Huge thanks for such a huge reply! Its so nice to read! Abt the tope: the rope did help . In the turn results there is a way to convey the passives and delayed effects working but the statement itself wasnt written so when a passive or delayed effect activates you just see that items name again in turn results so every time you saw [rope] there it was working.
As for the endings there are indeed 2 endings. Every game ends after turn 13. For the better ending you need to use talk to function a lot more while surviving