This is the definition from the main page of the site Tropes – Television Tropes & Idioms

“Tropes are story telling devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members’ minds and expectations.”

You know, like when you are following a story, and it goes in a direction you didn’t expect, and then you find out it was All Just a Dream.

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When I’m not gaming, I have other hobbies to fill my time. Quilting is a major hobby that competes with my gaming time. Currently, I am Past-Chair for my guild, Metropolitan Patchwork Society, and I have a small group of quilters I meet with once a month. Occasionally, I’ll need to choose between the two hobbies. My latest quilt project was a way to combine them together.

This quilt started in August of 2007. At a guild meeting, everyone was supposed to bring several strips of fabric 3.5″ wide. These strips are cut from the width of a bolt of fabric and usually range from 42″ to 60″. Then we played Strip Poker. Ante up your strip, whoever wins takes the pot.

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