Placement game
A placement game is a game in which mainly cards , cards or solid tablets are used as game material , which are usually laid out on a previously empty table.
history
The oldest sources on the classic domino tile placement game suggest China as the country of origin and about 300 years before our era . The category also includes placement games with letters and pictures. If one even counted the mosaic among the games, the origin would have to be dated back 4000 years.
aims
What all placement games have in common is that you achieve the goal of the game by laying it out, be it aesthetically or strategically. Most of the time, the displayed parts are not taken back or taken away and if they are, the goal of the game is not affected. What all placement games have in common is the clarity and the mostly good recognizability, as they are almost always marked with symbols , dots or numbers. In some games, the pieces are so thick that they can be placed on the table so that the other player cannot see them and also cover them up. Small benches sometimes serve this purpose, where they are arranged and sorted.
They are usually laid out according to predetermined rules in rows, sequences, sequences or even according to pre-drawn images. For many variants there are now also travel versions , so that they can often be transported without any problems. Laying it out on the table or the floor is usually unproblematic in terms of space. Sometimes placement games and card games are difficult to distinguish in terms of content. Decisive should be the interpretation that decides the classification.
Distinction
Erwin Glonnegger from the German game archive in Marburg distinguishes between seven categories of puzzle games:
- Drawing games : These include dominoes , picture dominoes (for children)
- Letter placement games : Above all, all types of crossword puzzles and their game variants such as Scrabble should be mentioned here.
- Number placement games : Rummikub and Rechendomino are well-known representatives of this type of placement games.
- Tactical placement games : In addition to Mah-Jongg , Maestro and Ogallala, this also includes Café International , Rummy , Canasta and Elfer out!
- Lottery games are still mainly used as a picture lottery in the children's area.
- Figure placement games like Tangram or the T-Puzzle
- Picture laying games are represented in puzzles , as is the bunny game and others.
Sometimes there are placement games in several varieties. They are often associated with mind games or games of chance .
Web links
- Eric W. Weisstein : dismantling games . In: MathWorld (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erwin Glonnegger: The game book; Board and placement games from around the world , Munich Hugendubel, ISBN 3880343578 , page 76
- ↑ Board games and games of chance - 2. Placement games. deutsches-spiele-archiv.de , archived from the original on October 4, 2007 ; accessed on August 21, 2015 .