Terminology refers to the lingo of the trade, definition and understanding of the terms used by experts on a subject.
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What's the difference between a tactic and a strategy?
Some people consider tactics and strategy to be distinct (as they apply to boardgames), while I regard them both as "structured methods and plans to win".
Are they distinct? And what are the differences? (I'm aware of the difference between tactics…
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Who are "Johnny", "Timmy", and "Spike" and what do they do?
Often times when browsing different Magic: The Gathering sites, I will come across certain decks or cards that are said to be favoured by a Johnny, a Timmy or a Spike. Also, sometimes certain people will identify themselves or others as being some…
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Are there names for the different types of adjacency in a square grid?
See the image. How do you call the blue cells in relation to the black cell?
I've seen "orthogonally adjacent" for the first picture and "diagonally adjacent" for the second picture, but that leaves a void for the third picture (other than…
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What is the name of the little humanoid figure used as player token or resource in some Euro games?
I used to play a lot of games during my childhood and the "player token" had a pattern: A cylinder/cone with a sphere on top of it. Pawn, start token, player token, we used a lot of names to define it. I have never bothered about naming or knowing…
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What is a Gateway Game?
Before joining the B&CG community, I had never heard the phrase "Gateway Game." The quintessential examples of Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, and Carcassonne gives me a rough idea but Googling did not yield a more precise definition. So:
What is…
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What's the difference between ante and blinds?
What is the difference between an "ante" and a "blind" in poker?
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What is an LCG (Living Card Games)?
What is an LCG?
I was looking at Lord of the Rings board games and came across Lord Of The Rings: The Card Game.
I saw that all of the expansions were marked with LCG. I've done some Google searches, but there doesn't seem to be anything like a…
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What is the difference between Draughts and Checkers?
Other than draughts is British English and checkers is American English, what is the difference between the two?
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In Power Grid, what are the phases and what are the steps?
My copy of Power Grid has an strange reversal of terminology between the cards:
... and the rules:
Obviously this isn't a huge deal, but I just wonder which is correct in terms of the other editions of the game available?
Update: after the answer…
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Why is "LGS" the standard term for a game store?
Why is LGS the term of choice for gaming stores? Is it to specifically refer to local gaming stores, as opposed to distant or non-local gaming stores? I have never seen DGS or NLGS, so I don't know why it is necessary to specify local in the…
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In Chess what is the Queens or Kings Indian?
In Chess what is the Queens or Kings Indian, and why might it be useful?
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Where can I learn the lingo of Go?
I'm only a beginner at Go, but have been reading the questions in the go tag with interest.
However, this game seems to have rather more special terminology than most. What do joseki, shimari, high-point, pincer, aji keshi, fuseki, komi, moyo,…
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Why do people call an n-sided die a "d-n"?
e.g. "d6", for a 6-sided die.
Put the letter after the number, and that makes sense. That's an abbreviation for "six-dimensional".
When you've got a tuple, for example, you just call it an "n-tuple". Why not an "n-die"?
I read Wikipedia but it's not…
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What is the name of the following chess opening? What are its pros and cons?
At some point, when I was young, I learned an opening that involves the following moves: possibly after moving queen's pawn to the centre (d4), move out king's knight to above the bishop (Nf3), move knight's pawn up one (g3), move bishop up behind…
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How is a roleplaying game not a board game?
Let's say you have a roleplaying game with these elements:
a board on the table, depicting the rooms of a castle
miniature pieces on the board, representing the different characters in the game
cards and dice used as randomizers
How is this not a…
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