Total MayhemAlmanac

Winning order: elbow beats paper / elbow not stated to beat paper

x_p5_264 conflict

b01 states the winning order ends with 'elbow beats paper' (completing the cycle), while al1 and b14 glossary entries omit 'beats paper' after elbow, leaving the cycle incomplete as printed.

books Book 1 Book 14 Almanac (al1)
subjects Paper-rock-scissors-carrot-spoon-tissue-elbow - f_b01_072 - f_al1_267 - f_b14_133

Evidence

b01 glossary (f_b01_072): full cycle including 'elbow beats paper'
Paper beats rock beats scissor beats carrot beats spoon beats tissue (obviously) beats elbow beats paper.
b01:c99:p201
al1 (f_al1_267): cycle ends at 'beats elbow' with no 'beats paper'
This is a hand game played between two people, in which each player simultaneously forms one of seven shapes with an outstretched hand. Paper beats rock beats scissor beats carrot beats spoon beats tissue (obviously) beats elbow.
al1:c01:p226
b14 glossary (f_b14_133): cycle ends at 'beats elbow' with no 'beats paper'
Paper beats rock beats scissor beats carrot beats spoon beats tissue (obviously) beats elbow.
b14:c99:p328
citations b01:c99:p201 al1:c01:p226 b14:c99:p328
extraction note b01 closes the loop explicitly ('elbow beats paper'), while both al1 and b14 truncate the sequence before that closing step. This is a textual discrepancy in the printed rule statements.