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GLOSSARY
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Beer and Pretzels game:
An old board gaming term: "A relatively simple and fast moving game
which can usually be played in one sitting."1
The term is not interchangeable with
microgames, as
one source states: "(many beer & pretzel) games fit the quick & easy
play aspect of being a microgame, though they're often in a larger
format, with better components, and at a necessarily higher price
tag."2
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Borg Spotting: In PC gaming, a
term used to describe a simplistic Line of Sight (LOS) checking
routine. Simply put, when one enemy unit is spotted by a single
friendly unit, all friendly units are instantly aware of the
existence and location of that enemy unit, despite their actual LOS. Named for the villains in the Star Trek universe who
operate as a "hive-mind" or collective consciousness. |
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Notes
- Beginner's Guide to Strategy
Gaming: A Special Publication of F&M, DTI, 1986
- Michrogame Headquarters website, accessed
October 2008: http://micro.brainiac.com/faq.html#beer-n-pretzel
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