Some role-playing PBM games also include an element whereby the player may describe actions of their characters in a free text form.

Some live action role-playing games use rock-paper-scissors or comparison of attributes to resolve conflicts symbolically, while other LARPs use physical combat with simulated arms such as airsoft guns or foam weapons.

Some authors divide digital role-playing games into two intertwined groups: single player games using RPG-style mechanics, and multiplayer games incorporating social interaction.

Some role-playing games are entirely text-based.

Some games in the tradition of role-playing games require one participant to take the roles of the various supporting characters, as well as introducing non-character forces ( for example, a flood ), but other systems dispense with this figure and distribute this function among all players.

Some role-playing game systems which describe themselves as " storytelling games " nevertheless use randomisers rather than story in the arbitration of the rules, often in the form of a contest of Rock, Paper, Scissors or a card drawn from a deck of cards.

Some claimed that it was the successor to White Dwarf amongst the UK role-playing community with numerous contributors from across the hobby, including Phil Masters and Marcus Rowland.

Some people believe that the Monk was actually an earlier incarnation of the Master, as mentioned by the 1980s Doctor Who role-playing game published by FASA.

Some titles attempt to merge the two systems: for example, the role-playing game Fallout uses turn-based combat and real-time gameplay, while the real-time strategy games Homeworld, Rise of Nations, and the games of the Total War series allow the player to pause the game and issue orders.

Some reviewers criticized the game's similarities to other contemporary games and its slowness in places, but praised the game's graphics and its role-playing adventure and combat aspects.

Some of Tekken characters have been featured as guest characters in other video games, such as Digimon World Re: Digitize, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, Pac-Man Fever, Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2, Soulcalibur II, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Ridge Racer 6 and Urban Reign, as well as in some crossover role-playing video games, including Cross Edge, Namco × Capcom and the upcoming Project X Zone.

Some sites adopt out pets to put on your webpage and use for role-playing in chat rooms.

Some of the experiment's critics argued that participants were merely engaging in role-playing, basing their behavior on how they were expected to behave or modeling it after stereotypes about the behavior of prisoners and guards.

Some games, such as strategy games like Civilization III or role-playing video games such as The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, use AI heavily, while others, such as puzzle games, use it sparingly or not at all.

Some elements of fantasy role-playing settings were often related to the horror genre.

Some players of live action role-playing games ( LARP ) create elaborate costumes, including fursuits, for their characters.

Some dungeon crawlers from this era also employed action role-playing game combat, such as Dragon Slayer and The Tower of Druaga.

Some role-playing games or game systems can include a set of rules that are used to portray magic in the paranormal sense.

Some PC role-playing games, such as parts of the Ultima series beginning with Ultima III: Exodus ( 1983 ); Wizard's Crown ( 1985 ) and The Eternal Dagger ( 1987 ); Return to Krondor ( 1998 ); and the Gold Box games of the late ' 80s and early ' 90s ( many of which were later ported to Japanese video game systems ); also featured a heavy form of tactical combat.

Some heavily action-focused role-playing video games, such as the Diablo series, have a relatively short and straightforward ending, while some story-driven action games, such as No One Lives Forever, have a relatively long and complex ending.

Some players and groups on both sides have also set their own distinct goals, many of which are set for purely role-playing purposes.

Some of the late 90s / early 2000s games were under development by other companies at one time, but rights to the game programs and all of the existing code was bought and finished by other developers.

Some board games make use of components in addition to — or instead of — a board and playing pieces.

Some games use CDs, video cassettes, and, more recently, DVDs in accompaniment to the game.

Some games, such as chess, depend almost entirely on player skill.

Some games ( chess being the classic example ) are perfect information games: every player has complete information on the state of the game.

Some games involve commanding multiple game pieces ( or units ), such as chess pieces or Monopoly houses and hotels, that have unique designations and capabilities within the parameters of the game ; in other games, such as Go, all pieces controlled by a player have the same capabilities.

Some games give the player a fifth option, " surrender ".

Some games do not permit the player to increase the bet by amounts other than 100 %.

* Surrender ( only available as first decision of a hand ): Some games offer the option to " surrender ", usually in hole card games and directly after the dealer has checked for blackjack ( but see below for variations ).

Some matching-type games are also shedding-type games ; some variants of Rummy such as Phase 10 and Rummikub, as well as the children's game Old Maid, fall into both categories.

Some card games are designed specifically to be played as drinking games.

Some of these games involve players betting against each other, such as poker, while in others, like blackjack, players wager against the house.

Some of these games, such as Pyramid from Battlestar Galactica, become real card games as the holder of the intellectual property develops and markets a suitable deck and ruleset for the game, while others, such as " Exploding Snap " from the Harry Potter franchise, lack sufficient descriptions of rules, or depend on cards or other hardware that are infeasible or physically impossible.

Some casino games have a skill element, where the player makes decisions ; such games are called " random with a tactical element ".

Some episodes even show them watching Bears games.

Some historians think Kling's absence was significant enough to prevent the Cubs from also winning a third straight title in 1909, as they finished 6 games out of first place.

Some content-control software includes time control functions that empowers parents to set the amount of time that child may spend accessing the Internet or playing games or other computer activities.

Some of the more popular games include Donkey Kong ( the pack-in ), Donkey Kong Jr., Carnival, Lady Bug, Mouse Trap, and Zaxxon.

Some 45 frequencies are assigned for use primarily by dominant Class 1, -- A or Class 1, -- B clear-channel stations, designed to operate with adequate power and to provide service -- both groundwave and ( at night ) skywave -- over large areas and at great distances, being protected against interference to the degree necessary to achieve this objective.

Some cases in evidence of the use of roleplaying for analysis may help explain the procedure.

Some of Thurber's curative methods involve strong potions of mixed metaphor, malapropism, and gobbledygook and are recommended for use only in extreme cases.

Some popular designs use the following types of ANOVA:

Some sources mention the use of an abacus called a nepohualtzintzin in ancient Mayan culture.

Some adaptations of the Latin alphabet are augmented with ligatures, such as æ in Old English and Icelandic and Ȣ in Algonquian ; by borrowings from other alphabets, such as the thorn þ in Old English and Icelandic, which came from the Futhark runes ; and by modifying existing letters, such as the eth ð of Old English and Icelandic, which is a modified d. Other alphabets only use a subset of the Latin alphabet, such as Hawaiian, and Italian, which uses the letters j, k, x, y and w only in foreign words.

Some amateur astronomers use home-made radio telescopes, while others use radio telescopes that were originally built for astronomy research but have since been made available for use by amateurs.

Some may suggest that it is probably advisable to use mouthwash at least an hour after brushing with toothpaste when the toothpaste contains sodium lauryl sulfate, since the anionic compounds in the SLS toothpaste can deactivate cationic agents present in the mouthrinse.

Some results in constructive set theory use the axiom of countable choice or the axiom of dependent choice, which do not imply the law of the excluded middle in constructive set theory.

Some abugidas use a special symbol to suppress the inherent vowel so that the consonant alone can be properly represented.

Some modern descendants of this culture often choose to use the term " Ancestral Pueblo " peoples.

Some of the Australians wanted to use Bodyline in retaliation, but Woodfull flatly refused.

Some hard science fiction stories use small ( possibly nano-sized ) paired wormholes dedicated to communication by means of a laser which traverses the wormhole.

( Some newer protocols, such as Kerberos and Active Directory use DNS SRV records to identify services by name, which is much closer to the AppleTalk model.

Some consider such use of the term " incorrect.

Some natural tolerance to habitual use of ayahuasca ( roughly once weekly ) may develop through upregulation of the serotonergic system.

Some reports and scientific studies affirm that ritualized use of ayahuasca may improve mental and physical health.

Some Protestant US military chaplains carry the Roman Rite version of the Anointing of the Sick with them for use if called upon to assist wounded or dying soldiers who are Catholics.

Some Nasheed singers avoid instruments in the background due to the opinion of certain scholars that their use is prohibited.

Some guns were suitable for dual-role anti-aircraft and field ( anti-tank ) use.

Some studies have found decreased life expectancy associated with the use of antipsychotics, and argued that more studies are needed.

Some doubts have been raised about the long-term effectiveness of antipsychotics for schizophrenia, in part because two large international World Health Organization studies found individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia tend to have better long-term outcomes in developing countries ( where there is lower availability and use of antipsychotics and mental health problems are treated with more informal, community-led methods only ) than in developed countries.

Some critics have also analyzed the use of alleged front organizations and conflicted patient " advocacy " groups funded by pharmaceutical companies that seek to set the mental health agenda, including the use of the law to force people to take antipsychotics against their will, often justified by claims about risk of violence.