ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Adjournment (games)

Okay, so when you play a game, like hide-and-seek, you and your friends may decide to play for a certain amount of time or until someone finds everyone. But sometimes, you may need to stop playing before you reach that point. That's what adjournment means in a game.

Think of it like taking a break or pausing the game. You can come back to it later and continue playing from where you left off.

In more complicated games, like chess, sometimes players may not have enough time to finish the game in one sitting. So they might decide to adjourn the game and come back to it later to finish.

When a game is adjourned, it means that the players have agreed to stop playing at a certain point, and they usually write down their last moves and leave the game pieces where they are. They may also seal these notes in an envelope or store the game pieces in a special container, so they can pick up where they left off when they come back to play.

So, in short, adjournment means taking a break from playing a game and picking it up later from where you left off.