The player controls a triangular-shaped ship that can rotate left and right, fire shots straight forward, and thrust forward.

The player can also send their ship into hyperspace, causing it to disappear and reappear in a random location on the screen ( with the risk of self-destructing or appearing on top of an asteroid ).

Some details were changed slightly to allow more player choice-for example, players can be full Trump Artists without having walked the Pattern or the Logrus, which Merlin says is impossible ; and players ' psychic abilities are far greater than those shown in the books.

Because ending the game is optional, and a player may not realize that he can end it, it is unethical to say " good game ", or in any other way indicate that the game could be ended, until after a player actually has ended the game.

* In the computer game Afterlife, the player controlling Heaven and Hell can eventually purchase Love Domes or Omnibulges.

An eagle will fly in the game near an area where the player has climbed to a high enough structure and there are nearby set pieces into which the player can jump, breaking the character's fall.

Games can be based on pure strategy, chance ( e. g. rolling dice ) or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve.

These can decide everything from how many steps a player moves their token, as in Monopoly, to how their forces fare in battle, such as in Risk, or which resources a player gains, such as in The Settlers of Catan.

Used to determine the amount of field that the player can cover

To achieve a hit, the batter must reach first base before any fielder can either tag him with the ball, throw to another player protecting the base before the batter reaches it, or tag first base while carrying the ball.

On-base percentage can also vary quite considerably from player to player.

Noted statistician Bill James has argued that unless a player can steal a high percentage of the time, then the stolen base is not useful, and can even be detrimental to a team.

A player on the batting team can stop at any of the bases and later advance via a teammate's hit or other means.

A Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) award is given to the outstanding player in each series, though voters can consider performances made during the divisional series.

An alternative view suggests that the optimum tension for power depends on the player: the faster and more accurately a player can swing their racquet, the higher the tension for maximum power.

The player and dealer can count their own Ace as 1 point or 11 points.

* Split ( only available as first decision of a hand ): If the first two cards have the same value, the player can split them into two hands, by moving a second bet equal to the first into an area outside the betting box of the original bet.

At the end of the hand each player returns his hand, intact, to the correct slot in the bridge board in which it is transported to other tables so that everyone can play the same deals.

Alternatively, if the boards are pre-dealt, " curtain cards " may be supplied which have each hand printed on them, so that each player can check at the beginning of the deal that he has the right cards.

Another popular method of exploiting this bug was to simply use thrust to keep the ship in motion with 1 or 2 asteroids in the play field, allowing the player to pick off as many 1, 000 point UFOs as possible.

Alfred William Lawson ( March 24, 1869 – November 29, 1954 ) was a professional baseball player, manager and league promoter from 1887 through 1916 and went on to play a pioneering role in the US aircraft industry, publishing two early aviation trade journals.

A player may purchase shares in one, two, or three existing chains ( assuming at least three chains are currently in play ), in any combination up to a total of three shares.

The most popular player in franchise history, " Gonzo " signed a one-year contract worth just under $ 7 million on December 7 to play for the rival Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2007 season.

Cruyff himself laughed off the tribute saying the club had to let its best player play with number 14.

A player completes a turn batting when: he strikes out or is declared out before reaching first base ; or he reaches first base safely or is awarded first base ( by a base on balls, hit by pitch, or catcher's interference ); or he hits a fair ball which causes a preceding runner to be put out for the third out before he himself is put out or reaches first base safely ( see also left on base, fielder's choice, force play )

At that time test-match referees came from the home nation, substitutions took place only if a doctor found a player unable to continue and there were no video cameras or sideline officials to prevent violent play.

The player whose bet is at the front of the betting box is deemed to have control over the position, and the dealer will consult the controlling player for playing decisions regarding the hand ; the other players of that box are said to " play behind ".

Any player is usually allowed to control or bet in as many boxes as desired at a single table, but it is prohibited for an individual to play on more than one table at a time or to place multiple bets within a single box.

For purposes of scoring and reference, each player is identified by one of the points of the compass and thus North and South play against East and West.

Should a player win a set each, they then play a further 3 ends that will decide the winner.

If the other player also knows to offer sacrifices, the expert also has to manipulate the number of available sacrifices through earlier play.

If a player rolls two of the same number, called doubles, that player must play each die twice.

This encourages a player with a large lead to double, possibly ending the game, rather than to play it to conclusion hoping for a gammon or backgammon.

The Crawford rule, named after John R. Crawford, is designed to make match play more equitable for the player in the lead.

His father was a statewide champion fiddle player and the Wills family was either playing music, or someone was " always wanting us to play for them ," in addition to raising cotton on their farm.

Young sax player Zeb McNally was allowed to play with the band, although Wills initially discouraged it.

In strict play, the dealer then offers the deck to the previous player ( in the sense of the game direction ) for cutting.

The object of a trick-taking game is based on the play of multiple rounds, or tricks, in each of which each player plays a single card from their hand, and based on the values of played cards one player wins or " takes " the trick.

A player accumulates his or her deck through purchase or trade for desirable cards, and each player uses their own deck to play against the other.

; Draw poker: A complete hand is dealt to each player, face-down, and after betting, players are allowed to attempt to change their hand ( with the object of improving it ) by discarding unwanted cards and being dealt new ones.

This is opposed to Draw games where each player's hand is composed only by hole cards and Stud games where each player hand contains both non-community cards that are visible to the other players and concealed hole cards.

Wild Draw Four: Very similar the Wild card, The player using this card calls a new color, and the next player draws four cards and loses their turn.

* When a player uses a Wild Draw Four card, the next player in line ( the one who must take the four cards ) may challenge if he / she believes that the original player could have legally played a colored card.

When a Wild Draw Four card is turned up, the dealer chooses the color, then the player to the left of the dealer draws 4 cards, then the player to the left of that person starts.

Play passes to the next player, who must draw the compounded four cards, or continue the " stack " by playing another Draw Two.

* A player is not allowed to go out on a Skip, Reverse, Draw Two, Wild or Draw Four card.

* Draw Cards-When a draw card is played, the next player must take a number of cards from the pack.

; Lottery Ticket: If a player gets a lottery ticket in the mail, that player can cash in the value of the ticket only if that player lands on the Lottery Draw space during the month they receive it in the mail.

Less commonly, a player is also the winner if the opponent's deck runs out of cards and the opponent is therefore unable to draw a card at the start of his / her turn ( during the Draw Phase ).

* During the Draw Phase, the player draws one card from his or her deck.

During the draw phase, each player draws as many cards from his deck as his bullet rating allows: five cards, plus extra cards for Stud bullets, plus the option to discard and replace cards for Draw bullets.