There are no rules in this rulebook.

There are no rules in this rulebook.

    someone trying going through a closed door (called the blocking door)  intelligently opening doors rule    name  unlist 

    going through a closed door (called the blocking door)  opening doors before entering rule    name  unlist   1 

    someone trying locking an open thing (called the door ajar) with something  intelligently closing doors rule    name  unlist 

    locking an open thing (called the door ajar) with something  closing doors before locking rule    name  unlist   1 

    someone trying locking keylessly an open thing (called the door ajar)  intelligently closing keyless doors rule    name  unlist 

    someone trying opening a locked thing (called the sealed chest)  intelligently opening containers rule    name  unlist 

    locking keylessly an open thing (called the door ajar)  closing doors before locking keylessly rule    name  unlist   1 

    opening a locked thing (called the sealed chest)  unlocking before opening rule    name  unlist   1 

    going east in the Mysterious Room   

    going west in the Mysterious Room   

    going up in the Mysterious Room   

    going down in the Mysterious Room   

    going north in the Testing Area   

    going east in the Testing Area   

    going south in the Testing Area   

    going west in the Testing Area   

    going up in the Testing Area   

    going down in the Testing Area   

    going down in the Lower Landing   

    going up in the Lower Landing   

    going down in the Upper Landing   

    going south in the Observation Room   

    exiting in the Mysterious Room   

    going in the Testing Area   

    putting something which is not a passkey on a keychain  limiting keychains rule    name  unlist   1 

    listening to the Mysterious Room   

    smelling the Mysterious Room   

    going south   

    taking the lamp   

    opening the journal   

    opening the compartment   

    pushing the left switch   

    pushing the right switch   

    attacking the slide puzzle box   

    attacking the block of ice   

    taking the wooden box   

    attacking the wall   

    touching the wall   

    taking the equipment   

    taking the fake room   

    entering the first staircase   

    climbing the first staircase   

    entering the second staircase   

    climbing the second staircase   

    attacking the window   

    taking the table   

    opening the wooden door   

    entering the door   

    escaping   

default outcome is failure

Check rules are tied to specific actions, and there are too many to index here. For instance, the check taking rules can only ever affect the taking action, so they are indexed on the detailed index page for taking.

Carry out rules are tied to specific actions, and there are too many to index here.

    unlocking the beige door with the thin key   

    unlocking the lockbox with the wide key   

    putting orange berry on the block of ice   

    typing Code   

    examining an identified passkey  passkey description rule    name  unlist   1 

    hinting more than seven times   

default outcome is success

Report rules are tied to specific actions, and there are too many to index here.

    when the player is in the Mysterious Room and SOS is 0   

    when the player is in the Mysterious Room   

    taking something which is carried by the player  very unlikely to mean taking what's already carried rule    name  unlist

    taking off something worn  

outcome  it is very likely - a success

outcome  it is likely - a success

outcome  it is possible - a success

outcome  it is unlikely - a success

outcome  it is very unlikely - a success

after     

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

for    a person while dropping or throwing or inserting or putting  exclude people from drop all rule    name  unlist

for    scenery while taking or taking off or removing  exclude scenery from take all rule    name  unlist

for    things enclosed by the person reaching while taking or taking off or removing  exclude indirect possessions from take all rule    name  unlist

for    fixed in place things while taking or taking off or removing  exclude fixed in place things from take all rule    name  unlist

for    people while taking or taking off or removing  exclude people from take all rule    name  unlist

for    passkeys which are on a keychain  don't strip keys rule    name  unlist 

outcome  it does not - a failure

outcome  it does - a success

default outcome is success

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

for    while an actor smelling  ambient odour rule    name  unlist

for    while an actor listening  ambient sound rule    name  unlist

for    while an actor going  block vaguely going rule    name  unlist   1

for    while entering  find what to enter rule    name  unlist

default outcome is success

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

for    standard implicit taking rule    name  unlist   2

default outcome is success

before    a thing (called the item being printed)  make named things mentioned rule    name  unlist

for    standard name printing rule    name  unlist

default outcome is success

after    an identified passkey (called the item) while taking inventory  identify passkeys in inventory rule    name  unlist   1 

for    something (called the item)  standard printing the plural name rule    name  unlist

default outcome is success

for    something (called the item)  standard printing a number of something rule    name  unlist

default outcome is success

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

for    standard contents listing rule    name  unlist

default outcome is success

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

before    initialise locale description rule    name  unlist

before    find notable locale objects rule    name  unlist

for    interesting locale paragraphs rule    name  unlist

for    you-can-also-see rule    name  unlist   6

default outcome is success

for    standard notable locale objects rule    name  unlist

default outcome is success

for    a supporter (called the tabletop)  initial appearance on supporters rule    name  unlist

for    a thing (called the item)  don't mention player's supporter in room descriptions rule    name  unlist

for    a thing (called the item)  don't mention scenery in room descriptions rule    name  unlist

for    a thing (called the item)  don't mention undescribed items in room descriptions rule    name  unlist

for    a thing (called the item)  set pronouns from items in room descriptions rule    name  unlist

for    a thing (called the item)  offer items to writing a paragraph about rule    name  unlist

for    a thing (called the item)  use initial appearance in room descriptions rule    name  unlist   1

for    a thing (called the item)  describe what's on scenery supporters in room descriptions rule    name  unlist   1

for    a thing (called the item)  describe what's on mentioned supporters in room descriptions rule    name  unlist   1

default outcome is success

    can't reach inside rooms rule    name  unlist   1

    can't reach inside closed containers rule    name  unlist   1

outcome  allow access - a success

outcome  deny access - a failure

    can't reach outside closed containers rule    name  unlist   1

outcome  allow access - a success

outcome  deny access - a failure

    can't act in the dark rule    name  unlist

outcome  there is sufficient light - a failure

outcome  there is insufficient light - a success

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

for    look around once light available rule    name  unlist

default outcome is success

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

    initialise memory rule    name  unlist

    virtual machine startup rule    name  unlist

    seed random number generator rule    name  unlist

    update chronological records rule    name  unlist

    declare everything initially unmentioned rule    name  unlist

    position player in model world rule    name  unlist

    start in the correct scenes rule    name  unlist

    when play begins stage rule    name  unlist

    fix baseline scoring rule    name  unlist

    display banner rule    name  unlist

    initial room description rule    name  unlist

for    enable Glulx acceleration rule    name  unlist

default outcome is success

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

    parse command rule    name  unlist

    declare everything initially unmentioned rule    name  unlist

    generate action rule    name  unlist   2

    every turn stage rule    name  unlist

    timed events rule    name  unlist

    advance time rule    name  unlist

    update chronological records rule    name  unlist

    adjust light rule    name  unlist   1

    note object acquisitions rule    name  unlist

    notify score changes rule    name  unlist

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

    when play ends stage rule    name  unlist

    resurrect player if asked rule    name  unlist

    print player's obituary rule    name  unlist

    ask the final question rule    name  unlist

There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

for    print final score rule    name  unlist

for    display final status line rule    name  unlist

default outcome is success

before    print the final question rule    name  unlist   2

before    print the final prompt rule    name  unlist   1

before    read the final answer rule    name  unlist

for    standard respond to final question rule    name  unlist   1

default outcome is success

    announce items from multiple object lists rule    name  unlist   1

    set pronouns from items from multiple object lists rule    name  unlist

    before stage rule    name  unlist

    basic visibility rule    name  unlist   1

    basic accessibility rule    name  unlist   1

    keychain-aware carrying requirements rule    name  unlist 

    instead stage rule    name  unlist

    requested actions require persuasion rule    name  unlist   1

    carry out requested actions rule    name  unlist   1

    descend to specific action-processing rule    name  unlist

    end action-processing in success rule    name  unlist

NB: the keychain-aware carrying requirements rule is listed instead of the carrying requirements rule in the action-processing rules 

    work out details of specific action rule    name  unlist

    investigate player's awareness before action rule    name  unlist

    check stage rule    name  unlist

    carry out stage rule    name  unlist

    after stage rule    name  unlist

    investigate player's awareness after action rule    name  unlist

    report stage rule    name  unlist

    player aware of his own actions rule    name  unlist

    player aware of actions by visible actors rule    name  unlist

    player aware of actions on visible nouns rule    name  unlist

    player aware of actions on visible second nouns rule    name  unlist

for    standard issuing the response text rule    name  unlist

default outcome is success

for    standard pausing the game rule    name  unlist   1 

default outcome is success

for    something (called locked-thing)  standard printing key lack rule    name  unlist   1 

default outcome is success