Strategic Knowledge - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 07:04, 8 April 2022

2022-04-08T07:04:27Z

Staffan Björk at 08:02, 26 August 2021

2021-08-26T08:02:16Z

Staffan Björk at 07:57, 14 August 2019

2019-08-14T07:57:49Z

Staffan Björk: /* Can Modulate */

2018-04-09T11:57:18Z

‎Can Modulate

Staffan Björk at 16:05, 3 October 2016

2016-10-03T16:05:22Z

Staffan Björk at 08:35, 3 September 2016

2016-09-03T08:35:10Z

Staffan Björk at 09:38, 14 July 2016

2016-07-14T09:38:31Z

Staffan Björk at 08:05, 8 August 2015

2015-08-08T08:05:43Z

Staffan Björk at 06:52, 27 July 2015

2015-07-27T06:52:33Z

Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

2015-07-20T13:48:20Z

‎Consequences

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 [[Camping]],
 [[Combat]],
 [[Deck Building]],
 [[Game World Navigation]],
 [[Goal Hierarchies]],
 [[Guard]],
 [[Optional Goals]],
 [[Performance Uncertainty]],

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 Examples of [[Strategic Knowledge]] related to actions within [[Game Worlds]] include the [[Achilles' Heels]] and [[Vulnerabilities]] of [[Enemies]] towards specific [[Powers]] or [[Weapons]], how to efficiently make use of the [[Asymmetric Abilities]] of [[Units]], [[Combos]] that are initially unknown due to being [[Hidden Rules]], the requirements and possibilities of [[Crafting]], and how [[Combos]], [[Emergent Gameplay]], or [[Gameplay Engines]] can arise from [[Construction]]. Knowing the usefulness of actions is easier if they have [[Predictable Consequences]] and in this sense that pattern supports [[Strategic Knowledge]], but knowing the distributions of outcomes based upon [[Randomness]], e.g. for [[Dice]] combinations or specific card [[Decks]], is also a type of [[Strategic Knowledge]] as is knowing how the specifics of [[Fixed Distributions]] in games that make use of these (e.g. an official variant of the [[Settlers of Catan]]). Looking at [[Extra-Game Actions]], for games with [[Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership]] (e.g. [[Magic: The Gathering]]) it is often a form of important [[Strategic Knowledge]] to know how [[Combos]] can be created from the various game elements. Working from another perspective,  [[Zero-Player Games]] where players are intended to make use of a [[Creative Control]] to build [[Agents]] requires that players develop [[Strategic Knowledge]] in order for them to intentionally make viable solutions, although this can be supported by letting them be [[Spectators]] to game sessions where other players' [[Agents]] reveal their behaviors.
-Some aspects of [[Strategic Knowledge]] may relate both to what actions players can do and, through what [[Enemies]] or other players can do to them, the game environment. Examples of this include the exact effects of [[Damage]] or [[Delayed Effects]]. Related to the knowledge of actions is the knowledge of the correct values of goals. This consists mainly of knowing the [[Risk/Reward]] structures and [[Trade-Offs]] values between various [[Resources]], [[Rewards]], and [[Penalties]], and constructing the possibility for players to have [[Strategic Knowledge]], especially in case regarding [[Auctions]] or [[Betting]], can lie in making these transparent or deducible. This can be used to influence choices regarding [[Goal Hierarchies]], [[Optional Goals]], and [[Selectable Set of Goals]], and knowing when to strive for [[Transfer of Control]] or what areas to try and achieve [[Area Control]] over. In cases of [[Unknown Goals]], knowing what [[Predefined Goals]] exist is [[Strategic Knowledge]] in itself even if it may be random exactly which goal turns out to be the one which one must strive towards.
+Some aspects of [[Strategic Knowledge]] may relate both to what actions players can do and, through what [[Enemies]] or other players can do to them, the game environment. Examples of this include the exact effects of [[Damage]] or [[Delayed Effects]]. Related to the knowledge of actions is the knowledge of the correct values of goals. This consists mainly of knowing the [[Risk/Reward]] structures and [[Trade-Offs]] values between various [[Resources]], [[Rewards]], and [[Penalties]], and constructing the possibility for players to have [[Strategic Knowledge]], especially in case regarding [[Bidding]] or [[Betting]], can lie in making these transparent or deducible. This can be used to influence choices regarding [[Goal Hierarchies]], [[Optional Goals]], and [[Selectable Set of Goals]], and knowing when to strive for [[Transfer of Control]] or what areas to try and achieve [[Area Control]] over. In cases of [[Unknown Goals]], knowing what [[Predefined Goals]] exist is [[Strategic Knowledge]] in itself even if it may be random exactly which goal turns out to be the one which one must strive towards.
 The [[Strategic Knowledge]] possible to have about a game can be modulated in some ways. First, game design that have [[Stimulated Planning]] encourage players to make use of the [[Strategic Knowledge]] available. Second, in [[Multiplayer Games]] players may exchange [[Strategic Knowledge]] to help members of their [[Teams]] or to try to maintain some level of [[Player Balance]]. Third, allowing or supporting [[Experimenting]] makes it easier for players to develop and test their [[Strategic Knowledge]]. Finally, games which have [[Evolving Rule Sets]] require players to update their [[Strategic Knowledge]] each time the rule set is updated. [[Strategic Knowledge]] that has been identified by game designers can be given to players through [[Loading Hints]] and [[Tooltips]].
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 [[Area Control]],
 [[Betting]],
 [[Camping]],
 [[Combat]],

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 Games that rely on a [[Solution Uncertainty]] and have only one specific solution become pointless when a player has gain [[Strategic Knowledge]] about this solution. However, [[Strategic Knowledge]] can also modify games with [[Solution Uncertainty]] but which has several solutions in that players can use their knowledge to better deduce which solutions are possible or most likely in a specific game instance.
 == Relations ==
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 [[Strategic Planning]],
 [[Trans-Game Information]]
 ==== with [[Evolving Rule Sets]] ====

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 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Area Control]],
 [[Camping]],
 [[Combat]],

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 Examples of [[Strategic Knowledge]] related to actions within [[Game Worlds]] include the [[Achilles' Heels]] and [[Vulnerabilities]] of [[Enemies]] towards specific [[Powers]] or [[Weapons]], how to efficiently make use of the [[Asymmetric Abilities]] of [[Units]], [[Combos]] that are initially unknown due to being [[Hidden Rules]], the requirements and possibilities of [[Crafting]], and how [[Combos]], [[Emergent Gameplay]], or [[Gameplay Engines]] can arise from [[Construction]]. Knowing the usefulness of actions is easier if they have [[Predictable Consequences]] and in this sense that pattern supports [[Strategic Knowledge]], but knowing the distributions of outcomes based upon [[Randomness]], e.g. for [[Dice]] combinations or specific card [[Decks]], is also a type of [[Strategic Knowledge]] as is knowing how the specifics of [[Fixed Distributions]] in games that make use of these (e.g. an official variant of the [[Settlers of Catan]]). Looking at [[Extra-Game Actions]], for games with [[Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership]] (e.g. [[Magic: The Gathering]]) it is often a form of important [[Strategic Knowledge]] to know how [[Combos]] can be created from the various game elements. Working from another perspective,  [[Zero-Player Games]] where players are intended to make use of a [[Creative Control]] to build [[Agents]] requires that players develop [[Strategic Knowledge]] in order for them to intentionally make viable solutions, although this can be supported by letting them be [[Spectators]] to game sessions where other players' [[Agents]] reveal their behaviors.
-Some aspects of [[Strategic Knowledge]] may relate both to what actions players can do and, through what [[Enemies]] or other players can do to them, the game environment. Examples of this include the exact effects of [[Damage]] or [[Delayed Effects]]. Related to the knowledge of actions is the knowledge of the correct values of goals. This consists mainly of knowing the [[Risk/Reward]] structures and [[Trade-Offs]] values between various [[Resources]], [[Rewards]], and [[Penalties]], and constructing the possibility for players to have [[Strategic Knowledge]], especially in case regarding [[Auctions]] or [[Betting]], can lie in making these transparent or deducible. This can be used to influence choices regarding [[Goal Hierarchies]], [[Optional Goals]], and [[Selectable Sets of Goals]], and knowing when to strive for [[Transfer of Control]] or what areas to try and achieve [[Area Control]] over. In cases of [[Unknown Goals]], knowing what [[Predefined Goals]] exist is [[Strategic Knowledge]] in itself even if it may be random exactly which goal turns out to be the one which one must strive towards.
+Some aspects of [[Strategic Knowledge]] may relate both to what actions players can do and, through what [[Enemies]] or other players can do to them, the game environment. Examples of this include the exact effects of [[Damage]] or [[Delayed Effects]]. Related to the knowledge of actions is the knowledge of the correct values of goals. This consists mainly of knowing the [[Risk/Reward]] structures and [[Trade-Offs]] values between various [[Resources]], [[Rewards]], and [[Penalties]], and constructing the possibility for players to have [[Strategic Knowledge]], especially in case regarding [[Auctions]] or [[Betting]], can lie in making these transparent or deducible. This can be used to influence choices regarding [[Goal Hierarchies]], [[Optional Goals]], and [[Selectable Set of Goals]], and knowing when to strive for [[Transfer of Control]] or what areas to try and achieve [[Area Control]] over. In cases of [[Unknown Goals]], knowing what [[Predefined Goals]] exist is [[Strategic Knowledge]] in itself even if it may be random exactly which goal turns out to be the one which one must strive towards.
 The [[Strategic Knowledge]] possible to have about a game can be modulated in some ways. First, game design that have [[Stimulated Planning]] encourage players to make use of the [[Strategic Knowledge]] available. Second, in [[Multiplayer Games]] players may exchange [[Strategic Knowledge]] to help members of their [[Teams]] or to try to maintain some level of [[Player Balance]]. Third, allowing or supporting [[Experimenting]] makes it easier for players to develop and test their [[Strategic Knowledge]]. Finally, games which have [[Evolving Rule Sets]] require players to update their [[Strategic Knowledge]] each time the rule set is updated. [[Strategic Knowledge]] that has been identified by game designers can be given to players through [[Loading Hints]] and [[Tooltips]].
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 [[Pre-Customized Decks]],
 [[Risk/Reward]],
-[[Selectable Sets of Goals]],
+[[Selectable Set of Goals]],
 [[Solution Uncertainty]],
 [[Stealth]],

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 That at least one player understand and enact the rules of a game is a requirement for [[Self-Facilitated Games]] to be played, and due to this [[Strategic Knowledge]] is a prerequisite for these types of games. The possibility of developing [[Strategic Knowledge]] allows players to have gives [[Empowerment]] in relation to a game, and if it can successfully be applied to actions performed it can translate to having [[Gameplay Mastery]]. By doing this also, [[Performance Uncertainty]] can directly be affected by the amount of [[Strategic Knowledge]] a player has. As specific examples, [[Strategic Knowledge]] can help in [[Game World Navigation]] (e.g. for winning [[Races]]), in how to use [[Obstacles]] and other elements in [[Game Worlds]] to succeed with [[Stealth]] goals, in how one should use [[Environmental Effects]] to one's advantage can help in [[Combat]], or in placing oneself best for [[Camping]] or [[Guard]] goals. It can also create [[Stimulated Planning]] in game design both during and before gameplay in the form of [[Strategic Planning]], but also [[Internal Conflicts]] since players may be better away of the [[Risk/Reward]] structures that exist. Since having information about [[Hidden Rules]] is nearly always advantageous and they represent [[Strategic Knowledge]], the presence of such rules give rise to [[Gain Information]] goals in games.
-[[Strategic Knowledge]] about a game typically help players being able to have a [[Determinable Chance to Succeed]]. The possibility to have [[Strategic Knowledge]] about a game allows several types of [[Extra-Game Actions]]: extracting and [[Memorizing]] that knowledge, and communicating the knowledge between players either as [[Extra-Game Information]] within game sessions or [[Trans-Game Information]] outside game sessions. While this [[Social Interaction]] can take place within single game sessions for [[Multiplayer Games]], it can occur before and after games in both these and [[Single-Player Games]] (players in two concurrent [[Single-Player Games]] can also exchange information also but this is not within the same game session). Games with [[Evolving Rule Sets]], e.g. [[Magic: The Gathering]] or [[CityVille]], provide a special case here since it may be a [[Red Queen Dilemma]] for players to keep up with the increasing knowledge available. [[Deck Building]] and the use of [[Pre-Customized Decks]] allow players to make use of their [[Strategic Knowledge]] to create decks which increase their chance of creating [[Combos]] or well-functioning [[Gameplay Engines]].
+[[Strategic Knowledge]] about a game typically help players being able to have a [[Determinable Chance to Succeed]]. The possibility to have [[Strategic Knowledge]] about a game allows several types of [[Extra-Game Actions]]: extracting and [[Memorizing]] that knowledge, and communicating the knowledge between players either as [[Extra-Game Information]] within game sessions or [[Trans-Game Information]] outside game sessions. While this [[Social Interaction]] can take place within single game sessions for [[Multiplayer Games]], it can occur before and after games in both these and [[Single-Player Games]] (players in two concurrent [[Single-Player Games]] can also exchange information also but this is not within the same game session). Games with [[Evolving Rule Sets]], e.g. [[Magic: The Gathering]] or [[CityVille]], provide a special case here since it may be [[Red Queen Dilemmas]] for players to keep up with the increasing knowledge available. [[Deck Building]] and the use of [[Pre-Customized Decks]] allow players to make use of their [[Strategic Knowledge]] to create decks which increase their chance of creating [[Combos]] or well-functioning [[Gameplay Engines]].
 The possibility of making use of [[Strategic Knowledge]] learned during a game session provides [[Replayability]] as long as [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]] or [[Further Player Improvement Potential]] also exists - otherwise it is likely to work against [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]], [[Luck]], and [[Replayability]]. Related to this is the fact that [[Strategic Knowledge]] is difficult to combine with [[Surprises]] since the information known through the pattern is consistent between all game instances. Likewise, [[Strategic Knowledge]] can allow players to better predict what other players should do and this works against [[Player Unpredictability]] (but this can result in the more experienced players overreacting emotionally, "tilting"<ref name="tilting"/>, when less experienced players do sub-optimal actions).
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 ==== with [[Evolving Rule Sets]] ====
-[[Red Queen Dilemma]]
+[[Red Queen Dilemmas]]
 ==== with [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]] or [[Further Player Improvement Potential]] ====

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 Basically any information about how a game is designed can be seen as [[Strategic Knowledge]] but a distinction can be made between the knowledge which can be learned in terms directly based upon the diegetic presentation and that which depends on the underlying structures of the game design. At the most general level, games that have distinct phases such as [[Startgame]], [[Middlegame]], and [[Endgame]] are easier to develop [[Strategic Knowledge]] since this knowledge can be for individual phases.
-Knowledge about [[Game Worlds]] can relate to their composition or what one can do within them. Knowing about [[Strategic Locations]] such as [[Arenas]], [[Choke Points]], [[Flanking Routes]], [[Galleries]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Safe Havens]], [[Secret Areas]], [[Sniper Locations]], [[Strongholds]], and [[Vehicle Sections]] are potential [[Strategic Knowledge]] in games. This is also the case for places that contain [[Environmental Effects]], [[Chargers]], [[Controllers]], [[Goal Points]], [[Installations]], [[Resource Locations]], [[Self-Service Kiosks]], or [[Spawn Points]] since their presence makes the areas into [[Strategic Locations]]. Related to this is knowledge about events that the game system can enforce, e.g. predetermined [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] such as [[Moveable Tiles]] or [[Shrinking Game Worlds]].
+Knowledge about [[Game Worlds]] can relate to their composition or what one can do within them. Knowing about [[Strategic Locations]] such as [[Arenas]], [[Choke Points]], [[Flanking Routes]], [[Galleries]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Safe Havens]], [[Secret Areas]], [[Sniper Locations]], [[Strongholds]], and [[Vehicle Sections]] are potential [[Strategic Knowledge]] in games. This is also the case for places that contain [[Environmental Effects]], [[Chargers]], [[Check Points]], [[Controllers]], [[Installations]], [[Resource Locations]], [[Self-Service Kiosks]], or [[Spawn Points]] since their presence makes the areas into [[Strategic Locations]]. Related to this is knowledge about events that the game system can enforce, e.g. predetermined [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] such as [[Moveable Tiles]] or [[Shrinking Game Worlds]].
 Examples of [[Strategic Knowledge]] related to actions within [[Game Worlds]] include the [[Achilles' Heels]] and [[Vulnerabilities]] of [[Enemies]] towards specific [[Powers]] or [[Weapons]], how to efficiently make use of the [[Asymmetric Abilities]] of [[Units]], [[Combos]] that are initially unknown due to being [[Hidden Rules]], the requirements and possibilities of [[Crafting]], and how [[Combos]], [[Emergent Gameplay]], or [[Gameplay Engines]] can arise from [[Construction]]. Knowing the usefulness of actions is easier if they have [[Predictable Consequences]] and in this sense that pattern supports [[Strategic Knowledge]], but knowing the distributions of outcomes based upon [[Randomness]], e.g. for [[Dice]] combinations or specific card [[Decks]], is also a type of [[Strategic Knowledge]] as is knowing how the specifics of [[Fixed Distributions]] in games that make use of these (e.g. an official variant of the [[Settlers of Catan]]). Looking at [[Extra-Game Actions]], for games with [[Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership]] (e.g. [[Magic: The Gathering]]) it is often a form of important [[Strategic Knowledge]] to know how [[Combos]] can be created from the various game elements. Working from another perspective,  [[Zero-Player Games]] where players are intended to make use of a [[Creative Control]] to build [[Agents]] requires that players develop [[Strategic Knowledge]] in order for them to intentionally make viable solutions, although this can be supported by letting them be [[Spectators]] to game sessions where other players' [[Agents]] reveal their behaviors.

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 == Consequences ==
-That at least one player understand and enact the rules of a game is a requirement for [[Self-Facilitated Games]] to be played, and due to this [[Strategic Knowledge]] is a prerequisite for these types of games. The possibility of developing [[Strategic Knowledge]] allows players to have gives [[Empowerment]] in relation to a game, and if it can successfully be applied to actions performed it can translate to having [[Game Mastery]]. By doing this also, [[Performance Uncertainty]] can directly be affected by the amount of [[Strategic Knowledge]] a player has. As specific examples, [[Strategic Knowledge]] can help in [[Game World Navigation]] (e.g. for winning [[Races]]), in how to use [[Obstacles]] and other elements in [[Game Worlds]] to succeed with [[Stealth]] goals, in how one should use [[Environmental Effects]] to one's advantage can help in [[Combat]], or in placing oneself best for [[Camping]] or [[Guard]] goals. It can also create [[Stimulated Planning]] in game design both during and before gameplay in the form of [[Strategic Planning]], but also [[Internal Conflicts]] since players may be better away of the [[Risk/Reward]] structures that exist. Since having information about [[Hidden Rules]] is nearly always advantageous and they represent [[Strategic Knowledge]], the presence of such rules give rise to [[Gain Information]] goals in games.
+That at least one player understand and enact the rules of a game is a requirement for [[Self-Facilitated Games]] to be played, and due to this [[Strategic Knowledge]] is a prerequisite for these types of games. The possibility of developing [[Strategic Knowledge]] allows players to have gives [[Empowerment]] in relation to a game, and if it can successfully be applied to actions performed it can translate to having [[Gameplay Mastery]]. By doing this also, [[Performance Uncertainty]] can directly be affected by the amount of [[Strategic Knowledge]] a player has. As specific examples, [[Strategic Knowledge]] can help in [[Game World Navigation]] (e.g. for winning [[Races]]), in how to use [[Obstacles]] and other elements in [[Game Worlds]] to succeed with [[Stealth]] goals, in how one should use [[Environmental Effects]] to one's advantage can help in [[Combat]], or in placing oneself best for [[Camping]] or [[Guard]] goals. It can also create [[Stimulated Planning]] in game design both during and before gameplay in the form of [[Strategic Planning]], but also [[Internal Conflicts]] since players may be better away of the [[Risk/Reward]] structures that exist. Since having information about [[Hidden Rules]] is nearly always advantageous and they represent [[Strategic Knowledge]], the presence of such rules give rise to [[Gain Information]] goals in games.
 [[Strategic Knowledge]] about a game typically help players being able to have a [[Determinable Chance to Succeed]]. The possibility to have [[Strategic Knowledge]] about a game allows several types of [[Extra-Game Actions]]: extracting and [[Memorizing]] that knowledge, and communicating the knowledge between players either as [[Extra-Game Information]] within game sessions or [[Trans-Game Information]] outside game sessions. While this [[Social Interaction]] can take place within single game sessions for [[Multiplayer Games]], it can occur before and after games in both these and [[Single-Player Games]] (players in two concurrent [[Single-Player Games]] can also exchange information also but this is not within the same game session). Games with [[Evolving Rule Sets]], e.g. [[Magic: The Gathering]] or [[CityVille]], provide a special case here since it may be a [[Red Queen Dilemma]] for players to keep up with the increasing knowledge available. [[Deck Building]] and the use of [[Pre-Customized Decks]] allow players to make use of their [[Strategic Knowledge]] to create decks which increase their chance of creating [[Combos]] or well-functioning [[Gameplay Engines]].
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 [[Empowerment]],
 [[Extra-Game Actions]],
-[[Game Mastery]],
+[[Gameplay Mastery]],
 [[Internal Conflicts]],
 [[Memorizing]],

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 == Using the pattern ==
-Basically any information about how a game is designed can be seen as [[Strategic Knowledge]] but a distinction can be made between the knowledge which can be learned in terms directly based upon the diegetic presentation and that which depends on the underlying structures of the game design.
+Basically any information about how a game is designed can be seen as [[Strategic Knowledge]] but a distinction can be made between the knowledge which can be learned in terms directly based upon the diegetic presentation and that which depends on the underlying structures of the game design. At the most general level, games that have distinct phases such as [[Startgame]], [[Middlegame]], and [[Endgame]] are easier to develop [[Strategic Knowledge]] since this knowledge can be for individual phases.
 Knowledge about [[Game Worlds]] can relate to their composition or what one can do within them. Knowing about [[Strategic Locations]] such as [[Arenas]], [[Choke Points]], [[Flanking Routes]], [[Galleries]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Safe Havens]], [[Secret Areas]], [[Sniper Locations]], [[Strongholds]], and [[Vehicle Sections]] are potential [[Strategic Knowledge]] in games. This is also the case for places that contain [[Environmental Effects]], [[Chargers]], [[Controllers]], [[Goal Points]], [[Installations]], [[Resource Locations]], [[Self-Service Kiosks]], or [[Spawn Points]] since their presence makes the areas into [[Strategic Locations]]. Related to this is knowledge about events that the game system can enforce, e.g. predetermined [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] such as [[Moveable Tiles]] or [[Shrinking Game Worlds]].
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 [[Dice]],
 [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]],
 [[Fixed Distributions]],
 [[Game State Overviews]],
 [[Gameplay Engines]],
 [[Hidden Rules]],
 [[Predictable Consequences]],
 [[Randomness]],
 [[Risk/Reward]],
 [[Spectators]],
 [[Strategic Locations]],
 [[Thematic Consistency]],