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''Pieces of game worlds that are owned by agents of those worlds.''

Games with game worlds can have struggles over these worlds as part of their gameplay. This divides the game worlds into [[Territories]] owned by different players, possibly separated by wilderness, which become resources in the competitions or rivalries between them.

=== Examples ===
[[Go]] is probably the oldest game that concerns claiming [[Territories]] as one's own.

The [[Civilization series]] and other grand strategy games such as [[Axis & Allies]], [[Risk]], the [[Europa Universalis series|Europa Universalis]], [[Hearts of Iron series|Hearts of Iron]], and [[Victoria series]], all let players expand their domains by taking over other players' [[Territories]]. All but [[Axis & Allies]], [[Risk]], and the [[Hearts of Iron series]] also the colonization of "wilderness" areas.

Having control over the steadily decreasing numbers of [[Territories]] in [[Greed Corp]] is vital for winning the game.

The gameplay in [[Enemy Territory: Quake Wars]], [[Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]], and in many cases the [[Battlefield series]] and  [[Team Fortress series]], can be described as team battles over [[Territories]].

Many [[:Category:Real-Time Strategy Games|Real-Time Strategy Games]] such as the [[Command & Conquer series|Command & Conquer]], [[Starcraft series|Starcraft]], and [[Warcraft series]], do ''not'' use [[Territories]] even if the core gameplay in these games revolve around controlling access to resources in the game worlds.

== Using the pattern ==

The presence of [[Territories]] imply that [[Ownership]] can change and that players can have [[Gain Ownership]] goals.

[[Risk/Reward]]

[[Resource Locations]]
[[Resource Generators]]

How to [[Gain Ownership]] 
[[Investments]]

[[Game Worlds]]
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[[Ownership]]
[[Gain Ownership]]

== Relations ==
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[[Ownership]]
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== History ==
New pattern created in this wiki.

== References ==
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== Acknowledgements ==
Karl Bergström