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''Game states from which no actions or events in a game instance can let a player win.''

By gaming, people try to affect a game state through gameplay actions to reach some goal. Players have [[Unwinnable Game States]] when there exists goals which lets players win a game but there are not combinations of actions or events that make this possible.

TV Tropes has a wiki page for a similar concept, [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Unwinnable Unwinnable].

=== Examples ===

== Using the pattern ==
=== Can Modulate ===
[[Save Files]] 

=== Can Be Instantiated By ===
[[Kingmaker]],  
[[Predictable Winner]], 
[[Save Points]], 
[[Unwinnable Games]]
[[Perfect Information]]

=== Diegetic Aspects ===

=== Interface Aspects ===

=== Narration Aspects ===

== Consequences ==
[[Unwinnable Game States]], or game states that are perceived to be unwinnable can lead to [[Surrendering]] and [[Early Leaving Players]] in [[Multiplayer Games]]. This may be bad if a game isn't design to support this (e.g. through [[Possibility of Graceful Surrender]]).

=== Potentially Conflicting With ===
[[Player Agency]], 
[[Value of Effort]]
[[Imperfect Information]]


[[Ragequitting]]

[[Multiplayer Games]]
[[Team Balance]]

== Relations ==
=== Can Instantiate ===
[[Surrendering]]

==== with [[Multiplayer Games]] ====
[[Early Leaving Players]]

=== Can Modulate ===
[[Save Files]] 

=== Can Be Instantiated By ===
[[Kingmaker]],  
[[Perfect Information]], 
[[Predictable Winner]], 
[[Save Points]], 
[[Unwinnable Games]]

=== Can Be Modulated By ===
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=== Possible Closure Effects ===
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=== Potentially Conflicting With ===
[[Imperfect Information]], 
[[Player Agency]], 
[[Value of Effort]]

== History ==
New pattern created in this wiki.

== References ==
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== Acknowledgements ==
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