Outline of games

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to games:

A game is a structured type of play usually undertaken for entertainment or fun. Games can also be work, art or an educational tool.

Definition

Main article: Game § Definitions

• Chris Crawford
• Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Roger Caillois
• Other definitions

Purpose

Individuals participate in game-play for various reasons, depending upon the aspect the particular game covers. These include:

• Education
  • Learning analytics
• Entertainment
  • Play
  • Social relation
• Pleasure
  • Hobby
• Strategy
  • Tactics

Classification

Main article: Game § Gameplay elements and classification

• Game classification
  • By cause of uncertainty

Genre

Main article: List of game genres

• Sports
• Party games
• Tabletop games
• Video games
• Other games

Game elements

Main article: Game § Gameplay elements and classification

• Ball
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Bowling ball
  • Marble
  • Volleyball
• Baseball bat
• Frisbee
• Goalpost
• Javelin
• Lusory attitude
• Racket
• Stadium

Tabletop

Main article: Tabletop game

• Dice
• Game board
• Player character
• Playing card

Players

Main article: Gameplay

• Player – Participant in a game.
  • Gamer – Participant in video games or tabletop games
  • Athlete – Participant in sports
    • Coach – Person who trains athletes.
      • Player-coach – Athlete who trains athletes.
    • Racecar driver – Participant in auto racing.

Lists of players

• List of chess players
• List of esports players
• List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
• List of players who have converted from one football code to another

NFL

• List of NFL players
• List of players who appeared in only one game in the NFL (1920–1929)
• List of players who appeared in only one game in the NFL (1930–1939)

History

Main article: History of games

• Pre-modern
• Modern

Game development

Main articles: Board game development and Video game development

• Game development kit
• Video game developer
• Video game modding

Game design

Main article: Game design

• Dynamic music
• Emergent gameplay
• Game balance
• Game design process
• Game mechanics
• House rule – Unofficial modifications to official rules of a game.
• Simultaneous action selection

Video game

Main article: Video game design

• Dynamic game difficulty balancing
• Gold sink
• Game designer

Game theory

Main article: Game theory

• Cooperative game
• Evolutionary game theory
• Extensive form game
  • Information set
• Kingmaker scenario
• List of games in game theory
• Normal-form game
• Payoff matrix

Lists of games

• List of board games
  • List of cross and circle games
• List of card games
• List of dice games
• List of domino games
• List of role-playing games
• List of sports
• Lists of video games
• List of best-selling video games
• List of traditional children's games
• List of games that Buddha would not play

Outlines of games

• Outline of chess
• Outline of games
• Outline of sports
• Outline of video games

See also

• Game club
• Game semantics
• Ludology
• Play
• Puzzle
• Sport
• Toy
• List of puzzle topics
• List of impossible puzzles
• List of puzzle-based computer and video games