Home›Alignment and Abstract Strategy Games›Origin RegionBrowse ByOrigin RegionOrigin region names the specific place where a game was actually first played. Wikipedia notes "rugby football started at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, England," a single school whose name the sport still carries. This dimension shows which places have given the world their own distinctive games.FactsOrigin RegionFAQsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedAbstract strategy games are games like chess, checkers (draughts), and Go: typically strategy games with minimal or no narrative theme, an outcome determined mostly by player choice with minimal or no randomness, and little to no hidden information. 1Origin RegionFilter Results30 entriesSportAllBoard Game (24)Children's Game (1)Puzzle (2)Strategy Game (26)Player CountAllLarge Group or Variable (1)Single-Player (1)Small Group (3-6 Players) (1)Two-Player (30)Origin YearAll1595 (3)1856 (1)1889 (1)1899 (1)1942 (1)1951 (1)1962 (1)1968 (1)1972 (2)1974 (1)1982 (1)1990 (1)1991 (1)1997 (1)2000 (1)2003 (2)2005 (1)2008 (1)2011 (1)2014 (1)Derived FromAllThree men's morris (1)Playing Time BandAllUnder 30 Minutes (1)Skill or LuckAllSkill (5)Age SuitabilityAllChildren (1)Family (2)Area (sq km)All41 (1)438.8 (1)36,197 (1)41,291 (1)100,472 (1)132,049 (1)239,567 (1)263,310 (1)274,223 (1)357,022 (1)377,975 (1)450,295 (1)580,367 (1)581,730 (1)632,702.3 (1)637,657 (1)1,220,813 (1)1,267,000 (1)1,886,068 (1)6,142,700 (1)9,572,900 (1)9,866,632 (1)10,186,000 (1)18,052,768 (1)24,709,000 (1)44,579,000 (1)Climate ZoneAllTemperate (2)CoastalAllNo (1)Country CountAll23 (1)44 (1)49 (1)Elevation BandAllLowland (1)Sea Level (1)Founding YearAll1209 (1)1718 (1)Government TypeAllConstitutional Monarchy (3)One-Party (1)Republic (14)Highest Elevation (m)All5642 (1)6190 (1)8849 (1)Income GroupAllHigh (9)Low (4)Lower-Middle (2)Upper-Middle (3)Independence or Founding YearAll843 (1)1523 (1)1776 (1)1832 (1)1848 (1)1910 (1)1912 (1)1945 (1)1947 (2)1949 (2)1956 (1)1957 (1)1960 (3)1963 (1)1966 (1)LandlockedAllNo (15)Yes (4)PopulationAll123,867 (1)383,997 (1)2,359,609 (1)5,355,220 (1)9,154,242 (1)9,267,000 (1)10,610,485 (1)19,655,000 (1)22,489,126 (1)23,299,132 (1)28,814,878 (1)35,039,451 (1)51,106,229 (1)51,767,437 (1)54,200,000 (1)63,419,000 (1)69,081,996 (1)83,497,147 (1)107,713,259 (1)122,587,000 (1)150,925,345 (1)201,081,297 (1)284,200,000 (1)340,587,000 (1)468,200,000 (1)592,296,233 (1)745,173,774 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)4,694,576,167 (1)Time ZoneAllUTC+00:00 (1)UTC-06:00 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 30AsiaOrigin Region2 entriesBotswanaOrigin Region1 entryBurkina FasoOrigin Region1 entryCambridgeOrigin Region1 entryChinaOrigin Region2 entriesEastern EuropeOrigin Region1 entryEuropeOrigin Region2 entriesFranceOrigin Region3 entriesGermanyOrigin Region3 entriesGhanaOrigin Region1 entryGreeceOrigin Region2 entriesHorn of AfricaOrigin Region1 entryJapanOrigin Region2 entriesKenyaOrigin Region1 entryNew OrleansOrigin Region1 entryNew ZealandOrigin Region1 entryNigerOrigin Region1 entryNorth AmericaOrigin Region2 entriesNorthern EuropeOrigin Region2 entriesSomaliaOrigin Region1 entrySouth AfricaOrigin Region1 entrySouth KoreaOrigin Region1 entrySouthern EuropeOrigin Region1 entrySudanOrigin Region1 entrySwedenOrigin Region1 entrySwitzerlandOrigin Region1 entryTaiwanOrigin Region1 entryUnited StatesOrigin Region4 entriesWest AfricaOrigin Region1 entryWestern EuropeOrigin Region1 entryFAQsWhy is Nim placed in the Alignment and Abstract Strategy Games category?Nim is a purely mathematical combinatorial game placed here as the closest available neighbor rather than left as its own singleton category.Alignment and Abstract Strategy Games covers games won primarily by achieving a line, connection or configuration of pieces, such as Connect Four, Gomoku, Hex and Tic-tac-toe. Nim, a purely mathematical combinatorial game, is placed here as the tree's closest available neighbor rather than left as a singleton, since it shares the family's no-chance, abstract-calculation character even though it is not itself an alignment game.Sources1. Wikipedia: Abstract strategy gametier 2WikipediaAbstract strategy game, lead sectionQuote, Abstract strategy game, lead sectionAbstract strategy games are games like chess, checkers (draughts), and Go. They are typically strategy games with minimal or no narrative theme, an outcome determined mostly by player choice (with minimal or no randomness; deterministic), and in which there is little to no hidden information (also called perfect information games).View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.