Some notes on how I will define games:
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Age of players
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Number of players
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How to win or lose
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Level of Abstraction
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Playability
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Complexity of Rules
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Rules
Miscellany
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Strategy. The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of large-scale combat operations.
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Tactics. The military science that deals with securing objectives set by strategy, especially the technique of deploying and directing troops, ships, and aircraft in effective maneuvers against an enemy.
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Compare: contrast playability & watch-ability in different games, eg baseball, basketball.
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