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Jim Trunzo reviewed The Dark Queen of Krynn in White Wolf #33 (Sept./Oct., 1992), rating it a 4.5 out of 5 and stated that "The significant boost in graphics and sound, the numerous subplots, and the high-level challenge (and be forewarned, this is a tough game) make The Dark Queen of Krynn a standout among S.S.I.'s fantasy roleplaying games.
Boat deck: Especially on ships with sponsons, the deck area where lifeboats or the ship's gig are stored. Boiler deck : (river steamers) The passenger deck above the vessel's boilers . Bridge deck : (a) The deck area including the helm and navigation station, and where the Officer of the Deck/Watch will be found, also known as the conn .
Ancient boat building methods can be categorized as one of hide, log, sewn, lashed-plank, clinker (and reverse-clinker), shell-first, and frame-first. While the frame-first technique dominates the modern ship construction industry, the ancients relied primarily on the other techniques to build their watercraft. In many cases, these techniques ...
"Flush deck aircraft carrier" uses "flush deck" in this generic sense. "Flush deck" in its more specific maritime-architecture sense denotes (for instance) the flush deck destroyers described above: the flush decks are broken by masts, guns, funnels, and other structures and impediments, and are far from being unbroken planes.
In the military, the deck department comprises sailors who perform a variety of functions depending on ship type and size.. Examples include maintenance and upkeep of the ship, handling of the ship's rigging and ground tackle, coordination of underway replenishment operations, conductance of minesweeping operations, maintenance and operation of the ship's boats, supervision of diving and ...
During World War II Gardner went to work building boats in a Marblehead boat shop [3] and during World War II Gardner worked in a boat yard in Quincy, Massachusetts. [2] From 1969 to 1995 Gardner was Associate Curator of Small Craft at Mystic Seaport Museum, Connecticut. He was technical editor of National Fisherman magazine.
Scaphism (from Greek σκάφη, meaning "boat"), [1] also known as the boats, is reported by Plutarch in his Life of Artaxerxes as an ancient Persian method of execution.He describes the victim being trapped between two small boats, one inverted on top of the other, with limbs and head sticking out, feeding them and smearing them with milk and honey, and allowing them to fester and be ...
Deck-building elements can be used as part of larger video games, such as Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and Metal Gear Acid which integrate deck-based combat systems into established game series. A novel version of the tabletop version of deck-building games are roguelike deck-building video games .