Secret Goals

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

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game

Anti-Examples

Chess Go

Using the pattern

Secret Goals are typically introduced in Multiplayer Games to introduce Player Unpredictability and Tension, and by doing so make it more difficult to perceive a Predictable Winner. This in turn makes it less likely that players will try to Beat the Leader or begin Surrendering due to feeling that they cannot win or have meaningful gameplay any longer.

Can Be Instantiated By

Dedicated Game Facilitators, Secret Scoring Mechanisms

Can Be Modulated By

Turn Taking

Consequences

Secret Goals make it difficult to perceive a Predictable Winner in Multiplayer Games, thereby both adding Tension and making it difficult to Beat the Leader and consider Surrendering.

Can Instantiate

Bluffing, Complex Gameplay, Gain Information, Player Unpredictability, Roleplaying,

Can Modulate

Internal Conflicts,

Relations

Can Instantiate

Bluffing, Complex Gameplay, Gain Information, Player Unpredictability, Roleplaying, Tension

Can Modulate

Internal Conflicts, Multiplayer Games

Can Be Instantiated By

Dedicated Game Facilitators, Secret Scoring Mechanisms

Can Be Modulated By

Turn Taking

Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

Beat the Leader, Predictable Winner, Surrendering

History

New pattern created in this wiki.

References

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Acknowledgements

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