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→INTERRUPTION
A player can Interrupt another player’s turn by spending 1 Coin
to do so. Play passes to the Interrupting player and proceeds clockwise
from there when he is done, unless he is also Interrupted.
❍ Interrupting a turn costs 1 Coin.

→PLAYER TURNS
All scenes have a formal beginning and a formal ending. In
between there will be many player turns as players take their actions and Interrupt each other to narrate some element of the
story. The Framing Player essentially has the first turn, which
begins as soon as the scene is framed. When a player does not
want or cannot afford to do anything further they end their turn
and play proceeds to the next player in clockwise order. Note:
ending one’s turn is not the same thing as ending the scene.

→CUTTING BACK TO THE SAME SCENE
Instead of framing a new scene after winning the bid, the
Framing Player may elect to continue the action of a previous scene
(including the scene just ended) by spending 1 Coin to Establish
the Location as that prior scene. If that scene was in the past or the
future additional Coins must be spent to Set the Time.

→INTRODUCE COMPONENTS
❍ It takes 1 Coin to Introduce 1 Component into, or Exit
1 Component from, a scene

→RULES GIMMICK:
FADE TO BLACK
The Framing Player may choose
to pay 1 Coin when ending a scene
to “Fade to Black.” Fading to Black
prevents the next Framing Player
from extending the scene or return-
ing to it at any point in the future.
This may be desirable if the
player feels he has ended the
scene in a suitably dramatic fash-
ion and doesn’t want another
player dragging it out.
Like anything else in the game,
“Fade to Black” can be Challenged
by any player who feels it inap-
propriate.

→For example, if the Events of a
scene included a murder, another
player could later frame a scene
at a local police precinct where a
character (who wasn’t explicitly
present in the earlier scene) is
claiming to be a witness to the
crime. Explicitly paying to not
have that character present at
the scene is a Fact that could be
used to assist in Challenging that
attempt (or at least Challenge it
being true, the character could
still lie about having been a wit-
ness, but the players would all
know that she actually wasn’t).

→Players can also spend a Coin to explicitly state a Component
as not being in the scene. This
may be desirable because anoth-
er player is free to retroactively
place any character not so lim-
ited into the scene at a later time.

→Additional characters and props can be Introduced at any time
throughout the scene during player turns in this same way, by sim-
ply paying a Coin. The Introducing player will have initial Control.
Controlled Components can similarly be Exited from a scene
by paying a Coin to have them depart. This departure can be for
any narrative reason, but it cannot be permanent. Any Exited
Component is available to be reintroduced at any time unless
formally Eliminated from play using the rules in Chapter 5.

→The player who Introduced the Component Controls it initially,
although Components can change hands during the scene. The
Controlling player (and only the Controlling player) can add,
remove, or restore Traits to the Component, without originating a
Complication. Control of a Component in one scene has no bear-
ing on who Controls that component in a subsequent scene.

→Only Components that
have been Introduced in
this way are present in
the scene. Components
that have been eliminat-
ed from play using the
Importance rules cannot
be Introduced in a scene
set chronologically after
the one in which they were eliminated (Importance and Eliminating
Components is described in detail in Chapter 5, page 78).

→GAME PLAY NOTE: SUSPENSE
Contributed by Clinton Nixon
The game itself is more sus-
penseful than most role-playing
games. Most RPGs aren’t sus-
penseful at all for the GM - he
knows what’s going to happen.
Even in a heavily narrativist game,
he has some ideas, and knows
the agendas of his antagonists.
Players can read this, by the way
- people can be obvious. I’ve often
known what was going to happen
in a game because I knew what TV
shows the GM watched, or movies
he liked, or books he read.
In Universalis, since everyone
contributes, no one knows for
sure what might happen next. This
kicks ass.

→All scenes start as collections of Components that are active
in it (i.e. a location, characters at that location, and any props
that are present). The act of adding a Component to a Scene is
called “Introducing" that
Component. This costs 1
Coin. If the Component
already exists (i.e. has
been Created previous-
ly) then the 1 Coin pays
for its presence in the
scene. If the Component
has not yet been Created,
then it is Created now
with that Coin (Creating
Components and assign-
ing Traits to them is
described in detail in
Chapter 5).

→During most scenes, time progresses at a normal rate into the
future. The time of the scene is not normally changed in mid scene
the way a location can be changed. Usually if game time is to be
moved substantially forward or is to flash back to the past, a whole
new scene or mini scene (see page 32) is framed and an appropri-
ate time set. However, since it is not possible to write rules to cover
every possible scene players could wish to invent, this rule can be
violated by proposing a Rules Gimmick allowing it to be lifted. For
instance a Time Machine Component may allow the Controlling
player to narrate changes in the time of the scene.

→Framing a scene into the future, however, will limit the Events
of other scenes that occur before it chronologically but have yet
to be framed. In order to frame a scene into the future the player
must pay 1 Coin to each other player in the game as compensation
for limiting their future control in this way. For instance, setting a
scene five years into the future requires that all characters present
in that scene are alive at that time. This limits the other players’
ability to narrate the death of any of those characters before then.

→There are two ways to frame into the past. The first is to frame
into the distant past to deal with Events that occurred before
the current game began. These are the easiest past frames to
accomplish as the player must only ensure he does not establish
any Facts which violate what is already known to be Fact (unless
he desires to do so and is risking Challenge). The second is to
frame the scene back to an earlier point in the game itself. This
is a much more advanced technique. If you intend to use it with
any frequency you should be certain to maintain your game
log very carefully so you have a timeline of scenes and which
Components were present in order to preserve continuity.

→Unless otherwise stated, each scene occurs either immediately
subsequent to the previous one or simultaneously with it (possible
if framed at a different location). This is the default and costs
nothing. Establishing a time other than these must be paid for.

→SET THE TIME
Setting the time costs:
❍ Nothing if it follows immediately on the previous scene
❍ 1 Coin to set it in the past
❍ 1 Coin paid to each other player to set it in the future

→It is appropriate only when a single scene spans across multiple
locations (such as during a chase). Characters and Components
should remain fairly constant across locations. It is assumed that
all Components travel to the new location at no additional cost.
Any that do not should be paid to exit (also for 1 Coin). Only
Traits from the current location are available to be drawn upon
for dice in Complications (see Chapter 6). If the change of loca-
tion also involves a substantial change in cast, then this is best
handled by ending the current scene and beginning a new one.

→All scenes require a location to occur in. All locations are a
type of Component that is Created by the players and can be
assigned Traits as described in Chapter 5.
Locations can be changed during a scene by a player merely
establishing a new location exactly as above on their turn.
Changing locations is not the same thing as starting a new scene.

→❍ Establishing or changing location costs 1 Coin.