To turn a card in play 90 degrees clockwise, indicating that its special power has been used up. The opposite of
tap is
untap. Wizards of the Coast popularized this concept with their ground-breaking CCG,
Magic: The Gathering. Unfortunately, WotC apparently copyrighted the words "tap" and "untap" as well, forcing other CCGs to use some weird synonyms, such as "bow/straighten", "turn/unturn", "engage/disengage", or even "crank/uncrank". No CCG player actually uses these words; the only meaningful word for tapping is "tap".
Posted by metabug at June 28, 2004 05:42 PM
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