Bet Appétit — Le Guide Rouge

New wager

Mise en Place

Everything in its place before service. A bet cannot be fired until it says how it settles — or says plainly what is missing from the rule.

The question

Jim's side

Whit's side

How we'll know

Write it so a stranger could settle the bet without asking either of you. Leave it empty only if you genuinely cannot, and then say why below.

If there is no such rule, what is missing

Required when the line above is empty. The bet is still struck — it is just marked as one nobody could settle as written, which is a fact about it rather than a reason to refuse it.

Table set

The day it was struck. Today, unless you are entering one from a while back. Clear it if nobody ever wrote the date down.

Kitchen closes

Leave empty if you never agreed one. The book will say so.

The wager

The house betThe domesticThe passport

Sets the travel radius. Three stars means getting on a plane.

Both of you agreed this stake

Leave it unticked if the stake is a proposal. The book will show it as proposed rather than settled, everywhere it appears.