Terms in the margin: a glossary
The genre has its own vocabulary, and each game bends it a little. These are the terms you'll meet in this ledger, with the game that uses each one.
- ActionFallen London
- The basic unit of play. Each choice spends one; subscribers get double.
- AdventureKingdom of Loathing
- The game's name for a turn. A fresh batch arrives at the daily rollover.
- AmbitionFallen London
- Your character's long-term goal and the closest thing to a main storyline.
- AscensionKingdom of Loathing
- A completed run. Veterans count their turns per ascension and replay with a new plan.
- Awake (T)HoboWars
- The resource behind fights and training. It refills over time up to a cap.
- BustingTorn
- Freeing a player from jail, at a cost in nerve.
- CooldownOmerta
- The wait before you can try the same action again — about ninety seconds for a crime.
- CrewOutwar
- Outwar's word for a guild. Crews raid bosses together.
- Donator statusTorn, HoboWars
- A paid, time-limited status that speeds up resource refills.
- EnergyTorn
- Spent on gym training and attacks.
- Exceptional FriendshipFallen London
- The optional subscription: a monthly story, double actions and members-only locations.
- FactionTorn
- A player group that socialises, goes to war and runs organized crimes.
- FamilyOmerta
- The mafia organisation at the centre of play.
- GangHoboWars
- A player group, with its own side wars.
- NerveTorn
- The resource spent on crimes. It refills on a timer and grows with crime experience.
- Organized crimeTorn
- A group crime planned and run by a faction.
- Rank progressOmerta
- How your climb up the ladder, from Empty-Suit upwards, is measured.
- ResetGeneral
- Wiping progress at the end of a round. Torn says it never does this.
- RolloverKingdom of Loathing
- The daily server tick that hands out new adventures.
- RoundOmerta
- A season with its own standings, after which everyone starts again.
- SmugglingOmerta
- Buying goods in one city and selling them in another as prices shift.
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