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''The case when a player cannot be certain on the reliability of information he or she has.''

This pattern is a still a stub.

=== Examples ===
[[Diplomacy]]

==== Anti-Examples ====
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== Using the pattern ==

=== Diegetic Aspects ===

=== Interface Aspects ===

=== Narration Aspects ===

== Consequences ==

== Relations ==
to add
[[Bluffing]]
[[Betrayal]]

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Instantiates: [[Secret Alliances]], [[Secret Resources]], [[Limited Planning Ability]]

Modulates: [[Unknown Goals]], [[Outcome Indicators]]

Instantiated by: [[Indirect Information]], [[Exploration]], [[Imperfect Information]], [[Gain Information]]

Modulated by: Randomness

Potentially conflicting with: [[Conflicts]], [[Direct Information]], [[Game State Indicators]], [[Interferable Goals]], [[Perfect Information]], [[Goal Indicators]], [[Progress Indicators]], [[Outcome Indicators]]

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=== Can Instantiate ===
[[Anonymous Actions]], 
[[Game World Exploration]], 
[[Player Unpredictability]], 
[[Solution Uncertainty]], 
[[Tension]]

==== with [[Enemies]] ====
[[Reconnaissance]]

=== Can Modulate ===
[[Delayed Effects]], 
[[Predictable Consequences]], 
[[Stimulated Planning]]

=== Can Be Instantiated By ===
[[Ambiguous Responses]], 
[[Communication Channels]], 
[[Detective Structures]], 
[[Drawing Stacks]], 
[[Enforced Player Anonymity]], 
[[Feigned Die Rolls]], 
[[Fog of War]], 
[[Information Passing]], 
[[Non-Player Help]]

[[Enemies]] together with [[Randomness]]

=== Can Be Modulated By ===
[[Public Player Statistics]], 
[[Randomness]]

=== Possible Closure Effects ===
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=== Potentially Conflicting With ===
[[Predictable Consequences]]

== History ==
An updated version of the pattern ''Uncertainty of Information'' that was part of the original collection in the book ''Patterns in Game Design''<ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004"/>.

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004">Björk, S. & Holopainen, J. (2004) ''Patterns in Game Design''. Charles River Media. ISBN1-58450-354-8.</ref>
</references>

== Acknowledgements ==
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