Editing Game classification (section)

== Classification by cause of uncertainty ==
[[File:Causes of uncertainty.svg|thumb|upright=1.2|Causes of uncertainty in a game]]
Games can be categorized by the source of uncertainty which confront the players:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bewersdorff |first=Jörg |url=http://www.galois-theorie.de/pdf/luck-logic-white-lies.pdf#page=11 |title=Luck, Logic, and White Lies: The Mathematics of Games |publisher=AK Peters |year=2004 |isbn=1-56881-210-8 |page=xi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kastner |first=Hugo |date=January 2014 |title=100 Highlight among games |url=http://www.spielemuseum.at/WIN/75pdf9/win460e.pdf#page=36 |format=PDF |journal=WIN the Games Journal |volume=38 |issue=460 |pages=36–37 |issn=0257-361X}}</ref>
* [[probability|Chance]]
* [[Combinatorics]] (a large number of sequences of moves)
* Different states of [[information set (game theory)|information]] among the players (each player knows only his own cards)
Based on these three causes, three classes of games arise:
* [[combinatorial game theory|Combinatorial games]]
* [[bluff (poker)#Bluffing in other games|Games of bluffing]] and [[Strategy (game theory)|strategy]]
* [[Games of chance]]