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* ''{{Zombieland}}'' gives us the Rules, as laid down by Columbus. There's almost 40, but they're very succinct (and we never get to hear them all). Examples include:

** ''WerewolfTheForsaken'' likewise has the Oath of the Moon, with precepts such as. "The Wolf Must Hunt," "[[{[Masquerade}} The Herd Must Not Know]]", "The Low Honor the High; the High Honor the Low," "[[ApeShallNeverKillApe The People Do Not Murder the People]]," "Respect Your Prey," "The [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Uratha]] Shall Cleave to the Human," and "Do Not Eat the Flesh of Man or Wolf." Each tribe has a little sub-clause to this Oath, such as "Offer No Surrender You Would Not Accept" (the Blood Talons), "Pay Each Spirit in Kind" (the Bone Shadows), "Let No Sacred Place in Your Territory Be Violated" (the Hunters in Darkness), "Honor Your Territory in All Things" (the Iron Masters), and "Allow No One to Witness or Tend To Your Weakness" (the Storm Lords).

51: Sometimes you're wrong. (Addendum to original rules)\\

* Frank Martin's personal code from ''TheTransporter'':
-->1. Never change the deal.\\
2. No names.\\
3. Never look inside the package.

* The original ''VampireTheMasquerade'' had Traditions that vampires were required to follow.
** The First Tradition: The Masquerade

* Also from the Old World of darkness, ''WerewolfTheApocalypse'' presents the Litany of the Garou Nation.
** Garou shall not mate with Garou.
** Combat the Wyrm wherever it dwells and wherever it breeds.
** Respect the territory of another.
** Accept an honorable surrender.
** Submit to those higher in station.
** The first share of the kill for the greatest in station.
** Ye shall not eat the flesh of humans.
** Respect those beneath ye-- all are of Gaia.
** The Veil shall not be lifted.
** Do not suffer thy people to tend thy sickness.
** The leader may be challenged at any time during peace.
** The leader may not be challenged during wartime.
** Ye shall take no action that causes a Caern to be violated.

** Thou shalt harm none
** Thou shalt not use magic upon the streets of Tarna
** Thou shalt not take that which is not thine.
** Thou shalt behave with honor.

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* In the WorldOfDarkness game ''Sineater'' there are many realms of the dead, and each such realm has its own short list of commandments known as "the old laws". The gamemaster is encouraged to tempt the player characters to break these laws, just to make things interesting.

*** We ought to note that the robots, after becoming totally sentient and [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots ridiculously human]], eventually discover a ''Zeroth'' law: A robot may not injure ''humanity'', or, through inaction, allow ''humanity'' to come to harm. This comes to light in the prequels and later sequels to ''{{Foundation}}, in which it is a key part of Asimov's ArcWelding.

* UminekoNoNakuKoroNi uses a variation of [[FairPlayWhodunnit Knox's Decalogue]]
## [[color:red:It is forbidden for the culprit to be anyone not mentioned in the early part of the story.]]
## [[color:red:It is forbidden for supernatural agencies to be employed as a detective technique.]]
## [[color:red:It is forbidden for hidden passages to exist. ]]
## [[color:red:It is forbidden for unknown drugs or hard to understand scientific devices to be used. ]]
## (Not Included)
## [[color:red:It is forbidden for accident or intuition to be employed as a detective technique. ]]
## [[color:red:It is forbidden for the detective to be the culprit.]]
## [[color:red:It is forbidden for the case to be resolved with clues that are not presented.]]
## [[color:red:It is permitted for observers to let their own conclusions and interpretations be heard.]]
## [[color:red:It is forbidden for a character to disguise themselves as another without any clues.]]

## 1. Cardio
## 2. Double tap
## 3. Beware of bathrooms
## 4. [[MundaneUtility Always wear a seatbelt]]
## 18.Limber up
## 22. When in doubt, know your way out
## 29. Check the back seat

* UminekoNoNakuKoroNi uses a variation of [[FairPlayWhodunnit Knox's Decalogue]

## 1. [[color:red:It is forbidden for the culprit to be anyone not mentioned in the early part of the story.]]
## 2. [[color:red:It is forbidden for supernatural agencies to be employed as a detective technique.]]
## 3. [[color:red:It is forbidden for hidden passages to exist. ]]
## 4. [[color:red:It is forbidden for unknown drugs or hard to understand scientific devices to be used. ]]
## 5. (Not Included)
## 6. [[color:red:It is forbidden for accident or intuition to be employed as a detective technique. ]]
## 7. [[color:red:It is forbidden for the detective to be the culprit.]]
## 8. [[color:red:It is forbidden for the case to be resolved with clues that are not presented.]]
## 9. [[color:red:It is permitted for observers to let their own conclusions and interpretations be heard.]]
## 10. [[color:red:It is forbidden for a character to disguise themselves as another without any clues.]]

* ''AnimalFarm'' has the priciples of Animalism, which are written on the side of the barn for all to see. The first principle was "All animals are equal". As their system slipped into totalitarianism and tyranny, the principles got altered and removed until only a subversion of the first rule remained: "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others." The other six laws, in order of appearance:

## Never oppose an OCP officer.

* ''AnimalFarm'' has the priciples of Animalism, which are written on the side of the barn for all to see. The first principle was "All animals are equal". As their system slipped into totalitarianism and tyranny, the principles got altered and removed until only a subversion of the first rule remained: "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others."
The other six laws, in order of appearance: