Sample gamesΒΆ

2x2x2.nfg
A three-player normal form game with two strategies per player, due to McKelvey and McLennan. This game has nine Nash equilibria, which is the maximal number of regular Nash equilibria possible for a game of this size.
2x2x2-nau.nfg
A three-player normal form game with two strategies per player, due to Bob Nau. This game has three pure strategy equilibria, two equilibria which are incompletely mixed, and a continuum of completely mixed equilibria.
bagwell.efg
Stackelberg leader game with imperfectly observed commitment, from Kyle Bagwell, Commitment and Observability in Games, Games and Economic Behavior 8: 271-280, 1993.
bayes2a.efg
A twice-repeated Bayesian game, with two players, each having two types and two actions. This game also illustrates the use of payoffs at nonterminal nodes in Gambit, which can substantially simplify the representation of multi-stage games such as this.
cent3.efg
A three-stage centipede game of the sort studied by McKelvey and Palfrey, among others. This game features an exogenous probability that one player is an “altruist” who always passes.
condjury.efg
A three-person Condorcet jury game, after the analysis of Feddersen and Pesendorfer.
loopback.nfg
A game due to McKelvey which illustrates that the logit quantal response equilibrium correspondence can have a “backward-bending” segment on the principal branch.
montyhal.efg
The famous “Monty Hall” problem: if Monty offers to let you switch doors, should you?
nim.efg
The classic game of Nim. This version starts with five stones.
pbride.efg
A signaling game from Joel Watson’s Strategy textbook, modeling the confrontation in The Princess Bride between Humperdinck and Roberts in the bedchamber.
poker.efg
A simple game of one-card poker used in Myerson (1991), Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict.
4cards.efg
A slightly more complex poker example, contributed by Alix Martin.
spence.efg
A version of Spence’s classic job-market signaling game. This version comes from Joel Watson’s Strategy textbook.