Social game

A social game may refer to tabletop, other face-to-face indoor or outdoor games, or video games that allow or require social interaction between players as opposed to games played in solitude, games played at tournaments or competitions or games played for money.[1]

Types of social games can include:

• Tabletop games
  • Card games, that involve multiple players i.e. excluding patiences or solitaires
  • Board games, in which counters or pieces are placed, removed, or moved on a premarked surface according to a set of rules
  • Miniature wargaming, a form of wargaming that incorporates miniature figures, miniature armor and modeled terrain
  • Tabletop role-playing games, a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting
• Other face-to-face social games
  • Game of chance, a game whose outcome is strongly influenced by some randomizing device
  • Game of dares (or a dare game) is a game in which people dare each other to perform actions that they would not normally do.
  • Parlour games, indoor games such as charades
  • Live action role-playing games, a form of role-playing game where the participants physically act out their characters' actions
  • Alternate reality games, an interactive narrative using the real world as a platform
• Video games
  • Mobile games, which can include social network games, which played on mobile devices
  • Social network games, games that have social network integration or elements
  • Multiplayer video games, where more than one person can play in the same game environment at the same time
    • LAN parties, a temporary gathering of people establishing a local area network (LAN), primarily for the purpose of playing multiplayer computer games
    • Massively multiplayer online games, video games where a large number of players can exist on the same server simultaneously
  • Online gambling (or Internet gambling) is any kind of gambling conducted on the internet.