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  2. Chess piece relative value - Wikipedia

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    Two minor pieces plus two pawns are sometimes as good as a queen. Two rooks are sometimes better than a queen and pawn. [57] Many of the systems have a 2-point difference between the rook and a minor piece, but most theorists put that difference at about 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 points (see The exchange (chess) § Value of the exchange).

  3. Old School RuneScape - Wikipedia

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    Old School RuneScape is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), developed and published by Jagex.The game was released on 16 February 2013. When Old School RuneScape launched, it began as an August 2007 version of the game RuneScape, which was highly popular prior to the launch of RuneScape 3.

  4. Curta - Wikipedia

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    A partially disassembled Curta calculator, showing the digit slides and the stepped drum behind them Curta Type I calculator, top view Curta Type I calculator, bottom view. The Curta is a hand-held mechanical calculator designed by Curt Herzstark. [1] It is known for its extremely compact design: a small cylinder that fits in the palm of the hand.

  5. Tome of Magic - Wikipedia

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    Allen Varney briefly reviewed the original Tome of Magic for Dragon magazine No. 172 (August 1991). [3] Varney surmised that spellcasters would focus on "heavy artillery" spells, but cautioned that the wise DM "should prefer the many spells that don't cause damage but instead enable good stories" such as the many communication spells that allow characters to convey information more easily and ...

  6. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    A specialized type of game controller that the player points at their television screen or monitor to interact with the game. live service games See Games as a service. loadout A specific set of in-game equipment, abilities, power-ups, and other items that a player sets for their character prior to the start of a game's match, round, or mission.

  7. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Very few American high schools use a twelve-point system. The twelve-point system differs from the above only in using the grade A+, to which the value 12.0 is applied. The 1-2-3-4 system

  8. Sinclair Scientific - Wikipedia

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    It cost US$395 (about £165), but despite the price, over 300,000 were sold in the three and a half years for which it was produced. [1] [2] From 1971, Texas Instruments had been making available the building block for a simple calculator on a single chip [3] and the TMS0803 chipset appeared in a number of Sinclair calculators.

  9. Ballista - Wikipedia

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    The manuballista was a handheld version of the traditional ballista. This new version was made entirely of iron, which conferred greater power to the weapon, since it was smaller, and less iron (an expensive material before the 19th century), was used in its production. It was not the ancient gastraphetes, but the Roman weapon. However, the ...