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William A. Barton reviewed Divine Intervention/Night of Conquest in The Space Gamer No. 59. [1] Barton commented that "both adventures should give referees and players at least one good session of Traveller play each, though Night of Conquest is unquestionably the stronger of the two."
Rolling 1, 1, 1 (the Holy Trinity) is a Divine Intervention and always benefits Heaven, making it a critical success for an angelic player, but a critical failure for a demonic player. Rolling 6, 6, 6 (the Number of the Beast, sometimes referred to as the freight train from Hell) results in an Infernal Intervention which has the opposite effects.
Divine intervention is an event that occurs when a deity (i.e. God or gods) becomes actively involved in changing some situation in human affairs. In contrast to other kinds of divine action, the expression "divine intervention" implies that there is some kind of identifiable situation or state of affairs that a god chooses to get involved with, to intervene in, in order to change, end, or ...
Josh McConkey was at the gas station last week, waiting for his son to finish gymnastics practice, when his eye caught the signs for the North Carolina lottery.
In this game the player adopts the role of a deity and assumes the responsibility of shepherding people by direction, manipulation, and divine intervention.The player has the ability to shape the landscape and grow their civilization – and their divine power – with the overall aim of having their followers conquer an enemy force, which is led by an opposing deity.
If you hadn't noticed, your FarmVilles and CityVilles are variations on the age-old "god games" of the 1990s like Sim City, Black and White and Civilization. Playdom co-founder Rick Thompson, with ...
Jerry Epperson reviewed Death in Spades in Space Gamer No. 70. [1] Epperson commented that "Death in Spades is an interesting adventure and a great idea.However, it only gets a qualified recommendation; it has a bit too much 'divine intervention' to be completely plausible.
Deus ex machina in Euripides' Medea, performed in 2009 in Syracuse, Italy; the sun god sends a golden chariot to rescue Medea.. Deus ex machina (/ ˌ d eɪ ə s ɛ k s ˈ m æ k ɪ n ə, ˈ m ɑː k-/ DAY-əs ex-MA(H)K-in-ə, [1] Latin: [ˈdɛ.ʊs ɛks ˈmaːkʰɪnaː]; plural: dei ex machina; 'God from the machine') [2] [3] is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is ...