In the movie The Princess Bride, the outlaw Vizzini is challenged to a game of wits by Wesley. Vizzini is offered two goblets of wine and must determine which one holds the poison. This situation includes all the four elements of a game as described by Professor Stevens. The first element of a game is players. A game must have at least two players. In the movie The Princess Bride, Vizzini and Wesley are the players in the game. The second element of a game is common knowledge. Common knowledge is where every player has the same information and is aware that the other players have the same information. It was common knowledge to both Wesley and Vizzini that only Wesley knew which goblet had poison in it. It was also common knowledge that only one goblet could be chosen by Vizzini in that they would both drink their wine at the same time. The third element of the game is payoffs. The payoff of the game is the degree to which each player is satisfied with an outcome. The payoff for Vizzini and Wesley was very similar in that the opponent would be dead from drinking the poison and the winner would get the Princess. The fourth element of the game is strategy. Strategy is what decision would be made by the player in every situation the player finds himself in. When Vizzini found himself in this situation of choosing a cup and whether to be a clever man or a great fool, he decided to use a strategy that would create a diversion and switch the cups ensuring he alone knew which cup he picked. Wesley found himself in a different situation. Since he was the only one who was in control of what cup to put the poison in, he decided to put the poison in both cups because he has spent years developing a tolerance of iocaine poison. With this strategy, Wesley insured no matter what cup Vizzini picked it would contain poison. In the end, Wesley’s strategy left Vizzini dead and