I like this a lot but just a comment on how it may turn out. If we're playing nomic purely to win, running totally nude without our civilized clothing of morality and goodwill, it might be best to go full ham on "Benefit a Majority, Punish a Minority", or "bampam", which pops up quite a bit on Blognomic, which I think is very comparable to what this would be, a short game of nomic.
Basically, the first player could propose a rule where some (smallest possible) majority has a winner (points set to 200) asap-ly randomly selected by the Gamemaster. Boom, someone wins. Game over. (barring some obscure scam) Or if you want to do the inverse, you could propose that some (biggest possible) minority can't win. Ever. Or that all of their actions are now controlled by the opposing majority. Without much stopping people from being total fucking assholes, the game could become very degenerate, very fast. Which I'd find thrilling to watch. Just pointing out that it could reasonably happen. On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 6:03 AM Gaelan Steele <g...@canishe.com> wrote: > [TL;DR: Nomic, but the ruleset isn’t published and proposals are private. > The intention is that you’d make your proposal, and share the next with > just enough people to get a majority voting for it.] > > Initial Set of Rules > Immutable Rules > 101. All players must always abide by all the rules then in effect, in the > form in which they are then in effect. The rules in the Initial Set are in > effect when the tournament beigins. The Initial Set consists of Rules > 101-116 (immutable) and 201-216 (mutable). > > 102. Initially rules in the 100's are immutable and rules in the 200's are > mutable. Rules subsequently enacted or transmuted (that is, changed from > immutable to mutable or vice versa) may be immutable or mutable regardless > of their numbers, and rules in the Initial Set may be transmuted regardless > of their numbers. > > 103. A rule-change is any of the following: (1) the enactment, repeal, or > amendment of a mutable rule; (2) the enactment, repeal, or amendment of an > amendment of a mutable rule; or (3) the transmutation of an immutable rule > into a mutable rule or vice versa. > > 104. 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. > > 105. Every player is an eligible voter. Every eligible voter must > participate in every vote on rule-changes. > > 106. All proposed rule-changes shall be sent to the Gamemaster before they > are voted on. If they are adopted, they shall guide play in the form in > which they were voted on. > > 107. 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. > > 108. Each proposed rule-change shall be given a number for reference. The > numbers shall begin with 301, and each rule-change proposed in the proper > way shall receive the next successive integer, whether or not the proposal > is adopted. > > If a rule is repealed and reenacted, it receives the number of the > proposal to reenact it. If a rule is amended or transmuted, it receives the > number of the proposal to amend or transmute it. If an amendment is amended > or repealed, the entire rule of which it is a part receives the number of > the proposal to amend or repeal the amendment. > > 109. Rule-changes that transmute immutable rules into mutable rules may be > adopted if and only if three quarters of the eligible voters, rounded up, > vote for it. Transmutation shall not be implied, but must be stated > explicitly in a proposal to take effect. > > 110. In a conflict between a mutable and an immutable rule, the immutable > rule takes precedence and the mutable rule shall be entirely void. For the > purposes of this rule a proposal to transmute an immutable rule does not > "conflict" with that immutable rule. > > 111. The state of affairs that constitutes winning may not be altered from > achieving n points to any other state of affairs. The magnitude of n and > the means of earning points may be changed, and rules that establish a > winner when play cannot continue may be enacted and (while they are > mutable) be amended or repealed. When a player wins, the Gamemaster shall > announce this fact, and the tournament ends with that player as the winner. > > 112. A player always has the option to forfeit the tournament rather than > continue to play or incur a tournament penalty. No penalty worse than > losing, in the judgment of the player to incur it, may be imposed. > > 113. There must always be at least one mutable rule. The adoption of > rule-changes must never become completely impermissible. > > 114. Rule-changes that affect rules needed to allow or apply rule-changes > are as permissible as other rule-changes. Even rule-changes that amend or > repeal their own authority are permissible. No rule-change or type of move > is impermissible solely on account of the self-reference or > self-application of a rule. > > 115. 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. > > 116. All judgements about the legality of a move or the interpretation or > application of a rule shall be made by the Gamemaster. > > Mutable Rules > 201. Players may take turns at any time, but not more than 23 hours after > a previous turn by the same plater. Parts of turns may not be omitted. All > players begin with zero points. > > 202. One turn consists of two parts in this order: (1) proposing one > rule-change, and (2) by the Gamemaster calculating a random number from one > to six and adding that number of points to the player's score. A player > takes a turn by privately communicating their intention to do so, along > with the proposed rule-change, to the Gamemaster. When a player takes a > turn, the Gamemaster shall announce the number of the proposed rule-change, > a cryptographic hash of its contents, and the number of points gained by > the player. > > 203. A rule-change is adopted if a simple majority of all eligible players > vote in favor of it. > > 205. An adopted rule-change takes full effect at the moment it receives > sufficient votes to be adopted. Upon a rule-change being adopted, the > Gamemaster shall publish the number of the adopted rule-change, but no > further information. > > 206. When a proposed rule-change is defeated, the player who proposed it > loses 10 points. > > 207. Each player always has exactly one vote. Players shall vote by > privately sending a message to the Gamemaster. > > 208. The winner is the first player to achieve 200 (positive) points. > > 211. If two or more mutable rules conflict with one another, or if two or > more immutable rules conflict with one another, then the rule with the > lowest ordinal number takes precedence. > > If at least one of the rules in conflict explicitly says of itself that it > defers to another rule (or type of rule) or takes precedence over another > rule (or type of rule), then such provisions shall supersede the numerical > method for determining precedence. > > If two or more rules claim to take precedence over one another or to defer > to one another, then the numerical method again governs. > > 213. 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 > Gamemaster's reasoning, a move appears equally legal and illegal, then the > first player who attempts, but is unable to complete, a turn is the winner. > > This rule takes precedence over every other rule determining the winner. > > 214. The state of the tournament\ shall be maintained by the Gamemaster. > While tournament continues, the Gamemaster shall not reveal any part of it > unless required to by the rules. > > 215. If a player breaks a rule or attempts to make a move prohibited by > the rules, the Gamemaster shall publicly announce that the player has > "failed to consider" the initial rule or rule-change that made the action > illegal or invalid (specifying the number of that rule or rule-change), and > the player shall lose 10 points. > > 216. A player with 5 or more points may privately submit an inquiry to the > Gamemaster, providing the number of an initial or adopted rule-change. Upon > sending such an inquiry, 5 points are deducted from the player's score. The > game-master shall respond with: > > - If the number corresponds to a rule-change, the text of the rule-change > as submitted when it was proposed. > - If the number corresponds to a rule or amendment, the number of the next > rule-change that amended, transmuted, or repealed it, if any. > > Gaelan
