* Card games - Games played with standard playing cards, or with cards specific to that game
* Paper and pencil games - Games played either on blank paper, or on a paper specific to the game
* [[Roleplaying_gameRoleplaying game|Role Playing Games]] (RPG) - games in which players pretend to be a specific person, often controlled by an umpire
* [[Video game]]s - Electronic games requiring the use of some sort of computer system