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''Reaching and keeping a sought for game state that other players are trying to reach and keep.''

This pattern is a still a stub.

=== Examples ===
Example: Some game variants of [[Battlefield series|Battlefield 1942]] have positions on the maps that when held for a certain period of time depletes "ticks" from the other team.

Example: The board game [[Junta]] lets the president control how foreign aid money is distributed to the players. This position, although dangerous, is often sought for by all players since the ownership of money is the prerequisite for winning the game.

== Using the pattern ==
=== Can Be Instantiated By ===
[[Non-Player Characters]] together with [[Enemies]]

=== Can Be Modulated By ===
[[Damage]], 
[[Scores]], 
[[Time Limits]]

[[King of the Hill]] goals are defined by several agents or players all having the same goal but only one can start satisfy their goal at any time and others can ''take over'' so they instead satisfy their goal. Actually completing the goal requires one agent or player to do so for a certain amount of time or turns. 

This means that defining a [[King of the Hill]] goal consist of creating a goal which is an [[Interferable Goals|Interferable]], [[Incompatible Goals|Incompatible Goal]]. and [[Continuous Goals|Continuous Goal]]. The [[Guard]] goal is the basis for the archetypical goal of [[King of the Hill]] but other options of goals to start with is [[Gain Ownership]], [[Alignment]], [[Enclosure]], or [[Connection]].

== Consequences ==

The interferable nature of [[King of the Hill]] goals make those that have them also have [[Preventing Goals]] to others' [[King of the Hill]] goals.

. The start of the competition between players with King of the Hill goals usual have no player holding the game state, but one way of giving Handicap is to let one player start with the desired state. The typical winning condition of King of the Hill goals is determined by comparing Scores but Lives can also be used, especially if all players except one runs out of them.


=== Can Instantiate ===
[[Balancing Effects]], 
[[Conflicts]], 
[[Competition]], 
[[Symmetric Goals]], 
[[Temporary Alliances]], 
[[Tension]], 
[[Role Reversal]]

== Relations ==
=== Can Instantiate ===
[[Balancing Effects]], 
[[Conflicts]], 
[[Continuous Goals]], 
[[Competition]], 
[[Incompatible Goals]], 
[[Interferable Goals]], 
[[Symmetric Goals]], 
[[Temporary Alliances]], 
[[Tension]], 
[[Role Reversal]]

=== Can Modulate ===
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=== Can Be Instantiated By ===
[[Alignment]], 
[[Connection]], 
[[Gain Ownership]], 
[[Enclosure]], 
[[Guard]]

[[Non-Player Characters]] together with [[Enemies]]

=== Can Be Modulated By ===
[[Damage]], 
[[Scores]], 
[[Time Limits]]

=== Possible Closure Effects ===
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=== Potentially Conflicting With ===
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== History ==
An updated version of the pattern ''King of the Hill'' that was part of the original collection in the book ''Patterns in Game Design''<ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004"/>.

== References ==
<references>
<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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