Abstract Strategy Games for Android
An educational abstract strategy game (or abstract game for short ) is a board game that:
- lacks a theme
- for 2 players
- has short, elegant rules
- has geometric gameplay
- has emergent , deep gameplay
- Has no luck or hidden information
They tend to be more contemplative than other types of games. A classic example is Go
Why do people like them?
In good abstract games, complex strategies and tactics emerge from simple rules. Fans find this emergence exciting and even beautiful.
Fans like learning strategy and tactics, and good abstract games have lots of them, without burdensome rules.
Abstract games are easy to perfect because they lack luck, which makes it difficult to analyze gameplay. The progression to mastery feels great .
I love them because they are meditative and have taught me to think better .
What are the best ones?
There are thousands of abstract games, I haven’t played them all, and my opinion is subjective. Nevertheless, here are the games I cite as samples
