ABSTRACT
Uncertainty can create chaos, but players can also manage uncertainty using different tools. Games with more uncertainty and randomness tend to be accessible to more players and facilitate enjoyment even when there are large skill differences between players at the same table. Players commit a stake of currency or resources to purchase a chance of winning everyone's stake, based on some random outcome like being dealt a superior set of cards or rolling a higher number. One of the most interesting places to find bluffing and wagering is in modern resolution mechanisms for combat. Memory can be a game mechanism or a capability a player draws upon when engaging with one or more mechanisms. Communication limits are most common in cooperative games, but they exist in other kinds of games as well. In cooperative games or games with intra-team cooperation, communication limits operate to make the game more difficult.
