mental and/or physical skill, as opposed to pure chance or luck.
I was doing research recently as we wanted to add a Learn Skill Games
program to our gambling information site and along the way, I discovered
the attraction of these games.
Not only do players revel in the challenge and the wide variety of game
choices/types, but also the mention of checkers, dominoes, hangman and
jigsaw puzzles brings on fond childhood memories. Most of us then
graduated to rummy, backgammon, scrabble and the ultimate challenge-chess.
While skill games will never replace casino gambling online or off in
popularity, it is a universal internet topic with a multitude of sites
offering free or tournament play.
I classify 7 skill game types as follows: Card, Board, Dice, Tile, Word,
Puzzle and Sports Games.
As skill games is such a broad topic and could not be covered in a single
article, I will present examples for each game type and offer a brief
description and/or history for each.
1) Card Games: use a deck of cards as their central tool. Examples are
Rummy, Bridge and Canasta. Rummy has many 'cousins' or versions. To name a
few, there is the world famous, Gin Rummy along with Oklahoma Gin, Knock
Rummy, Continental, 500 Rum or Pinochle, Kalookie and Pan or Panguingue.
2) Board Games: maintain turn-based play in that one player's
move/strategy is followed by their opponents' move/strategy. Players can
only move at their turn. Examples are chess, checkers and backgammon.
The origins of these board games go back centuries. Chess became so
popular that other games took second place during the middle ages. It's
not certain if chess was invented by one or more people, but warfare was a
likely reason for its development.
Checkers is believed to have originated in the desert country of Egypt
where it was known as Alquerque around 650 BC, though there are caves from
1400 BC that depict Alquerque like images.
The game was played by philosophers and thinkers such as Plato and Homer
as it provided immense mental challenge.
3) Dice Games: use a number of dice as their central tool. Board games
often use dice to determine a player's standing in the game; however, dice
alone generally don't determine the outcome of the game in relation to
other characteristics like strategy or skill. Examples are Sic Bo, Yahtzee
and Poker Dice.
Poker Dice is one of the most famous dice games, especially online. The
dice display replicas of playing cards instead of numbers. Each of the six
sides represent Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten and Nine that are used to form
a Poker hand. The object of the game is to make the best poker hand.
4) Domino/Tile Games: utilize a central tool of a set of tiles called
dominoes that have two ends, each with a given number of dots or pips.
Therefore, each combination has 2 possible values and each domino is
unique in the set. Most domino/tile games are 'card games without the
cards'. Examples are Dominoes, Pai Gow and Mahjong.
Who invented the game of Mahjong? In all probability, this game was
devised by Confucious, who traveled in China during that era. He was fond
of birds - perhaps that is why the game was christened as Mahjong, which
denotes a sparrow. Perhaps the 3 cardinal virtues professed by Confucious
were represented through three dragon tiles--red, green, and white.
5) Word Games: so many word games, so little time. A short list of
examples is Scrabble, Hangman, Cryptograms, Jotto, Jumble, Acrophobia and
Wheel of Fortune.
6) Puzzle Games: puzzle me these examples-Sudoku, Crosswords, the oh, so
frustrating--Rubik's Cube along with a group of way cool online
puzzles--Bejeweled, Deal or No Deal, Chuggles and Jungle Bubble.
7) Sports Games: merge physical and mental skills. Examples are Billiards
and Darts. Sports Games of football, rugby, basketball and soccer require
'big time' physical and mental skills.
During this short trip down memory lane, I am certain that you too have
discovered the attraction of skill games. Now, how about a game of rummy?
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