Babylonian tablet of the Laws of Hammurabi, c.1760 BC

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A set of rulebooks and activities in detail.

Rules added to the sequence of play

These rulebooks are the best places to put rules timed to happen at the start, at the end, or once each turn. (Each is run through at a carefully chosen moment in the relevant top-level rulebook.) It is also possible to have rules take effect at specific times of day or when certain events happen. Those belong to no rulebook, but are indexed here for convenience. Rules taking place when scenes begin and end can be found in the Scenes index.

When play begins rulebook
name
     start of rulebook first combat round rule   name unlist

     these rules are equally ranked, so their order is determined by which was defined first (or by explicit 'listed in' sentences) (reset the interlocutor)

    (change the library message person to first person)

    (seed the random-number generator with 3581)

    (init library messages; ...)

     these rules are equally ranked, so their order is determined by which was defined first (or by explicit 'listed in' sentences) (repeat with the patient running through people begin; ...)

    (repeat with the patient running through people begin; ...)

    (now the numbers boolean is false)

     these rules are equally ranked, so their order is determined by which was defined first (or by explicit 'listed in' sentences) ready natural weapons if no other weapon readied rule   name unlist

Every turn rulebook
name
     start of rulebook ready natural weapons if no other weapon readied rule   name unlist

     the rule above was listed as 'first' so precedes this one, which wasn't when the current node is not the null-node  node continuation rule   name unlist

     these rules are equally ranked, so their order is determined by which was defined first (or by explicit 'listed in' sentences) when the current node is not the null-node and the current node is open and the node-timer < 1  node-switching rule   name unlist

    when the not-suggest boolean is false

     these rules are equally ranked, so their order is determined by which was defined first (or by explicit 'listed in' sentences) when the not-suggest boolean is false

    when the fever boolean has been false for exactly two turns

    when the medicine given boolean has been true for exactly three turns

     the arrow points from a more specific rule to a more general one, as decided by Law I - Number of aspects constrained reset protocol rule   name unlist

     these rules are equally ranked, so their order is determined by which was defined first (or by explicit 'listed in' sentences) beer hint rule   name unlist

    (if the noun is a thing and the noun is ambiguously plural, notice the plurality of the noun; ...)

    (now the combat state of the player is acted; ...)

     these rules are equally ranked, so their order is determined by which was defined first (or by explicit 'listed in' sentences) (now the not-suggest boolean is false)

When play ends rulebook
name
There are no rules in this rulebook.

Events with no specific time
At the time when the node switches
At the time when the topic list displays