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Numeric Index of Examples

WI 1.
 
Welcome to Inform
§1.
1
Preface
1. About the examples ★ rb 1.1
WI 3.
 
Things
§3.
1
Descriptions
2. Bic ★ rb 13.1
3. Verbosity 1 ★ rb 6.4
4. Slightly Wrong ★★ rb 3.1
§3.
2
Rooms and the map
5. Port Royal 1 ★ rb 3.2
6. Up and Up ★★ rb 6.9
7. Starry Void ★★★ rb 3.3
§3.
3
One-way connections
8. Port Royal 2 ★ rb 3.2
9. The Unbuttoned Elevator Affair ★ rb 8.2
§3.
4
Regions and the index map
10. Port Royal 3 ★ rb 3.2
§3.
5
Kinds
11. First Name Basis ★ rb 2.2
12. Midsummer Day ★ rb 1.1
§3.
6
Either/or properties
13. Tamed ★ rb 8.4
§3.
7
Properties depend on kind
14. Disenchantment Bay 1 ★ rb 1.3
§3.
8
Scenery
15. Disenchantment Bay 2 ★ rb 1.3
16. Replanting ★ rb 6.8
§3.
9
Backdrops
17. Disenchantment Bay 3 ★ rb 1.3
§3.
11
Two descriptions of things
18. Disenchantment Bay 4 ★ rb 1.3
19. Laura ★★ rb 2.2
§3.
12
Doors
20. Disenchantment Bay 5 ★ rb 1.3
21. Escape ★★ rb 3.6
22. Garibaldi 1 ★★★ rb 3.5
§3.
13
Locks and keys
23. Disenchantment Bay 6 ★ rb 1.3
24. Neighborhood Watch ★★ rb 3.5
§3.
14
Devices and descriptions
25. Disenchantment Bay 7 ★ rb 1.3
26. Down Below ★★ rb 3.7
§3.
16
Vehicles and pushable things
27. Peugeot ★ rb 8.1
28. Disenchantment Bay 8 ★★ rb 1.3
29. Hover ★★★ rb 8.1
§3.
17
Men, women and animals
30. Disenchantment Bay 9 ★ rb 1.3
§3.
18
Articles and proper names
31. Belfry ★ rb 7.1
32. Gopher-wood ★★ rb 7.1
§3.
20
Possessions and clothing
33. Disenchantment Bay 10 ★ rb 1.3
§3.
21
The player's holdall
34. Disenchantment Bay 11 ★ rb 1.3
§3.
23
Parts of things
35. Fallout Enclosure ★★★ rb 9.2
36. Brown ★★★ rb 9.7
37. Disenchantment Bay 12 ★★★★ rb 1.3
§3.
24
Concealment
38. Search and Seizure ★★★ rb 7.3
§3.
25
The location of something
39. Van Helsing ★★ rb 7.13
§3.
26
Directions
40. Prisoner's Dilemma ★★ rb 3.2
41. The World of Charles S. Roberts ★★ rb 3.2
42. Fore ★★★ rb 8.2
WI 4.
 
Kinds
§4.
1
New kinds
43. Vouvray ★★ rb 2.2
§4.
3
Degrees of certainty
44. Odin ★ rb 6.5
45. Something Narsty ★ rb 3.5
§4.
4
Plural assertions
46. Get Me to the Church on Time ★★★ rb 9.3
§4.
7
New either/or properties
47. Change of Basis ★★ rb 6.11
§4.
8
New value properties
48. Would you…? ★ rb 9.1
49. Straw Boater ★★ rb 8.1
§4.
9
Using new kinds of value in properties
50. The Undertomb 1 ★ rb 3.8
51. The Undertomb 2 ★★ rb 3.7
52. The Crane's Leg 1 ★★★ rb 5.6
53. Signs and Portents ★★★ rb 9.8
§4.
12
Values that vary
54. Real Adventurers Need No Help ★★★ rb 11.3
§4.
14
Duplicates
55. Early Childhood ★★★ rb 9.7
§4.
15
Assemblies and body parts
56. Being Prepared ★ rb 9.3
57. Model Shop ★★ rb 9.8
58. U-Stor-It ★★★ rb 8.4
59. The Night Before ★★★ rb 5.1
WI 5.
 
Text
§5.
4
Text with numbers
60. Ballpark ★★★ rb 2.1
§5.
5
Text with lists
61. Control Center ★ rb 9.8
62. Tiny Garden ★★ rb 3.4
§5.
6
Text with variations
63. When? ★ rb 3.5
64. Whence? ★★★ rb 3.5
65. Persephone ★★★ rb 6.7
§5.
7
Text with random alternatives
66. Radio Daze ★ rb 9.9
67. Camp Bethel ★★ rb 7.2
§5.
8
Line breaks and paragraph breaks
68. Beekeeper's Apprentice ★★ rb 6.5
§5.
9
Text with type styles
69. Garibaldi 2 ★ rb 12.1
§5.
11
Unicode characters
70. The Über-complète clavier ★★★ rb 12.1
§5.
13
Making new substitutions
71. Fifty Ways to Leave Your Larva ★ rb 2.1
72. Fifty Times Fifty Ways ★★★ rb 2.1
WI 6.
 
Descriptions
§6.
4
Defining new adjectives
73. Finishing School ★ rb 5.3
§6.
5
Defining adjectives for values
74. Only You… ★★★ rb 10.1
§6.
9
Which and who
75. Versailles ★★ rb 8.5
§6.
13
To be able to see and touch
76. Lean and Hungry ★★★ rb 7.2
§6.
14
Adjacent rooms and routes through the map
77. Mistress of Animals ★ rb 7.13
78. All Roads Lead to Mars ★ rb 3.2
79. Hotel Stechelberg ★★ rb 3.4
80. A View of Green Hills ★★★ rb 3.4
81. Unblinking ★★★ rb 3.7
§6.
15
All, each and every
82. Revenge of the Fussy Table ★★★★ rb 7.3
§6.
16
Counting while comparing
83. Yolk of Gold ★★ rb 8.4
WI 7.
 
Basic Actions
§7.
2
Instead rules
84. Grilling ★ rb 10.9
85. Bad Hair Day ★ rb 5.3
§7.
3
Before rules
86. Democratic Process ★★★ rb 6.8
87. Sand ★★★★ rb 6.8
§7.
4
Try and try silently
88. Fine Laid ★ rb 6.14
89. Hayseed ★ rb 3.5
§7.
5
After rules
90. Morning After ★ rb 6.8
§7.
6
Reading and talking
91. Sybil 1 ★ rb 7.7
92. Lucy ★ rb 6.14
93. Sybil 2 ★★ rb 7.7
94. Costa Rican Ornithology ★★★ rb 9.6
§7.
7
The other four senses
95. The Art of Noise ★★★ rb 3.8
§7.
9
All actions and exceptional actions
96. Zodiac ★ rb 7.3
§7.
10
The noun and the second noun
97. Ming Vase ★ rb 10.4
§7.
12
In the presence of, and when
98. Beachfront ★ rb 6.6
99. Today Tomorrow ★★ rb 8.3
§7.
13
Going from, going to
100. Veronica ★ rb 6.9
101. A&E ★★ rb 3.2
102. Bumping into Walls ★★★ rb 6.9
103. Polarity ★★★ rb 6.9
§7.
14
Going by, going through, going with
104. No Relation ★ rb 8.1
105. Mattress King ★ rb 6.9
106. One Short Plank ★★ rb 3.5
107. Provenance Unknown ★★★ rb 6.9
108. Zorb ★★★ rb 6.9
§7.
15
Kinds of action
109. Dearth and the Maiden ★ rb 5.3
110. Mimicry ★★★ rb 7.6
§7.
16
Repeated actions
111. Y ask Y? ★ rb 11.3
112. A Day For Fresh Sushi ★★★★ rb 7.3
WI 8.
 
Change
§8.
2
Changing the command prompt
113. Don Pedro's Revenge ★★★ rb 7.5
§8.
3
Changing the status line
114. Politics as Usual ★ rb 12.2
115. Centered ★★★ rb 12.2
§8.
4
Change of either/or properties
116. Vitrine ★ rb 3.6
§8.
5
Change of properties with values
117. Thirst ★ rb 10.2
118. Thirst 2 ★ rb 10.8
§8.
7
Moving things
119. Meteoric I and II ★★ rb 4.4
§8.
8
Moving backdrops
120. Orange Cones ★★★ rb 3.9
§8.
9
Moving the player
121. Terror of the Sierra Madre ★★★ rb 5.6
§8.
10
Removing things from play
122. Beverage Service ★ rb 10.2
123. Spring Cleaning ★ rb 10.4
124. Extra Supplies ★★ rb 10.3
§8.
11
Now…
125. Bee Chambers ★ rb 3.2
126. Hatless ★★ rb 11.1
127. Technological Terror ★★★ rb 7.5
§8.
15
Calling names
128. Higher Calling ★ rb 3.5
§8.
18
Randomness
129. Do Pass Go ★ rb 9.5
130. Lanista 1 ★ rb 7.5
131. Weathering ★ rb 3.9
132. Uptown Girls ★★★ rb 3.9
§8.
19
Random choices of things
133. Candy ★ rb 9.1
134. Zork II ★ rb 3.2
WI 9.
 
Time
§9.
1
When play begins
135. Clueless ★ rb 7.1
§9.
2
Awarding points
136. Mutt's Adventure ★★ rb 11.4
137. No Place Like Home ★★★ rb 11.4
§9.
4
When play ends
138. Big Sky Country ★★★ rb 11.6
§9.
5
Every turn
139. Witnessed 1 ★★★ rb 10.7
140. Text Foosball ★★★★ rb 7.2
§9.
6
The time of day
141. IPA ★★ rb 4.3
§9.
7
Telling the time
142. Situation Room ★ rb 4.1
§9.
11
Future events
143. MRE ★ rb 9.1
144. Totality ★★ rb 3.9
145. Empire ★★ rb 8.2
146. Hour of the Wren ★★★ rb 4.3
§9.
12
Actions as conditions
147. Night Sky ★ rb 3.1
148. Zero ★★★ rb 5.5
§9.
13
The past and perfect tenses
149. Tense Boxing ★ rb 5.5
150. Bruneseau's Journey ★★ rb 10.8
151. Elsie ★★ rb 3.5
§9.
14
How many times?
152. Infiltration ★ rb 3.1
§9.
15
How many turns?
153. Annoyotron Jr ★ rb 7.2
WI 10.
 
Scenes
§10.
2
Creating a scene
154. Pine 1 ★ rb 7.3
155. Entrapment ★★ rb 4.2
§10.
3
Using the Scene index
156. Age of Steam ★ rb 4.4
§10.
4
During scenes
157. Full Moon ★ rb 3.9
158. Space Patrol – Stranded on Jupiter! ★★ rb 4.4
159. Bowler Hats and Baby Geese ★★★ rb 4.2
160. Day One ★★★ rb 4.2
§10.
5
Linking scenes together
161. Pine 2 ★★★ rb 7.12
§10.
6
More general linkages
162. The Prague Job ★ rb 4.2
163. Entrevaux ★★★ rb 4.4
§10.
7
Multiple beginnings and repeats
164. Night and Day ★ rb 3.9
165. Pine 3 ★★★ rb 4.5
§10.
8
Multiple endings
166. Panache ★★★ rb 11.4
167. Pine 4 ★★★ rb 4.5
§10.
9
Why are scenes designed this way?
168. Cheese-makers ★★★ rb 7.8
WI 11.
 
Phrases
§11.
3
Pattern matching
169. Ahem ★ rb 2.1
170. Ferragamo Again ★★ rb 7.10
§11.
5
Conditions and questions
171. Proposal ★★ rb 7.7
§11.
7
Begin and end
172. Matreshka ★ rb 6.6
173. Princess and the Pea ★ rb 8.4
§11.
8
Otherwise
174. Numberless ★ rb 2.1
§11.
10
Repeat
175. Wonka's Revenge ★ rb 9.5
§11.
11
Repeat running through
176. Strictly Ballroom ★★ rb 7.16
§11.
14
Phrase options
177. Equipment List ★★ rb 6.7
§11.
15
Let and temporary variables
178. M. Melmoth's Duel ★ rb 2.1
§11.
16
New conditions, new adjectives
179. Owen's Law ★★★ rb 6.9
§11.
17
Phrases to decide other things
180. Witnessed 2 ★ rb 9.11
181. A Haughty Spirit ★★★ rb 3.6
§11.
18
The value after and the value before
182. Entropy ★ rb 10.9
183. The Hang of Thursdays ★★★ rb 4.1
WI 12.
 
Advanced Actions
§12.
3
Giving instructions to other people
184. Virtue ★ rb 7.14
185. Latris Theon ★★★ rb 7.13
§12.
4
Persuasion
186. The Hypnotist of Blois ★ rb 7.14
187. Police State ★ rb 7.3
§12.
5
Unsuccessful attempts
188. Generation X ★★ rb 7.14
§12.
6
Spontaneous actions by other people
189. IQ Test ★ rb 7.15
190. Boston Cream ★★★★ rb 7.15
§12.
7
New actions
191. Red Cross ★ rb 7.5
192. Frizz ★★★ rb 10.2
193. 3 AM ★★★ rb 10.2
§12.
9
Check, carry out, report
194. The Dark Ages Revisited ★ rb 3.7
195. Paddington ★★ rb 10.4
196. Delicious, Delicious Rocks ★★★ rb 9.1
197. Noisemaking ★★★ rb 7.3
§12.
10
Action variables
198. Removal ★ rb 6.8
199. Further Reasons Why All Poets Are Liars ★ rb 3.3
200. The Second Oldest Problem ★ rb 6.9
201. Puff of Orange Smoke ★★ rb 7.5
202. Croft ★★★ rb 6.8
§12.
11
Making actions work for other people
203. The Man of Steel ★★ rb 7.15
204. Trying Taking Manhattan ★★★ rb 6.7
205. Under Contract ★★★★ rb 7.14
§12.
12
Check rules for actions by other people
206. Get Axe ★ rb 6.10
207. Barter Barter ★★★ rb 7.4
§12.
13
Report rules for actions by other people
208. The Man of Steel Excuses Himself ★★ rb 7.15
209. Fate Steps In ★★★ rb 4.6
§12.
15
Out of world actions
210. Spellbreaker ★ rb 11.2
211. A point for never saving the game ★★★ rb 11.2
§12.
16
Reaching inside and reaching outside rules
212. Carnivale ★★ rb 3.4
§12.
17
Visible vs touchable vs carried
213. Eddystone ★★ rb 3.4
214. Slogar's Revenge ★★★ rb 6.3
§12.
18
Changing reachability
215. Magneto's Revenge ★ rb 10.10
216. Waterworld ★ rb 3.4
217. Dinner is Served ★★ rb 3.6
§12.
19
Changing visibility
218. Flashlight ★ rb 6.6
§12.
20
Stored actions
219. Bosch ★ rb 11.4
220. Cactus Will Outlive Us All ★ rb 6.14
221. Actor's Studio ★★ rb 9.12
222. Anteaters ★★ rb 6.14
WI 13.
 
Relations
§13.
2
What sentences are made up from
223. Formal syntax of sentences ★★★ rb 1.4
§13.
4
To carry, to wear, to have
224. Celadon ★ rb 6.8
225. Interrogation ★ rb 10.10
§13.
6
Making reciprocal relations
226. Four Cheeses ★★★ rb 9.10
§13.
7
Relations in groups
227. Transmutations ★ rb 10.10
228. Otranto ★★★ rb 10.6
§13.
9
Defining new assertion verbs
229. Unthinkable Alliances ★ rb 7.16
230. The Unexamined Life ★★★ rb 11.3
§13.
10
Defining new prepositions
231. The Abolition of Love ★ rb 7.16
232. Swerve left? Swerve right? Or think about it and die? ★ rb 10.5
233. Beneath the Surface ★ rb 6.6
234. Bogart ★★★ rb 9.3
§13.
11
Indirect relations
235. The Problem of Edith ★★★ rb 7.11
§13.
12
Relations which express conditions
236. Wainwright Acts ★ rb 3.5
237. A Humble Wayside Flower ★★★ rb 7.1
§13.
13
Relations involving values
238. Meet Market ★ rb 7.1
239. For Demonstration Purposes ★★★ rb 7.14
§13.
14
Relations as values in their own right
240. Number Study ★ rb 10.11
§13.
16
What are relations for?
241. Murder on the Orient Express ★★ rb 7.11
242. What Not To Wear ★★ rb 9.3
243. Mathematical view of relations ★★★ rb 1.4
244. Graph-theory view of relations ★★★ rb 1.4
WI 14.
 
Adaptive Text and Responses
§14.
3
More on adapting verbs
245. Fun with Participles ★★ rb 2.1
246. Variety ★★ rb 2.1
247. Variety 2 ★★ rb 2.1
248. Narrative Register ★★★ rb 2.1
§14.
6
Adapting demonstratives and possessives
249. Olfactory Settings ★ rb 2.1
§14.
9
Verbs as values
250. History Lab ★★ rb 2.1
251. Relevant Relations ★★ rb 2.1
§14.
11
Changing the text of responses
252. Responsive ★ rb 2.1
WI 15.
 
Numbers and Equations
§15.
2
Numbers and real numbers
253. Alias ★★★ rb 9.10
§15.
8
Units
254. rBGH ★ rb 5.1
255. Lethal Concentration 1 ★★ rb 10.1
256. Wonderland ★★ rb 6.9
257. Lethal Concentration 2 ★★★ rb 10.1
§15.
12
Making the verb "to weigh"
258. Dimensions ★★ rb 10.5
259. Lead Cuts Paper ★★★ rb 10.5
§15.
15
The parts of a number specification
260. Zqlran Era 8 ★★★ rb 4.1
§15.
16
Understanding specified numbers
261. Snip ★★★ rb 10.6
§15.
17
Totals
262. Nickel and Dimed ★★★ rb 9.4
§15.
18
Equations
263. Widget Enterprises ★ rb 9.4
§15.
19
Arithmetic with units
264. Frozen Assets ★ rb 9.4
265. Money for Nothing ★★ rb 9.4
266. Lemonade ★★★ rb 10.2
267. Savannah ★★★ rb 10.2
§15.
20
Multiplication of units
268. Depth ★ rb 10.5
269. Fabrication ★★ rb 9.4
270. The Speed of Thought ★★ rb 10.5
WI 16.
 
Tables
§16.
3
Corresponding entries
271. Dubai ★★★ rb 8.2
§16.
6
Repeating through tables
272. Port Royal 4 ★★ rb 3.6
§16.
9
Blank rows
273. If It Hadn't Been For… ★ rb 9.12
§16.
10
Adding and removing rows
274. Odyssey ★★ rb 7.13
§16.
11
Sorting
275. Jokers Wild ★★ rb 9.5
§16.
12
Listed in…
276. Noisy Cricket ★★★ rb 10.2
§16.
13
Topic columns
277. Merlin ★ rb 5.4
278. Questionable Revolutions ★★★ rb 7.11
279. The Queen of Sheba ★★★ rb 7.11
§16.
14
Another scoring example
280. Goat-Cheese and Sage Chicken ★★★ rb 11.4
§16.
15
Varying which table to look at
281. Farewell ★★ rb 7.8
§16.
16
Defining things with tables
282. Sweeney ★★ rb 7.8
283. Introduction to Juggling ★★★ rb 9.4
§16.
18
Table continuations
284. Food Network Interactive ★ rb 11.3
§16.
19
Table amendments
285. Trieste ★★ rb 11.3
WI 17.
 
Understanding
§17.
1
Understand
286. Indirection ★ rb 3.2
287. XYZZY ★ rb 6.13
288. Xylan ★★ rb 10.2
§17.
2
New commands for old grammar
289. Alpaca Farm ★ rb 6.17
290. Anchorite ★ rb 6.10
291. Cloak of Darkness ★★★★ rb 3.7
§17.
3
Overriding existing commands
292. The Trouble with Printing ★ rb 9.6
293. Lanista 2 ★★ rb 7.5
§17.
4
Standard tokens of grammar
294. Shawn's Bad Day ★ rb 6.15
295. The Left Hand of Autumn ★★★ rb 6.5
§17.
5
The text token
296. Ish. ★ rb 11.3
297. Nameless ★★ rb 7.7
§17.
6
Actions applying to kinds of value
298. Safety ★ rb 9.2
299. Tom's Midnight Garden ★ rb 9.11
300. Ibid. ★★ rb 12.3
§17.
7
Understanding any, understanding rooms
301. One of Those Mornings ★ rb 5.4
302. Actaeon ★★ rb 7.13
§17.
9
Understanding kinds of value
303. Pages ★ rb 9.6
304. Down in Oodville ★★ rb 6.18
305. Straw Into Gold ★★★ rb 2.1
§17.
10
Commands consisting only of nouns
306. Misadventure ★ rb 6.9
307. Safari Guide ★★ rb 6.9
§17.
11
Understanding values
308. Palette ★ rb 9.7
309. Baritone, Bass ★★★ rb 5.2
§17.
13
New tokens
310. Lies ★ rb 6.10
§17.
15
Understanding things by their properties
311. Aspect ★ rb 9.9
312. Hymenaeus ★ rb 3.7
313. Channel 1 ★★ rb 9.9
314. Terracottissima ★★ rb 10.4
315. Peers ★★ rb 7.1
316. Channel 2 ★★★ rb 9.9
317. Terracottissima Maxima ★★★ rb 2.3
318. Tilt 1 ★★★ rb 9.5
§17.
16
Understanding things by their relations
319. Cinco ★ rb 9.2
320. Puncak Jaya ★ rb 5.5
321. Whither? ★ rb 3.5
322. Claims Adjustment ★★ rb 9.12
§17.
17
Context: understanding when
323. Quiz Show ★ rb 2.2
324. Bibliophilia ★★ rb 9.6
§17.
18
Changing the meaning of pronouns
325. Pot of Petunias ★ rb 2.2
§17.
19
Does the player mean…
326. Masochism Deli ★ rb 10.9
§17.
20
Multiple action processing
327. The Best Till Last ★★ rb 6.15
328. Western Art History 305 ★★ rb 6.15
§17.
21
Understanding mistakes
329. Query ★ rb 11.3
330. The Gorge at George ★ rb 7.6
331. Hot Glass Looks Like Cold Glass ★★★ rb 10.9
§17.
22
Precedence
332. Some Assembly Required ★ rb 9.3
333. Lakeside Living ★★★ rb 10.2
WI 18.
 
Activities
§18.
1
What are activities?
334. Ant-Sensitive Sunglasses ★ rb 3.1
§18.
5
New activities
335. AARP-Gnosis ★★ rb 9.6
336. Aftershock ★★★ rb 9.9
337. Crusoe ★★★ rb 6.5
§18.
9
Deciding the concealed possessions of something
338. Hays Code ★ rb 9.3
§18.
10
Printing the name of something
339. Shipping Trunk ★ rb 9.2
340. Trachypachidae Maturin 1803 ★★ rb 9.2
341. Chronic Hinting Syndrome ★★★★ rb 7.11
§18.
11
Printing the plural name of something
342. Hudsucker Industries ★★ rb 9.2
§18.
12
Printing a number of something
343. Prolegomena ★ rb 2.1
§18.
13
Listing contents of something
344. Unpeeled ★ rb 9.2
§18.
15
Issuing the response text of something
345. Wesponses ★ rb 2.1
§18.
16
Printing room description details of something
346. Rules of Attraction ★ rb 10.7
§18.
18
Printing a refusal to act in the dark
347. Zorn of Zorna ★★★ rb 3.7
§18.
22
Printing the description of a dark room
348. Hohmann Transfer ★★ rb 3.7
349. Four Stars 1 ★★★ rb 3.7
§18.
23
Constructing the status line
350. Ways Out ★ rb 12.2
351. Guided Tour ★★ rb 12.2
§18.
24
Writing a paragraph about
352. Reflections ★ rb 3.7
353. Emma ★★ rb 7.16
354. Air Conditioning is Standard ★★★★ rb 4.3
§18.
25
Listing nondescript items of something
355. Rip Van Winkle ★ rb 3.1
356. Happy Hour ★★ rb 7.16
357. The Eye of the Idol ★★ rb 3.1
§18.
26
Printing the locale description of something
358. Priority Lab ★ rb 3.1
§18.
27
Choosing notable locale objects for something
359. Low Light ★ rb 3.1
360. Casino Banale ★★★ rb 5.5
§18.
28
Printing a locale paragraph about
361. Kiwi ★ rb 8.4
362. Copper River ★★★ rb 3.1
§18.
29
Deciding the scope of something
363. Peeled ★ rb 3.7
364. Four Stars 2 ★ rb 3.8
365. Ginger Beer ★★ rb 9.11
366. Rock Garden ★★ rb 3.4
367. Stately Gardens ★★★ rb 3.4
§18.
31
Asking which do you mean
368. Apples ★ rb 6.17
369. Originals ★ rb 9.12
370. Walls and Noses ★★★ rb 6.17
§18.
32
Supplying a missing noun/second noun
371. Latin Lessons ★ rb 7.14
372. Minimal Movement ★ rb 6.9
§18.
33
Reading a command
373. Cloves ★★ rb 6.18
374. Fragment of a Greek Tragedy ★★ rb 6.18
375. North by Northwest ★★ rb 2.2
376. Complimentary Peanuts ★★★ rb 7.8
§18.
34
Implicitly taking something
377. The Big Sainsbury's ★ rb 4.1
378. Pizza Prince ★ rb 10.3
379. Lollipop Guild ★★★ rb 6.8
§18.
35
Printing a parser error
380. WXPQ ★ rb 6.17
381. Xot ★★★ rb 2.3
§18.
37
Printing the banner text
382. Bikini Atoll ★ rb 11.1
§18.
38
Printing the player's obituary
383. Battle of Ridgefield ★ rb 11.6
384. Finality ★ rb 11.6
385. Jamaica 1688 ★ rb 11.6
§18.
39
Amusing a victorious player
386. Xerxes ★★ rb 11.6
§18.
40
Starting the virtual machine
387. Blankness ★ rb 12.2
WI 19.
 
Rulebooks
§19.
2
Named rules and rulebooks
388. Nine AM Appointment ★ rb 6.11
389. Delayed Gratification ★★ rb 6.11
§19.
3
New rules
390. The Crane's Leg 2 ★ rb 5.6
391. Stone ★ rb 9.1
392. Bribery ★★ rb 7.4
§19.
4
Listing rules explicitly
393. Saint Eligius ★ rb 6.9
394. Uptempo ★ rb 4.1
395. Verbosity 2 ★ rb 6.4
396. Slouching ★★ rb 5.1
397. Swigmore U. ★★ rb 8.4
§19.
5
Changing the behaviour of rules
398. Access All Areas ★ rb 10.10
§19.
8
New rulebooks
399. Solitude ★★ rb 11.3
400. In Fire or in Flood ★★★ rb 10.8
401. Patient Zero ★★★★ rb 7.13
§19.
9
Basis of a rulebook
402. Flotation ★ rb 10.2
§19.
11
Success and failure
403. Kyoto ★★ rb 10.4
§19.
12
Named outcomes
404. Being Peter ★ rb 7.10
§19.
13
Rulebooks producing values
405. Feline Behavior ★ rb 8.3
406. Tilt 2 ★★★ rb 9.5
§19.
15
Two rulebooks used internally
407. Electrified ★ rb 10.7
408. Timeless ★ rb 4.1
409. Endurance ★★ rb 4.1
410. Escape from the Seraglio ★★ rb 6.15
WI 20.
 
Advanced Text
§20.
4
Upper and lower case letters
411. Capital City ★ rb 12.2
412. Rocket Man ★ rb 2.1
§20.
6
Regular expression matching
413. Alpha ★ rb 13.1
414. About Inform's regular expression support ★ rb 1.4
§20.
7
Making new text with text substitutions
415. Identity Theft ★ rb 5.2
416. Mirror, Mirror ★ rb 9.12
417. The Cow Exonerated ★★ rb 10.8
§20.
8
Replacements
418. Blackout ★ rb 2.1
419. Fido ★ rb 8.3
420. Igpay Atinlay ★ rb 2.3
421. Mr. Burns' Repast ★★ rb 2.3
422. Northstar ★★ rb 7.14
423. Cave-troll ★★★ rb 6.17
WI 21.
 
Lists
§21.
3
Saying lists of values
424. Oyster Wide Shut ★ rb 6.7
§21.
5
Building lists
425. Robo 1 ★ rb 7.12
§21.
6
Lists of objects
426. What Makes You Tick ★ rb 9.8
427. Formicidae ★★ rb 6.15
§21.
9
Accessing entries in a list
428. Robo 2 ★★★ rb 7.12
§21.
10
Lengthening or shortening a list
429. Leopard-skin ★ rb 6.14
430. The Facts Were These ★★ rb 6.15
§21.
11
Variations: arrays, logs, queues, stacks, sets, sieves and rings
431. Circle of Misery ★ rb 8.4
432. Eyes, Fingers, Toes ★ rb 9.2
433. The Fibonacci Sequence ★ rb 10.11
434. I Didn't Come All The Way From Great Portland Street ★ rb 6.14
435. Lugubrious Pete's Delicatessen ★ rb 7.16
436. Sieve of Eratosthenes ★ rb 10.11
437. Your Mother Doesn't Work Here ★ rb 7.12
WI 22.
 
Advanced Phrases
§22.
2
Descriptions as values
438. Curare ★ rb 2.1
WI 23.
 
Figures, Sounds and Files
§23.
13
Writing and reading tables to external files
439. Alien Invasion Part 23 ★ rb 11.1
440. Labyrinth of Ghosts ★★ rb 11.6
441. Rubies ★★★ rb 11.4
§23.
14
Writing, reading and appending text to files
442. The Fourth Body ★ rb 9.6
443. The Fifth Body ★★ rb 9.6
§23.
15
Exchanging files with other programs
444. Flathead News Network ★★★ rb 12.5
WI 25.
 
Releasing
§25.
23
Titling and abbreviation
445. Baedeker ★ rb 13.2
446. Port Royal 5 ★ rb 13.2
447. Bay Leaves and Honey Wine ★ rb 13.2
WI 27.
 
Extensions
§27.
5
A simple example extension
448. Modern Conveniences ★★ rb 8.5
§27.
7
Extensions and story file formats
449. Tilt 3 ★★ rb 12.1
§27.
15
Defining phrases in Inform 6
450. Pink or Blue ★★★ rb 5.2
§27.
19
Longer extracts of Inform 6 code
451. Status line with centered text, the hard way ★ rb 12.2
§27.
28
Segmented substitutions
452. Chanel Version 1 ★ rb 12.1
§27.
30
To say one of
453. Blink ★ rb 2.1
454. Uncommon Ground ★★ rb 5.6

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N
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P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
WI 7.
13
RB 3.
2
A&E ★★
WI 18.
5
RB 9.
6
AARP-Gnosis ★★
WI 13.
10
RB 7.
16
The Abolition of Love ★
WI 20.
6
RB 1.
4
About Inform's regular expression support ★
WI 1.
1
RB 1.
1
About the examples ★
WI 5.
11
RB 12.
1
Accented and exotic letters and symbols ★★★
WI 19.
5
RB 10.
10
Access All Areas ★
WI 17.
7
RB 7.
13
Actaeon ★★
WI 7.
9
RB 7.
3
Actions prohibited in the presence of a dangerous character ★
WI 12.
20
RB 9.
12
Actor's Studio ★★
WI 18.
33
RB 6.
18
Adverbs used in commands ★★
WI 18.
5
RB 9.
9
Aftershock ★★★
WI 10.
3
RB 4.
4
Age of Steam ★
WI 11.
3
RB 2.
1
Ahem ★
WI 18.
24
RB 4.
3
Air Conditioning is Standard ★★★★
WI 15.
2
RB 9.
10
Alias ★★★
WI 23.
13
RB 11.
1
Alien Invasion Part 23 ★
WI 19.
15
RB 4.
1
All actions given different durations ★★
WI 6.
14
RB 3.
2
All Roads Lead to Mars ★
WI 17.
20
RB 6.
15
Allowing EXAMINE to see multiple objects with a single command ★★
WI 17.
11
RB 5.
2
Allowing the player to describe his character before starting play ★★★
WI 17.
2
RB 6.
17
Alpaca Farm ★
WI 20.
6
RB 13.
1
Alpha ★
WI 18.
15
RB 2.
1
Altering response text programmatically ★
WI 18.
39
RB 11.
6
AMUSING menu shown at the endgame ★★
WI 17.
2
RB 6.
10
Anchorite ★
WI 9.
15
RB 7.
2
Annoyotron Jr ★
WI 6.
4
RB 5.
3
Another, distinct from the player ★
WI 18.
1
RB 3.
1
Ant-Sensitive Sunglasses ★
WI 12.
20
RB 6.
14
Anteaters ★★
WI 18.
31
RB 6.
17
Apples ★
WI 9.
11
RB 4.
3
Appointments at future times ★★★
WI 7.
7
RB 3.
8
The Art of Noise ★★★
WI 20.
8
RB 7.
14
ASK person TO do something, understood ★★
WI 17.
5
RB 7.
7
ASK someone ABOUT an object the same as SHOW ★★
WI 7.
6
RB 6.
14
ASKing about a conversation topic other than the one the player typed ★
WI 11.
5
RB 7.
7
Asking the player a Yes/No question ★★
WI 27.
15
RB 5.
2
Asking the player to choose a gender ★★★
WI 17.
15
RB 9.
9
Aspect ★
WI 8.
19
RB 9.
1
Assigning attributes randomly at the start of play ★
WI 7.
10
RB 10.
4
ATTACK and DROP break fragile things ★
WI 19.
12
RB 7.
10
Attitude rules ★
WI 9.
13
RB 3.
5
An automatically closing door ★★
WI 9.
2
RB 11.
4
Awarding points for visiting a room ★★
WI 8.
8
RB 3.
9
Backdrops that move conditionally ★★★
WI 12.
18
RB 3.
4
Backdrops which can only be examined ★
WI 7.
2
RB 5.
3
Bad Hair Day ★
WI 25.
23
RB 13.
2
Baedeker ★
WI 18.
10
RB 9.
2
Baking soda which has a different name when next to a smelly thing ★
WI 5.
4
RB 2.
1
Ballpark ★★★
WI 18.
37
RB 11.
1
Banner printing at appropriate times ★
WI 17.
11
RB 5.
2
Baritone, Bass ★★★
WI 12.
12
RB 7.
4
Barter Barter ★★★
WI 3.
5
RB 1.
1
Basic room, container, and supporter descriptions ★
WI 3.
14
RB 3.
7
Basic switchable light for a room ★★
WI 3.
12
RB 3.
6
Basic window similar to a door ★★
WI 18.
38
RB 11.
6
Battle of Ridgefield ★
WI 25.
23
RB 13.
2
Bay Leaves and Honey Wine ★
WI 7.
12
RB 6.
6
Beachfront ★
WI 8.
11
RB 3.
2
Bee Chambers ★
WI 5.
8
RB 6.
5
Beekeeper's Apprentice ★★
WI 19.
12
RB 7.
10
Being Peter ★
WI 4.
15
RB 9.
3
Being Prepared ★
WI 3.
18
RB 7.
1
Belfry ★
WI 13.
10
RB 6.
6
Beneath the Surface ★
WI 17.
20
RB 6.
15
The Best Till Last ★★
WI 8.
10
RB 10.
2
Beverage Service ★
WI 17.
17
RB 9.
6
Bibliophilia ★★
WI 3.
1
RB 13.
1
Bic ★
WI 18.
34
RB 4.
1
The Big Sainsbury's ★
WI 9.
4
RB 11.
6
Big Sky Country ★★★
WI 18.
37
RB 11.
1
Bikini Atoll ★
WI 20.
8
RB 2.
1
Blackout ★
WI 18.
40
RB 12.
2
Blanking the status line before play ★
WI 18.
40
RB 12.
2
Blankness ★
WI 27.
30
RB 2.
1
Blink ★
WI 13.
10
RB 9.
3
Bogart ★★★
WI 17.
9
RB 9.
6
Book with numbered pages ★
WI 7.
6
RB 9.
6
Book with various contents ★★★
WI 17.
17
RB 9.
6
Bookshelf with numerous books ★★
WI 12.
20
RB 11.
4
Bosch ★
WI 12.
6
RB 7.
15
Boston Cream ★★★★
WI 18.
10
RB 9.
2
Bottles with removable stoppers ★★
WI 10.
4
RB 4.
2
Bowler Hats and Baby Geese ★★★
WI 19.
3
RB 7.
4
Bribery ★★
WI 17.
15
RB 10.
4
Broken and unbroken flowerpots ★★
WI 3.
23
RB 9.
7
Brown ★★★
WI 9.
13
RB 10.
8
Bruneseau's Journey ★★
WI 7.
13
RB 6.
9
Bumping into Walls ★★★
WI 19.
8
RB 10.
8
BURN command, and flammable objects ★★★
WI 15.
19
RB 9.
4
BUY command and a system of money ★
WI 15.
17
RB 9.
4
BUY command and money, complete with denominations ★★★
WI 12.
20
RB 6.
14
Cactus Will Outlive Us All ★
WI 5.
7
RB 7.
2
Camp Bethel ★★
WI 8.
5
RB 10.
8
Campfire lit ★
WI 8.
19
RB 9.
1
Candy ★
WI 20.
4
RB 12.
2
Capital City ★
WI 20.
4
RB 12.
2
Capitalised status line ★
WI 7.
14
RB 8.
1
Car which can only be driven on roads ★
WI 12.
16
RB 3.
4
Carnivale ★★
WI 8.
19
RB 3.
2
Carousel Room from which exits lead to random locations ★
WI 20.
4
RB 2.
1
Case change for text produced by to say phrases ★
WI 18.
27
RB 5.
5
Casino Banale ★★★
WI 20.
8
RB 6.
17
Cave-troll ★★★
WI 13.
4
RB 6.
8
Celadon ★
WI 8.
3
RB 12.
2
Centered ★★★
WI 27.
28
RB 12.
1
Chanel Version 1 ★
WI 4.
7
RB 6.
11
Change of Basis ★★
WI 18.
38
RB 11.
6
Changing the final question after victory ★
WI 17.
15
RB 9.
9
Channel 1: Television that can be referred to by channel ★★
WI 17.
15
RB 9.
9
Channel 2: Television with more advanced parsing ★★★
WI 13.
13
RB 7.
14
Character who learns new actions by watching the player ★★★
WI 3.
18
RB 7.
1
Characters and objects with titles and special articles ★
WI 12.
20
RB 6.
14
Characters killed off by trigger actions ★
WI 17.
16
RB 5.
5
Characters referred to when absent ★
WI 3.
18
RB 7.
1
Characters renamed in play ★★
WI 12.
12
RB 6.
10
Check rules modified for taking something we're inside ★
WI 3.
1
RB 13.
1
Checking for missed properties ★
WI 10.
9
RB 7.
8
Cheese-makers ★★★
WI 4.
15
RB 8.
4
Chest with a supporting lid ★★★
WI 9.
15
RB 7.
2
Child who asks if we're there yet ★
WI 18.
10
RB 7.
11
Chronic Hinting Syndrome ★★★★
WI 17.
16
RB 9.
2
Cinco ★
WI 21.
11
RB 8.
4
Circle of Misery ★
WI 17.
16
RB 9.
12
Claims Adjustment ★★
WI 17.
2
RB 3.
7
Cloak of Darkness ★★★★
WI 17.
6
RB 9.
11
Clocks that can be SET TO any time ★
WI 15.
20
RB 9.
4
Clothes made of priced fabrics ★★
WI 4.
4
RB 9.
3
Clothing kinds ★★★
WI 13.
10
RB 9.
3
Clothing that layers ★★★
WI 13.
16
RB 9.
3
Clothing with layering and regions of the body ★★
WI 8.
18
RB 3.
9
Clouds with random descriptions ★
WI 18.
33
RB 6.
18
Cloves ★★
WI 9.
1
RB 7.
1
Clueless ★
WI 17.
11
RB 9.
7
Colour names for exotic pigments ★
WI 21.
6
RB 9.
8
COMBINE action for connecting multiple objects into one ★
WI 17.
1
RB 10.
2
Command applying to an object added to the story ★★
WI 8.
2
RB 7.
5
Command prompt changing to reflect state of combat ★★★
WI 10.
4
RB 4.
4
Commercial break ★★
WI 17.
1
RB 3.
2
Compass directions renamed ★
WI 18.
33
RB 7.
8
Complimentary Peanuts ★★★
WI 7.
12
RB 8.
3
Concealed pet who would yip at you if it could see you ★★
WI 18.
9
RB 9.
3
Concealing clothing for other characters ★
WI 12.
7
RB 10.
2
Contact with objects detected ★★★
WI 3.
23
RB 9.
2
Containers and supporters given a common kind ★★★
WI 17.
16
RB 9.
2
Containers referred to by contents ★
WI 15.
20
RB 10.
5
Containers that calculate internal volume and available room ★
WI 15.
12
RB 10.
5
Containers which have a breaking strain ★★★
WI 18.
29
RB 3.
4
Continuous space with distant objects visible ★★
WI 18.
29
RB 3.
4
Continuous space with distant objects visible and automatic room description ★★★
WI 5.
5
RB 3.
4
Continuous space, simple ★★
WI 5.
5
RB 9.
8
Control Center ★
WI 21.
6
RB 6.
15
Controlling the order in which multiple-object actions occur ★★
WI 18.
33
RB 7.
8
Conversation based on keyword recognition ★★★
WI 16.
15
RB 7.
8
Conversation system with recap of past exchanges ★★
WI 13.
11
RB 7.
11
Conversation where characters seek logical connection to foregoing topics ★★★
WI 16.
16
RB 7.
8
Conversation with multiple options for each conversation topic ★★
WI 18.
28
RB 3.
1
Copper River ★★★
WI 7.
6
RB 9.
6
Costa Rican Ornithology ★★★
WI 20.
7
RB 10.
8
The Cow Exonerated ★★
WI 4.
9
RB 5.
6
The Crane's Leg 1: Descriptions based on how objects compare with player's expectations ★★★
WI 19.
3
RB 5.
6
The Crane's Leg 2: Descriptions based on player-character's observation abilities ★
WI 27.
30
RB 2.
1
Creating our own text variations rules ★
WI 27.
30
RB 5.
6
Creating our own text variations rules, part two ★★
WI 12.
10
RB 6.
8
Croft ★★★
WI 18.
5
RB 6.
5
Crusoe ★★★
WI 22.
2
RB 2.
1
Curare ★
WI 12.
9
RB 10.
4
CUT [something] WITH [something] command ★★
WI 15.
16
RB 10.
6
CUT and TIE for lengths of string ★★★
WI 10.
7
RB 3.
9
Cycle of day and night scenes ★
WI 22.
2
RB 2.
1
Cyclical randomization of named objects ★
WI 19.
15
RB 10.
7
Dangerous objects not to be touched ★
WI 12.
9
RB 3.
7
The Dark Ages Revisited ★
WI 18.
22
RB 3.
7
Dark rooms given non-standard description ★★
WI 7.
16
RB 7.
3
A Day For Fresh Sushi ★★★★
WI 10.
4
RB 4.
2
Day One ★★★
WI 3.
13
RB 3.
5
Deadbolted door unlockable without a key on one side ★★
WI 7.
15
RB 5.
3
Dearth and the Maiden ★
WI 18.
38
RB 11.
6
Death message replaced ★
WI 16.
11
RB 9.
5
Deck of cards ★★
WI 19.
2
RB 6.
11
Delayed Gratification ★★
WI 12.
9
RB 9.
1
Delicious, Delicious Rocks ★★★
WI 7.
3
RB 6.
8
Democratic Process ★★★
WI 15.
20
RB 10.
5
Depth ★
WI 14.
3
RB 2.
1
Describing action outcomes using a random choice of verb ★★
WI 14.
3
RB 2.
1
Describing action outcomes using a random choice of verb or describing the world state that results ★★
WI 14.
3
RB 2.
1
Describing action outcomes using an adaptive random choice of verb ★★★
WI 5.
5
RB 9.
8
Describing objects with parts ★
WI 14.
3
RB 2.
1
Describing ongoing character behavior with participles ★★
WI 14.
9
RB 2.
1
Describing relations using a random choice of verb ★★
WI 3.
16
RB 8.
1
Description from inside a vehicle ★★★
WI 12.
20
RB 6.
14
Device to remember and play back actions ★★
WI 12.
7
RB 7.
5
DIAGNOSE command ★
WI 15.
12
RB 10.
5
Dimensions ★★
WI 12.
18
RB 3.
6
Dinner is Served ★★
WI 17.
19
RB 10.
9
Disambiguating based on properties ★
WI 4.
15
RB 5.
1
Disambiguating body parts ★★★
WI 18.
31
RB 6.
17
Disambiguation question giving items more explicit names ★
WI 18.
31
RB 6.
17
Disambiguation question worded in a new way entirely ★★★
WI 3.
7
RB 1.
3
Disenchantment Bay 1: The charter boat ★
WI 3.
8
RB 1.
3
Disenchantment Bay 2: Scenery ★
WI 3.
9
RB 1.
3
Disenchantment Bay 3: Glacier view ★
WI 3.
11
RB 1.
3
Disenchantment Bay 4: Descriptions of things ★
WI 3.
12
RB 1.
3
Disenchantment Bay 5: Cabin door and deck ★
WI 3.
13
RB 1.
3
Disenchantment Bay 6: Locked-up fishing rods ★
WI 3.
14
RB 1.
3
Disenchantment Bay 7: Radar and instruments ★
WI 3.
16
RB 1.
3
Disenchantment Bay 8: Pushable chest of ice ★★
WI 3.
17
RB 1.
3
Disenchantment Bay 9: The Captain ★
WI 3.
20
RB 1.
3
Disenchantment Bay 10: Clothing and possessions ★
WI 3.
21
RB 1.
3
Disenchantment Bay 11: The player's backpack ★
WI 3.
23
RB 1.
3
Disenchantment Bay 12: Complete playable scenario ★★★★
WI 12.
4
RB 7.
3
Disorderly conduct ★
WI 8.
18
RB 9.
5
Do Pass Go ★
WI 8.
2
RB 7.
5
Don Pedro's Revenge ★★★
WI 17.
16
RB 3.
5
Door described and parsed differently depending on where it is ★
WI 5.
6
RB 3.
5
Door described differently depending on where it is ★
WI 5.
6
RB 3.
5
Door kind that describes the destination ★★★
WI 13.
12
RB 3.
5
Doors as seen by NPCs ★
WI 8.
15
RB 3.
5
Doors that open automatically ★
WI 3.
14
RB 3.
7
Down Below ★★
WI 17.
9
RB 6.
18
Down in Oodville ★★
WI 6.
16
RB 8.
4
Drawers where thing is always in the last opened ★★
WI 8.
10
RB 10.
2
DRINKing a potion which then goes away ★
WI 13.
4
RB 6.
8
DROP applies even to objects the player carries indirectly ★
WI 19.
4
RB 8.
4
DROP modified to distinguish between large and small enterable supporters ★★
WI 12.
10
RB 6.
8
DROPPING into and onto things ★★★
WI 16.
3
RB 8.
2
Dubai ★★★
WI 4.
14
RB 9.
7
Duplicated blue, red and green building blocks ★★★
WI 4.
14
RB 9.
7
Early Childhood ★★★
WI 12.
17
RB 3.
4
Eddystone ★★
WI 12.
9
RB 3.
7
Electric light kind of device ★
WI 19.
15
RB 10.
7
Electrified ★
WI 3.
3
RB 8.
2
An elevator operated simply by walking in and out ★
WI 16.
3
RB 8.
2
An elevator which takes the player to alternate floors ★★★
WI 9.
13
RB 3.
5
Elsie ★★
WI 18.
24
RB 7.
16
Emma ★★
WI 9.
11
RB 8.
2
Empire ★★
WI 18.
5
RB 9.
6
Encyclopedia set ★★
WI 19.
15
RB 4.
1
Endurance ★★
WI 3.
6
RB 8.
4
Enterable objects ★
WI 10.
2
RB 4.
2
Entrapment ★★
WI 10.
6
RB 4.
4
Entrevaux ★★★
WI 11.
18
RB 10.
9
Entropy ★
WI 15.
18
RB 9.
4
Equation used for price curves ★
WI 11.
14
RB 6.
7
Equipment List ★★
WI 3.
12
RB 3.
6
Escape ★★
WI 12.
11
RB 7.
15
Escape action for non-player characters only ★★
WI 19.
15
RB 6.
15
Escape from the Seraglio ★★
WI 9.
5
RB 7.
2
Every turn an opponent plays ★★★★
WI 18.
12
RB 2.
1
Exact numbers replaced with vague quantifiers ★
WI 17.
4
RB 6.
15
EXAMINE multiple things at once ★
WI 17.
4
RB 6.
5
EXAMINE produces special results for a group of objects ★★★
WI 5.
8
RB 6.
5
Examining everything at once ★★
WI 7.
2
RB 5.
3
Examining the player ★
WI 14.
6
RB 2.
1
An example bouquet of flowers ★
WI 3.
26
RB 3.
2
Exits added to a room ★★
WI 18.
23
RB 12.
2
Exits and rooms listed in the status line ★★
WI 18.
23
RB 12.
2
Exits only listed in the status line ★
WI 27.
5
RB 8.
5
Extension design advice ★★
WI 8.
10
RB 10.
3
Extra Supplies ★★
WI 18.
25
RB 3.
1
The Eye of the Idol ★★
WI 21.
11
RB 9.
2
Eyes, Fingers, Toes ★
WI 15.
20
RB 9.
4
Fabrication ★★
WI 21.
10
RB 6.
15
The Facts Were These ★★
WI 12.
10
RB 6.
9
Falling into a pit when going from darkness to darkness ★
WI 3.
23
RB 9.
2
Fallout Enclosure ★★★
WI 16.
15
RB 7.
8
Farewell ★★
WI 12.
13
RB 4.
6
Fate Steps In ★★★
WI 8.
10
RB 10.
3
Faux-infinite supply of red pens ★★
WI 19.
13
RB 8.
3
Feline Behavior ★
WI 11.
3
RB 7.
10
Ferragamo Again ★★
WI 21.
11
RB 10.
11
The Fibonacci Sequence ★
WI 20.
8
RB 8.
3
Fido ★
WI 23.
14
RB 9.
6
The Fifth Body ★★
WI 5.
13
RB 2.
1
Fifty Times Fifty Ways ★★★
WI 5.
13
RB 2.
1
Fifty Ways to Leave Your Larva ★
WI 20.
8
RB 2.
1
Filtering text output in room names ★
WI 18.
38
RB 11.
6
Finality ★
WI 17.
7
RB 5.
4
FIND command ★
WI 11.
7
RB 8.
4
Finding the bottom of a pile ★
WI 7.
4
RB 6.
14
Fine Laid ★
WI 6.
4
RB 5.
3
Finishing School ★
WI 19.
4
RB 6.
9
First look text added for a newly entered room ★
WI 3.
5
RB 2.
2
First Name Basis ★
WI 20.
8
RB 2.
3
Fish of ambiguous species ★★
WI 12.
19
RB 6.
6
Flashlight ★
WI 23.
15
RB 12.
5
Flathead News Network ★★★
WI 19.
9
RB 10.
2
Flotation ★
WI 17.
7
RB 7.
13
FOLLOW command ★★
WI 16.
18
RB 11.
3
Food Network Interactive ★
WI 19.
3
RB 9.
1
Food with ingredients affecting the player ★
WI 17.
6
RB 12.
3
Footnote system ★★
WI 13.
13
RB 7.
14
For Demonstration Purposes ★★★
WI 3.
26
RB 8.
2
Fore ★★★
WI 13.
2
RB 1.
4
Formal syntax of sentences ★★★
WI 21.
6
RB 6.
15
Formicidae ★★
WI 13.
6
RB 9.
10
Four Cheeses ★★★
WI 18.
22
RB 3.
7
Four Stars 1: Dark room which relies on other senses when light is off ★★★
WI 18.
29
RB 3.
8
Four Stars 2: Scope for listening different from scope for seeing ★
WI 23.
14
RB 9.
6
The Fourth Body ★
WI 18.
33
RB 6.
18
Fragment of a Greek Tragedy ★★
WI 12.
7
RB 10.
2
Frizz ★★★
WI 15.
19
RB 9.
4
Frozen Assets ★
WI 10.
4
RB 3.
9
Full Moon ★
WI 12.
20
RB 11.
4
FULL SCORE using a list of stored actions ★
WI 16.
14
RB 11.
4
FULL SCORE with achievements table and rankings ★★★
WI 14.
3
RB 2.
1
Fun with Participles ★★
WI 6.
15
RB 7.
3
Furniture, resentment of ★★★★
WI 12.
10
RB 3.
3
Further Reasons Why All Poets Are Liars ★
WI 3.
12
RB 3.
5
Garibaldi 1: Readout of all doors in the game ★★★
WI 5.
9
RB 12.
1
Garibaldi 2: Coloured text styles ★
WI 12.
5
RB 7.
14
Generation X ★★
WI 12.
12
RB 6.
10
Get Axe ★
WI 17.
2
RB 6.
10
GET DOWN and DOWN understood as EXIT ★
WI 4.
4
RB 9.
3
Get Me to the Church on Time ★★★
WI 18.
29
RB 9.
11
Ginger Beer ★★
WI 12.
12
RB 7.
4
GIVE action for other characters ★★★
WI 19.
3
RB 7.
4
GIVE command extended ★★
WI 21.
10
RB 6.
15
GIVE extended to multiple objects at once ★★
WI 7.
13
RB 6.
9
GO BACK command ★★★
WI 18.
32
RB 6.
9
GO equivalent to GO OUT ★
WI 11.
16
RB 6.
9
GO OUT and GO IN determine most appropriate direction if none is defined ★★★
WI 17.
10
RB 6.
9
GO TO ROOM command ★
WI 17.
10
RB 6.
9
GO TO ROOM with automatic door-handling en route ★★
WI 15.
8
RB 6.
9
GO UP and GO DOWN determined by room altitude ★★
WI 16.
14
RB 11.
4
Goat-Cheese and Sage Chicken ★★★
WI 7.
13
RB 6.
9
GOing an invalid direction produces a list of valid exits ★★★
WI 3.
18
RB 7.
1
Gopher-wood ★★
WI 17.
21
RB 7.
6
The Gorge at George ★
WI 13.
16
RB 1.
4
Graph-theory view of relations ★★★
WI 7.
2
RB 10.
9
Grilling ★
WI 18.
23
RB 12.
2
Guided Tour ★★
WI 11.
18
RB 4.
1
The Hang of Thursdays ★★★
WI 18.
25
RB 7.
16
Happy Hour ★★
WI 8.
11
RB 11.
1
Hatless ★★
WI 11.
17
RB 3.
6
A Haughty Spirit ★★★
WI 18.
9
RB 9.
3
Hays Code ★
WI 7.
4
RB 3.
5
Hayseed ★
WI 11.
18
RB 10.
9
Heat death ★
WI 7.
16
RB 11.
3
HELP command is recommended if the player seems lost ★
WI 16.
19
RB 11.
3
HELP command with specific set of topics ★★
WI 16.
18
RB 11.
3
HELP menu from extension, with added content ★
WI 17.
5
RB 11.
3
HELP with a simple menu ★
WI 3.
26
RB 3.
2
A hexagonal map grid for movement ★★
WI 13.
10
RB 6.
6
Hiding things under other things ★
WI 8.
15
RB 3.
5
Higher Calling ★
WI 4.
12
RB 11.
3
Hint access able to be turned off for the duration of the game ★★★
WI 18.
10
RB 7.
11
Hints leading the player through conversation ★★★★
WI 13.
9
RB 11.
3
Hints leading the player through physical puzzles ★★★
WI 23.
13
RB 11.
6
Histories of previous games saved to external file ★★
WI 14.
9
RB 2.
1
History Lab ★★
WI 18.
22
RB 3.
7
Hohmann Transfer ★★
WI 9.
12
RB 5.
5
Horribly heavy box described differently after being taken ★★★
WI 17.
21
RB 10.
9
Hot Glass Looks Like Cold Glass ★★★
WI 6.
14
RB 3.
4
Hotel Stechelberg ★★
WI 9.
11
RB 4.
3
Hour of the Wren ★★★
WI 3.
16
RB 8.
1
Hover ★★★
WI 27.
28
RB 12.
1
HTML-style italic and boldface tags ★
WI 18.
11
RB 9.
2
Hudsucker Industries ★★
WI 13.
12
RB 7.
1
A Humble Wayside Flower ★★★
WI 9.
11
RB 9.
1
Hunger eventually killing the player ★
WI 17.
15
RB 3.
7
Hymenaeus ★
WI 12.
4
RB 7.
14
The Hypnotist of Blois ★
WI 21.
11
RB 6.
14
I Didn't Come All The Way From Great Portland Street ★
WI 17.
6
RB 12.
3
Ibid. ★★
WI 14.
9
RB 2.
1
Identifying nouns by the last thing done to them ★★
WI 20.
7
RB 5.
2
Identity Theft ★
WI 16.
9
RB 9.
12
If It Hadn't Been For… ★
WI 20.
8
RB 2.
3
Igpay Atinlay ★
WI 18.
34
RB 4.
1
Implicit takes require time ★
WI 19.
8
RB 10.
8
In Fire or in Flood ★★★
WI 18.
25
RB 3.
1
Incorporating changeable objects into the body of the room description ★
WI 17.
1
RB 3.
2
Indirection ★
WI 9.
14
RB 3.
1
Infiltration ★
WI 19.
15
RB 4.
1
Instant EXAMINE and LOOK ★
WI 13.
4
RB 10.
10
Interrogation ★
WI 16.
16
RB 9.
4
Introduction to Juggling ★★★
WI 21.
3
RB 6.
7
INVENTORY handling of properties made more flexible ★
WI 5.
6
RB 6.
7
INVENTORY listing with separate carried and worn items ★★★
WI 12.
11
RB 6.
7
INVENTORY revised for other characters ★★★
WI 14.
11
RB 2.
1
Inventory standard response changed ★
WI 11.
14
RB 6.
7
INVENTORY wide and tall ★★
WI 9.
6
RB 4.
3
IPA ★★
WI 12.
6
RB 7.
15
IQ Test ★
WI 17.
5
RB 11.
3
Ish. ★
WI 18.
38
RB 11.
6
Jamaica 1688 ★
WI 17.
1
RB 6.
13
Joke command added ★
WI 16.
11
RB 9.
5
Jokers Wild ★★
WI 18.
33
RB 6.
18
Keywords in place of ordinary commands ★★
WI 4.
1
RB 2.
2
Kinds given new singular and plural synonyms ★★
WI 18.
28
RB 8.
4
Kiwi ★
WI 19.
11
RB 10.
4
Kyoto ★★
WI 23.
13
RB 11.
6
Labyrinth of Ghosts ★★
WI 17.
22
RB 10.
2
Lakeside Living ★★★
WI 8.
18
RB 7.
5
Lanista 1: Simple Randomized Combat ★
WI 17.
3
RB 7.
5
Lanista 2: Randomized Combat with Weapons ★★
WI 18.
32
RB 7.
14
Latin Lessons ★
WI 12.
3
RB 7.
13
Latris Theon ★★★
WI 3.
11
RB 2.
2
Laura ★★
WI 15.
12
RB 10.
5
Lead Cuts Paper ★★★
WI 6.
13
RB 7.
2
Lean and Hungry ★★★
WI 17.
4
RB 6.
5
The Left Hand of Autumn ★★★
WI 15.
19
RB 10.
2
Lemonade ★★★
WI 21.
10
RB 6.
14
Leopard-skin ★
WI 15.
8
RB 10.
1
Lethal Concentration 1: Gas diffusion from a source through adjacent rooms ★★
WI 15.
8
RB 10.
1
Lethal Concentration 2: Gas diffusion in which gas is heavier than air ★★★
WI 18.
11
RB 9.
2
Letters described as a group ★★
WI 18.
27
RB 3.
1
Levels of lighting ★
WI 17.
13
RB 6.
10
Lies ★
WI 18.
18
RB 3.
7
Light levels variable depending on the number of candles the player has lit ★★★
WI 6.
14
RB 3.
7
Light-filled rooms as a route through a space ★★★
WI 9.
13
RB 10.
8
Lighting and relighting a candle ★★
WI 15.
19
RB 10.
2
Liquid containers with measured contents ★★★
WI 17.
22
RB 10.
2
Liquid model with large bodies of liquid added ★★★
WI 16.
12
RB 10.
2
Liquids in mixtures, identified by recipe ★★★
WI 7.
7
RB 3.
8
LISTEN command extended ★★★
WI 12.
17
RB 6.
3
LOCK and UNLOCK with altered carrying requirements ★★★
WI 18.
34
RB 6.
8
Lollipop Guild ★★★
WI 6.
14
RB 3.
4
LOOK [direction] command ★★★
WI 18.
28
RB 3.
1
LOOK mentions only currently useful objects ★★★
WI 12.
19
RB 6.
6
LOOK UNDER shows nothing unless the player has a light ★
WI 18.
27
RB 3.
1
Low Light ★
WI 7.
6
RB 6.
14
Lucy ★
WI 21.
11
RB 7.
16
Lugubrious Pete's Delicatessen ★
WI 11.
15
RB 2.
1
M. Melmoth's Duel ★
WI 13.
7
RB 10.
10
Machine that transmutes objects ★
WI 18.
16
RB 10.
7
Magnet which picks up nearby metal objects ★
WI 12.
18
RB 10.
10
Magneto's Revenge ★
WI 12.
11
RB 7.
15
The Man of Steel ★★
WI 12.
13
RB 7.
15
The Man of Steel Excuses Himself ★★
WI 8.
3
RB 12.
2
Map region listed in status line ★
WI 13.
10
RB 10.
5
Marble chute toy ★
WI 17.
19
RB 10.
9
Masochism Deli ★
WI 20.
7
RB 10.
8
Matches that set fires ★★
WI 13.
16
RB 1.
4
Mathematical view of relations ★★★
WI 11.
7
RB 6.
6
Matreshka ★
WI 7.
14
RB 6.
9
Mattress King ★
WI 21.
10
RB 6.
14
Maze escaped by performing an exact sequence of actions ★
WI 8.
11
RB 3.
2
Maze with randomized room links ★
WI 13.
13
RB 7.
1
Meet Market ★
WI 17.
9
RB 6.
18
Menu of numerical options ★★
WI 16.
13
RB 5.
4
Merlin ★
WI 8.
7
RB 4.
4
Meteoric I and II ★★
WI 3.
5
RB 1.
1
Midsummer Day ★
WI 7.
15
RB 7.
6
Mimicry ★★★
WI 7.
10
RB 10.
4
Ming Vase ★
WI 18.
32
RB 6.
9
Minimal Movement ★
WI 6.
9
RB 8.
5
Mirror into which the player can look ★★
WI 20.
7
RB 9.
12
Mirror remembering a room description from the past ★
WI 20.
7
RB 9.
12
Mirror, Mirror ★
WI 17.
10
RB 6.
9
Misadventure ★
WI 18.
32
RB 7.
14
Missing nouns supplied in commands to characters ★
WI 6.
14
RB 7.
13
Mistress of Animals ★
WI 18.
31
RB 9.
12
Model objects referred to by the thing modeled ★
WI 4.
15
RB 9.
8
Model Shop ★★
WI 27.
5
RB 8.
5
Modern Conveniences ★★
WI 20.
8
RB 6.
17
Modifying and re-parsing an entered command ★★★
WI 15.
19
RB 9.
4
Money for Nothing ★★
WI 7.
5
RB 6.
8
Morning After ★
WI 8.
7
RB 4.
4
Moving a backdrop during play ★★
WI 20.
8
RB 2.
3
Mr. Burns' Repast ★★
WI 9.
11
RB 9.
1
MRE ★
WI 19.
15
RB 6.
15
Multiple-object actions given modified descriptions ★★
WI 13.
16
RB 7.
11
Murder on the Orient Express ★★
WI 9.
1
RB 7.
1
Murderer chosen randomly at start of play ★
WI 9.
2
RB 11.
4
Mutt's Adventure ★★
WI 20.
8
RB 8.
3
Name of a dog set by the player ★
WI 20.
7
RB 5.
2
Name of player character selected at start of play ★
WI 17.
5
RB 7.
7
Nameless ★★
WI 17.
9
RB 2.
1
Names of objects change with player's diction ★★★
WI 18.
27
RB 5.
5
Narration which changes as the player learns new facts ★★★
WI 14.
3
RB 2.
1
Narrative Register ★★★
WI 18.
34
RB 10.
3
Near-infinite supply of pizza ★
WI 3.
13
RB 3.
5
Neighborhood Watch ★★
WI 15.
17
RB 9.
4
Nickel and Dimed ★★★
WI 10.
7
RB 3.
9
Night and Day ★
WI 4.
15
RB 5.
1
The Night Before ★★★
WI 9.
12
RB 3.
1
Night Sky ★
WI 19.
2
RB 6.
11
Nine AM Appointment ★
WI 9.
2
RB 11.
4
No Place Like Home ★★★
WI 7.
14
RB 8.
1
No Relation ★
WI 12.
9
RB 7.
3
Noisemaking ★★★
WI 16.
12
RB 10.
2
Noisy Cricket ★★★
WI 18.
33
RB 2.
2
North by Northwest ★★
WI 18.
33
RB 2.
2
North-northwest and similar directions ★★
WI 20.
8
RB 7.
14
Northstar ★★
WI 19.
8
RB 11.
3
Novice mode offers suggestions before each prompt ★★
WI 13.
14
RB 10.
11
Number Study ★
WI 11.
8
RB 2.
1
Numberless ★
WI 13.
14
RB 10.
11
Numbers in relations ★
WI 19.
9
RB 10.
2
Object-based rulebooks ★
WI 12.
9
RB 7.
3
Observation stage after report ★★★
WI 4.
3
RB 6.
5
Odin ★
WI 16.
10
RB 7.
13
Odyssey ★★
WI 15.
19
RB 9.
4
OFFER price FOR command allowing player to bargain ★★
WI 14.
6
RB 2.
1
Olfactory Settings ★
WI 4.
15
RB 9.
8
On/off button for devices ★★
WI 17.
7
RB 5.
4
One of Those Mornings ★
WI 7.
14
RB 3.
5
One Short Plank ★★
WI 6.
5
RB 10.
1
Only You… ★★★
WI 8.
8
RB 3.
9
Orange Cones ★★★
WI 18.
31
RB 9.
12
Originals ★
WI 11.
8
RB 2.
1
Otherwise if demonstrated ★
WI 13.
7
RB 10.
6
Otranto ★★★
WI 11.
16
RB 6.
9
Owen's Law ★★★
WI 21.
3
RB 6.
7
Oyster Wide Shut ★
WI 12.
9
RB 10.
4
Paddington ★★
WI 17.
9
RB 9.
6
Pages ★
WI 8.
18
RB 9.
5
Pair of dice for rolling ★
WI 17.
11
RB 9.
7
Palette ★
WI 10.
8
RB 11.
4
Panache ★★★
WI 18.
24
RB 4.
3
Paragraphs of flexible descriptions ★★★★
WI 18.
35
RB 6.
17
Parser errors involving the any token ★
WI 9.
13
RB 5.
5
Past tense conditions ★
WI 19.
8
RB 7.
13
Patient Zero ★★★★
WI 18.
29
RB 3.
7
Peeled ★
WI 17.
15
RB 7.
1
Peers ★★
WI 17.
15
RB 7.
1
People changing their titles during play ★★
WI 12.
4
RB 7.
14
People commanded to obey ★
WI 13.
12
RB 7.
1
People introduced by relative ★★★
WI 18.
25
RB 7.
16
People listed as a group, with their possessions afterward ★★
WI 19.
8
RB 7.
13
People perform errands and randomly spread disease ★★★★
WI 5.
7
RB 7.
2
People who do new things each time the player looks ★★
WI 11.
11
RB 7.
16
People who interact with each other each turn ★★
WI 18.
24
RB 7.
16
People who move around a party on their own ★★
WI 7.
15
RB 7.
6
People who must be greeted before conversation ★★★
WI 12.
3
RB 7.
14
People who reject categories of instruction ★
WI 5.
6
RB 6.
7
Persephone ★★★
WI 12.
18
RB 10.
10
Person capable of reaching through solid objects ★
WI 16.
13
RB 7.
11
Person who answers questions based on a common pool of knowledge ★★★
WI 16.
13
RB 7.
11
Person who answers what, where, and when questions differently ★★★
WI 7.
16
RB 7.
3
Person who comments on the player's every action ★★★★
WI 12.
3
RB 7.
13
Person who finds a path to a destination specified by player ★★★
WI 3.
25
RB 7.
13
Person who follows the player ★★
WI 12.
5
RB 7.
14
Person who gets fed up after being asked to do many implausible things ★★
WI 8.
10
RB 10.
4
Person who laments broken objects ★
WI 16.
10
RB 7.
13
Person who moves on a pre-determined path ★★
WI 6.
14
RB 7.
13
Person who moves randomly ★
WI 12.
11
RB 7.
14
Person who obeys almost all instructions ★★★★
WI 12.
6
RB 7.
15
Person who opens a container before trying to get something from it ★
WI 6.
13
RB 7.
2
Person who picks up treasures ★★★
WI 12.
6
RB 7.
15
Person who pursues his own goals each turn ★★★★
WI 3.
16
RB 8.
1
Peugeot ★
WI 17.
16
RB 9.
12
Photographs referred to by subject matter ★★
WI 11.
3
RB 2.
1
Phrase to repeat a rule ★
WI 11.
3
RB 7.
10
Phrases applying to specific things ★★
WI 20.
8
RB 2.
3
Pig Latin for the player's commands ★
WI 10.
2
RB 7.
3
Pine 1: Waking the Princess ★
WI 10.
5
RB 7.
12
Pine 2: Chatting with the Princess ★★★
WI 10.
7
RB 4.
5
Pine 3: Flashback scenes described to the Princess ★★★
WI 10.
8
RB 4.
5
Pine 4: Flashback with multiple endings ★★★
WI 27.
15
RB 5.
2
Pink or Blue ★★★
WI 18.
34
RB 10.
3
Pizza Prince ★
WI 7.
14
RB 3.
5
Plank bridge breaks on being crossed when the player is carrying something ★★
WI 8.
9
RB 5.
6
Player controls multiple player-characters in turn ★★★
WI 18.
35
RB 2.
3
Player's erroneous command recorded for later ★★★
WI 15.
8
RB 5.
1
Player's height randomized at the start of play ★
WI 10.
8
RB 11.
4
Plot summary in place of a score ★★★
WI 4.
15
RB 9.
3
Pocket added to every jacket ★
WI 12.
15
RB 11.
2
A point for never saving the game ★★★
WI 19.
5
RB 10.
10
The Pointy Hat of Liminal Transgression ★
WI 7.
13
RB 6.
9
Polarity ★★★
WI 12.
4
RB 7.
3
Police State ★
WI 8.
3
RB 12.
2
Politics as Usual ★
WI 3.
2
RB 3.
2
Port Royal 1: A landscape from Jamaica, 1691 ★
WI 3.
3
RB 3.
2
Port Royal 2: With one-way connections added ★
WI 3.
4
RB 3.
2
Port Royal 3: Divided into regions ★
WI 16.
6
RB 3.
6
Port Royal 4: Character names ★★
WI 25.
23
RB 13.
2
Port Royal 5: Producing an EPS map ★
WI 19.
4
RB 5.
1
Postures for sitting, standing, and lying down ★★
WI 17.
18
RB 2.
2
Pot of Petunias ★
WI 15.
19
RB 10.
2
POUR that pours liquid on a fire ★★★
WI 10.
6
RB 4.
2
The Prague Job ★
WI 23.
13
RB 11.
1
Preferences file loaded on replaying ★
WI 11.
7
RB 8.
4
Princess and the Pea ★
WI 3.
11
RB 2.
2
Printed names for complex-named objects ★★
WI 18.
5
RB 6.
5
Printing the description of something activity ★★★
WI 18.
26
RB 3.
1
Priority Lab ★
WI 3.
26
RB 3.
2
Prisoner's Dilemma ★★
WI 13.
11
RB 7.
11
The Problem of Edith ★★★
WI 25.
23
RB 13.
2
Producing an EPS floorplan ★
WI 25.
23
RB 13.
2
Producing an EPS map of Greece ★
WI 18.
12
RB 2.
1
Prolegomena ★
WI 4.
8
RB 9.
1
Properties, checking for ★
WI 11.
5
RB 7.
7
Proposal ★★
WI 7.
14
RB 6.
9
Provenance Unknown ★★★
WI 12.
10
RB 7.
5
Puff of Orange Smoke ★★
WI 17.
16
RB 5.
5
Puncak Jaya ★
WI 7.
14
RB 6.
9
PUSH something A DIRECTION modified ★★★
WI 7.
14
RB 6.
9
PUSH something a direction with extra phrasing ★
WI 7.
14
RB 6.
9
PUSH SOMETHING TO check rules modified ★★★
WI 12.
10
RB 3.
3
Pushing a box between named internal positions in a room ★
WI 7.
3
RB 6.
8
PUT and INSERT automatically TAKE first ★★★
WI 7.
3
RB 6.
8
PUT and INSERT automatically TAKE first even with multiples ★★★★
WI 16.
13
RB 7.
11
The Queen of Sheba ★★★
WI 17.
21
RB 11.
3
Query ★
WI 16.
13
RB 7.
11
Questionable Revolutions ★★★
WI 17.
17
RB 2.
2
Questions asked of the player ★
WI 17.
17
RB 2.
2
Quiz Show ★
WI 5.
7
RB 9.
9
Radio Daze ★
WI 5.
7
RB 9.
9
Radio producing cycling programming ★
WI 18.
5
RB 9.
9
Radios and other devices active when switched on ★★★
WI 18.
28
RB 8.
4
Raised supporter kind that conceals its contents ★
WI 8.
11
RB 11.
1
Random distribution at the start of play ★★
WI 11.
15
RB 2.
1
Random variations within text ★
WI 8.
18
RB 3.
9
Randomized pedestrian passer-by ★★★
WI 15.
8
RB 5.
1
rBGH ★
WI 17.
3
RB 9.
6
READ command separate from EXAMINE ★
WI 4.
12
RB 11.
3
Real Adventurers Need No Help ★★★
WI 16.
9
RB 9.
12
Recorder that records sounds made by player and non-player actions ★
WI 12.
7
RB 7.
5
Red Cross ★
WI 3.
23
RB 9.
7
Red sticky label ★★★
WI 7.
4
RB 6.
14
Redirecting actions to new objects ★
WI 12.
10
RB 7.
5
Redirecting all actions from one object to another ★★
WI 18.
24
RB 3.
7
Reflections ★
WI 17.
21
RB 10.
9
Refusing to understand "hot" ★★★
WI 7.
13
RB 3.
2
Region off-limits to a player without VIP pass ★★
WI 7.
13
RB 6.
9
Regions, traveling from ★
WI 13.
16
RB 7.
11
Relations and their uses ★★
WI 13.
13
RB 7.
1
Relations applying to multiple values of the same kind ★
WI 13.
10
RB 7.
16
Relations syntax explored ★
WI 14.
9
RB 2.
1
Relevant Relations ★★
WI 16.
13
RB 5.
4
REMEMBER command keyed to topics ★
WI 12.
10
RB 6.
8
Removal ★
WI 17.
20
RB 6.
15
Reordering multiple objects for dramatic effect ★★
WI 3.
8
RB 6.
8
Replanting ★
WI 12.
13
RB 7.
15
Reporting rules for other characters' behavior ★★
WI 17.
21
RB 11.
3
Responding to questions starting with WHO, WHAT, etc. ★
WI 14.
11
RB 2.
1
Responsive ★
WI 7.
15
RB 5.
3
Restrictions preventing inappropriate behavior ★
WI 19.
13
RB 8.
3
Results of a rule ★
WI 9.
4
RB 11.
6
Resuming play after an accidental death ★★★
WI 6.
15
RB 7.
3
Revenge of the Fussy Table ★★★★
WI 18.
25
RB 3.
1
Rip Van Winkle ★
WI 21.
5
RB 7.
12
Robo 1: Robot that stores only one program at a time ★
WI 21.
9
RB 7.
12
Robo 2: Robot able to store and perform fifteen named scripts ★★★
WI 18.
29
RB 3.
4
Rock Garden ★★
WI 20.
4
RB 2.
1
Rocket Man ★
WI 3.
1
RB 3.
1
Room description changes after first visit ★★
WI 9.
12
RB 3.
1
Room description changes after note is read ★
WI 9.
14
RB 3.
1
Room description changes at each of several visits ★
WI 12.
15
RB 11.
2
A room where the game cannot be saved ★
WI 6.
14
RB 3.
2
Rooms player is forced to visit in order ★
WI 4.
9
RB 3.
7
Rooms with sounds of nearby water, illuminated by flickering light ★★
WI 3.
2
RB 3.
3
Rooms with visible exteriors ★★★
WI 13.
7
RB 10.
6
Rope, able to be tied to things and dragged betwixt rooms ★★★
WI 23.
15
RB 12.
5
An RSS reader connecting to the Internet ★★★
WI 23.
13
RB 11.
4
Rubies ★★★
WI 18.
16
RB 10.
7
Rules of Attraction ★
WI 17.
10
RB 6.
9
Safari Guide ★★
WI 17.
6
RB 9.
2
Safe that can be opened with a combination ★
WI 21.
11
RB 9.
2
Safe with a multi-number combination ★
WI 17.
6
RB 9.
2
Safety ★
WI 19.
4
RB 6.
9
Saint Eligius ★
WI 7.
3
RB 6.
8
Sand ★★★★
WI 12.
9
RB 9.
1
Sanity-check stage before the Before rules ★★★
WI 15.
19
RB 10.
2
Savannah ★★★
WI 5.
4
RB 2.
1
Saying a number in round numbers ★★★
WI 10.
2
RB 4.
2
Scene that ends as soon as the player has embarrassed himself ★★
WI 10.
4
RB 4.
2
Scene which plays through a series of events in order, then ends ★★★
WI 10.
3
RB 4.
4
Scene which starts and finishes ★
WI 10.
4
RB 3.
9
Scene with random atmospheric events ★
WI 10.
6
RB 4.
2
Scenes which change as the player explores his inventory ★
WI 10.
4
RB 4.
2
Scenes which restrict movement ★★★
WI 10.
6
RB 4.
4
Scenes with props lists and location properties ★★★
WI 9.
11
RB 3.
9
Scheduling an eclipse ★★
WI 18.
29
RB 3.
7
Scope approaches compared ★
WI 12.
16
RB 3.
4
Scope for large objects visible far away ★★
WI 23.
13
RB 11.
4
Scoreboard preserved between games ★★★
WI 9.
2
RB 11.
4
Scored items listed in a table ★★★
WI 11.
7
RB 6.
6
SEARCH [room] action that opens every visible unlocked container ★
WI 3.
24
RB 7.
3
Search and Seizure ★★★
WI 7.
12
RB 6.
6
SEARCHing for an item which moves into play ★
WI 12.
10
RB 6.
9
The Second Oldest Problem ★
WI 17.
18
RB 2.
2
Setting pronouns to respond to sudden changes ★
WI 12.
7
RB 10.
2
SHAKE command ★★★
WI 17.
4
RB 6.
15
Shawn's Bad Day ★
WI 13.
9
RB 7.
16
Shifting alliances among people ★
WI 18.
24
RB 3.
7
Shiny items are described as reflecting torchlight ★
WI 3.
26
RB 8.
2
Shipboard directions ★★★
WI 18.
10
RB 9.
2
Shipping Trunk ★
WI 17.
22
RB 9.
3
Shirts constructed from component parts ★
WI 8.
11
RB 7.
5
SHOOT command, and ray gun disintegrating objects ★★★
WI 9.
6
RB 4.
3
Shops open and close at specific hours ★★
WI 18.
34
RB 6.
8
SHOW something without taking it first ★★★
WI 11.
10
RB 9.
5
Shuffling the arrangement of items in a container ★
WI 21.
11
RB 10.
11
Sieve of Eratosthenes ★
WI 4.
9
RB 9.
8
Signpost that can be turned ★★★
WI 6.
14
RB 3.
4
Signposts to distant rooms ★★
WI 4.
9
RB 9.
8
Signs and Portents ★★★
WI 18.
13
RB 9.
2
Single yellow onion in a sack ★
WI 9.
7
RB 4.
1
Situation Room ★
WI 4.
7
RB 6.
11
Sleep and waking ★★
WI 3.
1
RB 3.
1
Slightly Wrong ★★
WI 12.
17
RB 6.
3
Slogar's Revenge ★★★
WI 19.
4
RB 5.
1
Slouching ★★
WI 8.
4
RB 3.
6
Smart window ★
WI 6.
5
RB 10.
1
Smoke which spreads, not tracking concentration ★★★
WI 3.
24
RB 7.
3
Smuggler carrying hidden items ★★★
WI 15.
16
RB 10.
6
Snip ★★★
WI 19.
8
RB 11.
3
Solitude ★★
WI 17.
22
RB 9.
3
Some Assembly Required ★
WI 4.
3
RB 3.
5
Something Narsty ★
WI 10.
4
RB 4.
4
Space Patrol – Stranded on Jupiter! ★★
WI 15.
20
RB 10.
5
The Speed of Thought ★★
WI 12.
15
RB 11.
2
Spellbreaker ★
WI 8.
10
RB 10.
4
Spring Cleaning ★
WI 7.
4
RB 3.
5
Staircase kind of door which diverts the CLIMB command ★
WI 4.
3
RB 3.
5
Staircase kind of door, always open and unopenable ★
WI 17.
2
RB 3.
7
Standard IF demonstration ★★★★
WI 3.
2
RB 3.
3
Starry Void ★★★
WI 18.
29
RB 3.
4
Stately Gardens ★★★
WI 8.
3
RB 12.
2
Status line with centered text, the easy way ★★★
WI 27.
19
RB 12.
2
Status line with centered text, the hard way ★
WI 19.
3
RB 9.
1
Stone ★
WI 12.
13
RB 4.
6
Story driven by internal rules ★★★
WI 4.
8
RB 8.
1
Straw Boater ★★
WI 17.
9
RB 2.
1
Straw Into Gold ★★★
WI 11.
11
RB 7.
16
Strictly Ballroom ★★
WI 5.
13
RB 2.
1
Substituting insults and boasts ★
WI 7.
2
RB 10.
9
Supporter from which the player cannot take things ★
WI 18.
25
RB 3.
1
Supporters that don't list contents in room descriptions ★★
WI 16.
16
RB 7.
8
Sweeney ★★
WI 13.
10
RB 10.
5
Swerve left? Swerve right? Or think about it and die? ★
WI 19.
4
RB 8.
4
Swigmore U. ★★
WI 7.
6
RB 7.
7
Sybil 1: ASK, TELL, and ANSWER conflated ★
WI 7.
6
RB 7.
7
Sybil 2: YES and NO directed to people ★★
WI 16.
16
RB 9.
4
Table of juggling equipment ★★★
WI 12.
10
RB 6.
8
TAKE action reports where the noun came from ★
WI 7.
5
RB 6.
8
TAKE prints a description ★
WI 3.
8
RB 6.
8
TAKE scenery producing a custom response ★
WI 10.
9
RB 7.
8
TALK TO command used with scenes ★★★
WI 17.
21
RB 7.
6
TALK TO usage corrected ★
WI 3.
6
RB 8.
4
Tamed ★
WI 8.
11
RB 7.
5
Technological Terror ★★★
WI 13.
6
RB 9.
10
Telephones reaching distant parties ★★★
WI 15.
2
RB 9.
10
Telephones with standard American-length phone numbers ★★★
WI 18.
29
RB 9.
11
Telescope allowing view of another room ★★
WI 9.
13
RB 5.
5
Tense Boxing ★
WI 17.
15
RB 10.
4
Terracottissima ★★
WI 17.
15
RB 2.
3
Terracottissima Maxima ★★★
WI 8.
9
RB 5.
6
Terror of the Sierra Madre ★★★
WI 20.
6
RB 13.
1
Testing command ★
WI 4.
8
RB 8.
1
Testing for empty properties ★★
WI 18.
26
RB 3.
1
Testing the locale description order ★
WI 9.
5
RB 7.
2
Text Foosball ★★★★
WI 8.
5
RB 10.
2
Thirst ★
WI 8.
5
RB 10.
8
Thirst 2 ★
WI 12.
7
RB 10.
2
3 AM ★★★
WI 19.
11
RB 10.
4
THROW [something] AT [something] command enhanced ★★
WI 17.
15
RB 9.
5
Tilt 1: Deck of cards that can be referred to by name ★★★
WI 19.
13
RB 9.
5
Tilt 2: Identifying poker hands ★★★
WI 27.
7
RB 12.
1
Tilt 3: Playing cards with colored unicode suits ★★
WI 15.
15
RB 4.
1
Time expressed in units other than minutes ★★★
WI 9.
7
RB 4.
1
Time told in 24-hour military style ★
WI 19.
15
RB 4.
1
Timeless ★
WI 5.
5
RB 3.
4
Tiny Garden ★★
WI 5.
13
RB 2.
1
To say rules for insults and boasts ★★★
WI 7.
12
RB 8.
3
Today Tomorrow ★★
WI 17.
6
RB 9.
11
Tom's Midnight Garden ★
WI 17.
15
RB 3.
7
Torch understood as flaming or extinguished ★
WI 9.
11
RB 3.
9
Totality ★★
WI 18.
10
RB 9.
2
Trachypachidae Maturin 1803 ★★
WI 9.
11
RB 8.
2
Train that makes station stops ★★
WI 13.
7
RB 10.
10
Transmutations ★
WI 3.
16
RB 8.
1
Travel requiring a vehicle ★
WI 3.
2
RB 6.
9
Travel to a room described ★★
WI 16.
19
RB 11.
3
Trieste ★★
WI 17.
3
RB 9.
6
The Trouble with Printing ★
WI 12.
11
RB 6.
7
Trying Taking Manhattan ★★★
WI 19.
4
RB 4.
1
Turns take 15 minutes each ★
WI 11.
18
RB 4.
1
Turns take a quarter day each ★★★
WI 4.
15
RB 8.
4
U-Stor-It ★★★
WI 5.
11
RB 12.
1
The Über-complète clavier ★★★
WI 6.
14
RB 3.
7
Unblinking ★★★
WI 3.
3
RB 8.
2
The Unbuttoned Elevator Affair ★
WI 27.
30
RB 5.
6
Uncommon Ground ★★
WI 12.
11
RB 7.
14
Under Contract ★★★★
WI 3.
5
RB 2.
2
Understanding names of things, basic ★
WI 12.
17
RB 3.
4
Understanding new commands involving compass directions ★★
WI 17.
15
RB 2.
3
Understanding text ★★★
WI 17.
15
RB 9.
9
Understanding units as part of the name of a thing ★
WI 4.
9
RB 3.
8
The Undertomb 1 ★
WI 4.
9
RB 3.
7
The Undertomb 2 ★★
WI 18.
38
RB 11.
6
UNDO not mentioned in the final question ★
WI 13.
9
RB 11.
3
The Unexamined Life ★★★
WI 15.
20
RB 10.
5
Unit conversions ★★
WI 18.
13
RB 9.
2
Unpeeled ★
WI 13.
9
RB 7.
16
Unthinkable Alliances ★
WI 3.
2
RB 6.
9
Up and Up ★★
WI 19.
4
RB 4.
1
Uptempo ★
WI 8.
18
RB 3.
9
Uptown Girls ★★★
WI 17.
2
RB 6.
17
USE action which divines rational behavior for a wide range of possible nouns ★
WI 21.
11
RB 10.
11
Using lists as arrays ★
WI 21.
11
RB 7.
16
Using lists as queues ★
WI 21.
11
RB 8.
4
Using lists as rings ★
WI 21.
11
RB 6.
14
Using lists as sets ★
WI 21.
11
RB 10.
11
Using lists as sieves ★
WI 21.
11
RB 7.
12
Using lists as stacks ★
WI 3.
25
RB 7.
13
Van Helsing ★★
WI 14.
3
RB 2.
1
Variety ★★
WI 14.
3
RB 2.
1
Variety 2 ★★
WI 17.
13
RB 6.
10
Variety of postures ★
WI 18.
1
RB 3.
1
Varying room description text ★
WI 3.
1
RB 6.
4
Verbosity 1: Brief descriptions by default ★
WI 19.
4
RB 6.
4
Verbosity 2: Full-length descriptions mandatory ★
WI 7.
13
RB 6.
9
Veronica ★
WI 6.
9
RB 8.
5
Versailles ★★
WI 12.
20
RB 9.
12
Video camera that records all actions ★★
WI 6.
14
RB 3.
4
A View of Green Hills ★★★
WI 12.
3
RB 7.
14
Virtue ★
WI 8.
4
RB 3.
6
Vitrine ★
WI 4.
1
RB 2.
2
Vouvray ★★
WI 13.
12
RB 3.
5
Wainwright Acts ★
WI 19.
2
RB 6.
11
WAIT [number] MINUTES command ★
WI 19.
2
RB 6.
11
WAIT UNTIL [time] command ★★
WI 18.
31
RB 6.
17
Walls and Noses ★★★
WI 13.
4
RB 10.
10
Wand which reveals a person's concealed possessions ★