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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 9630772" data-attributes="member: 6696971">In DW you see this same ethos spread through the various sections of the book.  The part on making moves with Traps is the exact analog we're looking for here:The long and the short of AW's/DW's "don't yank the rug out from under their feet...don't weasel...don't play gotcha" and "traps aren't allowed to break the rules" is effectively "if the fiction established and/or post-move gamestate has yielded a player win and/or firmed up their footing...do_not_rugpull...grant them their positive gamestate...do not negate established wins..." and also "be as scrupulous and generous with the truth as the rules and ethics of play allows/demands."Or, put another way, "traps aren't an option when something (the firmed up fiction or a gamestate-attending player move of 7+) has established that the location is safe."  You can sub traps out for double-cross (or equivalent) and location for person and safe for truthful (or equivalent).  "Double-cross isn't an option when something has established that the person is truthful."  Exact same principle.</blockquote>