One-shot

Some context, please.

we will focus on simple, one-shot games:

If the context is basketball, the games are going to be pretty short.

No, more general:
we will focus on simple, one-shot games: games in which the players simultaneously and independently choose their actions, and they do so only once.

A one-shot game sounds to me like a game you can only play once.

Clive

I have mentioned before, soheil, that giving some real, meaningful context would help us provide you with sound answers more quickly.

soheil1one-shot games: games in which the players simultaneously and independently choose their actions, and they do so only once.

There's your definition of 'one-shot games', as defined in that particular context by that author. As far as I can tell, this is an ad hoc definition for use in the discussion that follows within that same text, not a stand

Most games are multi-level games...

You have to complete one level to continue to the next.
You complete all the levels to win that particular game.

In a one-shot game, the stakes are high -- but carry no further repercussions.
Like playing one hand of Blackjack 21- you win it or lose it.

then...

In a one-step (one-stage) game, it only has one (1) sta

I made them up

soheil1I made them up

In that case, unilateral Jedi thread-egression is appropriate.