game variations
Different play modes
Game variations are modified versions of established games, with altered rules, equipment, or play structures.
Chess has speed variations like blitz and bullet.
Poker has dozens: Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Seven-Card Stud.
Playground games spawn endless local variations.
We played a variation where you get two lives instead of one.
- handicapsImposed competitive disadvantages
- reskinsCosmetic alterations only
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- homebrewSelf-made alcoholic beverage
- expansionsIncreases in size
sandbox · mods · variants · randomizer · draft mode · time limits · alternate · asymmetric · senior centers · bank shots · community parks · cruise ships · bars · color · badminton · arcades · cooperative · team play
- trick-takingtrump, trumps, trump suit, tricks, trick-taking
singularity vs plurality
game variationsfixed format