Game of skill
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A game of skill is a game where the outcome is determined mainly by mental and/or physical skill, rather than by pure chance.
One benefit of games of skill is that they are a means of exploring one's own capabilities. Games encourage the player to look at, understand, and experience things. They teach people lessons about themselves and possibly the world, and allow such insights to be passed on to others.
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[edit] Games of physical skill
- See also: Category:Games of physical skill
Games of physical skill or dexterity test the body more than the brain, although strategic thinking may be required. Whereas mental skill games depend more on knowledge and mind, the division here is not always clear.
Games based solely on body strength are not included in this category: they would be considered games of physical activity.
[edit] Examples of physical skill games
- Cue sports, such as pool, carom billiards, snooker and novuss
- Bop It
- Carpetball
- Darts, including traditional 501, Jumpers (Darts), Cricket (darts) and Killer.
- Stake
- N-Tropy
- Jenga
- Juggling
- Kerplunk
- Kubb
- Operation
- Pick-up sticks
- Twister
- Varpa
- Villa Paletti
- Wire loop game
- Shove ha'penny
- Shot-Online
- Marksmanship
[edit] Games of mental skill
- See also: Category:Games of mental skill
Games of mental skill challenge the brain primarily, often times demanding knowledge, statistics, strategy, trivia, prediction and other mental labors from the successful player or team.
[edit] Examples of mental skill games
- Axis & Allies
- Brain Chain
- Checkers
- Chess
- Connect Four
- Contract Bridge
- Go
- Poker
- Risk
- Scrabble
- Trivial Pursuit
- Tetris
[edit] See also
- Games
- Puzzles
- Game Classification
- GamePortals
- Computer and Video Games
- Sport
- Game of Chance
- Detective Puzzle's Link
[edit] External links
- GameSecretary.Com A large database of games for groups.
- Types of Skill Games Skill games Informational site.
- Poker Players Alliance
