They are commonly used as filler to depict background activities in an atmosphere like a bar or rec room, but sometimes the drama revolves around the play of the game.

* Machiavelli wrote in 1518 a play Mandragola ( The Mandrake ) in which the plot revolves around the use of a mandrake potion as a ploy to bed a woman.

Based on Scott McPherson's screenplay adaptation of his own 1991 stage play of the same name, the film revolves around two sisters, played by Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton, who are reunited through tragedy after 17 years of estrangement.

One of the group, the Reg mentioned in the title, is not a character in the play but the whole plot revolves around his apparent promiscuity and the chain reaction of deception and betrayal set off by it.

Team Fortress Classic revolves around a number of teams competing in a variety of game modes with players selecting one of nine classes to play as.

He also edited the Radio Times, and even turned his hand to the detective novel: Death at Broadcasting House, co-written with Val Gielgud and published in 1931, revolves around a radio play disrupted by the murder of one of the cast.

Normal suit play in bridge ( as opposed to the play at no trumps ) revolves around the trump suit.

Game play revolves around constructing an abstract set of castles set on a grid.

The game revolves around two types of cards: Actions, which are discarded when played, and Things, which remain in play on the table in front of whoever played them.

The story itself revolves around the meetings of an Oxford arts discussion group called the Notion Club, a fictionalization of ( and a play on words on the name of ) Tolkien's own such club, The Inklings.

An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour.

" Sanjay Dutt and Rana Daggubati are reportedly going to play supporting roles, nevertheless the entire film revolves around them.

His latest play Trumpery, which revolves around the mystery of Charles Darwin, was performed by the Atlantic Theatre Company in November 2007.

Less frenetic and more physically contained than their other movies, the plot revolves around the shenanigans of getting a stage play, Hail and Farewell, produced and funded by mysterious backer Zachary Fisk, while evading paying the hotel bill.

The play revolves around mother Helen Curtayne and her daughter Millie.

The last part of the play revolves around the dispute over what to do with Ajax's body.

In the Orthodox Line, the ' fight for the tempo ' revolves around White's efforts to play all other useful developing moves prior to playing Bd3.

The play consists of two acts, and revolves around a Dr. Prentice, a psychiatrist attempting to seduce his attractive prospective secretary, Geraldine Barclay.

The play revolves around the dysfunctional family consisting of single mother Beatrice and her two daughters, Ruth and Tillie, who try to cope with their abysmal status in life.

The musical was adapted from Kober's 1937 play, Having Wonderful Time, and revolves around a summer camp for adults.

The play revolves around the residents of a small Finnish town and their endless obsession with the tango.

The second significant development revolves around the creation of the ERace, an online multiplayer competition which uses the play by mail mode to facilitite a championship.

The plot revolves around the players on a hockey team (" Les Boys ") that play in a low level amateur hockey league.

She said, `` Sometimes I think they are keeping religion for us while we play around.

# Bank doesn't have enough shares to allow everyone to trade in their shares-first choice falls to person causing the merger, followed by other players in order around the table in the order of play.

He was, however, able to play a dominant role in mathematics for around a decade, gathering a strong school.

Apart from these there are many semi-professional and amateur leagues around Australia, where they play a very important role in the community, and particularly so in rural areas.

Ibsen started thinking about the play around May 1878, although he did not begin its first draft until a year later, having reflected on the themes and characters in the intervening period ( he visualised its protagonist, Nora, for instance, as having approached him one day wearing " a blue woolen dress ").

After a bust or a stand, play proceeds to the next hand clockwise around the table.

BDSM is a preference and sometimes form of personal relationship centering around activities that are erotic but may not be sexual, and which may include the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role play.

As they do not have bone marrow, red blood cells are produced in the spleen and the epigonal organ ( special tissue around the gonads, which is also thought to play a role in the immune system ).

The play The Reckoning of Kit and Little Boots by Nat Cassidy, examines the lives of the Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe and Caligula, with the fictional conceit that Marlowe was working on a play about Caligula around the time of his own murder.

Freeze-thaw cycles also affect decomposition — freezing temperatures kill soil microorganisms, which allows leaching to play a more important role in moving nutrients around.

In the comedic play, Wallach and the other men clowned around as various dictators, with Wallach portraying Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany.

Iin 1967 Banks played a season for the Cleveland Stokers of the American United Soccer Association ; this was a short lived attempt to build a first division U. S. league by importing clubs from around the world to play as U. S. teams.

Impatient demands for victory centered around short-term electoral cycles play into the hands of the guerrillas, though it is equally important to recognize when a cause is lost and the guerrillas have won.

They are the chief protein components of chromatin, acting as spools around which DNA winds, and play a role in gene regulation.

This obviates the need for cupping and waving the hands around the instrument during play.

The report stated that though illegal, there was a tradition of such relationships in the country, known as " bache bazi " or boy play, and that it was especially strong around Kandahar.

It was also around this time that he began to form a potent strike partnership with Ian Rush ; Dalglish began to play just off Rush, " running riot in the extra space afforded to him in the hole ".

Eliot also refers to the " Heaviside Layer " in his play The Family Reunion which explores issues around the afterlife, heaven and hell.

Instead of having to carry around hundreds of CD-Gs or laserdiscs, KJs can " rip " their entire libraries onto their hard drives and play the songs and lyrics from the computer.

During game play a piece moves from its starting square, clockwise around the perimeter of the board, and up the player's home column to the finishing square.

Also around this time, HBO would occasionally play one or a few music videos between movies.

It ends when Terry Gilliam's animations play around with Cartman and everything is crushed by the giant foot.