Home›Alignment and Abstract Strategy Games›Skill or Luck›SkillBrowse BySkillFactsSkillFAQsSourcesComments (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. 1SkillFilter Results30 entriesSportAllBoard Game (13)Strategy Game (27)Tabletop Game (1)Player CountAllSmall Group (3-6 Players) (6)Two-Player (24)Origin RegionAllAsia (2)Botswana (1)Eastern Europe (1)Europe (1)France (2)Japan (1)New Orleans (1)North America (1)Northern Europe (1)South Africa (1)Southern Europe (1)Taiwan (1)United States (1)Western Europe (1)Origin YearAll1595 (1)1856 (1)1942 (1)1962 (1)1975 (2)1976 (1)1977 (1)1985 (1)1987 (1)1990 (1)1997 (2)2000 (1)2001 (1)2002 (2)2003 (3)2004 (1)2005 (1)2007 (2)2008 (1)2011 (1)2016 (1)Playing Time BandAll30 to 90 Minutes (3)Under 30 Minutes (2)Age SuitabilityAllFamily (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 30Abalone (board game)SkillArimaaSkillBlockade (board game)SkillBlokusSkillConnect6SkillDiaballikSkillDomineeringSkillEpaminondas (game)SkillGIPF (game)SkillGomokuSkillHexSkillHive (game)SkillKamisadoSkillKhet (game)SkillMorabarabaSkillNimSkillNine Men's MorrisSkillPenteSkillPonte del DiavoloSkillPueblo (game)SkillQuoridorSkillRenjuSkillRumisSkillSantorini (game)SkillTakSkillThree men's morrisSkillTic-tac-toeSkillTwixTSkillTZAARSkillYINSHSkillFAQsWhy 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.