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''Penalties given in games that only directly apply to one of the players.''

This pattern is a still a stub.

=== Examples ===

==== Anti-Examples ====
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== Using the pattern ==
Designing [[Individual Penalties]] largely resembles designing [[Penalties]] in general but avoiding directly affecting other players (i.e. avoiding making them into [[Shared Penalties]]). This can however become a somewhat blurred when affected players belong to [[Alliances]] or [[Teams]]. 

The specific effects of [[Individual Penalties]] can be the same as for [[Penalties]] in general. However, [[Downtime]] and [[Player Elimination]] directly affect specific players and thereby are individual in their nature. While the effects of [[Individual Penalties]] apply only to one players, other players can become involved in it by using [[Player-Decided Distributions]], either to decide which player should receive the [[Individual Penalties]] or to decide the specific effects of the [[Individual Penalties]].

== Consequences ==
=== Can Instantiate ===
[[Social Dilemmas]]

=== Can Modulate ===
[[Mutual Goals]], 
[[Penalties]], 
[[Risk/Reward]], 
[[Single-Player Games]], 

== Relations ==
=== Can Instantiate ===
[[Social Dilemmas]]

=== Can Modulate ===
[[Alliances]], 
[[Mutual Goals]], 
[[Penalties]], 
[[Risk/Reward]], 
[[Single-Player Games]], 
[[Teams]] 

=== Can Be Instantiated By ===
[[Downtime]], 
[[Player Elimination]]

=== Can Be Modulated By ===
[[Player-Decided Distributions]]

=== Possible Closure Effects ===
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=== Potentially Conflicting With ===
[[Shared Penalties]]

== History ==
An updated version of the pattern ''Individual Penalties'' that was part of the original collection in the book ''Patterns in Game Design''<ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004"/>.

== References ==
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<ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004">Björk, S. & Holopainen, J. (2004) ''Patterns in Game Design''. Charles River Media. ISBN1-58450-354-8.</ref>
</references>

== Acknowledgements ==
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