Nomics...a fantastic simulation that can drive the youth crazy but give them a very powerful look into the making of laws, carrying them out, and negotiation.
These are the initial rules that our parent mentor gave us:
Initial Set of Rules
100. All players must always abide by all of the rules then in effect, in the form in which they are in effect.
101. All rule changes proposed in the proper way shall be voted on. They will be adopted if and only if they receive the required number of votes.
102. Every player is an eligible voter. Every eligible voter must participate in every vote on rule changes.
103. All proposed rule changes shall be written down before they are voted on.
104. No rule change may take effect earlier than the moment of the completion of the vote that adopted it, even if its wording explicitly states otherwise. No rule change may have retroactive application.
105. Each proposed rule change shall be given a number for reference. The numbers shall begin with 200, and each rule change proposed in the proper way shall receive the next successive integer, whether or not the proposal is adopted.
106. If a rule change as proposed is unclear, ambiguous, paradoxical, or destructive of play, or if it arguably consists of two or more rule changes compounded or is an amendment that makes no difference, or if it is otherwise of questionable value, then the other players may suggest amendments or argue against the proposal before the vote.
107. Whatever is not prohibited or regulated by a rule is permitted and unregulated, with the sole exception of changing the rules, which is permitted only when a rule or set of rules explicitly or implicitly permits it.
109. Players shall alternate in clockwise order, taking one whole turn apiece. Turns may not be skipped or passed, and parts of turns may not be omitted.
110. All players begin the game with zero points.
111. One turn consists of one part: proposing one rule change and having it voted on.
112. A rule change is adopted if and only if the vote is unanimous among the eligible voters.
113. An adopted rule change takes full effect at the moment of the completion of the vote that adopted it.
114. Each player has exactly one vote.
115. The winner is the first player to achieve 100 points.
116. If two or more rules conflict with one another, then the rule with the lowest ordinal number takes precedence.
117. If players disagree about the legality of a move or the interpretation or application of a rule, then the player preceding the one moving is to be the Judge and decide the question.
118. If the rules are changed so that further play is impossible, or if the legality of a move cannot be determined with finality, or if by the Judge's best reasoning, not overruled, a move appears equally legal and illegal, then the first player unable to complete a turn is the winner.
—Peter Suber, The Paradox of Self-Amendment[2Nomic is a game in which changing the rules is a move. In that respect it differs from almost every other game. The primary activity of Nomic is proposing changes in the rules, debating the wisdom of changing them in that way, voting on the changes, deciding what can and cannot be done afterwards, and doing it. Even this core of the game, of course, can be changed.
These are the initial rules that our parent mentor gave us:
Initial Set of Rules
100. All players must always abide by all of the rules then in effect, in the form in which they are in effect.
101. All rule changes proposed in the proper way shall be voted on. They will be adopted if and only if they receive the required number of votes.
102. Every player is an eligible voter. Every eligible voter must participate in every vote on rule changes.
103. All proposed rule changes shall be written down before they are voted on.
104. No rule change may take effect earlier than the moment of the completion of the vote that adopted it, even if its wording explicitly states otherwise. No rule change may have retroactive application.
105. Each proposed rule change shall be given a number for reference. The numbers shall begin with 200, and each rule change proposed in the proper way shall receive the next successive integer, whether or not the proposal is adopted.
106. If a rule change as proposed is unclear, ambiguous, paradoxical, or destructive of play, or if it arguably consists of two or more rule changes compounded or is an amendment that makes no difference, or if it is otherwise of questionable value, then the other players may suggest amendments or argue against the proposal before the vote.
107. Whatever is not prohibited or regulated by a rule is permitted and unregulated, with the sole exception of changing the rules, which is permitted only when a rule or set of rules explicitly or implicitly permits it.
109. Players shall alternate in clockwise order, taking one whole turn apiece. Turns may not be skipped or passed, and parts of turns may not be omitted.
110. All players begin the game with zero points.
111. One turn consists of one part: proposing one rule change and having it voted on.
112. A rule change is adopted if and only if the vote is unanimous among the eligible voters.
113. An adopted rule change takes full effect at the moment of the completion of the vote that adopted it.
114. Each player has exactly one vote.
115. The winner is the first player to achieve 100 points.
116. If two or more rules conflict with one another, then the rule with the lowest ordinal number takes precedence.
117. If players disagree about the legality of a move or the interpretation or application of a rule, then the player preceding the one moving is to be the Judge and decide the question.
118. If the rules are changed so that further play is impossible, or if the legality of a move cannot be determined with finality, or if by the Judge's best reasoning, not overruled, a move appears equally legal and illegal, then the first player unable to complete a turn is the winner.
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