Welcome to Nomic! The game that changes with the players!
The following is our Law of the Land. It is split into two categories, the "Meta Rules" and the "Law". The Meta Rules are the basic rules which define how this Nomic works. Simply looking them over once should be enough; you will rarely, if ever, need to refer back to them. The Law is the rest of the rules, the ones which truly shape the gameplay. I know it may seem long, but the basic ideas of the Law are very simple. It's highly recommended that you read over the full Law at least once.
The Meta Rules:
The Law:
The following is our Law of the Land. It is split into two categories, the "Meta Rules" and the "Law". The Meta Rules are the basic rules which define how this Nomic works. Simply looking them over once should be enough; you will rarely, if ever, need to refer back to them. The Law is the rest of the rules, the ones which truly shape the gameplay. I know it may seem long, but the basic ideas of the Law are very simple. It's highly recommended that you read over the full Law at least once.
The Meta Rules:
001.
a)Rules 001-099 are meta rules, the rule with a number closer to rule 001 takes precedence over one with a number further from rule 001.
002.
a)The Meta Judge is DirtyScoundrel.
b)The Meta Judge shall act only to preserve the integrity of the nomic in order to allow play to continue unless a player legitimately wins the game.
c)The Meta Judge may overrule any action apart from a meta vote on meta rule 002, if they feel that the action will prevent or adversely impair enjoyable play from continuing.
003.
a)All meta rules require a 2/3rds "Yes" meta vote to amend, repeal or otherwise have any action taken upon them, including modifying their rule number.
004.
a)Meta rules may only be modified by making a meta suggestion, in the format " [META SUGGESTION RULE (???) - (suggestion text here)] ".
b)The voting period for a Meta Suggestion is 24 hours, if no votes are received in that time then the voting period is extended by another 24 hours.
c)Only one suggestion may exist about each rule at any one time.
d)Meta suggestions must reference a rule number between 001 and 099 inclusive; if the rule already exists the suggestion is treated as amending that rule, otherwise it creates it.
e)After the voting period is finished votes are tallied and the results posted; if sufficient support is reached, the updated rules are posted.
005.
a)All players have one meta vote each per suggestion with regards to the meta rules, regardless of their ability to vote, suggest or otherwise on or in rules 100+.
b)Meta votes are cast in the format " [META VOTE RULE (???) - (Yes / No)] ". "Yes" means that you concur with passing the suggestion at vote, "No" means that you do not concur.
006.
a)No rules numbered less than 001 may be created, rules must be numbered with whole integers.
b)All rules must use letters for subsections to aid clarity and referencing.
007.
a) No action by a player may cause a paradox or otherwise disfigure the game to such an extent that further play is seriously impaired. If such an action is detected the Meta Judge shall take whatever action they feel necessary to make further play possible.
008.
a)The meta rules may only be modified by meta actions and are immune to the effects of rules 100 onwards.
009.
a)Posts may not be edited other than for grammatical reasons if they contain official actions, meta or normal. Official actions include but are not limited to any kind of vote or repartitioning of land in the Kingdom.
b)The Meta Judge has authority to rule whether or not a player has infringed this rule.
c)Repeat infringements may be punished by revocation of ability to make official actions for a period of time not exceeding one week.
099.
a)Rule 099 is for defining the style in which Nomic should be played. This rule is designed to prevent major changes in game style occurring without a meta vote, since the voting system and rules in the main game may be undemocratic.
b)All players should avoid referencing the meta rules and related concepts such as the Meta Judge outside technical discussion of the meta rules.
c)Rules 100+ should be referred to as "the law" or "law" unless stated otherwise in rules 100+.
d)Suggestions for rules 100+ should be referred to as "petitions" unless stated otherwise in rules 100+.
e)Players should be referred to as a "Noble" or "Lord" or "Lady" or "the King" or "the Queen" or "The Monarch" unless stated otherwise in rules 100+.
f)A "day" is defined as a period of 24 hours, a "week" as 168 hours. The beginning of the calendar week is considered to be 00:01 Monday UTC.
g)Some things may be inferred but should be fairly obvious in rules 100+. Rules 100+ should be taken in the spirit of the game and players should not attempt to delay the game unduly by nitpicking. Though such nitpicking is not banned, it is frowned upon and the Meta Judge may decide to strike it from the official history.
h)Due to the setting the Nomic uses fractions instead of percentages.
a)Rules 001-099 are meta rules, the rule with a number closer to rule 001 takes precedence over one with a number further from rule 001.
002.
a)The Meta Judge is DirtyScoundrel.
b)The Meta Judge shall act only to preserve the integrity of the nomic in order to allow play to continue unless a player legitimately wins the game.
c)The Meta Judge may overrule any action apart from a meta vote on meta rule 002, if they feel that the action will prevent or adversely impair enjoyable play from continuing.
003.
a)All meta rules require a 2/3rds "Yes" meta vote to amend, repeal or otherwise have any action taken upon them, including modifying their rule number.
004.
a)Meta rules may only be modified by making a meta suggestion, in the format " [META SUGGESTION RULE (???) - (suggestion text here)] ".
b)The voting period for a Meta Suggestion is 24 hours, if no votes are received in that time then the voting period is extended by another 24 hours.
c)Only one suggestion may exist about each rule at any one time.
d)Meta suggestions must reference a rule number between 001 and 099 inclusive; if the rule already exists the suggestion is treated as amending that rule, otherwise it creates it.
e)After the voting period is finished votes are tallied and the results posted; if sufficient support is reached, the updated rules are posted.
005.
a)All players have one meta vote each per suggestion with regards to the meta rules, regardless of their ability to vote, suggest or otherwise on or in rules 100+.
b)Meta votes are cast in the format " [META VOTE RULE (???) - (Yes / No)] ". "Yes" means that you concur with passing the suggestion at vote, "No" means that you do not concur.
006.
a)No rules numbered less than 001 may be created, rules must be numbered with whole integers.
b)All rules must use letters for subsections to aid clarity and referencing.
007.
a) No action by a player may cause a paradox or otherwise disfigure the game to such an extent that further play is seriously impaired. If such an action is detected the Meta Judge shall take whatever action they feel necessary to make further play possible.
008.
a)The meta rules may only be modified by meta actions and are immune to the effects of rules 100 onwards.
009.
a)Posts may not be edited other than for grammatical reasons if they contain official actions, meta or normal. Official actions include but are not limited to any kind of vote or repartitioning of land in the Kingdom.
b)The Meta Judge has authority to rule whether or not a player has infringed this rule.
c)Repeat infringements may be punished by revocation of ability to make official actions for a period of time not exceeding one week.
099.
a)Rule 099 is for defining the style in which Nomic should be played. This rule is designed to prevent major changes in game style occurring without a meta vote, since the voting system and rules in the main game may be undemocratic.
b)All players should avoid referencing the meta rules and related concepts such as the Meta Judge outside technical discussion of the meta rules.
c)Rules 100+ should be referred to as "the law" or "law" unless stated otherwise in rules 100+.
d)Suggestions for rules 100+ should be referred to as "petitions" unless stated otherwise in rules 100+.
e)Players should be referred to as a "Noble" or "Lord" or "Lady" or "the King" or "the Queen" or "The Monarch" unless stated otherwise in rules 100+.
f)A "day" is defined as a period of 24 hours, a "week" as 168 hours. The beginning of the calendar week is considered to be 00:01 Monday UTC.
g)Some things may be inferred but should be fairly obvious in rules 100+. Rules 100+ should be taken in the spirit of the game and players should not attempt to delay the game unduly by nitpicking. Though such nitpicking is not banned, it is frowned upon and the Meta Judge may decide to strike it from the official history.
h)Due to the setting the Nomic uses fractions instead of percentages.
The Law:
The Kingdom is currently Lawless
