Editing Game (section)

===Tools===
[[File:Game pieces.jpg|thumb|A selection of pieces from different games. From top: [[Chess]] pawns, [[marbles]], [[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]] tokens, [[dominoes]], Monopoly hotels, [[jacks (game)|jacks]] and [[Draughts|checkers]] pieces.]]
Games are often [[game classification|classified]] by the components required to play them (e.g. [[miniatures game|miniatures]], a [[ball game|ball]], [[card game|cards]], [[board game|a board and pieces]], or a [[computer game|computer]]). In places where the use of leather is well-established, the ball has been a popular game piece throughout recorded history, resulting in a worldwide popularity of ball games such as [[rugby football|rugby]], [[basketball]], [[soccer (football)]], [[cricket]], [[tennis]], and [[volleyball]]. Other tools are more idiosyncratic to a certain region. Many countries in Europe, for instance, have unique standard decks of [[playing card]]s. Other games such as [[chess]] may be traced primarily through the development and evolution of its game pieces.

Many game tools are tokens, meant to represent other things. A token may be a pawn on a board, [[play money]], or an intangible item such as a point scored.

Games such as [[hide-and-seek]] or [[tag (game)|tag]] do not use any obvious tool; rather, their interactivity is defined by the environment. Games with the same or similar rules may have different gameplay if the environment is altered. For example, hide-and-seek in a school building differs from the same game in a park; an [[auto race]] can be radically different depending on the [[race track|track]] or [[street racing|street]] course, even with the same cars.