Home›Alignment and Abstract Strategy Games›Sport›Strategy GameBrowse ByStrategy GameThis dimension links a game to the wider sport family it belongs to. Wikipedia describes rugby football as "a type of football, a team sport which developed in the nineteenth century in the United Kingdom," placing it within the broader football family alongside association football and Australian rules. Browsing by sport groups games that share the same parent sport.FactsStrategy GameFAQsSourcesComments (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. 1Strategy GameFilter Results75 entriesPlayer CountAllLarge Group or Variable (2)Small Group (3-6 Players) (9)Two-Player (65)Origin RegionAllAsia (2)Botswana (1)Burkina Faso (1)Cambridge (1)China (1)Eastern Europe (1)Europe (1)France (2)Germany (1)Ghana (1)Greece (1)Japan (2)Kenya (1)New Orleans (1)Niger (1)North America (1)Northern Europe (2)South Africa (1)Southern Europe (1)Sudan (1)Sweden (1)Switzerland (1)Taiwan (1)United States (4)West Africa (1)Western Europe (1)Origin YearAll1595 (1)1856 (1)1899 (1)1937 (1)1942 (1)1951 (1)1953 (1)1962 (1)1968 (1)1972 (1)1974 (1)1975 (2)1976 (1)1977 (2)1978 (1)1979 (1)1980 (1)1981 (2)1982 (2)1983 (1)1987 (3)1991 (1)1992 (1)1995 (1)1997 (2)1999 (2)2000 (2)2001 (2)2002 (2)2003 (4)2004 (2)2005 (3)2007 (2)2008 (1)2010 (1)2014 (1)2016 (1)2017 (2)Derived FromAllThree men's morris (1)Tic-tac-toe (1)Playing Time BandAll30 to 90 Minutes (4)Under 30 Minutes (2)Skill or LuckAllMixed (1)Skill (8)Age SuitabilityAllChildren (1)Family (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 25PÜNCTStrategy GameQuadromaniaStrategy GameQuarto (board game)Strategy GameQuod (board game)Strategy GameQuoridorStrategy GameRenjuStrategy GameRumisStrategy GameSalta (game)Strategy GameScore fourStrategy GameSequence (game)Strategy GameShannon switching gameStrategy GameShisimaStrategy GameSOS (paper-and-pencil game)Strategy GameSpace shogiStrategy GameSymple (game)Strategy GameTakStrategy GameTake It Easy (game)Strategy GameTeekoStrategy GameThree men's morrisStrategy GameTreblecrossStrategy GameTwixTStrategy GameTZAARStrategy GameWatermelon chessStrategy GameY (game)Strategy GameYINSHStrategy GameShowing 51 to 75 of 75, page 2 of 2.← Previous12FAQsWhy 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.