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[1] [2] Armor Class (or AC): The difficulty to hit a specified target, abstracted from its dodging capacity and armor. [3] [4] "This term was inherited from a naval battle game". [3]: 203 Many role-playing games that came after Dungeons & Dragons have "abandoned the notion of defining defense as armor class". [3]: 54
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, [1] [2] or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character ...
Powergaming (also known as power gaming, min maxing, or optimization) is a style of interacting with games or game-like systems, particularly video games, boardgames, and role-playing games, with the aim of maximizing progress towards a specific goal.
An attribute is a piece of data (a "statistic") that describes to what extent a fictional character in a role-playing game possesses a specific natural, in-born characteristic common to all characters in the game.
Some treatments relax the requirement: for example, the agreement that in the sequence 1M – 2m, the 2m response is a game force unless the suit is rebid. So, in 1 ♠ – 2 ♦; 2 ♥ – 3 ♦, 3 ♦ would cancel the game-forcing message of the 2 ♦ bid. See also Forcing bid, Grand slam force and One round force. Game try
1st of May: All Belongs to You (German: 1. Mai – Helden bei der Arbeit ) is a 2008 German film. It was premiered as the opening film of the series "Perspektive Deutsches Kino" ran May 1 - Heroes at Work at the Berlinale 2008.
Previous Star Wars roleplaying game publisher Wizards of the Coast declined to renew their license in 2010 after 11 years. [1] [2] At Gen Con 2011, Fantasy Flight Games announced they had acquired the license from Lucasfilm Ltd., and at the following Gen Con announcing Star Wars: Edge of the Empire for 2013, Star Wars: Age of Rebellion for 2014, and Star Wars: Force and Destiny for 2015, while ...
A metagame, broadly defined as "a game beyond the game", typically refers to either of two concepts: a game which revolves around a core game; or the strategies and approaches to playing a game. [1] A metagame can serve a broad range of purposes, and may be tied to the way a game relates to various aspects of life. [2]: 2,14 [3]