to build a board upon which other game tokens are placed, and the interaction of those tokens with the tiles provides game points or resources.</li></ul> <p>Examples of tile mechanics include: <i><a href="/wiki/Scrabble" title="Scrabble">Scrabble</a></i>, in which players lay down lettered tiles to form words and score points,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Tikal_(board_game)" title="Tikal (board game)">Tikal</a></i>, in which players lay jungle tiles on the play surface then move tokens through them to score points.<sup id="cite_ref-Slizewski_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slizewski-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Turns">Turns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Turns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Timekeeping_in_games" title="Timekeeping in games">Timekeeping in games</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Turn-based_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Turn-based game">Turn-based game</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sequential_game" title="Sequential game">Sequential game</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Simultaneous_game" title="Simultaneous game">Simultaneous game</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Simultaneous_action_selection" title="Simultaneous action selection">Simultaneous action selection</a>, <a href="/wiki/Actions_per_minute" title="Actions per minute">Actions per minute</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Twitch_gameplay" title="Twitch gameplay">Twitch gameplay</a></div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chess_(2846141682).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Chess_%282846141682%29.jpg/220px-Chess_%282846141682%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Chess_%282846141682%29.jpg/330px-Chess_%282846141682%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Chess_%282846141682%29.jpg/440px-Chess_%282846141682%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1993" data-file-height="1325" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Chess_clock" title="Chess clock">chess clock</a> can be used to measure and limit the time taken by each player in a turn-based game.</figcaption></figure><p>A turn is a segment of a game set aside for certain actions to happen before moving on to the next turn, where the sequence of events can largely repeat. Some games, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Monopoly_(game)" title="Monopoly (game)">Monopoly</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a>, use <i>player turns</i> where one player performs their actions before another player can perform any on their turn.<sup id="cite_ref-Wired_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wired-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some games use <i>game turns</i>, where all players contribute to the actions of a single turn. Some games combine the two. For example, <i><a href="/wiki/Civilization_(1980_board_game)" title="Civilization (1980 board game)">Civilization</a></i> uses a series of player turns followed by a trading round in which all players participate.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Games with semi-simultaneous turns allow for some actions on another player's turn. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Victory_conditions">Victory conditions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Victory conditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kingmaker_scenario" title="Kingmaker scenario">Kingmaker scenario</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sandbox_game" title="Sandbox game">Sandbox game</a></div> <p>Victory conditions control how a player wins the game. In many games, victory is achieved by a player who accumulates a sufficiently high <a href="/wiki/Score_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Score (sports)">score</a>, or a higher score than any other player. Other examples of victory conditions include the necessity of completing a <a href="/wiki/Quest_(video_gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quest (video gaming)">quest</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_video_game" title="Role-playing video game">role-playing video game</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the player being suitably trained in a skill in a <a href="/wiki/Business_game" title="Business game">business game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some games also feature a losing condition, such as being checkmated in <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a>, or being tagged in <a href="/wiki/Tag_(game)" title="Tag (game)">tag</a>. In such a game, the winner is the only remaining player to have avoided loss. Games are not limited to one victory or loss condition, and can combine several at once.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tabletop_role-playing_game" title="Tabletop role-playing game">Tabletop role-playing games</a> and sandbox games frequently have no victory condition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Catch-up">Catch-up</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Catch-up"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Dynamic_game_difficulty_balancing" title="Dynamic game difficulty balancing">Dynamic game difficulty balancing</a></div> <p>Some games include a mechanism designed to make progress towards victory more difficult for players in the lead. The idea behind this is to allow trailing players a chance to catch up and potentially still win the game, rather than suffer an inevitable loss once they fall behind. For example, in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Settlers_of_Catan" class="mw-redirect" title="The Settlers of Catan">The Settlers of Catan</a>,</i> a neutral piece (the robber) debilitates the resource generation of players whose territories it is near. Players occasionally get to move the robber, and frequently choose to position it where it will cause maximal disruption to the player currently winning the game. In some racing games, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Chutes_and_Ladders" class="mw-redirect" title="Chutes and Ladders">Chutes and Ladders</a>,</i> a player must roll or spin the exact number needed to reach the finish line; e.g., if a player is only four spaces from the finish line then they must roll a four on the die or land on the four with the spinner. If more than four is rolled, then the turn is forfeited to the next player. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Worker_placement">Worker placement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Worker placement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Worker placement is a game mechanism where players allocate a limited number of tokens ("workers") to multiple stations that provide various defined actions.<sup id="cite_ref-woods_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-woods-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-adams_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adams-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 160–163">: 160–163 </span></sup> The worker placement mechanism originates with board games. Stewart Woods identifies <i>Keydom</i> (1998; later remade and updated as <i><a href="/wiki/Aladdin%27s_Dragons" title="Aladdin's Dragons">Aladdin's Dragons</a></i>) as the first game to implement the mechanic. Worker placement was popularized by <i><a href="/wiki/Caylus_(game)" title="Caylus (game)">Caylus</a></i> (2005) and became a staple of the <a href="/wiki/Eurogame" title="Eurogame">Eurogame</a> genre in the wake of the game's success. Other popular board games that use this mechanism include <i><a href="/wiki/Stone_Age_(board_game)" title="Stone Age (board game)">Stone Age</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Agricola_(board_game)" title="Agricola (board game)">Agricola</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-woods_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-woods-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the mechanism is chiefly associated with board games, the worker placement concept has been used in analysis of other game types. For instance, <a href="/wiki/Ernest_W._Adams" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernest W. Adams">Adams</a> and Dormans describe the assigning of tasks to SCV units in the <a href="/wiki/Real-time_strategy_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Real-time strategy game">real-time strategy game</a> <i><a href="/wiki/StarCraft" title="StarCraft">StarCraft</a></i> as an example of the worker placement mechanic.<sup id="cite_ref-adams_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adams-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 307">: 307 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ludology" class="mw-redirect" title="Ludology">Ludology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludeme" title="Ludeme">Ludeme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_clock" class="mw-redirect" title="Game clock">Chess clock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingmaker_scenario" title="Kingmaker scenario">Kingmaker scenario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pie_rule" title="Pie rule">Pie rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamification" title="Gamification">Gamification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dynamic_game_difficulty_balancing" title="Dynamic game difficulty balancing">Dynamic game difficulty balancing</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Game_mechanics&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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over</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_(gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Health (gaming)">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingmaker_scenario" title="Kingmaker scenario">Kingmaker scenario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_(gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magic (gaming)">Magic point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permadeath" title="Permadeath">Permadeath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_of_no_return_(computer_games)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point of no return (computer games)">Point of no return</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Probability_of_kill" title="Probability of kill">Probability of kill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Score_(game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Score (game)">Score</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six_degrees_of_freedom" title="Six degrees of freedom">Six degrees of freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technology_tree" title="Technology tree">Technology tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unwinnable" class="mw-redirect" title="Unwinnable">Unwinnable</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Game_mode" class="mw-redirect" title="Game mode">Modes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attract_mode" class="mw-redirect" title="Attract mode">Attract mode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonus_stage" title="Bonus stage">Bonus stage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zero-player_game" title="Zero-player game">CPU vs. CPU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_the_flag" title="Capture the flag">Capture the flag</a></li> <li>Cooperative gameplay <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cooperative_board_game" title="Cooperative board game">board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooperative_video_game" title="Cooperative video game">video</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deathmatch_(video_games)" title="Deathmatch (video games)">Deathmatch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_replay" title="Game replay">Game 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