Last Man Standing

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Examples

Chess Go Diplomacy ? King of Tokyo

Counter-Strike series Magic: The Gathering Hearthstone

Using the pattern

Last Man Standing requires that players can Eliminate each other in game instances or particular phases of gameplay. Player Elimination or Multiplayer Games together with Lives is one design solution for the former while making nearly any type of goals for players into Incompatible Goals vis-à-vis all other players work for the latter.

Last Man Standing can be modulated by Surrendering, and game designer may want to support the Possibility of Graceful Surrender.

Consequences

Can Instantiate

Beat the Leader, Collections, Competition, Conflicts, Early Elimination, Endgame, Overcome, Survive, Symmetric Goals, Temporary Alliances, Tournaments,

Last Man Standing provides a form of Winning by Ending Gameplay since at least the type of actions that remove other players from the Competition becomes irrelevant for that purpose when their is a sole player left. Since each player removed from the Competition clearly is a closure and points towards the next closure being more important, the pattern supports Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses.

Relations

Can Instantiate

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

Can Modulate

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Can Be Instantiated By

Eliminate, Incompatible Goals, 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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