# Glossary

Term | Meaning
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General
w/watch | Pay attention
inc | Incoming
w8 | Wait
gb | Go back
rs/cor | Reincarnation site / circle of reincarnation
click in | Set “Ready?” to “Yes” in lobby
turn | The Populous engine advances the game every turn. A turn lasts 83.3… milliseconds = 1/12 of a second on the default speed.
tvb | Top vs. bottom (blue and red vs. yellow and green)
evo | Even vs. odd (blue and yellow vs. red and green)
ivo | Inner vs. outer (blue and green vs. red and yellow)
Spells
EQ | Earthquake
FS | Fire Storm
LB | Land Bridge
MS | Magic Shield
AoD | Angel of Death
invi | Invisibility
torn | Tornado
Units
troop | An unit which is not a brave or a shaman.
FW | Firewarrior
war | Warrior
man/men | Unit(s) which are not the shaman
Maps
PP | 2 vs 2: The Beginning, Pressure Point. 1 vs 1: Asgard Worlds, Yggdrasil
Cr | The Beginning, Craters
FO | The Beginning, Face Off
DS | The Beginning, Dead Sea
ToT | The Beginning, Two on Two
EOTS | The Beginning, Eye of the Storm
Mechanics
Rush | To attack a player early into the game.
BD | Back door: A previously not existing path made out of land bridges to connect from one’s base to the back of the opponent’s base.
SD/Side | Side door: A previously not existing path made out of land bridges to connect from one’s base to the side of the opponent’s base.
DS | Double side: A back and side door on the same player at once.
FW rush / FW all in | To attack a player with many fire warriors, possibly patrolling around his/her reincarnation site.
Double | Two players attacking a player at once.
Stall | Send braves to the enemy shaman one by one, in an attempt to slow her down.
Troop | To perform an attack focusing on causing damage by using units as opposed to spells.
Troop rush | To early in the game, gather enough troops, quickly kill the enemy shaman and then attack.