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Tabletop game is a general term used to refer to board games, card games, dice games, miniatures wargames, tile-based games and other games that are normally played on a table or other flat surface. The term is used to distinguish these types of games from sports and video games, which today enjoy more popularity than most tabletop games. The term is also used to distinguish role-playing games from role-playing video games, although role-playing games do not require a playing surface. In casino gambling, the term "table game" is used to distinguish games such as blackjack, craps, roulette and baccarat that are played on a table and operated by one or more live dealers, as opposed to a slot machine. The term has significance in that some jurisdictions permit casinos to have only slots and no table games, or (in rare cases) vice versa. Contents [hide] 1 Types 2 Classification according to elements of chance 3 Organizations 4 See also 5 References Types Tabletop games can be classified according to the attributes utilised: Board games Card games Dice games Wargames Miniature games Role playing games Paper and pencil games Games like chess and draughts are examples of games belonging to the board game category. Other games, however, use various attributes and cannot be classified unambiguously (e.g. Monopoly utilises a board as well as dice and cards). For several of these categories there are sub-categories and even sub-sub-categories and then many games. Wargames, miniature games and role playing games differ primarily in the size of force represented by each unit in the game. See also German-style board games and Civilization-type 4X games. Classification according to elements of chance Alternatively, a more systematic classification results when distinguishing tabletop games according to the elements of chance involved. Two fundamentally different elements of chance can play a role in a game: chance due to outcome uncertainty (e.g. due to dice rolls or due to unknown cards being dealt during the game), and chance due to state uncertainty (e.g. due to the opponent's position or cards not being visible, or due to the simultaneous move character of the game). Games in which outcome uncertainty plays a role are referred to as stochastic games (as opposed to deterministic games), and games in which state uncertainty plays a role are referred to as partial (or imperfect) information games (as opposed to full information games). Examples of the chance classification for some well-known tabletop games are given in below table. Full information Partial information Deterministic Chess, Draughts, Go, Gomoku, Hex, Mancala, Xiangqi, Reversi, Dots and Boxes, Phutball, Abalone, Lines of Action, Domineering, Nine Men's Morris Duplicate Bridge, Battleship, Stratego, Mastermind Stochastic Backgammon, Monopoly, Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Yahtzee, Pig, Scribbage, Parcheesi Poker, Gin rummy, Scrabble, Canasta, Risk, Mahjong Organizations Many colleges have student run organizations pertaining solely to table top gaming. The Collegiate Association of Table Top Gamers is one such organization that has a few chapters at different schools.

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