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A game is a structured type of play, usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or games) or art (such as jigsaw puzzles or games involving an artistic layout such as Mahjong, solitaire, or some video games).

Games are sometimes played purely for enjoyment, sometimes for achievement or reward as well. They can be played alone, in teams, or online; by amateurs or by professionals. The players may have an audience of non-players, such as when people are entertained by watching a chess championship. On the other hand, players in a game may constitute their own audience as they take their turn to play. Often, part of the entertainment for children playing a game is deciding who is part of their audience and who is a player. A toy and a game are not the same. Toys generally allow for unrestricted play whereas games present rules for the player to follow.

Key components of games are goals, rules, challenge, and interaction. Games generally involve mental or physical stimulation, and often both. Many games help develop practical skills, serve as a form of exercise, or otherwise perform an educational, simulational, or psychological role. (Full article...)

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A player of Tute holding the ten cards as a fan

Tute (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtute] ^ⓘ) is a trick-taking card game of the ace–ten family for two to four players. Originating in Italy, where it was known as tutti, during the 19th century the game spread in Spain, becoming one of the most popular card games in the country. The name of the game was later modified by Spanish speakers, who started calling the game tute. The game is played with a deck of traditional Spanish playing cards, or naipes, that is very similar to the Italian 40-card deck.

The classic version of the game is two-player tute, while the most played is tute in pairs, where four players form two teams. The object of the game is to score the most points in the baza (a pile next to a player that contains the cards that the player gets after winning a trick) and by declarations (holding certain combinations of cards). Due to its wide popularity, several variations of the game exist. (Full article...)

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Image 1An adventurer finds a teleportation portal while exploring a dungeon in the role-playing video game Falcon's Eye. (from Role-playing game)
Image 2Typical MUD interface for God Wars II (from Role-playing game)
Image 3Patolli game being watched by Macuilxochitl as depicted on page 048 of the Codex Magliabechiano (from Board game)
Image 4Mamluk playing card (king of cups), c.15th century (from Card game)
Image 5 Men Playing Board Games, from The Sougandhika Parinaya Manuscript (from Board game)
Image 6Playing Cards, by Theodoor Rombouts, 17th century (from Game)
Image 7The board game Monopoly is licensed in 103 countries and printed in 37 languages. (from Board game)
Image 8Two Qataris playing the traditional board game of damah (from Board game)
Image 9The Card Players by Lucas van Leyden (1520) depicting a multiplayer card game (from Game)
Image 10Ancient Egyptian senet game board inscribed for Amenhotep III with separate sliding drawer, from 1390 to 1353 BC, made of glazed faience, dimensions: 5.5 × 7.7 × 21 cm, in the Brooklyn Museum (New York City). (from Game)
Image 11Association football is a popular sport worldwide.
Image 12The Mansion of Happiness (1843) (from Board game)
Image 13Historically, card games such as whist and contract bridge were opportunities for quiet socializing, as shown in this 1930s magic lantern slide photo taken in Seattle, Washington. (from Card game)
Image 14A group playing a tabletop RPG. The GM is at left using a cardboard screen to hide dice rolls from the players. (from Role-playing game)
Image 15A selection of pieces from different games. From top: Chess pawns, marbles, Monopoly tokens, dominoes, Monopoly hotels, jacks and checkers pieces. (from Game)
Image 16Hounds and jackals (Egypt, 13th Dynasty) (from Board game)
Image 17Chinese mother-of-pearl gambling tokens used in scoring and bidding of card games. (from Card game)
Image 18Royal game of Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600–2400 BCE (from Board game)
Image 19The Card Players, 17th-century painting by Theodoor Rombouts (from Card game)
Image 20Preferans, a trick-taking card game version popular in Croatia (from Card game)
Image 21Young girls playing a board game in the Iisalmi library in Finland, 2016 (from Board game)
Image 22A fantasy LARP group (from Role-playing game)
Image 23Students using dice to improve numeracy skills. They roll three dice, then use basic math operations to combine those into a new number which they cover on the board. The goal is to cover four squares in the row. (from Game)
Image 24Han dynasty glazed pottery tomb figurines playing liubo, with six sticks laid out to the side of the game board (from Board game)
Image 25Backgammon is a game of skill. Strategy can give players advantages, but there is also an element of chance. (from Game of skill)
Image 26Tug of war is an easily organized, impromptu game that requires little equipment. (from Game)
Image 27Senet, one of the oldest known board games (from Board game)
Image 28A ball-in-a-maze puzzle requires fine motor skills. (from Game of skill)
Image 29The number of board games published by year (1944–2017), as listed on BoardGameGeek. Expansion sets for existing games are marked in orange. (from Board game)
Image 30Parcheesi is an American adaptation of a Pachisi, originating in India. (from Game)
Image 31The modern German board game Catan is printed in 30 languages and sold 15 million by 2009. (from Board game)