Middlegame - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 10:30, 27 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 10:25, 27 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 07:47, 27 July 2015

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 ''The phase or phases that are not the first or last in a game instance.''

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 === Examples ===
-[[Chess]] and [[Go]] are classical [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] with [[Middlegame]] phases.
+[[Chess]] and [[Go]] are classical [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] with [[Middlegame]] phases. Expanding and improving the cities in one's civilization can be viewed as the [[Middlegame]] of the  [[Civilization (video game) series|Civilization series]].
 In the [[Starcraft series]] the [[Middlegame]] is typically called "Mid-Game"<ref name="Starcraft"/>.

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-''The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.''
+''The phase or phases that are not the first or last in a game instance.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+Gameplay phases are found in some games due to them having discernible different periods of gameplay when the goals and actions in focus vary. The [[Middlegame]] of such games is simply the phases which are not the first nor the last.
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 In the [[Starcraft series]] the [[Middlegame]] is typically called "Mid-Game"<ref name="Starcraft"/>.
 == Using the pattern ==

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 == Using the pattern ==
-As its name suggests, a [[Middlegame]] is intended to come after a [[Startgame]] and quite often before an [[Endgame]]. Typical patterns signifying a [[Middlegame]] include [[Entrenching Gameplay]] and [[Complex Gameplay]] so putting these into importance is a way to create a [[Middlegame]]. Examples of phases which exhibit these are [[Expansion]] and [[Exploitation]] respectively.
+As its name suggests, a [[Middlegame]] is intended to come after a [[Startgame]] and quite often before an [[Endgame]]. Typical patterns signifying a [[Middlegame]] include [[Entrenching Gameplay]] and [[Complex Gameplay]] so putting these into importance is a way to create a [[Middlegame]]. Examples of phases which exhibit these are [[Expansion]] and [[Exploitation]] respectively. For games where [[Exploitation]] is the last phase, [[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]] is likely to become important.
-Some patterns may be more interesting to consider for a [[Middlegame]] phase than for other phases. [[Balancing Effects]] make most sense to apply here since they are mostly irrelevant before and may make player efforts pointless later one. For similar reasons, and due to the typical complexity of [[Middlegame]] phases, it may also be appropriate to highlight the skills that are the intended indications of [[Gameplay Mastery]] here as well. For games where [[Exploitation]] is the last phase, [[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]] is likely to become important.
+Some patterns may be more interesting to consider for a [[Middlegame]] phase than for other phases. [[Balancing Effects]] make most sense to apply here since they are mostly irrelevant before and may make player efforts pointless later one. For similar reasons, and due to the typical complexity of [[Middlegame]] phases, it may also be appropriate to highlight the skills that are the intended indications of [[Gameplay Mastery]] here as well.
 == Consequences ==

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 As its name suggests, a [[Middlegame]] is intended to come after a [[Startgame]] and quite often before an [[Endgame]]. Typical patterns signifying a [[Middlegame]] include [[Entrenching Gameplay]] and [[Complex Gameplay]] so putting these into importance is a way to create a [[Middlegame]]. Examples of phases which exhibit these are [[Expansion]] and [[Exploitation]] respectively.
-Some patterns may be more interesting to consider for a [[Middlegame]] phase than for other phases. [[Balancing Effects]] make most sense to apply here since they are mostly irrelevant before and may make player efforts pointless later one. For similar reasons, and due to the typical complexity of [[Middlegame]] phases, it may also be appropriate to highlight the skills that are the intended indications of [[Gameplay Mastery]] here as well.
+Some patterns may be more interesting to consider for a [[Middlegame]] phase than for other phases. [[Balancing Effects]] make most sense to apply here since they are mostly irrelevant before and may make player efforts pointless later one. For similar reasons, and due to the typical complexity of [[Middlegame]] phases, it may also be appropriate to highlight the skills that are the intended indications of [[Gameplay Mastery]] here as well. For games where [[Exploitation]] is the last phase, [[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]] is likely to become important.
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 [[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]]
 == Consequences ==

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-[[Startgame]]
+As its name suggests, a [[Middlegame] is intended to come after a [[Startgame]] and quite often before an [[Endgame]].
 [[Endgame]]
 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
 [[Expansion]],
 [[Exploitation]],
 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Balancing Effects]],
 [[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]],
 [[Gameplay Mastery]]
 == Consequences ==

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 == Relations ==
 [[Stimulated Planning]],
-[[Strategic Knowledge]],
+[[Strategic Knowledge]]
-[[Analysis Paralysis]],
-[[Gameplay Mastery]],
-[[Complex Gameplay]],
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-=== Can Instantiate ===
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 === Can Modulate ===
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 [[Entrenching Gameplay]],
 [[Expansion]],
-[[Exploitation]]
+[[Exploitation]],
 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Balancing Effects]],
-[[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]]
+[[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]],
 === Possible Closure Effects ===