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GLOSSARY
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Gamette:
Avalon Hill used this term for its additions to
Squad Leader
beginning in 1979. Compare to the term “Module.” |
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Game Console: An electronic device producing a
video display signal for the purpose of permitting interaction for
recreation/entertainment in the home. The term "video game console"
generally distinguishes those devices marketed for playing video
games exclusively, as opposed to personal computers, which have many
other functions, or stand alone arcade machines, which are operated
for profit by third parties. The first game consoles were created in
the 1970s before the advent of affordable home computers and several
generations of technology have evolved in the years following. The
style of game play of console games has meant that that analysis and
textual input on which traditional tactical wargames have relied
have made them poor contenders for console adaptation. |
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Games for Windows:
In 2006, Microsoft attempted to combat the rising popularity of game
consoles by creating the "Games for Windows" brand. The logo was
intended to be applied to the games of several manufacturers and
identify personal computers as a viable alternative to purpose built
gaming consoles. The first game so branded was Company of Heroes.
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Gamey:
The manual for Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord (Big Time
Software) offered a definition of "gamey" when it was released in
2000. Examples of “gamey” play are
any actions taken in the course of a game which would have been
unlikely to be repeated by real world counterparts, in order to
bring about an advantage in game terms. Using unarmoured troop
carriers to draw fire and locate enemy anti-tank guns would be such
a tactic (in PC games this is particularly effective as an AI will
often not recognize this tactic whereas a human player may be wiser
and hold fire in such a case); rushing headlong at an objective
simply because it was the last turn of a game with a fixed time
limit would be another. |
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Geomorphic:
See
isomorphic |
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Grognard (or Grog):
French for 'grumbler', an appellation originally applied to
Napoleon's veteran soldiers. "Now, it is a hardcore wargamer."1 |
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Notes
- Beginner's Guide to Strategy
Gaming: A Special Publication of F&M, DTI, 1986
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