A concrete example of a situation where an individual's sensory input might be caused by something other than what he thinks is causing it is the brain in a vat scenario.

The term is also used in a generic sense to refer to any end of the world scenario.

Rules can range from the very simple, as in tic-tac-toe, to those describing a game universe in great detail, as in Dungeons & Dragons ( although most of the latter are role-playing games where the board is secondary to the game, helping to visualize the game scenario ).

While the inning is still being played, this last scenario can cause a temporary situation where a run has already scored, but its earned / unearned status is not yet certain.

For many years, apocryphal rumors circulated that a jealous lover had poisoned his coffee, but a more likely scenario is that he died of a bad heart attack after becoming disoriented during a snowstorm ( i. e., he froze to death ).

Despite such diversity, it is possible to classify the indigenous people into three major cultural groups: the northern people, who developed rich handicrafts and were influenced by pre-Incan cultures ; the Araucanian culture, who inhabited the area between the river Choapa and the island of Chiloé, and lived primarily off agriculture ; and the Patagonian culture Patagonia composed of various nomadic tribes, who supported themselves through fishing and hunting ( and who in Pacific / Pacific Coast immigration scenario would be descended partly from the most ancient settlers ).

This is a common scenario in conspiracy theories that focus on the alleged machinations of Jews, Freemasons, or the Catholic Church, as well as theories centered on Communism or international capitalists.

Heading to New Shores ( New Shores in older editions ) is the scenario resembling Teuber's original design for the game.

The Four Islands is the first scenario introduced where new mechanics introduced to Seafarers is brought into the forefront.

In this scenario, the map is split up into four islands of roughly equal size and resource distribution.

( The six-player version found in the extension has the map split into six islands ; the scenario is titled The Six Islands, but is played identically.

The Fog Island ( Oceans in older editions ) is the first scenario where exploration is used.

The Pirate Island, introduced in newer editions, is the first scenario which changes the mechanics of new gameplay elements introduced in Seafarers.

Greater Catan was a scenario included in the older editions of Seafarers but is not included in newer editions.

However, the supply of number tokens is smaller than the number of hexes in the scenario: when the number tokens run out and players expand into a new part of the outlying islands, number tokens are moved from the main island to the outlying islands.

New World is a scenario that blankets all other scenarios that may be created from the parts of Settlers and Seafarers.

By substituting these three verbs, even without clarifying morality ( ought, shall, should, must ) or the actor ( s ) who do or did something, becomes / remains / equals makes clear what time frame of relationship is asserted, and disallows assuming one stable past / present / future timeline-known as single scenario planning or blind linearity and considered a grave error in risk analysis.

However, the approach of Neyman does not rely on a repeated-sampling scenario, so that there is no direct equivalence.

A similar scenario can also be constructed if blue is reserved for water.

The " used car " scenario is intended as an allegory meant to illustrate an idea ; and not as a literal statement concerning the actual business of car sales or any real-life individuals and companies engaged in such a business.

Kirk explains that the test is meant to reveal how the subject deals with a no-win scenario, as how one deals with death is as important as how one deals with life.

Despite the reorientation of the party, the post 1969 political scenario meant that the party remained in the sidelines.

Satsuki Yumizuka was originally meant to be one of the heroines in Tsukihime with her own scenario, however it was cut from the final product.

He theorizes that the reported " spitting on soldiers " scenario was a mythical projection by those who felt " spat upon " and was meant to discredit future anti-war activism.

Having scenario makers actively utilising the AoWEd to make new scenarios meant that players were almost never in short supply of new maps to try out and enjoy.

Bruce was apparently initially satisfied with the official police identification of the body as Elliot's for a while, but he later admits that he has always acknowledged that Hush's skill for strategy and plastic surgery meant that he could have planned the entire scenario.

The scenario is meant to push back against the concept that human beings possess an unalienable right to not be killed.

In his view, the " worst case scenario " of the currency never returning to the country of origin was actually the best possible outcome: the country actually purchased its goods by exchanging them for pieces of cheaply made paper.

This period must be longer than the amount of time it takes for a signal to move, or propagate, in the worst-case scenario.

Additional milieu were provided by Chaosium with the release of Dreamlands, a boxed supplement containing additional rules needed for playing within the Lovecraft Dreamlands, a large map and a scenario booklet, and Cthulhu By Gaslight, another boxed set which moved the action from the 1920s to the 1890s.

In the Aztec campaign of the PC game Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, the player plays as Cuauhtémoc, despite the name Montezuma for the campaign itself, and Cuauhtémoc narrates the openings and closings to each scenario.

The equations of motion for r that result from this equation for the rotating 2D frame are the same that would arise from a particle in a fictitious one-dimensional scenario under the influence of the force in the equation above.

The scenario was previously available for older editions as a downloadable scenario ( but only in German ), titled Coffee for Catan.

The Pirate Island had previously been available as a downloadable scenario ( but only in German ) suitable for the older editions.

The Wonders of Catan was a downloadable scenario for older editions of Seafarers in both German and English, and was incorporated into Seafarers in newer editions.

One of his novels, Widecombe Fair, inspired by an annual fair at the village of Widecombe-in-the-Moor, provided the scenario for his comic play The Farmer's Wife.

These forums offer support for beginning designers and players, reviews of new scenarios and general discussions about the use of the scenario editor.

Greenpeace was one of the first parties to formulate a sustainable development scenario for climate change mitigation, which it did in 1993.

Katsuyuki Sumizawa ( Yoroiden Samurai Troopers ) wrote the scenario for the series and was one of three official script-writers, along with Akemi Omode and Katsuhiko Chiba.

Gygax designed numerous manuals for the game system, as well as several pre-packaged adventures called " modules " that gave a person running a D & D game ( the " Dungeon Master ") a rough script and ideas on how to run a particular gaming scenario.

Just such a scenario developed with the No. 1 British column, which was penned up static and immobile in garrison for over two months at Eshowe.

In this scenario, the network prefix is the unique identifier for tracking.

Russian choreographer Sergei Diaghilev persuaded Cocteau to write a scenario for a ballet, which resulted in Parade, in 1917.

Minimax ( sometimes minmax ) is a decision rule used in decision theory, game theory, statistics and philosophy for minimizing the possible loss for a worst case ( maximum loss ) scenario.