Dots
Points
Both words in one sentence
- The Spin Doctor games, in which you spin a clock hand around points on a grid, have way station dots as literal "save points".
Source: Save Point -
When sub-sector maps are drawn up for Battlefleet Gothic, this makes them resemble half-finished connect-the-dots puzzles, where to get from point A to point B requires arcing through points C, D and E instead of moving the inch or two to B.
Source: Hyperspace Lanes - Similarly, the character-creation rules make the fifth dot in a Trait (out of a normal maximum of five dots) cost twice as many of starting points to buy.
Source: Diminishing Returns for Balance
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