subgame
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subgame (plural subgames)
- (game theory) A subset of a game that can be considered a game in its own right.
- 1992, Robert Gibbons, A Primer in Game Theory, Prentice-Hall, page 94:
- A subgame is a piece of a game—the piece that remains to be played beginning at any point at which the complete history of the game thus far is common knowledge among the players.
- (video games) A minor or incidental game within a larger video game; a minigame.
- 2007, Nintendo Power, volumes 214-216, page 78:
- There was a subgame that was very well-recieved in the previous Paper Mario RPG [Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door], where you would play through this side-scrolling stage as a gigantic Bowser.