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Latest revision as of 08:02, 21 April 2016

An abstract strategy game is a strategy game (i.e. a game in which luck plays a minimal role) that does not rely on a theme.

Play is sometimes said to resemble a series of puzzles the players pose to each other.

Description

Traditional abstract strategy games will conform to the strictest definition of:

  • A gameboard, card, or tile game in which there is no hidden information
  • No non-deterministic elements (such as shuffled cards or dice rolls)
  • Usually two players or teams taking a finite number of alternating turns

Many of the world's classic board games fit into this category:

  • Chess
  • Nine Men's Morris
  • Checkers and draughts
  • Go
  • Xiangqi
  • Shogi
  • Reversi
  • Most mancala variants

See also

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