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Writing for players: the editing passes' lessons, and the template written by them

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The conventions gain a list of the habits players read as generated text
(a semicolon in every paragraph, statement-colon-explanation, "The" plus
an abstract noun as a heading, clipped fragments in threes, closing
aphorisms, "X, not Y", the page talking about itself), and of the errors
that come from inherited text: hidden information where there is none,
points where there are none, "both" at a larger table, unchecked claims,
and ledger-stored words reworded. new-game.sh points at the list.

The template follows it: the about link loses 'a labor of love', the
tabs are Origins and Games so far, and the hall, lobby, room, report
slip, table talk, guide and demo board read as Waving Hands' and
Hnefatafl's now do. The landing page and family.json carry the two
games' new taglines and lose their semicolons and the tip jar's aphorism.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0141G6xqLeNRYEtviLWSB5Up
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CONVENTIONS.md
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*Open a table*, *or join one* with a four-letter code, then *your games*
(the ledger of tables this browser holds a seat at, with whose move it
is and unread talk; for someone coming back it comes first, and finished
games wait further down), *your reports to the keeper*, and *about this game —
a labor of love*, which opens the about panel: a dialog of tabs (The
game, The tally, More games, Send word; a game may add its own, as Dip's
Playing here), `TabbedDialog.svelte`, with each game's words in its hall.
games wait further down), *your reports to the keeper*, and *about this game*,
which opens the about panel: a dialog of tabs (Origins, Games so far,
More games, Send word; a game may rename the first two in its own world,
as Waving Hands' Duels so far, or add its own, as Dip's Playing here), `TabbedDialog.svelte`, with each game's words in its hall.
The address names the dialog (`#about`, `#about/tally`), so a plain link
opens it; a game may put its guide and rules in dialogs the same way, as
Dip does. Its strip of tabs is `Tabs.svelte`.
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ README.
- **The hosting line** follows the family list in the about panel: the
games are free and will stay free, the servers cost a few dollars a
month, and ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest is where anyone may chip in. It says
nothing is unlocked by it and nothing withheld without it, and it
never names a game's rights holder: a tip is for the hosting, not the
every game stays whole either way, and it never names a game's rights
holder: a tip is for the hosting, not the
game.
- **Preferences** are what a browser remembers about its player: a panel
@@ -237,16 +237,58 @@ thing will happen), and the image carries it.
- **Our own words.** An older implementation's prose is a guide to the
tone, never a source to copy.
- **Plain chrome.** Headings, tabs, captions and notes say what is there
in ordinary words. Avoid the construction a label, a colon, then an
explanation ("The ledger: every gesture..."), and headings made of "The"
and an abstract noun ("The game", "The tally"); readers take both as the
mark of generated text. The images live in what happens, not in the
labels around it.
in ordinary words. The images live in what happens, not in the labels
around it. The patterns readers take as generated text are listed under
"Writing for players" below.
- **Changing text is not changing rules.** Chronicle wording is not part
of the ledger, so it ships without a rules revision; the deploy gate
compares outcomes, not sentences. A test that pins a phrase should pin
the fact inside it.
## Writing for players
Players have learned the habits of generated text, and once they spot one
they trust the rest of the page less. Every game built from this kit has
needed an editing pass to remove them. Write without them from the start,
and read each new page against this list before it ships.
- **One semicolon is fine. A semicolon in every paragraph is a tell.** Use
two sentences, or join with "and" or "so". Lists of rules may keep their
semicolons.
- **No statement, colon, explanation.** "The table is yours: seat a bot,
invite a friend" becomes "You can seat a bot or invite a friend". The
same goes for a label and a colon at the start of a line ("Shieldwall:
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.
- **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").
- **No "X, not Y" flourishes** ("drawn, not borrowed"). Say what it is.
- **No page that talks about itself.** Avoid "This page walks the room", "the
page keeps watch" and "a walk through the page". Describe the game and
what the player does.
- **No spaced em dashes** in the interface, and few anywhere.
- **Nothing copied from another game that is untrue here.** Text carried over
from the kit or a sibling game is the most common source of errors. Look
for hidden information in a game with none, points in a game without
them, a bot's name from another game, and "both" at a table that seats
more than two. Read every inherited line as if it were new.
- **Every claim checked.** A date, a count, "only" or "never" is checked
against the source and the engine. "A thousand years before chess" was
wrong, and so was "a shield is the only defence".
- **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.
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 move
- **Every history reads top to bottom**, oldest first, and scrolls to the
family.json
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"slug": "waving-hands",
"name": "Waving Hands",
"url": "https://hands.kestrelsnest.social",
"pitch": "Duelling wizards. Two hands each. The right run of gestures is a spell.",
"pitch": "Wizards duel with their hands, and the right run of gestures is a spell.",
"players": "2 to 12",
"origin": "Richard Bartle's pencil-and-paper duel, 1977"
},
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"slug": "hnefatafl",
"name": "Hnefatafl",
"url": "https://tafl.kestrelsnest.social",
"pitch": "The Viking board game. One king, one throne, four corners, and a ring of attackers closing in.",
"pitch": "The Viking board game of a king breaking for safety and a ring of attackers closing in.",
"players": "2",
"origin": "the Norse tafl game, reconstructed from Linnaeus's 1732 notes; Copenhagen rules or Tablut"
},
gamehall/site/index.html
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<div class="art"><img class="fill hands" src="hands.png" alt="The Waving Hands share card: a column of gesture letters beside the title."></div>
<div class="body">
<h2>Waving Hands</h2>
<p class="pitch">Duelling wizards. Two hands each. The right run of gestures is a spell.</p>
<p class="pitch">Wizards duel with their hands, and the right run of gestures is a spell.</p>
<p class="facts">2 to 12 players · Richard Bartle's pencil-and-paper duel, 1977</p>
<span class="play">Play at hands.kestrelsnest.social →</span>
</div>
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<div class="art"><img class="fill tafl" src="tafl.svg" alt="A hnefatafl board at the start of a game: the king on the throne, defenders around him, attackers on the four edges."></div>
<div class="body">
<h2>Hnefatafl</h2>
<p class="pitch">The Viking board game. One king, one throne, four corners, and a ring of attackers closing in.</p>
<p class="pitch">The Viking board game of a king breaking for safety and a ring of attackers closing in.</p>
<p class="facts">2 players · the Norse tafl game, by the Copenhagen rules or Linnaeus's 1732 Tablut</p>
<span class="play">Play at tafl.kestrelsnest.social →</span>
</div>
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<div>
<h2>How a table works</h2>
<ul class="how">
<li><b>Open a table</b> and you get a four-letter code and a link. Send it to a friend; they sit down and you begin.</li>
<li><b>No one home?</b> Every game seats the house: an automaton, a housecarl, a rival wizard, an envoy. Play now, alone.</li>
<li><b>Nothing to sign up for.</b> Your browser holds your seat. Close the tab and come back; the game is where you left it.</li>
<li><b>Open a table</b> and you get a four-letter code and a link. Send it to a friend, and begin once they sit down.</li>
<li><b>No one home?</b> Every game can seat the house, whether an automaton, a housecarl, a rival wizard or an envoy, so you can play right away on your own.</li>
<li><b>Nothing to sign up for.</b> Your browser holds your seat. Close the tab and come back, and the game is where you left it.</li>
<li><b>Watchers welcome.</b> Anyone with the link can sit in the Peanut Gallery and, if the host allows, join the table talk.</li>
<li><b>Something went wrong?</b> Every table has a report button that reaches the keeper, pinned to the exact moment.</li>
<li><b>Something went wrong?</b> Every table has a report button that reaches the keeper with the exact moment attached.</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
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</div>
</div>
<h2 style="margin-top:28px">The hosting</h2>
<p>The games are free and will stay free. They run on small servers that cost a few dollars a month; anyone who wants to chip in toward the hosting can at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest">ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest</a>. Nothing is unlocked by it and nothing is withheld without it.</p>
<p>The games are free and will stay free. They run on small servers that cost a few dollars a month, and anyone who wants to chip in toward the hosting can do so at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest">ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest</a>. Every game stays whole either way.</p>
</div>
</section>
<footer>
<p>Wiz-War is Tom Jolly's design; the rights rest with Steve Jackson Games. Waving Hands is Richard Bartle's. Diplomacy is Allan B. Calhamer's design, and its name is a trademark of Hasbro. Nothing here is official or endorsed by Steve Jackson Games, Richard Bartle or Hasbro. Hnefatafl belongs to everyone; it is a thousand years old.</p>
<p>Wiz-War is Tom Jolly's design, and the rights rest with Steve Jackson Games. Waving Hands is Richard Bartle's. Diplomacy is Allan B. Calhamer's design, and its name is a trademark of Hasbro. Nothing here is official or endorsed by Steve Jackson Games, Richard Bartle or Hasbro. Hnefatafl belongs to everyone, and is more than a thousand years old.</p>
</footer>
</div>
new-game.sh
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2. Fill in the hall's pitch, tag and about panel (src/lib/components/Hall.svelte),
the rules page, the guide, src/app.html's description, and the palette in src/app.css.
Write every line a player reads in the game's own voice: an image with each
fact (docs/conventions.md, "The voice").
fact (docs/conventions.md, "The voice"). Then read every page against
"Writing for players" in the same file, the template's own lines included.
Add static/og.png (1200 by 630) and static/apple-touch-icon.png (180 by 180):
app.html already points at them, and the static fallback serves the hall's
HTML for a missing file, so a share card without the image breaks quietly.
template/src/app.html
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<meta name="theme-color" content="#121a20" />
<title>__NAME__</title>
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png" />
<meta name="description" content="__NAME__: a game between friends, free in the browser." />
<meta name="description" content="__NAME__, a game between friends, free in the browser." />
<link rel="canonical" href="https://__DOMAIN__/" />
<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" sizes="32x32" />
<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml" />
<meta property="og:type" content="website" />
<meta property="og:site_name" content="__NAME__" />
<meta property="og:title" content="__NAME__" />
<meta property="og:description" content="__NAME__: a game between friends, free in the browser." />
<meta property="og:description" content="__NAME__, a game between friends, free in the browser." />
<meta property="og:url" content="https://__DOMAIN__/" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://__DOMAIN__/og.png" />
<meta property="og:image:width" content="1200" />
<meta property="og:image:height" content="630" />
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
<meta name="twitter:title" content="__NAME__" />
<meta name="twitter:description" content="__NAME__: a game between friends, free in the browser." />
<meta name="twitter:description" content="__NAME__, a game between friends, free in the browser." />
<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://__DOMAIN__/og.png" />
%sveltekit.head%
</head>
template/src/lib/components/Board.svelte
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</section>
{:else}
<section class="move">
<h2>Round {g.rounds.length + 1}: name a number</h2>
<p class="muted">Every player lays a card face down; the highest card nobody else laid takes the point. First to {TARGET}.</p>
<h2>Name a number for round {g.rounds.length + 1}</h2>
<p class="muted">Every player lays a card face down, and the highest card nobody else laid takes the point. The first to {TARGET} points wins.</p>
<div class="picks">
{#each Array.from({ length: HIGHEST }, (_, i) => i + 1) as n (n)}
<button type="button" class="pick" class:chosen={pick === n} disabled={room.moved} onclick={() => (pick = n)}>{n}</button>
template/src/lib/components/Hall.svelte
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<section class="lid" class:returning={active.length > 0}>
<div class="lid-head">
<h1>__NAME__</h1>
<p class="pitch">One line that says what the game is.</p>
<p class="pitch">One sentence that says what the game is, in its own world.</p>
<p class="tag">Two or three sentences for someone who has never heard of it: what you do on a turn, what makes it fun, and that it is free to play here against the bot or with friends.</p>
<p class="links"><a href="/guide">how to play</a> · <a href="/rules">the rules</a> · <a class="about-link" href="#about">about this game — a labor of love</a> · <button type="button" class="link" onclick={() => (prefsOpen = true)}>preferences</button></p>
<p class="links"><a href="/guide">how to play</a> · <a href="/rules">the rules</a> · <a class="about-link" href="#about">about this game</a> · <button type="button" class="link" onclick={() => (prefsOpen = true)}>preferences</button></p>
<Preferences bind:open={prefsOpen} />
</div>
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<button type="submit" class="quiet" disabled={!ready || code.trim().length < 4}>Join</button>
</form>
</div>
<p class="muted small">A code opens the door either way: take a seat if one is free, or watch from the Peanut Gallery.</p>
<p class="muted small">With a code you can take a seat if one is free, or watch from the Peanut Gallery.</p>
<form class="joinform" onsubmit={claim}>
<span class="or">or bring a seat from another device</span>
<input type="text" bind:value={phrase} placeholder="the four-word phrase" autocomplete="off" aria-label="transfer phrase" />
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<div class="about-body">
<p>Where the game comes from, who made the original and when, and how the keeper of this page first met it.</p>
<p>What this version keeps and what it changes. Where the rules text it follows lives (the <a href="/rules">rules page</a>), and any borrowed art or text with its notice.</p>
<p>It is free and keeps no accounts. A game between people lives on a small server as an append-only ledger of moves, so it can be replayed from its first move, and each player is shown only what the rules let them see.</p>
<p>It is free and keeps no accounts. A game between people lives on a small server as an append-only ledger of moves, so it can be replayed from its first move. Each player is shown only what the rules let them see (drop this sentence if nothing in the game is hidden).</p>
</div>
{/snippet}
{#snippet aboutTally()}
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</ul>
{/if}
<p class="hosting">
The games of Kestrel's Hall are free and will stay free. They run on small servers that cost a few dollars a month; anyone who wants to chip in toward the hosting can at
<a href="https://ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest</a>. Nothing is unlocked by it and nothing is withheld without it.
The games of Kestrel's Hall are free and will stay free. They run on small servers that cost a few dollars a month, and anyone who wants to chip in toward the hosting can do so at
<a href="https://ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ko-fi.com/kestrelsnest</a>. Every game stays whole either way.
</p>
<p class="made">__NAME__ is its designer's.</p>
</div>
{/snippet}
{#snippet aboutWord()}
<div class="about-body">
<p>A rule read wrong, a bug, a game you would like to tell of: write to <a href="mailto:eric@ericwagoner.com">eric@ericwagoner.com</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@kestrelsnest.social</a> on Bluesky, or <a href="https://toots.kestrelsnest.social/@eric" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@eric@toots.kestrelsnest.social</a> on Mastodon. The keeper of this hall roosts at <a href="https://kestrelsnest.social" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kestrelsnest.social</a>.</p>
<p>If a rule reads wrong, something breaks, or you have a game to tell of, write to <a href="mailto:eric@ericwagoner.com">eric@ericwagoner.com</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/kestrelsnest.social" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@kestrelsnest.social</a> on Bluesky, or <a href="https://toots.kestrelsnest.social/@eric" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@eric@toots.kestrelsnest.social</a> on Mastodon. The keeper of this hall roosts at <a href="https://kestrelsnest.social" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kestrelsnest.social</a>.</p>
</div>
{/snippet}
<TabbedDialog
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title="About __NAME__"
label="About this game"
tabs={[
{ id: 'game', label: 'The game', body: aboutGame },
{ id: 'tally', label: 'The tally', body: aboutTally },
{ id: 'game', label: 'Origins', body: aboutGame },
{ id: 'tally', label: 'Games so far', body: aboutTally },
{ id: 'family', label: 'More games', body: aboutFamily },
{ id: 'word', label: 'Send word', body: aboutWord }
]}
template/src/lib/components/Lobby.svelte
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{#if room.seatEmpty}
<p>{hostName} is gathering players. Sit down above, or watch from the gallery until the game begins.</p>
{:else}
<p>The table is full. You watch from the Peanut Gallery; the game begins when {hostName} says.</p>
<p>The table is full, so you watch from the Peanut Gallery. The game begins when {hostName} says.</p>
{/if}
{:else}
<p class="eyebrow">room {v.roomId}</p>
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<li class="empty muted">{v.size - v.seats.length - v.expected.length} of {v.size} seats empty{#if v.audience > 0}; {v.audience} in the gallery{v.galleryTalk ? ', allowed to talk' : ''}{/if}</li>
</ul>
{#if v.rematchOf}
<p class="muted">A rematch of table {v.rematchOf}: the same company, seats held for those not yet back.</p>
<p class="muted">This is a rematch of table {v.rematchOf}, with seats held for those not yet back.</p>
{/if}
{#if choices && !room.spectating}
<section class="ranking" aria-label="Your ranking">
<h3>Your ranking</h3>
<p class="muted small">
Best first. When the game begins, the deal reads everyone's ranking; nobody sees another player's.
Best first. When the game begins, the deal reads everyone's ranking, and nobody sees another player's.
{#if !v.yourRanking}Until you move one, you have no preference and take what is left.{:else}Your ranking is kept.{/if}
</p>
<ol>
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<p class="muted small note">{v.keeper} keeps this site and answers every call, sometimes within the minute, sometimes after a night's sleep.{#if keeperHour}&nbsp;It is {keeperHour} where {v.keeper} lives.{/if} The seat is held either way.</p>
</div>
{:else if v.challenge}
<p class="muted small note">{v.keeper} has been called to the table by {room.nameOf(v.challenge.by)}.{#if keeperHour}&nbsp;It is {keeperHour} there.{/if} A seat is held: if they can come now they will take it; if they are asleep or away they will leave a word below when they can. Meanwhile the table is yours: seat a bot, invite a friend, or open another game in a new tab and play on. This table keeps its place in your hall until you come back.</p>
<p class="muted small note">{v.keeper} has been called to the table by {room.nameOf(v.challenge.by)}.{#if keeperHour}&nbsp;It is {keeperHour} there.{/if} A seat is held for them. If they can come now, they will take it. If they are asleep or away, they will leave a word below when they can. In the meantime you can seat a bot, invite a friend, or play another game in a new tab. This table keeps its place in your hall until you come back.</p>
{/if}
{/if}
{#if room.error}<p class="warning">{room.error}</p>{/if}
template/src/lib/components/ReportSlip.svelte
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<form class="slip" aria-labelledby="report-heading" onsubmit={send}>
<h2 id="report-heading">Something amiss?</h2>
{#if sent}
<p class="thanks">Recorded beside the room's ledger, with the round. Thank you; the keeper will study the moment.{#if error} {error}{/if}</p>
<p class="thanks">Recorded beside the room's ledger, with the turn. Thank you. The keeper will look into it.{#if error} {error}{/if}</p>
{:else}
<label class="field">
<span>What happened?</span>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
<input type="file" accept="image/png,image/jpeg,image/webp" onchange={pickImage} />
{#if preview}<img class="preview" src={preview} alt="The screenshot you chose" />{/if}
</label>
<p class="muted small note">The room code and the round ride along; the keeper can replay the game to this moment.</p>
<p class="muted small note">The room code and the turn are sent with it, so the keeper can replay the game to this moment.</p>
{#if error}<p class="warning">{error}</p>{/if}
<div class="actions">
<button type="submit" class="commit small" disabled={!happened.trim() || busy}>{busy ? 'Sending' : 'Send it'}</button>
template/src/lib/components/TableTalk.svelte
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<button type="submit" class="quiet" disabled={!draft.trim() || !galleryName.trim() || sending}>Say</button>
</form>
{:else if room.spectating}
<p class="muted small note">The gallery listens; the host has not let it talk.</p>
<p class="muted small note">The host has not let the gallery talk at this table.</p>
{:else}
<form onsubmit={say}>
<input type="text" bind:value={draft} maxlength="300" placeholder="Say something to the table" aria-label="Say something to the table" autocomplete="off" />
template/src/routes/guide/+page.svelte
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<header>
{#if room}<a class="back" href={`/join/${room}`}>Back to your game</a>{' · '}{/if}<a class="back" href="/">Back to the hall</a> · <a class="back" href={withRoom('/rules')}>The rules</a>
<h1>How to play</h1>
<p class="lede">Two sentences that set the scene and say what this page walks through.</p>
<p class="lede">Two sentences that set the scene: who the player is, and what they are trying to do.</p>
<nav aria-label="Sections">
<a href="#hall">The hall</a>
<a href="#table">The table</a>
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<section id="hall">
<h2>The hall</h2>
<p>Write your name and choose your company. <strong>Play now against the bot</strong> seats you across from the house's construct. <strong>Open a table</strong> lays a table and hands you a link and a four-letter code to send. <strong>Join one</strong> takes a code someone sent you. Beneath, <em>your games</em> lists every table this browser holds a seat at, and whose move it is.</p>
<p>Write your name and choose your company. <strong>Play now against the bot</strong> seats you across from the bot and begins. <strong>Open a table</strong> lays a table and hands you a link and a four-letter code to send. <strong>Join one</strong> takes a code someone sent you. Beneath, <em>your games</em> lists every table this browser holds a seat at, and whose move it is.</p>
</section>
<section id="table">
<h2>The table</h2>
<p>A table fills as players open the link. Whoever laid it is the host: they may seat a bot in any empty chair or send one away, and they begin the game when the company suits them, however full the table. Once begun, the seats are closed.</p>
<p>A table fills as players open the link. Whoever laid it is the host. The host may seat a bot in any empty chair or send one away, and they begin the game when the company suits them, however full the table. Once begun, the seats are closed.</p>
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<h2>The Peanut Gallery and table talk</h2>
<p>A room's link is an invitation to sit while the table is laid and to watch once the game has begun. Anyone who opens it without a seat takes a place in the Peanut Gallery, shown only what every player at the table could see. <em>Table talk</em> is for the players seated, unless the host lets the gallery talk; then a watcher signs a name and their lines are marked as the gallery's. A line goes to everyone at the table and everyone in the gallery, and is kept with the game.</p>
<p>A seat can follow you to another device: <em>Transfer seat</em> in the masthead gives four words, good for ten minutes, and the hall on the other device claims them. When a game ends, anyone at the table may call for a rematch: a new table with the same company, seats held until everyone is back. And while a table is laid, you may challenge the keeper of this site to a seat; the note beside the button says what hour it is where they live.</p>
<p>A room's link is an invitation to sit while the table is laid and to watch once the game has begun. Anyone who opens it without a seat takes a place in the Peanut Gallery, shown only what every player at the table could see. <em>Table talk</em> is for the players seated, unless the host lets the gallery talk. Then a watcher gives a name, and their lines are marked as the gallery's. A line goes to everyone at the table and everyone in the gallery, and is kept with the game.</p>
<p>A seat can follow you to another device. <em>Transfer seat</em> in the masthead gives four words, good for ten minutes, and the hall on the other device claims them. When a game ends, anyone at the table may call for a rematch, which opens a new table for the same company and holds their seats until they are back. While a table is laid, you may challenge the keeper of this site to a seat; the note beside the button gives the hour where they live.</p>
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<section id="first">
<h2>A first game</h2>
<p>The advice you would give a friend across the table for their first few turns.</p>
<p>The full rules are on the <a href="/rules">rules page</a>. If a rule here reads wrong to you, or the page misbehaves, <a href="mailto:eric@ericwagoner.com">send word</a>; the hall's <em>about this game</em> has the other ways to reach the keeper.</p>
<p>The full rules are on the <a href="/rules">rules page</a>. If a rule here reads wrong to you, or something misbehaves, <a href="mailto:eric@ericwagoner.com">send word</a>. The hall's <em>about this game</em> lists the other ways to reach the keeper.</p>
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<a href={`/join/${room.view.rematch.to}`}>Take your seat</a>
{:else}
<button type="button" class="quiet" disabled={rematching} onclick={rematch}>Rematch with this table</button>
<span>the same company, at a new table; seats are held for everyone here.</span>
<span>The same company sits down at a new table, with a seat held for everyone here.</span>
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<p class="eyebrow">room {roomId}</p>
<h2>Take a seat</h2>
<p>A player has opened this table and is gathering company. Choose a name and sit; the game begins when the host says.</p>
<p>A player has opened this table and is gathering company. Choose a name and sit down. The game begins when the host says.</p>
<form class="sit" onsubmit={takeSeat}>
<label class="field">
<span>Your name</span>
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<p>The full source text, in collapsible sections, so a rules question can be settled by the words the engine follows.</p>
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<p class="word">If this page reads a rule differently from the original text, that is a bug: <a href="mailto:eric@ericwagoner.com">send word</a>.</p>
<p class="word">If this page reads a rule differently from the original text, that is a bug. Please <a href="mailto:eric@ericwagoner.com">send word</a>.</p>
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