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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.
In English Close Action: Clash of Arms: 1997: Crimean War Battles: Simulations Publications, Inc. 1978: Re-released by Decision Games in 2000; S&T #201, 2000 The English Civil War: Ariel Productions Ltd, Ironside Games, Philmar Fighting Sail: Sea Combat in the Age of Canvas and Shot 1775–1815: Simulations Publications, Inc. 1981: S&T #85 ...
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Many of the world's classic board games, including chess, go, and mancala, fit into this category. Play is sometimes said to resemble a series of puzzles the players pose to each other. A purist's definition of an abstract strategy game requires that it cannot have random elements or hidden information.
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Constant sum: A game is a constant sum game if the sum of the payoffs to every player are the same for every single set of strategies. In these games, one player gains if and only if another player loses. A constant sum game can be converted into a zero sum game by subtracting a fixed value from all payoffs, leaving their relative order unchanged.
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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 ...