Pause! Game

Highly social, brilliant and occasionally annoying game. First recorded occurrence of it was in ancient Hipposwotania in 467 BC. The game has been refined over generations and the rules are now codified in the Pauselopedia.

Basic rules as follows:

RULE 1: When someone shouts “Pause!”, everyone in the room has to freeze completely still, including the person who shouted “Pause!”

RULE 2: You can only move again when the shouter shouts “Play!”

RULE 3: The shouter needs to hold their breath between shouting “Pause!” and “Play!”

RULE 4: If the shouter breathes before they say “Play!”, the “Pause!” is broken and everyone can move again.

RULE 5: Each person is only allowed to shout “Pause!” once per day, and they can do it whenever they want.

Appears in the Almanac
First seen in the Almanac, page 229

Research

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Highly social, brilliant and occasionally annoying game. First recorded occurrence of it was in ancient Hipposwotania in 467 BC. al1:c01:p229

first appearance al1:c01:p229

appears in Almanac (al1)

In the printed almanac pages (2 cited)

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Pause! Game Rule 1: When someone shouts 'Pause!', everyone including the shouter must freeze completely still.

RULE 1: When someone shouts "Pause!", everyone in the room has to freeze completely still, including the person who shouted "Pause!" al1:c01:p229

f_al1_271 in_world_system

Pause! Game Rule 5: Each person is only allowed to shout 'Pause!' once per day.

RULE 5: Each person is only allowed to shout "Pause!" once per day, and they can do it whenever they want. al1:c01:p229

f_al1_272 in_world_system

history (1)

The first recorded occurrence of the Pause! Game was in ancient Hipposwotania in 467 BC.

First recorded occurrence of it was in ancient Hipposwotania in 467 BC. al1:c01:p229

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Cited pages (2)

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