Editing Matching game

{{Short description|Game requiring players to match similar elements}}
'''Matching games''' are [[game]]s that require players to match similar elements. Participants need to find a match for a word, picture, tile or card. For example, students place 30 word cards; composed of 15 pairs, face down in random order. Each person turns over two cards at a time, with the goal of turning over a matching pair, by using their memory.

== Examples ==
Type of game that may involve matching include:
* [[Domino games|Dominoes]]
* Board games such as [[mahjong solitaire]]
* Card games such as [[Concentration (game)|Concentration]] or [[rummy]]
* [[Tile-matching video game]]s

== Types of matching ==
Most matching games are objective, with correct answers in the rules for what counts as a match, pair, etc. Some however, like [[Dixit (card game)|Dixit]] or [[Apples to Apples]], are about subjective matches picked by one or more judge players. Here the correlation between a match holds value only as other players decide it, but rules dictate who will make those decisions and when.

== Matching card games ==
In card games of the matching group, players play cards in turn to a wastepile or tableau according to certain rules. A player unable to play a card by the rules is usually penalised by having to draw one or more extra cards, the aim usually being to shed all one's cards. There are three main sub-groups of matching card games:<ref name=pagat>[https://www.pagat.com/class/match.html ''Card Games: Matching Games''] at [[pagat.com]]. Retrieved 23 November 2022.</ref>

* [[Stops Group]]. Cards are played in ascending sequence, often in suit
* [[Eights Group]]. Cards are played to a single pile, matching the previous card in suit or rank.
* [[Card Dominoes|Layout Group]]. Cards are added to a tableau or layout or moved around it in accordance with the rules.

==References==
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{{Tabletop games by type}}
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[[Category:Games of mental skill]]