strategy guide
Tips for winning
A strategy guide is a book or document that helps players complete a video game, typically containing maps, walkthroughs, tips, and secrets.
Once sold as thick paperbacks alongside game releases, strategy guides have largely migrated online: I looked up the boss fight in a strategy guide.
The term extends to any detailed how-to for navigating complex systems.
- walkthroughSequential instructional guide
- step by stepIn ordered stages
- tipsExtras for servers
- pro tipsAdvice from skilled practitioners
- hintsIndirect suggestions
FAQ · cheat · secrets · Easter eggs · gameplay · tutorial · manual · boss · level · quest · side quests · unlock · collectibles · maps · achievements · trophy hunting · spoilers · playthrough
- game guideswalkthroughs, walkthrough, FAQ, FAQs, tips
- guidesguidebook, handbook, manual, walkthrough, how-to
- retro gamingretro gaming, 8-bit, NES, SNES, 16-bit
- box extrasinstruction manual, poster, sticker, map, demo disc
- board game contentrulebook, playthrough, tutorial, review, preview
- board game guidesrulebook, reference card, tutorial
strategy guideblind run
Unrehearsed first attempt
fresh eyes · trial and error · learning by doing · self-discovery · guesswork
strategy guideblind run
Unrehearsed first attempt
exploration · experimentation · improvisation · making mistakes · casual play
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