The second are not sexualized, and the taking off of clothes is done to distinguish between two teams, for instance half the men playing shirts versus skins soccer will remove their shirts in order to visually distinguish between the two teams.

Some rulesets can be adapted more easily than others; but generally strip games are flexible and intended to generate an atmosphere of fun in a group of consenting adults.

[citation needed] Many strip mahjong ( 脱衣麻雀 , datsui mājan) video games[which?]

While the game is sometimes employed as a type of foreplay, it is itself usually not considered a sexual interaction due to the fact that it does not require contact and full nudity is involved only at the end of the game or sometimes not at all (depending on rule variants).

Strip poker has been adapted for solo gameplay, such as by use of online or offline video games.

Using this strategy, a player could stay clothed for the entire game simply by folding their hands.

In strip poker, when the potential loss is only one item of clothing whether you fold or call, an 8% chance to win the hand is better than the alternative.

[7] Popularised by Kinichi Hagimoto[8] (although he later expressed regret) and inspired by contemporary Japanese baseball pep routines — Yakyūken (野球拳) means 'baseball fist' — strip games became a popular fixture of comedy and game shows in the mid-20th century initially in the form of yakyūken, in which several rounds of jyan-ken-pon (rock-paper-scissors) are played and televised, with the loser removing a layer of clothing.

Additionally, verbally coercing someone to play a strip game is often considered a form of sexual harassment.