Bennie: a game reward you can exchange for various advantages in play

Clincher: the final, determining card in advanced procedural resolution

Dramatic scene: a scene of verbal conflict over an emotional objective

Drama token: a game currency encouraging players to strike a balance between rebuffing and granting petitions 

Down Card: a card denoting a negative development in advanced procedural resolution

Face card: the Jack, Queen, King and Ace

Episode: a single storyline featuring your continuing characters

Fraught relationships: The first and second PCs you name as your desired source of emotional reward

Game Moderator: a single participant who takes a guiding role in shaping the pace of the narrative and facilitating collaboration between players

Grade: the measure of your ability with an Action. The three grades, from best to worst, are Strong, Middling, and Weak.

Granter: the character in a dramatic scene who can either give the petitioner what he wants, or withhold it; can be seen as the object of the scene

Minor character: a named supporting character to whom no PC has an emotional relationship

Petitioner: the character who initiates a dramatic scene in pursuit of an emotional goal; can be seen as the subject of the scene

Player: one of several participants who takes on the role of one protagonist in the ensemble cast

Procedural scene: a scene in which a PC or PCs strive for an external or practical goal

Procedural token: a game currency allowing players to influence their success or failure in procedural scenes

Recurring character: important supporting characters who can take part in dramatic scenes with PCs

Session: a single meeting of your game group

Up Card: a card denoting a positive development in advanced procedural resolution