Atlas Games - Atlas Games Atlas Games is a company which publishes role-playing games. Feng Shui Unknown Armies Ars Magica Over the Edge Furry Pirates.
Feng Shui - types of Luopan or Feng Shui compasses: San He (the so-called "form school," although the compass name means "Triple Combination"), San Yuan (the so-called "compass school," although the compass name actually refers to time), and the Zong He that combines the other two. Feng Shui is still considered important in some segments of modern Chinese culture, especially Hong Kong; most educated Chinese in the People's Republic have never heard of it. Those who have often think of it as peasant superstition. Since the mid-20th century it has been illegal in the PRC because of the propensity for fraud. Traditional or classical Feng Shui always involves the use of a Luopan and iterative mathematics. The New Age versions (Black Sect, Pyramid, Fuzion, "intuitive," etc.) typically do not. External Links Feng Shui Ultimate.
Tabletop role-playing game - game Tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) are a particular (and arguably, the original) form of role-playing game. Participants play characters which consist of different numerical attributes describing their abilities, skills and various other parts of their personality and guide them through a world described by the system's setting and the system's rules, which form the game mechanics. One person is responsible for telling the story, presenting plotlines to the characters and who interacts there are some diceless system, too. Game systems usually consist of a set of rules and a description of the setting, i.e. of the game world and the different peoples. In most RPGs, Player Charcters (PCs) can be of different races (more properly, species, although most games use the term 'race'), depending on the setting Elves, Humans, Dwarfs or.
1964 - in the Texas Republican Presidential primary. May 7 - A Pacific Airlines Fokker F27 crashes near Dublin, California, killing all 44 aboard; the FBI later reports that a recorded tape indicated that the pilot had been shot. May 9 - South Korean President Chung Hee Park reshuffles his Cabinet after a series of student demostrations against his efforts to restore diplomatic and trade relations with Japan. May 19 - The United States State Department says that more than 40 hidden microphones have been found embedded in the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. May 23 - Mrs. Madeline Dassault, 63, wife of a French plane manufacturer and politician, is kidnapped while leaving her car in front of her Paris home; she is found unharmed the next day in a farmhouse.
Al Amarja - Mediterranean island setting of the roleplaying game Over the Edge, by Atlas Games. Al Amarja is an independent island state in the southern Mediterranean. It is not member of United Nations or any other international body. It does not maintain embassies anywhere in the world. During its history, Al Amarja has been colonized and conquered in succession by Greeks, Romans, North African muslims, Catalonians, Castilians, various Italian states and eventually unified Italy. In 1940 president-for-life Monique D’Aubainne took over. Officially she drove out the fascists with the aid of her bodyguard. In reality, she just bought the island from Benito Mussolini. She founded the new state and legislation using USA as a model. Western side of the island is covered by three interconnected cities; Skylla, The Edge and Traboc. Most of.
Ars Magica - of course with less ease). For the first time, magic is treated in a game as a serious object of study: magi are supposed to spend a long time in their laboratories, preparing new spells and potions, and increasing their knowledge of the hermetic arts. The other main innovation was the insistence on play-acting the characters - indeed, many characteristics of the later Storyteller system developed by White Wolf Games can be traced to Ars Magica (and the fact that both Ars Magica and the Storyteller system were both developed by the same person) Ars Magica is an example of a Troupe System, although a number of Campaigns (known as Sagas) will have most stories run by the same person, known as the Alpha Story Guide. Originally developed by Jonathan Tweet.
Timeline of computing 1950-1979 - 'Lots of Irritating and Stupid Parenthesis' due to the huge number of confusing nested brackets used in LISP programs. Used in A.I. development. Developed by John McCarthy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1958 - September 12 The integrated circuit invented by Jack St Clair Kilby at Texas Instruments. Robert Noyce, who later set up Intel, also worked separately on the invention. Intel later went on to perfect the microprocessor. The patent was applied for in 1959 and granted in 1964. This patent wasn't accepted by Japan so Japanese businesses could avoid paying any fees, but in 1989 - after a 30 year legal battle - Japan granted the patent; so all Japanese companies will pay fees up until the year 2001 - long after the patent became obsolete in the rest.
Risus - developed by S. John Ross of Cumberland Games and Diversions and available for free on the web at http://www.io.com/~sjohn/risus.htm Risus uses a cliche system clearly influenced by Atlas Games' Over the Edge and is also similar in some ways to Unknown Armies, another "skill-list-less" system..
Perseus (mythology) - relief would be found until the king exposed his daughter Andromeda to the monster, she was fastened to a rock on the shore. Here Perseus, returning from having slain the gorgon, found her, slew the monster, set her free, and married her in spite of Phineus, to whom she had before been promised. At the wedding a quarrel took place between the rivals, and Phineus was turned to stone by the sight of the Gorgon's head (Ovid, Metam. v. 1). Andromeda followed her husband to Tiryns in Argos, and became the ancestress of the family of the Perseidae through Perseus' and Andromeda's son, Perses. After her death she was placed by Athena amongst the constellations in the northern sky, near Perseus and Cassiopeia. Sophocles and Euripides (and in more modern times.
Over the Edge - taking place on the mysterious Island of Al Amarja It was created by Jonathan Tweet, and published by Atlas Games..
Michael Stackpole - has a BA in history from the University of Vermont. From 1977 on, he worked as a designer of role-playing games for various gaming companies, and wrote dozens of magazine articles for the industry. During this time, in response to the accusations of Pat Pulling and a few others who felt that the "occult" elements of Dungeons & Dragons were driving people to Satanism, murder and suicide, Stackpole did a research study on all American legal cases where injury or death had been attributed to gaming, and found that not only were the links to gaming very weak, but that even if all of the reports had been valid, they showed that gamers were violent or suicidal far less often than the general public. [1] In the 1980s, Stackpole began designing.
List of collective nouns by subject I-Z - ladies √ lambs A rack of lambs Spurious lapwings A desert of lapwings √ lapwings A deceit of lapwings √ larks An ascension of larks √ larks An exaltation of larks √ lawyers A huddle of lawyers Uncertain leopards A leap of leopards √ lepers A colony of lepers √ librarians A catalogue of librarians Spurious lions A pride of lions √ lions A sowse of lions √ lions A sault of lions √ lizards A lounge of lizards Spurious locusts A plague of locusts √ lorries A convoy of lorries √ magpies A tiding(s) of magpies √ mallards A sord of mallards √ mallards A lute of mallards Uncertain men A band of (merry) men √ maps An atlas of maps √ martens A richness of martens √ mathematicians A.
Velodrome - other sports grounds and any banking on these was usually quite shallow. Modern velodrome surfaces are of wood or smoothed concrete. While outdoor veldromes used to be the norm, new velodromes tend to be indoor venues, particuarly if they are to be used for high-level competition. A velodrome will usually be among the facilities constructed for major events such as the Olympics or Commonwealth Games. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 List of velodromes 1.1 United Kingdom 1.2 Links List of velodromes United Kingdom (outdoor, unless stated) Aldersley, Wolverhampton Brighton (Preston Park), East Sussex Calshot, near Southampton, Hampshire (indoor) Cardiff (Maindy Park) Cleveland, Teesside Gypsies Green, South Shields (currently semi-derelict) Halesowen, near Birmingham Herne Hill, south London Kirkby, near Liverpool Leeds (Roundhay Park), West Yorkshire Leicester (Saffron Lane Sport Centre) Meadowbank, Edinburgh.
Kate Sobrero - of the year, and the defensive MVP of the NCAA's Final Four in 1995, year in which her team won the NCAA women's soccer championship. In 1998, she played in her first U.S. women's national team game, when they faced the national selection of Argentina. Sobrero was the youngest member of the team that won the world cup in 1999, and she participated also in the 2000 Olympic Games of Sydney. She is a member of the Boston Breakers in the WUSA league, and she was named defender of the year for that team in 2001. She also enjoys signing autographs for her fans..
Vectrex - which displayed vector graphics. It also had screen overlays that would cut down on flickering and also add some color and static images. At the time many of the most popular arcade games used vector displays, and GCE was looking to set themselves apart from the pack by selling high-quality versions of games like Asteroids, Space Wars, and Armor Attack. Technical specifications CPU : Motorola 68A09 @ 1.6MHz CRT : Samsung 240RB40 B&W Vector RAM: 1KB×4-bit 2114 (two) ROM: 8KB×8-bit 2363 Sound: General Instrument AY-3-8912 List of game titles 3D Crazy Coaster 3D Minestorm 3D Narrow Escape AnimAction Armor Attack Art Master Bedlam Berzerk Blitz! Action Football Clean Sweep Cosmic Chasm Cube Quest Flipper Pinball Fortress of Narzod Heads Up Action Soccer Hyperchase Auto Race Melody Master Mine Storm Polar Rescue Pole Position.
Kara-Tur - with 2 books detailing the campaign setting & maps. In 1989 they did a printing of Trail Maps for Kara-Tur. In 1990 the maps were again included in the Forgotten Realms Atlas. Later that year they gave the monsters for Kara-Tur a proper treatment for Second Edition Dungeons & Dragons in the Monsterous Compendium series. After 1990 Kara-Tur was a mostly discarded campaign setting. With only a few mentions in cross-over products such as Spelljammer & Ravenloft, plus a few mentions in other Forgotten Realms products & Dragon Magazine articles. With the release of Third Edition Dungeons & Dragons with new owners, Wizards of the Coast decided to do a proper treatement for Oriental Adventres. All new character classes, monsters, spells, weapons & feats, but this time with the campaign world.
Kaegogi - capital city, the South Korean government asked its citizens not to consume dog meat to avoid bad publicity during the games. Korean law technically prohibits dog meat, but the laws are not enforced. The controversy surfaced again in 2001 when the 2002 FIFA World Cup soccer games were held jointly in Korea and Japan. The organizer of the games, under pressure from animal rights groups such as PETA, demanded that the Korean government re-address the issue, but little changed. Many people have argued that international organizations such as FIFA and PETA have no right to interfere with an ancient Korean custom, since the only difference between slaughtering a dog for food and slaughtering a cow or a pig is the culture in which it is done. However, part of the controversy.
Karpman drama triangle - even if or especially if such tactics resulted in clients suddenly finding gainful employment after years of dependency. For the drama triangle to come into full flower, one of the players must shift positions. For example, a Victim may become a Persecutor complaining of getting too much help, not enough help, or the wrong kind of help. A Rescuer may become a Persecutor, complaining that the clients don't appreciate her enough. Officials at the welfare agency may take a role in the game, Rescuing staff and clients as long as they play along quietly but Persecuting any staff who start showing good results. Books I'm Okay, You're Okay Games People Play, Eric Berne Links The Drama Triangle - TA-Tutor.com.
Kane County Cougars - team, affiliated with the Oakland Athletics, that plays in the Midwest League. Their home games are played in Geneva, Illinois. The Midwest League came to Kane County in 1991 after a franchise that was previously based in Decatur, Illinois (1952-74) and Wausau, Wisconsin (1975-90) relocated there. While they've always been known as the Cougars since moving to Kane County, they were affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles in 1991 and 1992 and with the Florida Marlins from 1993 to 2002 before joining the A's for the 2003 season. As a Marlins farm team some key contributors to the 2003 World Series championship team played in Kane County on their way to the big leagues. Series MVP Josh Beckett played for the Cougars in 2000, while Dontrelle Willis had the league's best winning.
Karen Wynn Fonstad - worlds, including: Pern, basis for the Dragon Riders stories by Anne McCaffrey The Atlas of Pern (1984, ISBN 0345314344) The Land, basis for The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson The Atlas of the Land (1985, ISBN 034531431X) Krynn, basis for the DragonLance stories by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis (among others) Atlas of the Dragonlance World (1987, ISBN 0880384484) Forgotten Realms, published by TSR The Forgotten Realms Atlas (1990, ISBN 0880388579) Middle-earth, basis for The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien The Atlas of Middle-earth (Revised Edition) (2001, ISBN 0618126996) Several of them are available in translated form. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
