diff --git a/CONVENTIONS.md b/CONVENTIONS.md
index 3eb023a..aec8699 100644
--- a/CONVENTIONS.md
+++ b/CONVENTIONS.md
@@ -261,8 +261,13 @@ and read each new page against this list before it ships.
two or more pieces..."), and for a heading that ends in a colon.
- **No headings made of "The" and an abstract noun** ("The game", "The
tally"). Name what is there ("Origins", "Games so far").
-- **No clipped fragments in threes.** "Four towers. One crown. No second
- chances." Write one sentence instead.
+- **A button may name its action and its cost** ("Absorb: take 2
+ instead"). The colon rule is for sentences, not for controls.
+- **No clipped fragments in threes** as a habit. "Four towers. One crown.
+ No second chances." Write one sentence instead. A game may keep one
+ deliberate triplet as its tagline when the energy is the point, as
+ Wiz-War's "Steal treasure. Blast through walls. Outwit your friends."
+ does. Once is a choice, and a pattern is a tell.
- **No closing aphorisms.** A paragraph ends on its last fact, not on a line
meant to sound wise ("This is the whole art", "Nothing is unlocked by it
and nothing is withheld without it").
@@ -282,12 +287,23 @@ and read each new page against this list before it ships.
- **Words for any table size.** Use "every player" for what each does on a
turn, and plurals for opponents ("your rivals"), unless the game seats
exactly two.
-- **Words the ledger stores are fixed.** An end-of-game reason written to a
- ledger line is matched later by exact text. Rewording
- one needs a migration, not just an edit.
+- **Some words are load-bearing.** Before rewording, grep for the string.
+ An end-of-game reason written to a ledger line is matched later by exact
+ text, and rewording one needs a migration. The client may match a server
+ error by its words. Replay screenshots kept as goldens include captions,
+ and stored shares carry event text. A bot's lines may be told apart by
+ their shape, and the examples it gives players must still parse.
+- **Bots should not share scaffolding.** When each personality recites the
+ same clause ("I keep out of X, you keep out of Y, through 1903"), they
+ stop sounding like people. Give each its own way of saying the terms, and
+ avoid assistant phrasing ("Certainly", "Happy to help", "I hope you
+ understand").
The game's own voice (above) is not on this list. The chronicle's images,
-the in-world names and the keeper are what the editing passes protect.
+the in-world names, the keeper and a game's whimsy are what the editing
+passes protect. The template's plain lines are a default. A game may say
+the same thing in its own voice ("The gallery listens. The host has not
+opened its mouth.") as long as the fact survives.
## The move
diff --git a/family.json b/family.json
index 3305950..155ee63 100644
--- a/family.json
+++ b/family.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
"slug": "dip",
"name": "Dip",
"url": "https://dip.kestrelsnest.social",
- "pitch": "Seven powers. One map. Nobody has to keep their word.",
+ "pitch": "Seven powers share one map, and none of them has to keep its word.",
"players": "2 to 7",
"origin": "Allan B. Calhamer's Diplomacy, 1959; an unofficial rebuild"
}
diff --git a/gamehall/site/index.html b/gamehall/site/index.html
index 9dacc3c..e215441 100644
--- a/gamehall/site/index.html
+++ b/gamehall/site/index.html
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
Dip
-
Seven powers. One map. Nobody has to keep their word.
+
Seven powers share one map, and none of them has to keep its word.
2 to 7 players · an unofficial rebuild of Allan B. Calhamer's 1959 Diplomacy
