This editorial explains the scope of the special issue and provides a thematic introduction to the contributed papers.Keywords: quantum computation; quantum information; multi-particle models; quantum walks; topological quantum computing; multi-particle entanglement; quantum potential; quantum statistical mechanicsThe scope of this special issue is to emphasize an aspect of the broad research area of Quantum Computation and Information which involves multi-particle models, and their associated concepts and mathematical or computational techniques. Such multi-particle models constitute a common feature of almost all genders of quantum computation and quantum information processing. The articles presented in the issue, sixteen in number, can be thematically categorized into seven titles which span an extended part of the multi-particle research discipline and are the following, with the number of papers in each given in parenthesis: remote actions on states and operators (3), quantum games (2), topological quantum computation (2), dissipative quantum systems (2), entropy (1), quantum algorithms (1), multi-particle quantum entanglement (5).The first thematic title concerns the implementation of various remote actions on states and operators [1][2][3]. These actions are mediated by the help of shared quantum entanglement among agents within the framework of communication protocols such as LOCC. Special emphasis is put on the minimization of classical and quantum resources as well as on the security and feasibility of the algorithms. The first contribution in this topic is by Xie Chuanmei, Liu Yimin, Xing Hang, and Zhang Zhanjun [1], who suggest an algorithm for a probabilistic three-party sharing of an operation on a remote qubit states. The second paper is by Wang Dong, Hoehn Ross D., Ye Liu, and Kais Sabre [2], who investigate an algorithm for the generalized remote preparation of arbitrary m-qubit entangled states via genuine entanglement. Finally, Li Jian, Pan Zeshi, Sun Fengqi, Chen Yanhua, Wang Zheng, and Shi Zuozhi [3] present a paper that analyzes a cryptographic algorithm for quantum secure direct communication based on dense coding and detecting eavesdropping with four-particle genuine entangled states.Next we have two contributions from the area of quantum games [4,5]. First, the paper by Makowski Marcin, Piotrowski Edward W., and Sładkowski Jan [4], which addresses the question of transitive/intransitive preferences in the classical context of rational choice theory, as well as in a quantum game theoretic context, and in which evidence is provided for the rationality of intransitive strategies in a one-qubit strategy game. Next, the paper by Dajka Jerzy, Łobejko Marcin,