Last Man Standing

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Examples

Chess Go Diplomacy ? King of Tokyo

Counter-Strike series Magic: The Gathering Hearthstone

Relations

Winning by Ending Gameplay

Can Instantiate

Collections, Competition, Conflicts, Early Elimination, Endgame, Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses, Interferable Goals, Overcome, Survive, Symmetric Goals, Temporary Alliances, Tournaments

Can Modulate

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Can Be Instantiated By

Eliminate, Player Elimination

Multiplayer Games together with Lives

Can Be Modulated By

Possibility of Graceful Surrender, Surrendering

Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

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History

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

Acknowledgements

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