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  2. Glossary of board games - Wikipedia

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    An enemy piece is a piece in the same army or set of pieces controlled by the opponent; or, in a multiplayer game, a piece controlled by the partner of an opponent. Engine-building A board game genre and gameplay mechanic that involves adding and modifying combinations of abilities or resources to assemble a virtuous circle of increasingly ...

  3. Meeple - Wikipedia

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    A meeple is a small board-game piece, usually with a stylized star-shaped form. [1] [2] [3] They are usually made from wood and painted in bright colors. Meeples have been called an icon of German-style board games ("Eurogames"). [4] The word is a contraction of "my people". [5] [6]

  4. German-suited playing cards - Wikipedia

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    Southern patterns have 36 cards by including the 6. In South Tyrol, 40-card, German-suited packs are still produced so that Italian games can be played with them. In 2019, ASS Altenburger produced a double 52-card, German-suited pack for the game of Rommé. However, uniquely, it had Queens and Jacks instead of Obers and Unters.

  5. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...

  6. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...

  7. Eurogame - Wikipedia

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    Detailed view of the board during Terra Mystica gameplay. A Eurogame, also called a German-style board game, German game, or Euro-style game (generally just referred to as board games in Europe), is a class of tabletop games that generally features indirect player interaction, lacks player elimination, and provides multiple ways to score points. [1]

  8. Skat (card game) - Wikipedia

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    Jack of hearts, J ♥ or B ♥ or U (German pack: Unter of hearts/Red Unter) Jack of diamonds, J ♦ or B ♦ or U (German pack: Unter of bells/Bell Unter) Ace of trumps; 10 of trumps; King of trumps; Queen of trumps (German pack: Ober) 9 of trumps; 8 of trumps; 7 of trumps; J ♣ is the highest-ranking card in a suit game and is called in ...

  9. List of abstract strategy games - Wikipedia

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    An abstract strategy game is a board, card or other game where game play does not simulate a real world theme, and a player's decisions affect the outcome.Many abstract strategy games are also combinatorial, i.e. they provide perfect information, and rely on neither physical dexterity nor random elements such as rolling dice or drawing cards or tiles.