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How we categorize games

Deterministic Vs Stochasitc

Deterministic: no random chance in the game - Chess - Checkers - Go

Stochastic: dice, spinners, rng - Yahtzee - Catan - Backgammon

# of characters

1player games - solitaire - Yomi Hustle

2 player games - Chess - Go - Connect 4

> 2 players - poker - ludo

zero-sum games

Pure competition, no collaboration

chess, checkers, etc

Perfect information game

You can see everything that's going on.

information perfect games - tic-tac-toe - chess - mancala

non-information perfect games - battleship - poker

Solving Deterministic, 2-player, zero-sum, information perfect games

minimax