A social game may refer to

tabletop Tabletop may refer to: Mountains * Table Top Mountain in Rangeville, Queensland, Australia * Table Top Mountain (New York) * Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa * Tepui, flat top mountains in South America Places * Tabletop, New South Wale ...

, other face-to-face indoor or outdoor games, or

video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This fee ...

s that allow or require social interaction between players as opposed to games played in solitude, games played at tournaments or competitions or games played for money. Types of social games can include: *

Tabletop game Tabletop games or tabletops are games that are normally played on a table or other flat surface, such as board games, card games, dice games, miniature wargames, or tile-based games. Classification according to equipment used Tabletop ga ...

s **

Card games A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ...

, that involve multiple players i.e. excluding patiences or solitaires **

Board game Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a co ...

s, in which counters or pieces are placed, removed, or moved on a premarked surface according to a set of rules **

Miniature wargaming Miniature wargaming is a form of wargaming in which military units are represented by miniature physical models on a model battlefield. The use of physical models to represent military units is in contrast to other tabletop wargames that use ...

, a form of wargaming that incorporates miniature figures, miniature armor and modeled terrain **Tabletop role-playing games, a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting *Other face-to-face social games **

Game of chance A game of chance is in contrast with a game of skill. It is a game whose outcome is strongly influenced by some randomizing device. Common devices used include dice, spinning tops, playing cards, roulette wheels, or numbered balls drawn from a ...

, a game whose outcome is strongly influenced by some randomizing device **

Game of dares A dare game is a game in which people dare each other to perform actions that they would not normally do. Gameplay The game is played by two or more players. A player asks another to do something that one would not normally do or even think of d ...

(or a dare game) is a game in which people dare each other to perform actions that they would not normally do. **

Parlour game A parlour or parlor game is a group game played indoors using speech (from French Parler). They were often played in a parlour. These games were extremely popular among the upper and middle classes in the United Kingdom and in the United States d ...

s, indoor games such as charades **

Live action role-playing game A live action role-playing game (LARP) is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically portray their characters.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique feature ...

s, a form of role-playing game where the participants physically act out their characters' actions **

Alternate reality game An alternate reality game (ARG) is an interactive networked narrative that uses the real world as a platform and employs transmedia storytelling to deliver a story that may be altered by players' ideas or actions. The form is defined by inten ...

s, an interactive narrative using the real world as a platform *

Video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This fee ...

s **

Social network game A social network game (sometimes simply referred to as a social media game, social gaming, social video game or online social game) is a type of online game that is played through social networks or social media. They typically feature multipl ...

s, games that have social network integration or elements ** Mobile games, which can include social network games, which played on mobile devices ** Multiplayer video games, where more than one person can play in the same game environment at the same time ***

LAN parties A LAN party is a gathering of people with personal computers or compatible game consoles, where a local area network (LAN) connection is established between the devices using a router or switch, primarily for the purpose of playing multiplayer ...

, a temporary gathering of people establishing a local area network (LAN), primarily for the purpose of playing multiplayer computer games ***

Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game (MMOG or more commonly MMO) is an online video game with a large number of players, often hundreds or thousands, on the same server. MMOs usually feature a huge, persistent open world, although there are ...

s, video games where a large number of players can exist on the same server simultaneously **

Online gambling Online gambling is any kind of gambling conducted on the internet. This includes virtual poker, casinos and sports betting. The first online gambling venue opened to the general public was ticketing for the Liechtenstein International Lottery i ...

(or Internet gambling) is any kind of gambling conducted on the internet.

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