hypergame

A game that is played by a player based on their own knowledge of game states and their perception of other players' knowledge of game states.

Noun

  1. A game that is played by a player based on their own knowledge of game states and their perception of other players' knowledge of game states.
    • Now, the first move of hypergame is to state which normal game is to be played. For example, if you and I were playing hypergame and I had the first move, I might say, “Let's play chess.” - 1983, Raymond Smullyan, Five...
    • Using this approach, hypergame analysis has been applied to business, water resources, and military conflicts. - 2009, Keith William Hipel, Conflict Resolution - Volume II, page 169:
    • In a hypergame situation each player behaves as an autonomous agent who makes a decision based on his own "internal model" that describes individually and independently the complex situation where he is involved. -...

Origin

From hyper- + game.

Forms

hypergames