plural of centipede game

(historical) A board game, popular in the 16th century, in which players moved pieces around a track based on dice rolls.

(game theory) An extensive form game in which two players take turns choosing either to take a slightly larger share of an increasing pot, or to pass the pot to the other player. The payoffs are arranged so that if one passes the pot to one's opponent and the opponent takes the pot on the next round, one receives slightly less than if one had taken the pot on this round, but after an additional switch the potential payoff will be higher. Therefore, although at each round a player has an incentive to take the pot, it would be better for them to wait.

(video games) A dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games, especially in accompaniment with a television.

(game theory) A game (or a similar political or economic system) in which the gains of some players must equal the losses of others.

(video games, nonstandard) A video game console.

The winter counterpart to the summer Olympic Games, featuring winter sports.

(games) A simple children's game using a rhyme (the counting rhyme) to select a person from a group, more or less at random. The selected person then takes a particular role in another game that follows.

Expressing exasperation or impatience with a situation.

(game theory) Formally, a structure (P, mathbf S, mathbf F) where P = {1,2, ...,m} is a set of players, mathbf S=(S_1,S_2,…,S_m) is an m-tuple of pure strategy sets, one for each player, and mathbf F=(F_1,F_2,…,F_m) is an m-tuple of payoff functions.