What is a turn based game

The term turn based is mostly used in jrpgs ( what is a jrpg, read here).

Turn based game is when the participants in a battle each take a turn to act in a specific order, whether its to attack, heal, or simply sit around idly doing nothing. Once all participants on the battlefield each has taken their respective turn, the Cycle repeats itself until a victor is decided. Much like a Poker game, but with some interesting twists.

So what decides on who goes first and second in battle? Its a specific individual trait known as Speed or dexterity. (these vary from game to game but all share the same principle). The concept is easy, Depending on how Fast your character is, that much sooner its turn will come! so here it can very well overlap the order of turns. therefore, characters with higher Speed Values often act First before characters with a lesser Speed value, determining the order and flow of Battle.