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	''The phase or phases that are not the first or last in a game instance.''		''The phase or phases that are not the first or last in a game instance.''

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	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
	[[Chess]] and [[Go]] are classical [[:Category:Board Games\|Board Games]] with [[Middlegame]] phases.		[[Chess]] and [[Go]] are classical [[:Category:Board Games\|Board Games]] with [[Middlegame]] phases. Expanding and improving the cities in one's civilization can be viewed as the [[Middlegame]] of the [[Civilization (video game) series\|Civilization series]].

	In the [[Starcraft series]] the [[Middlegame]] is typically called "Mid-Game"<ref name="Starcraft"/>.		In the [[Starcraft series]] the [[Middlegame]] is typically called "Mid-Game"<ref name="Starcraft"/>.

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	''The ~~one-sentence "definition"~~ that ~~should be~~ in ~~italics~~.''		''The phase or phases that are not the first or last in a game instance.''

	~~This pattern~~ is ~~a still a stub~~.		Gameplay phases are found in some games due to them having discernible different periods of gameplay when the goals and actions in focus vary. The [[Middlegame]] of such games is simply the phases which are not the first nor the last.

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
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	In the [[Starcraft series]] the [[Middlegame]] is typically called "Mid-Game"<ref name="Starcraft"/>.		In the [[Starcraft series]] the [[Middlegame]] is typically called "Mid-Game"<ref name="Starcraft"/>.

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

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	As its name suggests, a [[Middlegame]] is intended to come after a [[Startgame]] and quite often before an [[Endgame]]. Typical patterns signifying a [[Middlegame]] include [[Entrenching Gameplay]] and [[Complex Gameplay]] so putting these into importance is a way to create a [[Middlegame]]. Examples of phases which exhibit these are [[Expansion]] and [[Exploitation]] respectively.		As its name suggests, a [[Middlegame]] is intended to come after a [[Startgame]] and quite often before an [[Endgame]]. Typical patterns signifying a [[Middlegame]] include [[Entrenching Gameplay]] and [[Complex Gameplay]] so putting these into importance is a way to create a [[Middlegame]]. Examples of phases which exhibit these are [[Expansion]] and [[Exploitation]] respectively. For games where [[Exploitation]] is the last phase, [[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]] is likely to become important.

	Some patterns may be more interesting to consider for a [[Middlegame]] phase than for other phases. [[Balancing Effects]] make most sense to apply here since they are mostly irrelevant before and may make player efforts pointless later one. For similar reasons, and due to the typical complexity of [[Middlegame]] phases, it may also be appropriate to highlight the skills that are the intended indications of [[Gameplay Mastery]] here as well~~. For games where [[Exploitation]] is the last phase, [[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]] is likely to become important~~.		Some patterns may be more interesting to consider for a [[Middlegame]] phase than for other phases. [[Balancing Effects]] make most sense to apply here since they are mostly irrelevant before and may make player efforts pointless later one. For similar reasons, and due to the typical complexity of [[Middlegame]] phases, it may also be appropriate to highlight the skills that are the intended indications of [[Gameplay Mastery]] here as well.

	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==

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	As its name suggests, a [[Middlegame]] is intended to come after a [[Startgame]] and quite often before an [[Endgame]]. Typical patterns signifying a [[Middlegame]] include [[Entrenching Gameplay]] and [[Complex Gameplay]] so putting these into importance is a way to create a [[Middlegame]]. Examples of phases which exhibit these are [[Expansion]] and [[Exploitation]] respectively.		As its name suggests, a [[Middlegame]] is intended to come after a [[Startgame]] and quite often before an [[Endgame]]. Typical patterns signifying a [[Middlegame]] include [[Entrenching Gameplay]] and [[Complex Gameplay]] so putting these into importance is a way to create a [[Middlegame]]. Examples of phases which exhibit these are [[Expansion]] and [[Exploitation]] respectively.

	Some patterns may be more interesting to consider for a [[Middlegame]] phase than for other phases. [[Balancing Effects]] make most sense to apply here since they are mostly irrelevant before and may make player efforts pointless later one. For similar reasons, and due to the typical complexity of [[Middlegame]] phases, it may also be appropriate to highlight the skills that are the intended indications of [[Gameplay Mastery]] here as well.		Some patterns may be more interesting to consider for a [[Middlegame]] phase than for other phases. [[Balancing Effects]] make most sense to apply here since they are mostly irrelevant before and may make player efforts pointless later one. For similar reasons, and due to the typical complexity of [[Middlegame]] phases, it may also be appropriate to highlight the skills that are the intended indications of [[Gameplay Mastery]] here as well. For games where [[Exploitation]] is the last phase, [[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]] is likely to become important.

	[[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]]

	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	As its name suggests, a [[Middlegame] is intended to come after a [[Startgame]] and quite often before an [[Endgame]].		As its name suggests, a [[Middlegame]] is intended to come after a [[Startgame]] and quite often before an [[Endgame]]. Typical patterns signifying a [[Middlegame]] include [[Entrenching Gameplay]] and [[Complex Gameplay]] so putting these into importance is a way to create a [[Middlegame]]. Examples of phases which exhibit these are [[Expansion]] and [[Exploitation]] respectively.

	~~Typical~~ patterns ~~signifying~~ a [[Middlegame]] ~~include~~ [[~~Entrenching Gameplay~~]] and [[~~Complex Gameplay~~]] ~~so putting these into importance is a way~~ to ~~create a~~ [[~~Middlegame~~]]. ~~Examples of phases~~		Some patterns may be more interesting to consider for a [[Middlegame]] phase than for other phases. [[Balancing Effects]] make most sense to apply here since they are mostly irrelevant before and may make player efforts pointless later one. For similar reasons, and due to the typical complexity of [[Middlegame]] phases, it may also be appropriate to highlight the skills that are the intended indications of [[Gameplay Mastery]] here as well.

			[[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]]
	~~=== Can Be Instantiated By ===~~
	~~[[Expansion]],~~
	~~[[Exploitation]],~~

	~~=== Can Be Modulated By ===~~
	~~[[Balancing Effects]],~~
	[[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift~~]],~~
	~~[[Gameplay Mastery~~]]

	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	[[Startgame]]		As its name suggests, a [[Middlegame] is intended to come after a [[Startgame]] and quite often before an [[Endgame]].
	[[~~Endgame~~]]
			Typical patterns signifying a [[Middlegame]] include [[Entrenching Gameplay]] and [[Complex Gameplay]] so putting these into importance is a way to create a [[Middlegame]]. Examples of phases


	=== Can Be Instantiated By ===		=== Can Be Instantiated By ===
	~~[[Entrenching Gameplay]],~~
	[[Expansion]],		[[Expansion]],
	[[Exploitation]],		[[Exploitation]],
	~~[[Complex Gameplay]]~~

	=== Can Be Modulated By ===		=== Can Be Modulated By ===
	[[Balancing Effects]],		[[Balancing Effects]],
	[[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]],		[[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]],
	[[Gameplay Mastery]]		[[Gameplay Mastery]]

	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==

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	[[Endgame]]		[[Endgame]]

	=== ~~Diegetic Aspects~~ ===		=== Can Be Instantiated By ===
			[[Entrenching Gameplay]],
			[[Expansion]],
			[[Exploitation]],
			[[Complex Gameplay]]

	=== ~~Interface Aspects~~ ===		=== Can Be Modulated By ===
			[[Balancing Effects]],
	~~=== Narration Aspects ===~~		[[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]],
			[[Gameplay Mastery]]

	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
			Often involving [[Complex Gameplay]], the [[Middlegame]] phase is likely to have [[Stimulated Planning]] that sometimes can turn into [[Analysis Paralysis]]. Like most other phases, it allows the development - and promotes the use of - [[Strategic Knowledge]].

	== Relations ==		== Relations ==

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	== Relations ==		== Relations ==
			=== Can Instantiate ===
			[[Analysis Paralysis]],
	[[Stimulated Planning]],		[[Stimulated Planning]],
	[[Strategic Knowledge]],		[[Strategic Knowledge]]
	~~[[Analysis Paralysis]],~~
	~~[[Gameplay Mastery]],~~
	~~[[Complex Gameplay]],~~

	~~=== Can Instantiate ===~~
	-

	=== Can Modulate ===		=== Can Modulate ===
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	[[Entrenching Gameplay]],		[[Entrenching Gameplay]],
	[[Expansion]],		[[Expansion]],
	[[Exploitation]]		[[Exploitation]],
			[[Complex Gameplay]]

	=== Can Be Modulated By ===		=== Can Be Modulated By ===
	[[Balancing Effects]],		[[Balancing Effects]],
	[[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]]		[[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]],
			[[Gameplay Mastery]]

	=== Possible Closure Effects ===		=== Possible Closure Effects ===

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	== Relations ==		== Relations ==
	[[Stimulated Planning]],		[[Stimulated Planning]],
	[[Strategic Knowledge]]		[[Strategic Knowledge]],
	[[Analysis Paralysis]]		[[Analysis Paralysis]],
	[[~~Game~~ Mastery]]		[[Gameplay Mastery]],
	[[Complex Gameplay]]		[[Complex Gameplay]],

	=== Can Instantiate ===		=== Can Instantiate ===