Tiebreakers

The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

Left 4 Dead series

Anti-Examples

Chess can end in draws.

Using the pattern

Can Be Instantiated By

Perceivable Margins, Resources, Tournaments

Scores together with

Can Be Modulated By

Resource Management

Consequences

Can Instantiate

Conflicts, Excluding Goals, Social Dilemmas, Tension, Varying Rule Sets

Can Modulate

Competition, Conflicts, High Score Lists, Multiplayer Games, Overcome, Races, Scores, Tied Results, Tournaments

Potentially Conflicting With

Negotiation, Shared Penalties, Shared Rewards, Tied Results, Uncommitted Alliances

Relations

Can Instantiate

Conflicts, Excluding Goals, Social Dilemmas, Tension, Varying Rule Sets

Can Modulate

Competition, Conflicts, High Score Lists, Multiplayer Games, Overcome, Races, Scores, Tied Results, Tournaments

Can Be Instantiated By

Perceivable Margins, Resources, Tournaments

Scores together with

Can Be Modulated By

Resource Management

Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

Negotiation, Shared Penalties, Shared Rewards, Tied Results, Uncommitted Alliances

History

An updated version of the pattern Tiebreakers that was part of the original collection in the book Patterns in Game Design.

Acknowledgements

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