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  2. Xactika - Wikipedia

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    Xactika sharpens their math skills and critical thinking skills. They must predict exactly (hence the name Xactika) the number of rounds in which they will be able to take the cards played. The game is designed so that as play evolves, cards that appeared weak initially may become strong as the hand evolves.

  3. Mind sport - Wikipedia

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    The board game of backgammon has been described as a mind sport. As well as board and card games, [9] other disciplines that have been described as mind sports are speed reading, quizzing, competitive programming, [10] [11] and cybersecurity wargames.

  4. Coordination game - Wikipedia

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    The generic term for this class of game is anti-coordination game. The best-known example of a 2-player anti-coordination game is the game of Chicken (also known as Hawk-Dove game ). Using the payoff matrix in Figure 1, a game is an anti-coordination game if B > A and C > D for row-player 1 (with lowercase analogues b > d and c > a for column ...

  5. Situation puzzle - Wikipedia

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    Critical thinking and reading, logical thinking, as well as lateral thinking may all be required to solve a situation puzzle. The term lateral thinking was coined by Edward De Bono to denote a creative problem-solving style that involves looking at the given situation from unexpected angles, and is typically necessary to the solution of ...

  6. List of games in game theory - Wikipedia

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    Constant sum: A game is a constant sum game if the sum of the payoffs to every player are the same for every single set of strategies. In these games, one player gains if and only if another player loses. A constant sum game can be converted into a zero sum game by subtracting a fixed value from all payoffs, leaving their relative order unchanged.

  7. Cooperative game theory - Wikipedia

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    Cooperative game theory is a branch of game theory that deals with the study of games where players can form coalitions, cooperate with one another, and make binding agreements. The theory offers mathematical methods for analysing scenarios in which two or more players are required to make choices that will affect other players wellbeing.

  8. Prisoner's dilemma - Wikipedia

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    A game modeled after the iterated prisoner's dilemma is a central focus of the 2012 video game Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward and a minor part in its 2016 sequel Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma. In The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart , the main characters start by playing a version of the game and ...

  9. Strategic thinking - Wikipedia

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    Mintzberg argued that strategic thinking cannot be systematized and is the critical part of strategy formation, as opposed to strategic planning exercises. In his view, strategic planning happens around the strategy formation or strategic thinking activity, by providing inputs for the strategist to consider and providing plans for controlling ...