Topic outline of games

Topic outline of games

:"For a more comprehensive list, see the List of game topics."

Games are structured or semi-structured activities, usually undertaken for enjoyment. They are usually fun activities that can be educational or purely just for fun. The term "game" is also used to describe simulation of various activities e.g., for the purposes of training, analysis or prediction, etc., see "Game (simulation)". Games are a universal part of the human experience, for all cultures, genders and ages. Key components of games are goals, rules, , and interactivity. Games generally involve mental or physical stimulation, and sometimes both. Many games help develop practical skills, serve as a form of exercise, or otherwise perform an educational, simulational or psychological role.

The following topic outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to games and gaming:

Essence of games

Types of games

* Alternate reality games
* Ball games
* Board games: Chess - German-style board games
* Business games
* Car games
* Card games: Collectible card games
* Casino games
* Children's games
* Clapping games
* Computer and video games: Computer board games - Computer puzzle games - Online games (Online skill-based games, MUDs, MMORPGs)
* Conversation games
* Counting-out games
* Creative games
* Dice games
* Drinking games
* Educational games
* Field games (sports)
* Game shows
* Games of chance
* Games of dare
* Games of logic
* Games of mental skill
* Games of physical skill
* Games of strategy
* Games of status
* Global Positioning System-based games
* Group-dynamic games
* Guessing games
* Letter games
* Locative games
* Mathematical games
* Mind games
* Open gaming
* Party games
* Parlor games
* Pencil and paper games
* Play-by-mail games
* Playground games
* Political games
* PowerPoint games
* Pub games
* Puzzles: Anagrams - Brain teasers - Connect the dots - Crosswords - Eight queens puzzle - n-puzzle (a.k.a. Fifteen puzzle) - Jigsaw puzzles - Knight's Tour - Logic puzzles - Missing square puzzle - Nonograms (a.k.a. Gridders, Paint by numbers, etc.) - Peg solitaire - Puzz-3D - Riddles - Rubik's Cube - Sangaku - Seven Bridges of Königsberg - Situation puzzles - Sudoku - Sokoban - Soma cube - Spot the difference - Three-cottage problem - Three cups problem - Tower of Hanoi - Whodunits
* Quizzes
* Ritual games
* Role-playing games
* Sports (field games)
* Singing games
* Single-player games
* Spoken games
* Street games
* String games
* Table-top games
* Tile-based games
* Theatre games
* Traditional games
* Travel games
* Video games
* Wargames
* Win-win games
* Word games

Basic gaming concepts

: Game theory - Play - Playing card - Puzzle - Sport - Strategy - Tactics

Game lists

* List of puzzle topics
* List of impossible puzzles
* List of puzzle-based computer and video games

See also

: Ludology - Game club - Game semantics - Game theory - Play - Puzzle - Sport - Lawn game - Toy - Computer

External links

*

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Topic outline of sports — A sport is a physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. The following topic outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to sports: Types of sport Court* Raquet: tennis, badminton …   Wikipedia

  • Topic outline of Japan — Japan is an island country in East Asia that includes over 3,000 islands, [cite web | title = Nihon Rettō | url = http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF 8 p=%E3%81%AB%E3%81%BB%E3%82%93%E3%82%8C%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A8%E3%81%86 dtype=0 stype=1 dname=0ss …   Wikipedia

  • Topic outline of the United Kingdom — For an alphabetical index of this subject, see the List of United Kingdom related topics. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain, [See British Isles (terminology) for… …   Wikipedia

  • Topic outline of entertainment — For a more comprehensive list, see the List of entertainment topics. Entertainment is an event, exhibition, performance, or activity designed to give pleasure to an audience (although, for example, in the case of a computer game the audience may… …   Wikipedia

  • Topic outline of fiction — Fiction, a form of entertainment, is the art of story telling, an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingere , to form, create , works of fiction need not be… …   Wikipedia

  • Topic outline of France — France, officially the French Republic (French: République française), is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe but that also comprises various overseas territories around the world. Metropolitan France extends from… …   Wikipedia

  • Topic outline of history — The list of basic history topics includes various historical topics and other collected sets of information about the past. When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of humans,… …   Wikipedia

  • Topic outline of physics — For a more comprehensive list, see the List of physics topics. This list of basic physics topics covers much of physics, the science concerned with the discovery and understanding of the fundamental laws which govern matter, energy, space, and… …   Wikipedia

  • Topic outline of artificial intelligence — Artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science that deals with intelligent behavior, learning, and adaptation in machines . Research in AI is concerned with producing machines to automate tasks requiring intelligent behavior. The… …   Wikipedia

  • Topic outline of community — For a more comprehensive list, see the List of community topics. A community is a group of people who interact and share certain things as a group. Many factors may affect the identity of the participants and their degree of adhesion, such as… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”