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by monos 5809 days ago
It doesn't translate to coding skills, but the underlying task is similar:

You must act in a system with lots of arbitrary, human-made rules and must figure out the rules and how to use them to your advantage.

The difference to other games - board or sports - is that figuring out the rules is usually part of the game. They are never - fully - explained to you.