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Is there a list or page anywhere of all the rules?

I've compiled a few of them:

Rule 1: Pillage, then burn
Rule 8: Mockery and derision have thier place. Usually on the far side of an airlock.
Rule 9: Never turn your back on an enemy.
Rule 12: A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head.
Rule 13: Do unto others
Rule 16: Your name is in the mouth of others: make sure it has teeth.
Rule 27: Don't be afraid to be the first to resort to violence.
Rule 29: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy, no more, no less.
Rule 30: A little trust goes a long way. The less you use the further you will go.

?: Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Take his fish away and tell him he's lucky just to be alive, and he'll figure out how to catch another one for you to take tomorrow.

?: There is no such thing as overkill, something something something - I think Schlock said this one?

Anyone got any others?

can we get one of these as a sticky or something. There are lists everywhere, search google, I'm sure one will pop up

search this forum. There was a nice webpage done up by a forumite, with links to the attributions.

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Rule 31: Only cheaters prosper
Rule 34: If you're leaving scorch marks you need a bigger gun.
Rule 36: When the going gets tough the tough call for close air support
Rule 37: There is no 'overkill.' There is only 'open fire' and 'I need to reload'
Rule 37 (alternate version): ...and 'Time to reload.'
I'm not sure which I prefer, but the 'alternate' was spoken by one of Breya's monkey sargents.

The fact that I haven't seen any misnumbered rules leads me to believe that Howard is keeping track of these things for continuity (soo refreshing compared to certain scifi movie directorproducers of late...) or has already thought of at least 37 rules that he has not made us privy to. I would be interested to find out what the 'habits' are.

Dang it, pay attention:

http://xaonon.dyndns.org/habits/

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And the very fact that they seem so consistent made me wonder if The Boss had put a COMPLETE list up somewhere.

It might make a nice little book, what with Howard's brilliant sense of humour. Little book for a few pounds, with a few nice drawings, in a small format, just like you see at the till of every book store these days...

I'd buy it.

Even if Howard has it (what I doubt), publishing it would limit his creativity in the future.

It's like Star Trek particles - something you invent as you go along.

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I believe he's said he has it, but it's just the list, without the additional material one would find in a book.

anyone else think its about time to hear another of the habits? its been a long time since we've had a new one.

I wouldn't want to see the whole list revealed in advance, it's more fun to learn it piecewise in the comics, but I DO agree that this thread (or one of the various other ones on the same topic) should be stickied and updated as necessary, or else that URL should be linked on the main page. Otherwise people are going to KEEP asking; I know I almost did at one point.

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I'd like http://zoo.nightstar.net/viewtopic.php?t=12319 to be stickied...

That geek - err, guy - spent all that time making a webpage for it, with references and everything...

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