1. A player whose primary objective is to overcome challenges to achieve his goal. 2. A player who typically manipulates game rules to overcome challenges or win points.

A system where skills are lumped together into broad groups, such as "pistols" covering ALL pistols from derringers to desert eagles. ***BJM: needs reference October 8, 2009***

Definitions of commonly used tags. BGG Glossary - Board Gamer's Glossary BG Abbreviations - List of board game acronyms. BG Publisher Abbreviations - List of board game publisher acronyms. RPG Gl [..]

Notation convention used in several older games. The first number is the number of dice, the second is added to the total. eg: 3+4 is 3 dice plus 4, or 3d+4 in modern notation. Most games using this n [..]

Referring to a die in which the number in place of X represents the number of sides. Example; d6 refers to a six-sided die, a d8 refers to an eight-sided die, d20 refers to a twe..... you get the poin [..]

Refers to a percentile die roll, either a d100 or rolling two ten-sided dice in which one die refers to the tens place and the other refers to the ones place.

See Trait.

Armor Class. Used in many fantasy RPGs to represent how difficult it is to hit a character.

A general mechanic used within the game to drive the story forward. Action resolution most commonly is determined randomly with variable chances of success based on character skills/abilities/stats an [..]

1) A reference to the recording or transcription of a session of play into a form intended to be read by a third party. Actual Play is considered in some quarters to be the sole basis for criticism of [..]