Asymmetric Gameplay - Revision history

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 == Consequences ==
-As stated above, [[Asymmetric Gameplay]] creates [[Varied Gameplay]]. It typically through this also provides [[Replayability]] as long as not all types of gameplay are guaranteed to be exhausted within a game instance.
+As stated above, [[Asymmetric Gameplay]] creates [[Varied Gameplay]]. It typically through this also provides [[Replayability]] as long as not all types of gameplay are guaranteed to be exhausted within a game instance. It can also create [[Reflective Communication]] in games with [[Cooperation]] or [[Negotiation]].
 == Relations ==
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 [[Replayability]],
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 === Can Modulate ===

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 ''Gameplay which for one player does not have symmetry with the gameplay of another player or that of previous game instances.''

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Asymmetric Gameplay]] is typically used in a game design to provide [[Varied Gameplay]]. It is typically designed as part of a game through a more specific pattern, e.g. [[Asymmetric Abilities]], [[Asymmetric Goals]], [[Asymmetric Information]], [[Asymmetric Resource Distribution]], [[Asymmetric Roles]], or [[Asymmetric Starting Conditions]]
+[[Asymmetric Gameplay]] is typically used in a game design to provide [[Varied Gameplay]]. It is typically designed as part of a game through a more specific pattern, e.g. [[Asymmetric Abilities]], [[Asymmetric Goals]], [[Asymmetric Information]], [[Asymmetric Resource Distribution]], [[Asymmetric Roles]], or [[Asymmetric Starting Conditions]].
 Naturally, [[Asymmetric Gameplay]] is in conflict with having [[Symmetry]] on the same level in a game.

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-''The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.''
+''Gameplay which for one player does not have symmetry with the gameplay of another player or that of previous game instances.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+Games offers actions and goals to players. When these actions and goals differ between different players the games provide the players with [[Asymmetric Gameplay]]. This can also occur when a player can have very different types of actions and goals between game instances of the same game.
 === Examples ===

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 Many [[:Category:Roleplaying Games|Roleplaying Games]], e.g. [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and [[World of Warcraft]], provide [[Asymmetric Gameplay]] through letting players create characters to control that each have different abilities and roles depending on choices such as profession and race.
-The board game [[Vast: The Crystal Caverns]] provides each player with very different goals and actions, one being that of a dragon, another being that of knight, and a third being that of the cave in which the others move about.
+The board game [[Vast: The Crystal Caverns]] provides each player with very different goals and actions, one being that of a dragon, another being that of knight, and a third being that of the cave in which the others move about. Other board games providing players with very asymmetrical gameplay include [[Ogre]] and [[Space Hulk]]. Both let one player control significantly more units than the other and [[Space Hulk]] puts time limits on one player but not on the other. A weaker example can be found in [[Memoir '44]] where the asymmetry consists of differences in types and numbers of "command cards" (and to a lesser degree units).
 == Using the pattern ==