Ludeme
{{Short description|Basic unit of play}}
A ludeme is "an element of play" within a card game or board game, as distinct from an "instrument of play" which forms part of the equipment with which a game is played. An example of a ludeme is the L-shaped movement of a knight in chess, whereas the knight itself is an instrument of play.[https://www.parlettgames.uk/gamester/whatsaludeme.html What's a Ludeme?] at parlettgames.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Origin
The term was originally coined by French game writer {{ill|Pierre Berloquin|fr}}.[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.13516.pdf Foundations of Digital Archaeoludology] ed. by Cameron et al. (2019). Retrieved 12 November 2021. Alain Borvo, one of the first to use the term, defines it as a 'type rule' such as the method of trick-taking in a card game or the leap capture in a board game.{{harvp|Borvo|1977|p=18}}
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|last=Borvo|first= Alain|date=1977|title=Anatomie d'un jeu de cartes|lang=fr|location=Nantes|publisher = Librairie Nantaise Yves Vachon}}
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