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Games are sometimes played purely for enjoyment, sometimes for achievement or reward as well. They can be played alone, in teams, or online; by amateurs or by professionals. The players may have an audience of non-players, such as when people are entertained by watching a chess championship. On the other hand, players in a game may constitute their own audience as they take their turn to play. Often, part of the entertainment for children playing a game is deciding who is part of their audience and who is a player. A toy and a game are not the same. Toys generally allow for unrestricted play whereas games present rules for the player to follow.
Key components of games are goals,
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- ...that in the video game The Splatters (pictured) players detonate bombs by flinging anthropomorphized globs of goo at them?
- ...that Israeli chess Grandmaster Ronen Har-Zvi first met his wife playing online chess at the Internet Chess Club?
- ...that games to popularize the cockpit view for flight action games?
- ...that professional poker player Ilari Sahamies lost over US$3 million playing online poker while drunk, including more than $700,000 in a single day?
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Typical MUD interface forGod Wars II (from Role-playing game) -
Students using dice to improve numeracy skills. They roll three dice, then use basic math operations to combine those into a new number which they cover on the board. The goal is to cover four squares in the row. (from Game) -
The modern German board game Catan is printed in 30 languages and sold 15 million by 2009. (from Board game) -
Han dynasty glazed pottery tomb figurines playing liubo, with six sticks laid out to the side of the game board (from Board game) -
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A fantasy LARP group (from Role-playing game) -
Tug of war is an easily organized, impromptu game that requires little equipment. (from Game) -
Chinese mother-of-pearl gambling tokens used in scoring and bidding of card games. (from Card game) -
Young girls playing a board game in the Iisalmi library in Finland, 2016 (from Board game) -
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Senet, one of the oldest known board games (from Board game) -
Patolli game being watched byMacuilxochitl as depicted on page 048 of the Codex Magliabechiano (from Board game) -
Two Qataris playing the traditional board game of damah (from Board game) -
Historically, card games such asSeattle, Washington. (from Card game) -
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A group playing a tabletop RPG. The GM is at left using a cardboard screen to hide dice rolls from the players. (from Role-playing game) -
A ball-in-a-maze puzzle requires fine motor skills. (from Game of skill) -
An adventurer finds a teleportation portal while exploring a dungeon in the role-playing video game Falcon's Eye. (from Role-playing game) -
A selection of pieces from different games. From top:checkers pieces. (from Game) -
Playing Cards, by Theodoor Rombouts, 17th century (from Game) -
The Card Players, 17th-century painting by Theodoor Rombouts (from Card game) -
The board game Monopoly is licensed in 103 countries and printed in 37 languages. (from Board game) -
Backgammon is a game of skill. Strategy can give players advantages, but there is also an element of chance. (from Game of skill) -
The Card Players by Lucas van Leyden (1520) depicting a multiplayer card game (from Game) -
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Ancient Egyptian senet game board inscribed for Amenhotep III with separate sliding drawer, from 1390 to 1353 BC, made of glazed faience, dimensions: 5.5 × 7.7 × 21 cm, in the Brooklyn Museum (New York City). (from Game) -
The number of board games published by year (1944–2017), as listed on BoardGameGeek. Expansion sets for existing games are marked in orange. (from Board game) -
Royal game of Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600–2400 BCE (from Board game) -
The Mansion of Happiness (1843) (from Board game) -
Association football is a popular sport worldwide. -
Men Playing Board Games, from The Sougandhika Parinaya Manuscript (from Board game)
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