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These games are designed for international audiences, so they are not word games and usually do not contain much text outside of the rules.

Game components often use symbols and icons instead of words, reducing the amount of text to be translated between localized editions.

Gameplay also tends to de-emphasize or entirely exclude verbal communication as a game element, with many games being fully playable if all players know the rules, even if they don't speak a common language.