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=== Examples ===
 
=== Examples ===
[[Pachisi]]
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[[Pachisi]] (and its offspring [[Ludo]]) is an early example of a game with [[Score Tracks]]. They are still quite common in [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]], be it casual [[:Category:Party Games|Party Games]] such as [[Balderdash]] or [[Pictionary]], or more complex games such as [[Amun-Re]], [[Carcassonne]], [[Dominant Species]], [[Inca Empire]], [[Egizia]], and [[Ursuppe]]. They are not so common in [[:Category:Computer Games]] since players' scores can there be displayed more compactly in their own individual areas of the interface with is updated by the computer as gameplay progresses.
 
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[[Score Tracks]] are quite common in [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]], be it casual [[:Category:Party Games|Party Games]] such as [[Balderdash]] or [[Pictionary]], or more complex games such as [[Amun-Re]], [[Carcassonne]], [[Dominant Species]], [[Inca Empire]], [[Egizia]], and [[Ursuppe]]. They are not so common in [[:Category:Computer Games]] since players' scores can there be displayed more compactly in their own individual areas of the interface with is updated by the computer as gameplay progresses.
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== Using the pattern ==
 
== Using the pattern ==

Revision as of 07:07, 15 June 2011

A track to show players' scores.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

Pachisi (and its offspring Ludo) is an early example of a game with Score Tracks. They are still quite common in Board Games, be it casual Party Games such as Balderdash or Pictionary, or more complex games such as Amun-Re, Carcassonne, Dominant Species, Inca Empire, Egizia, and Ursuppe. They are not so common in Category:Computer Games since players' scores can there be displayed more compactly in their own individual areas of the interface with is updated by the computer as gameplay progresses.

Using the pattern

Diegetic Aspects

Building on earlier sources[1], Parlett argues that it "seems intuitively obvious" that the use of Score Tracks led to the development of games with Races[2], both on a gameplay and thematic level.

Interface Aspects

Consequences

Relations

Scores

Excise

Races

Game State Overview

Beat the Leader

Uncommitted Alliances

Temporary Alliances

Can Instantiate

with ...

Can Modulate

Can Be Instantiated By

Can Be Modulated By

Possible Closure Effects

Potentially Conflicting With

History

New pattern created in this wiki.

References

  1. Erasmus, C. J. (1950). Patolli, Pachisi, and the Limitation of Possibilities, Southwestern Journal of Antropology, 6 (Winter 1950), pp. 369-387 (as reprinted in Avedon, E. M. & Sutton-Smith, B. (1971). The Study of Games, pp. 109-129).
  2. Parlett, D. Oxford History of Board Games, p. 35. ISBN-10: 0192129988.

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