Aludeme is "an element of play" within a card gameorboard game, as distinct from an "instrument of play" which forms part of the equipment with which a game is played. An example of a ludeme is the L-shaped movement of a knightinchess, whereas the knight itself is an instrument of play.[1]
The term was originally coined by French game writer Pierre Berloquin.[2] Alain Borvo, one of the first to use the term, defines it as a 'type rule' such as the method of trick-taking in a card game or the leap capture in a board game.[2][3]
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