The best known game of this type is Cluedo.
In games of this type, each player has all the available knowledge about the current state of the game.
Unfortunately, 1:1 architecture in games of this type makes immersion difficult.
As with many games of this type the player progresses by collecting items, talking to characters and solving puzzles.
"We have a comparable game, and I suggest it is a game of this type that we now play."
The first game of this type is uncertain but the first influential example was Commando, released in 1985.
Many games of this type reach into your pocket as soon as they can.
Ace of Aces was the first game of this type, but others were done later.
In the past, when the field was set at sixty-five, there was a single play-in game of this type.
It seems to be pretty much inline with other games of this type.