Necromunda, an off-shoot game set in the Warhammer 40, 000 universe, involves conflict between rival gangs on the hive world of Necromunda.

A board game is a game that involves counters or pieces moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or " board ", according to a set of rules.

As with many popular arcade games, experienced players ( who can complete the game relatively easily ) become much more interested in the secondary challenge of obtaining a high score ( which involves a lot more skill and strategy ).

A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device.

A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and / or prizes.

Another common game involves hanging up treacle or syrup-coated scones by strings ; these must be eaten without using hands while they remain attached to the string, an activity that inevitably leads to a very sticky face.

A letter game involves the exchange of written letters, or e-mails, between two or more participants.

Similar to the Western card game rummy, mahjong is a game of skill, strategy and calculation and involves a certain degree of chance.

The metaplot of the game involves a four-way struggle between the technological and authoritarian Technocracy, the insane Marauders, the cosmically evil Nephandi and the nine mystical Traditions ( that tread the middle path ), to which the player characters are assumed to belong.

Sometimes it is not immediately obvious that a particular game involves chance.

A staple of childhood slumber parties is the game Bloody Mary, which involves chanting " Bloody Mary " three times in a darkened room while staring into a mirror.

The game involves as few as twenty or as many as 300 players with no height or weight restrictions and no protective gear.

In this book, Stephenson returns with a thriller set in the present with a plot that involves a medley of game developers, Chinese cyber-criminals, Russian mafia, and other stranger inhabitants of the new global village.

Thus, while the outcome of any particular hand significantly involves chance, the long-run expectations of the players are determined by their actions chosen on the basis of probability, psychology and game theory.

In arena polo, only three players are required per team and the game usually involves more maneuvering and shorter plays at lower speeds due to space limitations of the arena.

Megiddo involves placing glass stones on a circular game board where players attempt to either get six stones in a row ( called a Megiddo ) or capturing six of the opponents stones ( called an Arbatta ).

The single-player game in Quake II often involves gun-battles with multiple enemies in large, outdoor areas.

Some teams employ a strategy which involves the use of more than one quarterback during the course of a game.

Enemy Territory is a team-based networked multiplayer game which involves completing objectives through team-work and by using different character classes.

The game usually involves matching symbols, either on mechanical reels that spin and stop to reveal one or several symbols, or on simulated reels shown on a video screen.

Even the dignified Washington indulged in a game of wickets with some children.

Despite the 45-degree weather the game was clicked off in 1:48, thanks to only three bases on balls and some good infield play.

In some rounds, the game resulted in the volunteers winning money for themselves, and in others it resulted in money being donated to a charity of the volunteer's choice.

On some early versions of the game, it was also possible to hide the ship in the score area indefinitely without being hit by asteroids.

The original 256-page game book was published in 1991 by Phage Press, covering material from the first five novels ( the " Corwin Cycle ") and some details-sorcery and the Logrus-from the remaining five novels ( the " Merlin Cycle "), in order to allow players to roleplay characters from the Courts of Chaos.

However, in general, the books only feature mental battles when there is some reason for mind-to-mind contact ( for example, Trump contact ) and magic or Trump is involved in all three of the above conflicts, so it is not clear whether Zelazny intended his characters to have such a power ; the combination of Brand's " living trump " powers and his high Psyche ( as presented in the roleplaying game ) would have guaranteed him victory over Corwin.

The game is mostly playable with some later collision detection issues requiring cheats to get past.

Dual wielded weapons have become the trademark of some game characters, most notably Lara Croft and Dante.

While this does bear some similarity with the classic posture of cowboys firing their twin revolvers from the hip, in games this posture is almost never reflected, with almost all game characters firing twin guns at shoulder level, straight-armed.

While some purists consider luck not to be a desirable component of a game, others counter that elements of luck can make for far more diverse and multi-faceted strategies, as concepts such as expected value and risk management must be considered.

The main use of the plate appearance statistic is in determining a player's eligibility for leadership in some offensive statistical categories, notably batting average ; currently, a player must have 3. 1 PAs per game scheduled to qualify for the batting title ( for the 162-game schedule, that means 502 PAs ).

In some versions, the two player game can also be played by one player against a computer opponent.

The game is played usually to 21-up in Singles and Doubles format with some competitions playing to 31-up.

Singles, triples and fours and Australian pairs are some ways the game can be played.

Variants commonly alter the starting position, restrict certain moves, or assign special value to certain dice rolls, but in some geographic regions even the rules and directions of the checkers movement change, rendering the game fundamentally different.

At the end of the game, the last remaining housemate is declared the winner of that particular series and receives prizes, often including a large amount of money, a car, a vacation and ( in some editions ) a house.

In league competitions games may end in a draw, but in some knockout competitions if a game is tied at the end of regulation time it may go into extra time, which consists of two further 15-minute periods.

Mean Machines gave the Game Boy port of the game a score of 91 %, noting that while some changes had been made the game played identical to the original arcade port and " provides much addiction and challenge ".

Some matching-type games are also shedding-type games ; some variants of Rummy such as Phase 10 and Rummikub, as well as the children's game Old Maid, fall into both categories.

In some cases, the game uses the standard 52-card deck, but the object is unique.

There is now some hardware accelerated ray tracing equipment, at least in prototype phase, and some game demos which show use of real-time software or hardware ray tracing.

By the late 1870s, however, croquet had been eclipsed by another fashionable game, tennis, and many of the newly-created croquet clubs, including the All England club at Wimbledon, converted some or all of their lawns into tennis courts.