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

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

gamehall/site/index.html

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
       <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>
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
       <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>
@@ -191,11 +191,11 @@
     <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>
@@ -208,12 +208,12 @@
         </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>
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-    <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>
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