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 == Consequences ==
-[[Strategic Locations]] gives players the possibility of [[Memorizing]] valuable locations in [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], and [[Levels]] as [[Strategic Knowledge]], e.g. to help [[Game World Navigation]] or make the best routes in [[Races]]. This is especially true for [[Strategic Locations]] that depend mainly on the topology of the surrounding [[Game Worlds]] for their values, rather than on the explicit presence of valuable game elements. An example of how topology dictates that value of a location is the value of the central area of the board in Chess. For those with the [[Strategic Knowledge]], [[Strategic Locations]] supports [[Strategic Planning]] although this may need to incorporate [[Risk/Reward]] decisions. Given that [[Strategic Locations]] provide benefits in some way, they can negatively can affect [[Player Balance]] unless countered by providing all players with these through [[Symmetry]].
+[[Strategic Locations]] gives players the possibility of [[Memorizing]] valuable locations in [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], and [[Levels]] as [[Strategic Knowledge]], e.g. to help [[Game World Navigation]] or make the best routes in [[Races]]. This is especially true for [[Strategic Locations]] that depend mainly on the topology of the surrounding [[Game Worlds]] for their values, rather than on the explicit presence of valuable game elements. An example of how topology dictates that value of a location is the value of the central area of the board in Chess. For those with the [[Strategic Knowledge]], [[Strategic Locations]] supports [[Strategic Planning]] although this may need to incorporate [[Risk/Reward]] decisions. Given that [[Strategic Locations]] provide benefits in some way, they can negatively can affect [[Player Balance]] unless countered by providing all players with these through [[Symmetry]]. They also provide natural points for [[King of the Hill]] goals since players satisfying those goals may need advantages compared to those that don't satisfy their own [[King of the Hill]] goals.
 If players know that [[Strategic Locations]] exist but do not know where they are, this leads to [[Game World Exploration]] goals, and these can be used explicitly to create [[Smooth Learning Curves]] by introducing new gameplay elements through these locations. Known [[Strategic Locations]] leads to players having [[Traverse]] goals to reach the locations, which may become [[Races]] if several [[Agents]] are competing to reach them.  [[Camping]] and [[Guard]] goals can occur when [[Strategic Locations]] have been reached as a way to deny other access. If the locations can be owned in games, i.e. they support [[Territories]], [[Strategic Locations]] also give rise to [[Gain Ownership]] goals achievable through [[Area Control]] or other actions that provide [[Ownership]] of parts of the Game World.
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 [[Game World Navigation]],
 [[Game Worlds]],
 [[Levels]],
 [[Races]],

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 [[Strategic Locations]] may be created either explicit by the presence of game elements or implicit deriving from the relationship between the location and other locations in the game. Game elements that can create explicit [[Strategic Locations]] include [[Spawn Points]], [[Resource Generators]], [[Resource Locations]], and also [[Location-Fixed Abilities]] such as those provided by [[Chargers]], [[Controllers]], [[Installations]], [[Safe Havens]], [[Secret Areas]], and [[Self-Service Kiosks]]. [[Bases]] often make sense to built near [[Strategic Locations]] but can also make places into [[Strategic Locations]] by their presence; thus, they can both create and modify [[Strategic Locations]].
-Somewhat more abstract but still explicit ways of creating [[Strategic Locations]] include [[Check Points]] or providing beneficial [[Environmental Effects]] when they are controlled or owned. To ensure players' awareness of [[Strategic Locations]], they can be set to stand out through [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]]. Implicit [[Strategic Locations]] may be intentionally created by the arrangement of explicit [[Strategic Locations]] nearby, or they may be emergent features due to [[Randomness]] of [[Resource Locations]]. How players can move between different parts of [[game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]] can also make some places into [[Strategic Locations]], for example by being [[Arenas]], [[Choke Points]], [[Flanking Routes]], [[Galleries]], [[Sniper Locations]], or [[Strongholds]].
+Somewhat more abstract but still explicit ways of creating [[Strategic Locations]] include [[Check Points]] or providing beneficial [[Environmental Effects]] when they are controlled or owned. To ensure players' awareness of [[Strategic Locations]], they can be set to stand out through [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]]. Implicit [[Strategic Locations]] may be intentionally created by the arrangement of explicit [[Strategic Locations]] nearby, or they may be emergent features due to [[Randomness]] of [[Resource Locations]]. How players can move between different parts of [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]] can also make some places into [[Strategic Locations]], for example by being [[Arenas]], [[Choke Points]], [[Flanking Routes]], [[Galleries]], [[Sniper Locations]], or [[Strongholds]].
 [[Strategic Locations]] quite naturally need to have positions in [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]], but for games using [[Tiles]] the individual [[Tiles]] can be considered [[Strategic Locations]] depending on what they contain. Games using player constructed boards from [[Tiles]], e.g. [[Carcassonne]], allow the players to modify the value of explicit [[Strategic Locations]] by placing them in positions where their relationship to other [[Tiles]] increase or decrease their usability. Similarly, [[Tiles]] with no inherent value can be made [[Strategic Locations]] by connecting them to other [[Tiles]] in certain ways.

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 [[Strategic Locations]] may be created either explicit by the presence of game elements or implicit deriving from the relationship between the location and other locations in the game. Game elements that can create explicit [[Strategic Locations]] include [[Spawn Points]], [[Resource Generators]], [[Resource Locations]], and also [[Location-Fixed Abilities]] such as those provided by [[Chargers]], [[Controllers]], [[Installations]], [[Safe Havens]], [[Secret Areas]], and [[Self-Service Kiosks]]. [[Bases]] often make sense to built near [[Strategic Locations]] but can also make places into [[Strategic Locations]] by their presence; thus, they can both create and modify [[Strategic Locations]].
-Somewhat more abstract but still explicit ways of creating [[Strategic Locations]] include [[Check Points]] or providing beneficial [[Environmental Effects]] when they are controlled or owned. To ensure players' awareness of [[Strategic Locations]], they can be set to stand out through [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]]. Implicit [[Strategic Locations]] may be intentionally created by the arrangement of explicit [[Strategic Locations]] nearby, or they may be emergent features due to [[Randomness]] of [[Resource Locations]]. How players can move between different parts of [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] can also make some places into [[Strategic Locations]], for example by being [[Arenas]], [[Choke Points]], [[Flanking Routes]], [[Galleries]], [[Sniper Locations]], or [[Strongholds]].
+Somewhat more abstract but still explicit ways of creating [[Strategic Locations]] include [[Check Points]] or providing beneficial [[Environmental Effects]] when they are controlled or owned. To ensure players' awareness of [[Strategic Locations]], they can be set to stand out through [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]]. Implicit [[Strategic Locations]] may be intentionally created by the arrangement of explicit [[Strategic Locations]] nearby, or they may be emergent features due to [[Randomness]] of [[Resource Locations]]. How players can move between different parts of [[game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]] can also make some places into [[Strategic Locations]], for example by being [[Arenas]], [[Choke Points]], [[Flanking Routes]], [[Galleries]], [[Sniper Locations]], or [[Strongholds]].
-[[Strategic Locations]] quite naturally need to have positions in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]], but for games using [[Tiles]] the individual [[Tiles]] can be considered [[Strategic Locations]] depending on what they contain. Games using player constructed boards from [[Tiles]], e.g. [[Carcassonne]], allow the players to modify the value of explicit [[Strategic Locations]] by placing them in positions where their relationship to other [[Tiles]] increase or decrease their usability. Similarly, [[Tiles]] with no inherent value can be made [[Strategic Locations]] by connecting them to other [[Tiles]] in certain ways.
+[[Strategic Locations]] quite naturally need to have positions in [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]], but for games using [[Tiles]] the individual [[Tiles]] can be considered [[Strategic Locations]] depending on what they contain. Games using player constructed boards from [[Tiles]], e.g. [[Carcassonne]], allow the players to modify the value of explicit [[Strategic Locations]] by placing them in positions where their relationship to other [[Tiles]] increase or decrease their usability. Similarly, [[Tiles]] with no inherent value can be made [[Strategic Locations]] by connecting them to other [[Tiles]] in certain ways.
 [[Strategic Locations]] can be used as the targets for explicit [[Game World Exploration]] goals.
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 == Consequences ==
-[[Strategic Locations]] gives players the possibility of [[Memorizing]] valuable locations in [[Game Worlds]] and [[Levels]] as [[Strategic Knowledge]], e.g. to help [[Game World Navigation]] or make the best routes in [[Races]]. This is especially true for [[Strategic Locations]] that depend mainly on the topology of the surrounding [[Game Worlds]] for their values, rather than on the explicit presence of valuable game elements. An example of how topology dictates that value of a location is the value of the central area of the board in Chess. For those with the [[Strategic Knowledge]], [[Strategic Locations]] supports [[Strategic Planning]] although this may need to incorporate [[Risk/Reward]] decisions. Given that [[Strategic Locations]] provide benefits in some way, they can negatively can affect [[Player Balance]] unless countered by providing all players with these through [[Symmetry]].
+[[Strategic Locations]] gives players the possibility of [[Memorizing]] valuable locations in [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], and [[Levels]] as [[Strategic Knowledge]], e.g. to help [[Game World Navigation]] or make the best routes in [[Races]]. This is especially true for [[Strategic Locations]] that depend mainly on the topology of the surrounding [[Game Worlds]] for their values, rather than on the explicit presence of valuable game elements. An example of how topology dictates that value of a location is the value of the central area of the board in Chess. For those with the [[Strategic Knowledge]], [[Strategic Locations]] supports [[Strategic Planning]] although this may need to incorporate [[Risk/Reward]] decisions. Given that [[Strategic Locations]] provide benefits in some way, they can negatively can affect [[Player Balance]] unless countered by providing all players with these through [[Symmetry]].
 If players know that [[Strategic Locations]] exist but do not know where they are, this leads to [[Game World Exploration]] goals, and these can be used explicitly to create [[Smooth Learning Curves]] by introducing new gameplay elements through these locations. Known [[Strategic Locations]] leads to players having [[Traverse]] goals to reach the locations, which may become [[Races]] if several [[Agents]] are competing to reach them.  [[Camping]] and [[Guard]] goals can occur when [[Strategic Locations]] have been reached as a way to deny other access. If the locations can be owned in games, i.e. they support [[Territories]], [[Strategic Locations]] also give rise to [[Gain Ownership]] goals achievable through [[Area Control]] or other actions that provide [[Ownership]] of parts of the Game World.
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 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Game World Navigation]],
 [[Game Worlds]],

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 [[Strategic Locations]] may be created either explicit by the presence of game elements or implicit deriving from the relationship between the location and other locations in the game. Game elements that can create explicit [[Strategic Locations]] include [[Spawn Points]], [[Resource Generators]], [[Resource Locations]], and also [[Location-Fixed Abilities]] such as those provided by [[Chargers]], [[Controllers]], [[Installations]], [[Safe Havens]], [[Secret Areas]], and [[Self-Service Kiosks]]. [[Bases]] often make sense to built near [[Strategic Locations]] but can also make places into [[Strategic Locations]] by their presence; thus, they can both create and modify [[Strategic Locations]].
-Somewhat more abstract but still explicit ways of creating [[Strategic Locations]] include [[Goal Points]] or providing beneficial [[Environmental Effects]] when they are controlled or owned. To ensure players' awareness of [[Strategic Locations]], they can be set to stand out through [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]]. Implicit [[Strategic Locations]] may be intentionally created by the arrangement of explicit [[Strategic Locations]] nearby, or they may be emergent features due to [[Randomness]] of [[Resource Locations]]. How players can move between different parts of [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] can also make some places into [[Strategic Locations]], for example by being [[Arenas]], [[Choke Points]], [[Flanking Routes]], [[Galleries]], [[Sniper Locations]], or [[Strongholds]].
+Somewhat more abstract but still explicit ways of creating [[Strategic Locations]] include [[Check Points]] or providing beneficial [[Environmental Effects]] when they are controlled or owned. To ensure players' awareness of [[Strategic Locations]], they can be set to stand out through [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]]. Implicit [[Strategic Locations]] may be intentionally created by the arrangement of explicit [[Strategic Locations]] nearby, or they may be emergent features due to [[Randomness]] of [[Resource Locations]]. How players can move between different parts of [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] can also make some places into [[Strategic Locations]], for example by being [[Arenas]], [[Choke Points]], [[Flanking Routes]], [[Galleries]], [[Sniper Locations]], or [[Strongholds]].
 [[Strategic Locations]] quite naturally need to have positions in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]], but for games using [[Tiles]] the individual [[Tiles]] can be considered [[Strategic Locations]] depending on what they contain. Games using player constructed boards from [[Tiles]], e.g. [[Carcassonne]], allow the players to modify the value of explicit [[Strategic Locations]] by placing them in positions where their relationship to other [[Tiles]] increase or decrease their usability. Similarly, [[Tiles]] with no inherent value can be made [[Strategic Locations]] by connecting them to other [[Tiles]] in certain ways.
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 [[Bases]],
 [[Chargers]],
 [[Choke Points]],
 [[Controllers]],
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 [[Galleries]],
 [[Game Items]],
 [[Inaccessible Areas]],
 [[Installations]],

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Strategic Locations]] may be created either explicit by the presence of game elements or implicit deriving from the relationship between the location and other locations in the game. Game elements that can create explicit [[Strategic Locations]] include [[Spawn Points]], [[Resource Generators]], [[Resource Locations]], and also [[Location-Fixed Abilities]] such as those provided by [[Chargers]], [[Controllers]], [[Installations]], [[Safe Havens]], [[Secret Areas]], and [[Self-Service Kiosks]]. Somewhat more abstract but still explicit ways of creating [[Strategic Locations]] include [[Goal Points]] or providing beneficial [[Environmental Effects]] when they are controlled or owned. To ensure players' awareness of [[Strategic Locations]], they can be set to stand out through [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]]. Implicit [[Strategic Locations]] may be intentionally created by the arrangement of explicit [[Strategic Locations]] nearby, or they may be emergent features due to [[Randomness]] of [[Resource Locations]]. How players can move between different parts of [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] can also make some places into [[Strategic Locations]], for example by being [[Arenas]], [[Choke Points]], [[Flanking Routes]], [[Galleries]], [[Sniper Locations]], or [[Strongholds]].
+[[Strategic Locations]] may be created either explicit by the presence of game elements or implicit deriving from the relationship between the location and other locations in the game. Game elements that can create explicit [[Strategic Locations]] include [[Spawn Points]], [[Resource Generators]], [[Resource Locations]], and also [[Location-Fixed Abilities]] such as those provided by [[Chargers]], [[Controllers]], [[Installations]], [[Safe Havens]], [[Secret Areas]], and [[Self-Service Kiosks]]. [[Bases]] often make sense to built near [[Strategic Locations]] but can also make places into [[Strategic Locations]] by their presence; thus, they can both create and modify [[Strategic Locations]].
 [[Strategic Locations]] quite naturally need to have positions in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]], but for games using [[Tiles]] the individual [[Tiles]] can be considered [[Strategic Locations]] depending on what they contain. Games using player constructed boards from [[Tiles]], e.g. [[Carcassonne]], allow the players to modify the value of explicit [[Strategic Locations]] by placing them in positions where their relationship to other [[Tiles]] increase or decrease their usability. Similarly, [[Tiles]] with no inherent value can be made [[Strategic Locations]] by connecting them to other [[Tiles]] in certain ways.
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 [[Arenas]],
 [[Artifact-Location Proximity]],
 [[Chargers]],
 [[Choke Points]],
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]],
 [[Mini-maps]]

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 [[Strategic Locations]] can be used as the targets for explicit [[Game World Exploration]] goals.
-Real world locations can be [[Strategic Locations]] in games which make use [[Pervasive Gameplay]] or otherwise use players' positions as game input (e.g. through [[Player-Location Proximity]]).
+Real world locations can be [[Strategic Locations]] in games which make use [[Pervasive Gameplay]] or otherwise use players' positions as game input (e.g. through [[Player-Location Proximity]] or [[Artifact-Location Proximity]]).
 === Interface Aspects ===
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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
 [[Arenas]],
 [[Chargers]],
 [[Choke Points]],

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Strategic Locations]] gives players the possibility of [[Memorizing]] valuable locations in [[Game Worlds]] and [[Levels]] as [[Strategic Knowledge]], e.g. to help [[Game World Navigation]] or make the best routes in [[Races]]. This is especially true for [[Strategic Locations]] that depend mainly on the topology of the surrounding [[Game Worlds]] for their values, rather than on the explicit presence of valuable game elements. An example of how topology dictates that value of a location is the value of the central area of the board in Chess. For those with the [[Strategic Knowledge]], [[Strategic Locations]] supports [[Strategic Planning]]. Given that [[Strategic Locations]] provide benefits in some way, they can negatively can affect [[Player Balance]] unless countered by providing all players with these through [[Symmetry]].
+[[Strategic Locations]] gives players the possibility of [[Memorizing]] valuable locations in [[Game Worlds]] and [[Levels]] as [[Strategic Knowledge]], e.g. to help [[Game World Navigation]] or make the best routes in [[Races]]. This is especially true for [[Strategic Locations]] that depend mainly on the topology of the surrounding [[Game Worlds]] for their values, rather than on the explicit presence of valuable game elements. An example of how topology dictates that value of a location is the value of the central area of the board in Chess. For those with the [[Strategic Knowledge]], [[Strategic Locations]] supports [[Strategic Planning]] although this may need to incorporate [[Risk/Reward]] decisions. Given that [[Strategic Locations]] provide benefits in some way, they can negatively can affect [[Player Balance]] unless countered by providing all players with these through [[Symmetry]].
 If players know that [[Strategic Locations]] exist but do not know where they are, this leads to [[Game World Exploration]] goals, and these can be used explicitly to create [[Smooth Learning Curves]] by introducing new gameplay elements through these locations. Known [[Strategic Locations]] leads to players having [[Traverse]] goals to reach the locations, which may become [[Races]] if several [[Agents]] are competing to reach them.  [[Camping]] and [[Guard]] goals can occur when [[Strategic Locations]] have been reached as a way to deny other access. If the locations can be owned in games, i.e. they support [[Territories]], [[Strategic Locations]] also give rise to [[Gain Ownership]] goals achievable through [[Area Control]] or other actions that provide [[Ownership]] of parts of the Game World.
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 [[Guard]],
 [[Memorizing]],
 [[Strategic Knowledge]],
 [[Strategic Planning]],

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 [[Strategic Locations]] quite naturally need to have positions in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]], but for games using [[Tiles]] the individual [[Tiles]] can be considered [[Strategic Locations]] depending on what they contain. Games using player constructed boards from [[Tiles]], e.g. [[Carcassonne]], allow the players to modify the value of explicit [[Strategic Locations]] by placing them in positions where their relationship to other [[Tiles]] increase or decrease their usability. Similarly, [[Tiles]] with no inherent value can be made [[Strategic Locations]] by connecting them to other [[Tiles]] in certain ways.
-[[Strategic Locations]] can be used as the targets for explicit [[Exploration]] goals.
+[[Strategic Locations]] can be used as the targets for explicit [[Game World Exploration]] goals.
 === Interface Aspects ===
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 [[Strategic Locations]] gives players the possibility of [[Memorizing]] valuable locations in [[Game Worlds]] and [[Levels]] as [[Strategic Knowledge]], e.g. to help [[Game World Navigation]] or make the best routes in [[Races]]. This is especially true for [[Strategic Locations]] that depend mainly on the topology of the surrounding [[Game Worlds]] for their values, rather than on the explicit presence of valuable game elements. An example of how topology dictates that value of a location is the value of the central area of the board in Chess. For those with the [[Strategic Knowledge]], [[Strategic Locations]] supports [[Strategic Planning]]. Given that [[Strategic Locations]] provide benefits in some way, they can negatively can affect [[Player Balance]] unless countered by providing all players with these through [[Symmetry]].
-If players know that [[Strategic Locations]] exist but do not know where they are, this leads to [[Exploration]] goals, and these can be used explicitly to create [[Smooth Learning Curves]] by introducing new gameplay elements through these locations. Known [[Strategic Locations]] leads to players having [[Traverse]] goals to reach the locations, which may become [[Races]] if several [[Agents]] are competing to reach them.  [[Camping]] and [[Guard]] goals can occur when [[Strategic Locations]] have been reached as a way to deny other access. If the locations can be owned in games, i.e. they support [[Territories]], [[Strategic Locations]] also give rise to [[Gain Ownership]] goals achievable through [[Area Control]] or other actions that provide [[Ownership]] of parts of the Game World.
+If players know that [[Strategic Locations]] exist but do not know where they are, this leads to [[Game World Exploration]] goals, and these can be used explicitly to create [[Smooth Learning Curves]] by introducing new gameplay elements through these locations. Known [[Strategic Locations]] leads to players having [[Traverse]] goals to reach the locations, which may become [[Races]] if several [[Agents]] are competing to reach them.  [[Camping]] and [[Guard]] goals can occur when [[Strategic Locations]] have been reached as a way to deny other access. If the locations can be owned in games, i.e. they support [[Territories]], [[Strategic Locations]] also give rise to [[Gain Ownership]] goals achievable through [[Area Control]] or other actions that provide [[Ownership]] of parts of the Game World.
 Knowing [[Strategic Locations]] can also influence [[Spawning]], if players have control over which [[Spawn Points]] to use.
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 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Camping]],
-[[Exploration]],
+[[Game World Exploration]],
 [[Gain Ownership]],
 [[Guard]],
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 [[Traverse]]
-==== with [[Exploration]] ====
+==== with [[Game World Exploration]] ====
 [[Smooth Learning Curves]]