Skill is the part of the game that derives from players' playing abilities, as opposed to chance factors represented by coin flips, dice, etc.
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Is Fluxx a game of skill or luck?
In a recent question, a link was posted to a BGG member that attempted to objectively measure whether skill exists in the game Fluxx. This wasn't published in a peer reviewed journal, but was just a ...
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How to Measure Luck vs Skill in Games?
Anyone who has played a wide variety of games knows that some games are almost purely skill (i.e. Chess, Go), while others are 100 % luck (ie. Candyland, card game of War). However, most games are in ...
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Categories of Board Gaming skill
How would you categorize gaming skill, based on your own talents, or those of people you know? And what makes certain people good at those categories?
For one example, I've noticed I tend to win ...
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Games that have no element of luck. [closed]
Most of my favourite games, such as Diplomacy, have little or no element of luck - either via dice rolls, hands dealt, or other methods.
What other games can you recommend that rely on 'skill' alone? ...
