Reserves - Revision history

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‎Examples

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‎Using the pattern

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‎Relations

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 ''Members of teams that are not active in the gameplay due to a limit on how many can be active at once.''

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 === Examples ===
-[[:Category:Sports|Sports]] such as [[American Football]], [[Basketball]], [[Ice Hockey]], and [[Soccer]] all make use of [[Reserves]]. [[Blood Bowl]] shows the use of [[Reserves]] in a [[:Category:Board Games|Board Game]] that depicts a fictional game in a fantasy world. [[Tekken Tag Tournament]] is a [[:Category:Computer Games|Computer Game]] example that shows how [[Reserves]] can be used in games with teams as small as those consisting of two members.
+[[:Category:Sports|Sports]] such as [[American Football]], [[Basketball]], [[Ice Hockey]], and [[Soccer]] all make use of [[Reserves]]. [[Bloodbowl]] shows the use of [[Reserves]] in a [[:Category:Board Games|Board Game]] that depicts a fictional game in a fantasy world. [[Tekken Tag Tournament]] is a [[:Category:Computer Games|Computer Game]] example that shows how [[Reserves]] can be used in games with teams as small as those consisting of two members.
 == Using the pattern ==

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-''The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.''
+''Members of teams that are not active in the gameplay due to a limit on how many can be active at once.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+Many games pitch teams against each other and typically have a limit on how many participants each team should have. However, such games may allow more members in team than may be active at once, either to handle uneven teams or due to the gameplay being exhaustive or worse to team members. Permitting this in games introduces [[Reserves]] for each team.
 === Examples ===
+[[:Category:Sports|Sports]] such as [[American Football]], [[Basketball]], [[Ice Hockey]], and [[Soccer]] all make use of [[Reserves]]. [[Blood Bowl]] shows the use of [[Reserves]] in a [[:Category:Board Games|Board Game]] that depicts a fictional game in a fantasy world. [[Tekken Tag Tournament]] is a [[:Category:Computer Games|Computer Game]] example that shows how [[Reserves]] can be used in games with teams as small as those consisting of two members.
-==== Anti-Examples ====
-optional
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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Reserves]] are used in games with [[Teams]] to make it possible to vary the [[Agents]] or [[Characters]] that are active in the [[Teams]].
+[[Reserves]] are used in games with [[Teams]] to make it possible to vary the [[Agents]] or [[Characters]] that are active in the [[Teams]]. There are typically to two reasons why this might be considered. One is that the [[Agents]] or [[Characters]] have [[Asymmetric Abilities]] and one wants to be able to configure so the ones playing have the best skills for any particular situation. The other is that the game requires
 In games where [[Characters]] are [[Reserves]] in [[Teams]], it is typically players that choose which [[Characters]] should be in these [[Reserves]]. Players may be able to select themselves to be in the [[Reserves]] when they constitute the [[Teams]] but an alternative is to let [[Coaches]] do this.
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-=== Can Modulate ===
-[[Performance Uncertainty]] in games with [[Player Physical Prowess]]
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-[[Physical Enactment]],  and [[Player Physical Prowess]] in games with [[Teams]]
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-=== Can Be Modulated By ===
-[[Asymmetric Abilities]],
 == Consequences ==

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-=== Diegetic Aspects ===
+In games where [[Characters]] are [[Reserves]] in [[Teams]], it is typically players that choose which [[Characters]] should be in these [[Reserves]]. Players may be able to select themselves to be in the [[Reserves]] when they constitute the [[Teams]] but an alternative is to let [[Coaches]] do this.
-=== Interface Aspects ===
+=== Can Modulate ===
-=== Narration Aspects ===
+[[Physical Enactment]],  and [[Player Physical Prowess]] in games with [[Teams]]
 == Consequences ==
 == Relations ==

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 === Can Instantiate ===
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 [[Performance Uncertainty]] in games with [[Player Physical Prowess]]
-[[Physical Enactment]] and [[Player Physical Prowess]] in games with [[Teams]]
+[[Agents]], [[Characters]], [[Physical Enactment]],  and [[Player Physical Prowess]] in games with [[Teams]]
 === Can Be Instantiated By ===