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	Ambition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		For a game to be a mind sport, it is necessary that the game be predominantly one of skill and strategy.
		Iterated, the game becomes one of skill; it would remain a game of chance against a player who selects each strategy with uniform probability (the "optimal" strategy) but real humans are terrible random-output generators, and a skilled RPS player exploits this fact.
		An even graver threat to the game's long-term health is that it unabashedly favors the wealthy, snubbing the time-honored belief, held by some, that games occur in a "magic circle" where players, under the "law", are equal.
	www.thegamesjournal.com /articles/Ambition1.shtml (2635 words)

	Facts about ambition card game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ambition is a trick-taking game developed by Mike Church, a 20-year-old math student, in September 2003, in Budapest, Hungary.
		Ambition is a point-trick game ("point-trick" refers to a species of trick-taking game where point values assigned to certain cards, instead of the number of tricks taken, are used for scoring; Hearts and Pinochle are point-trick games, Spades is not) wherein, each round, a player's goal is to score the second highest number of points.
		The game's popularity grew at a steady and surprising pace, spreading outward from Church and his playtesters-- by the end of 2003 there were an estimated 300-600 people familiar with the game, and several describe it as "addictive".
	www.supercrawler.com /Facts/ambition__card_game_.html (3129 words)

	Ambition (card game) - Gurupedia
		Ambition is a trick-taking game developed in 2003.
		Ambition is a point-trick game where points are desirable, but scoring the most is not.
		The game was developed by Mike Church, a student at Carleton College.
	www.gurupedia.com /a/am/ambition_(card_game).htm (296 words)

	Ambition: The Official Blog
		Ambition will be launched online, with high probability, this fall.
		Now is the best time to change Ambition's rules, if doing so can improve the game, because less than 0.1% of those who will eventually play Ambition already have played it, much less heard of it.
		While three- and four-round games are unsatisfying (hence, my desire to alter the ending condition) I find it unlikely that anyone will complain that an 11-round game was too short.
	ambition-game.blogspot.com (2032 words)

	Gameblog: Ambition
		Ambition can be found on the Card Games site, but those aren't the latest rules (the game's new, invented in 2003 and probably still a bit of a work-in-progress).
		The game also has a blog, where I guess the final rules will appear one day (Church says at the Cardschat he's working on a final rules document).
		Players need to work for different goals depending on their cards and also keep an eye on the other players so they don't end up getting most points (using chips or other visible tokens to count points during hands is probably mandatory).
	www.melankolia.net /gameblog/archives/2005/02/ambition.html (588 words)

	Flager Museum - The Games We Played (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The games reflect the period's attitudes toward religion and morality, wealth and success, technology and progress, and education and occultism.
		Early games, such as The Game of Dr. Busby (1843), tended to be small and were produced by hand-coloring a monochrome print, a time-consuming and expensive process.
		Although the arrival of radio and television in American homes dampened the games industry as the 20th century unfolded, board games remained a staple of wholesome family fun and "edu-tainment." In times of crisis, Americans have found relief in the distraction and companionship of board game pursuits.
	www.flaglermuseum.us /html/the_games_we_played.html (640 words)

	Gambling Guide > Cards > Card Games > Trick-Taking Games
		Trick-taking games are card games in which play is divided into multiple rounds called tricks, during which each player plays one card from his hand, and the rules of the game determine which player wins that trick based on the cards played.
		The object of such games varies; it is often to win the most tricks, but it may instead be to avoid winning tricks, to win exactly a certain number of tricks, or to acquire (or not acquire) certain cards.
		Another feature common to many games is the concept of trump (from the French triomphe, although the idea probably originated in Italy), in which special cards (sometimes all the cards of a certain suit) are designated to outrank all other cards played.
	www.gambling.freegames.eu.com /cardgames/trick-taking_games.html (345 words)

	Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition for PlayStation Review - PlayStation Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition Review
		Because these games are much cheaper to produce and distribute than their competition, and they fit into the same convenient cabinet, you could go to the most remote regions of the country and still expect to find a Samurai Shodown, King of Fighters, or Fatal Fury game hidden somewhere in the town.
		Opening the game is a good and lengthy CG-rendered introduction that reveals the origin of Terry Bogard's hate for the Fatal Fury boss-man, Geese Howard.
		The high points of the game are when a character executes a special hold attack and the camera switches to a dynamic perspective, kind of like Rival Schools - but it isn't nearly as good.
	www.gamespot.com /ps/action/fatalfurywildambition/review.html (1138 words)

	what makes a good card game as a minigame? - GameDev.Net Discussion Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		So with my own game in mind, i wondered if I could come up with a card game that was unique, was simple enough to be easily learned, and yet was still not too childish that people who are into gambling wouldn't want to play.
		Of course, the cards you landed as an addition to the draw were put back into the full-deck, you didn't keep them, because that would mean the first one to have the higher "hand" would be unbeatable by anyone else.
		If a game is made for two players than it bacomes quite deformed working it to three or four, likewise if a game is made for multiple players, two players create an odder form of the same game.
	www.gamedev.net /community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=398063 (1603 words)

	Card Free Game Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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	www.cellentertainment.se /credit/card_free_game_line.html (778 words)

	Gambling Guide > Cards > Card Games > Trick-Taking Games
		Trick-taking games are card games in which play is divided into multiple rounds called tricks, during which each player plays one card from his hand, and the rules of the game determine which player wins that trick based on the cards played.
		The object of such games varies; it is often to win the most tricks, but it may instead be to avoid winning tricks, to win exactly a certain number of tricks, or to acquire (or not acquire) certain cards.
		Another feature common to many games is the concept of trump (from the French triomphe, although the idea probably originated in Italy), in which special cards (sometimes all the cards of a certain suit) are designated to outrank all other cards played.
	www.cardgames.freegames.eu.com /card_games/trick-taking_games.html (317 words)

	GameSpy: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
		Bethesda itself has continued to work on the basic game, releasing a patch and several enhancements that have significantly improved the stability of the game's code base.
		While there continue to be issues with things like a missing.dll file and ATI card incompatibility (Bethesda has posted workarounds for these issues on its website), by and large the game is far more stable on both PC and Xbox 360 than it was at launch.
		One excellent example is the indispensable BTMod, a simple program that does things like increase the viewable area of the maps, change the font sizes of the game's text, and allow players to organize their buttons to have better access to things like spells, their journal, and quest information.
	pc.gamespy.com /pc/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion/720411p1.html (915 words)

	7 AGES
		The cards in the game contain a ton of information including the name of an empire and its geographical starting point, a card value, an event, an artifact and "harvesting glory" categories, all of which will come (or not come) into play depending on how a particular card is used.
		Now, in turn, from the holder of the highest valued card to that of the lowest, players choose a set of color-coded counters (used to represent military forces, possible actions and markers to chart the progress and glory of all empires under that player's control throughout the game).
		Conflict is resolved with combatants first drawing a card from the deck (and looking at it), then committing some (or all) of their units in the area to the battle, and then revealing all drawn cards.
	www.gamersalliance.com /W05/7ages.htm (1545 words)

	Ambition Card Game
		There is the game of how to use the "middle cards" (dreaded by new players, but very valuable in subtle ways) to one's benefit, how to pass, and how to use 2's.
		Ambition is a trick-taking game, always played at no trump: winner of a trick is the highest card of the suit led, and players must follow suit if able.
		The cards played in tricks are not to be kept in plain view, but are turned over once the trick is over (and all players have had a chance to see it).
	www.cardschat.com /f17/ambition-card-game-52793 (3860 words)

	Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Falsebound Kingdom - GameCritics.com
		The game centers on (as far as I understand it—I'm not a fan of collectable card games, personally) building decks of monster cards, which players then use in battles against another player's cards.
		These marshals can be given different orders—players might send two groups out to attack an enemy fort while leaving a third behind to protect one that was already won, or they may send all their forces out in an attempt to overrun the enemy hordes.
		It's too bad most of the game's battles are simply wars of attrition wherein the guy with the better numbers wins because he has a stronger force.
	www.gamecritics.com /review/yugioh!false/main.php (1156 words)

	The Guild 2 Review on PC
		While the game does succeed at being an extremely deep experience, there are several debilitating bugs that plague the game and show a glaring and unfortunate lack of polish.
		The game falls prey to some nasty bugs and technical issues, from slow load times to frequent crashes.
		The score is good and works with the overall mood of the game, and the voice effects are nice sounding, if a little limited.
	myhpclub.gamezone.com /gzreviews/r26160.htm (600 words)

	Ambition card game
		Adult SAMMEC calculates annual smoking-attributable deaths and years of potential ambition card game lost for infants in the United States.
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	hometown.aol.com /JemmyDelly1175/ambition-card-game.html (325 words)

	Board Card Game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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	www.cellentertainment.se /credit/board_card_game.html (720 words)

	Ambition \| BoardGameGeek
		Ambition is a trick taking standard deck playing card game.
		It was invented by indie designer Mike Church whose stated goal was to create a trick game where the role of chance ("hand-luck") was as small as possible.
		Ambition is as much a game of players, and the interactions of their varying strategic objectives, as of cards.
	www.boardgamegeek.com /game/16043 (268 words)

	"Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door"/ a game review from Christian Spotlight
		As you reach the climax of the game, you realize that the treasure hidden behind the Thousand-Year door is not in fact a great treasure at all, but a demon who the antagonists of the game are trying to summon back to the world, which is why they need Princess Toadstool.
		There is a positive message of companionship throughout the game, as you solve many peoples problems and meet a hand-full of friends.
		It is a joy to play the game after ending it, and talking to people whose lives have been brightened by your good deeds.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/games/2005/papermario.html (801 words)

	SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie review
		Since the movie and the game are aimed at a younger audience, I have chosen to play and review this game with my eight-year-old son Deanie (his choice of pen name).
		The SB Movie game is a third person perspective game in which you play as four different characters: SpongeBob, Patrick (a starfish), Plankton (a microscopic sea organism -- possibly a sea louse) and Mindy, a mermaid princess.
		This aided the pacing of the game and (in a game that isn’t exactly realistic anyway) I thought it was a nice touch.
	www.gameboomers.com /reviews/Ss/SpongeBobbyBecky.htm (1535 words)

	Ambition: The Official Blog: Not Ambition, but...
		Make no mistake, though: participation in a virtual economy is gambling, and we in the gaming and game design community need to recognize it as such.
		Virtual game worlds are not held to the same legal standards: they are controlled by a single company with nearly autocratic control of the game world, should they decide to use it.
		The ludologist's "magic circle", or the separation between a game world and "reality", with its gritty social and economic complexities, may be a relic of past millenia.
	ambition-game.blogspot.com /2005/02/not-ambition-but.html (1098 words)

	The Magic Box: International Videogame News
		The game features real professional players from different countries, including Hiroshi Nanami, Patrick Mboma and Jose Luis Chilavert; in addition, there will be 36 real Japanese players, world soccer teams from 35 countries, and the ability to create your own team.
		The game takes place in a medieval kingdom Karegorum, which was ruled by a sorcerer, who defeated and sealed the demon in the sea of steel.
		In this game you can play as one of the 14 playable characters, there are over 250 kinds of card available.
	members.fortunecity.com /christang/game050702.htm (940 words)

	Siliconera » Virtua Fighter Cyber Generation: Ambition of the Judgment Six (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sega’s latest game Virtua Fighter Cyber Generation: Ambition of the Judgment Six (soon to be known as Virtua Quest in North America) stars a young boy named Sei who enters a cyber world known as Nexus.
		Right from the start of the game Sei is equipped with a good amount of moves that will please fans of action and fighting games.
		The control scheme, which is great for a fighting game doesn’t fare well with the platforming elements either, which makes the game feel a little disjointed.
	www.siliconera.com /index.php/virtua-fighter-cyber-generation-ambition-of-the-judgment-six (1118 words)

	Baseball Card Types \| Autographed Sports Memorabilia and Sports Collectibles at Sports Memorabilia
		An even more recent development on the part of card companies is the practice of slipping a valuable vintage card into the wrapping-plant.
		These cards can be worth thousands of dollars, which has raised eyebrows at the Attorney General’s office—they equate this low cost/high reward formula to gambling—but so far no legal action has been taken.
		Often, a player’s first-year rookie card sharply rises in value based on his performance in subsequent years and quickly becomes his most valuable card.
	www.sportsmemorabilia.com /baseball-card-types.html (562 words)

	AOL Games: Dynasty
		This game has been approved by AOL for members of all ages.
		The Chinese Dragon is an ancient symbol of power, strength and ambition; of beauty, friendship and wisdom.
		As with all things, the two game modes, Classic and Survival, are inextricably linked: Clear levels in Classic mode, then see them unlocked in Survival mode, which tests your skill and resolve with an endless stream of new eggs and challenges.
	games.aol.com /game/dynasty/33301/detail (309 words)

	Advent Rising Xbox Game, Advent Rising (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		What you have is a game that was too ambitious for the developers who were making it.
		Game wasn't that Bad The game had its share of bugs but keep in mind that the developers didn't have the budget that bungie and squaresoft have...
		For those of you who praise this game, I would like to know where your standards are.
	www.1up.com /do/gameOverview?cId=2005706 (435 words)

	Battle of the Bands - Smif Ink/Third World Games
		Battle of the Bands is a card game (non-collectible for you haters of CCG's/TCG's).
		The cards are exactly as they sound - they can throw a monkey wrench into your plans (or your opponent's if you get some of the nice bonus ones).
		These options are actually on the same card, you just turn the card upside-down if you want to play the negative result on an opponent.
	www.nggnet.com /games/ttgs/ArticlesReviews/Back/battleofthebands.htm (1277 words)

	Star Wars: Gaming \| Star Wars at Your Command
		During this training mission, the player is able to learn the basic game mechanics including the use of a rotating camera which allows the game play to be viewed from every conceivable angle - unusual for real-time simulation games.
		For the game's fifteen minutes of movie-like "cut scenes", LucasArts artists visited the Lucasfilm archives to lift texture maps from actual models used in the films.
		"Sound is as important to game play as it is to film," he said, "and this kind of game needs serious techno rock and roll." With the blessing of composer John Williams, Peter McConnell created a full soundtrack of synthesized music mixing traditional Star Wars musical themes with a hard edged rock sound.
	www.starwars.com /gaming/videogames/news/f20000306/index.html (1033 words)

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