Nomic Pickaxe

Rules

Immutable Rules

100. The name of this game is "The Official Microsoft Teams™ Nomic feat. Yavapai College".
101. All players must follow the rules.
102. A rule change means: The enactment, reinstatement, repeal, or amendment of a mutable rule; or the transition of an mutable rule into an immutable rule and vice versa.
103. All suggested rule changes must be voted on by everyone.
104. A rule change will be adopted if and only if it gets the correct number of votes.
105. Rule changes happen as such:
- Step 1) The player whose turn it is suggests a new rule in a formal form, stating whether it is meant to be mutable or immutable.
- Step 2) The remaining players reply to that message with their definitive votes.
- Step 3) Once all players have voted definitively, the vote is declared as having been resolved and the rule proposal is recorded by the scribe.
106. The rules and changes are given ordinal numbers which are kept by the scribe. Immutable rules will be kept in the 100s and mutable rules will be kept in the 200s. No rule or change may receive the number of a rule that was proposed before it. If a rule is repealed its number is retired unless reinstated. If a rule is reinstated or amended in any way it will receive a sub letter that increments in alphabetical order (e.x. Rule 223b becomes 223c).
107. The history of all enactments, repeals, reinstatements, or amendments, as well as points gained or lost, status changes, etc. will be tracked by the scribe in the change log. The current state and turn order of all players will be tracked in the Player Roster.
108. If players believe a rule proposal can be improved upon, there is a grace period where players may discuss/debate the proposal before everyone votes on it. The duration of this time is determined by the rule proposer. During this time the player who is proposing the rule may edit their proposal comment thusly. A rule proposal may not be edited after all votes are cast.
109. The state of affairs which constitutes "winning" may not change from the goal of achieving N points, though the number of points and how to achieve them may of course change as the mutable rules are affected.
110. Any player may choose to forfeit the game at any time without penalty, though a rule must be instated for them if they wish to rejoin.
111. No rule may exist that disallows the adoption of new rules.
112. In the case that a mutable and immutable rule contradicts one another, the immutable rule takes precedence. In the case that two mutable rules contradict one another, the most recently modified rule takes precedence. In the case a rule contradicts itself, it might be determined to do nothing at all.
113. Players should not edit their comments in order to retroactively change the wording of a rule. The rules are as they are recorded by the scribe and the scribe is to be trusted to record the rules as they have been voted on.

Mutable Rules

200. The current Scribe is Jacob.
201. Players shall alternate in alphabetical order, taking one whole turn apiece. Turns may not be skipped or passed, and parts of turns may not be omitted. All players begin with zero points.
202. A turn consists of two parts, this this order:
- 1) Propose one rule change, and have it voted on.
- 2) Gain a number of points by rolling a d6 and adding the value to your total.
203. Dice rolls will be verified by rolling them using a verifiable online service.
- The current service used is the rolz.org room found at This Rollz.org room.
- Please set your name using the command /nick yourName
- Roll dice using the format `#xdy #comment`
204. A rule is adopted if it receives a majority of the vote (more than 50% of voters).
205. Rule changes take effect the moment the Admin declares it to be so.
206. Each player has exactly one vote.
207. A player wins if they achieve 100 (positive) points.
208. At any time there may not be more than 20 mutable rules.
209. If there is a disagreement on the legality of a move or the interpretation of a rule, the player whose turn precedes the current player is the be the final Judge.
210. If the rules are changed so that further play is impossible, or if the legality of a move is impossible to determine with finality, or if by the Judge's best reasoning a move appears equally legal and illegal, then the first player who is unable to complete a turn is the winner. This rule takes precedence over every other rule determining the winner.
211The number of votes each player gets each turn is determined by a roll of the dice, utilizing the current dice rolling system defined for the game, defaulting to 1d6 if no other dice system is currently formally defined.
212a. At any point during a player's turn, they may propose a vote to invite a new player into the Nomic. It must be made clear that a proposal to invite a new player will be made before any new rules proposals are made. If it is not clear that an invite proposal is going to be made before a rule change is proposed, it will be assumed that no invite proposal is being made. The votes used to vote on this proposal are taken from the pool of votes that players receive on account of rule 211.
The vote proposal will consist of the person they would like to invite and why they think that person should join. That person is permitted to be invited to the Nomic if their invite proposal receives a unanimous vote. If the vote passes, the person who made the proposal is the one that must expend the effort to invite the person in question. The turns of any other players may take place during this time period, and the invited person will be added to the roster at the moment they accept the invite and are made present in the Gameplay chat.
213. During any voting phase, players may subtract any number up to 10 points from their personal score and add it to their current voting score. The amount of points transferred between score and vote shall not exceed 10 and this option will not be available unless the player is current positive in points. It is possible to go negative as long as the starting personal score exceeded 0 at the start of the vote. You may not change the amount of added/subtracted points after your initial declaration on a singular vote. You may utilize this system multiple times on different voting proposals in a turn as long as the number subtracted does not exceed 10 in one turn.
214. "First Bank of Dendy"
This rule explicitly takes precedence over rules 201 and 212 where its mechanics would conflict with them.
Scott Dendy is added to the player roster with zero points, and marked as "Inactive". While he is in the inactive state, his turns are skipped, and his votes on others' proposals are considered null.
When a player rolls to gain points per rule 202, if they gain less than the maximum number of points possible (6 as of this writing), the difference is added to Scott Dendy's score.
If a point gain would cause Scott Dendy's score to reach or exceed 100 points while he is still inactive, the player whose roll caused that will be awarded a dividend of 25 points, and Scott Dendy's score is then reset to zero. This can happen multiple times.
In the extremely unlikely event that Scott Dendy ever posts within this Team, his inactive status will be removed, and he will join gameplay as a normal player with his current point total. This rule will then automatically be repealed.
215. Players may spend 5 votes to create 1 farm. Farms will generate 1 point per turn indefinitely. There are no limits on the number of farms that can be built total but only 1 may be built per turn.
216. "Dunk the Runk"
On a player's turn, when they would roll to gain points, they may instead attempt to Dunk the Runk.
The player will roll 2d6. On the first d6, a roll of 1-4 will result in a Dunk, while a roll of 5 or 6 will result in a Runk. On the second d6, a roll of 1-4 will result in a Runk, while a roll of 5 or 6 will result in a Dunk.
If the rolls result in a Dunk followed by a Runk (AKA Dunking the Runk), that player gains 20 points.
If the rolls result in a Runk and a Runk (AKA a Runky Runk), or a Dunk and a Dunk (AKA a Redundunk), that player gains zero points.
If the rolls result in a Runk followed by a Dunk (AKA Runking the Dunk, a truly shameful act), that player loses 30 points, and can no longer attempt to Dunk the Runk for the rest of the game.