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A subunit of a player's turn. For example, a game may allow an action to occur only so long as the player has sufficient 'action points' to complete the action. [8] [9] action role-playing game (ARPG) A genre of role-playing video game where battle actions are performed in real-time instead of a turn-based mechanic. actions per minute (APM)
Actual play (or live play): A genre of podcast or web show in which people play tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) for an audience. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] [ 52 ] Actual play often encompasses in-character interactions between players, storytelling from the gamemaster , and out-of-character engagements such as dice rolls and discussion of game mechanics.
Cluedo (French game show) Cresus; E. L'École des fans; F. Fort Boyard (game show) La Fureur; G. Le Grand Raid Le Cap Terre de Feu; Le grand show des enfants; H ...
a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [36] louche
Fort Boyard is a French game show first broadcast in 1990; however the fort is also used by television stations from other countries in order to produce their own (typically modified) versions, using part of the technical teams and characters of the original French show.
Mannequin comes from the French word mannequin, which had acquired the meaning "an artist's jointed model", which in turn came from the Flemish word manneken, meaning "little man, figurine", [4] referring to late Middle Ages practice in Flanders whereby public display of even women's clothes was performed by male pages (boys). Fashion shops in ...
Figures with movable parts, allowing limbs to be posed, are more likely to be called dolls, mannequins, or action figures; or robots or automata, if they can move on their own. Figurines and miniatures are sometimes used in board games, such as chess, and tabletop role playing games. The main difference between a figurine and a statue is size ...
Game show; List of international game shows; List of television programs; UKGameshows.com (a British website devoted to reviews and descriptions of game shows) Game Show Network (an American television channel devoted to Game shows) GameTV (a Canadian television channel devoted to Game shows) Challenge (a British television channel devoted to ...