This document last changed 28.7.04 16:30

Rule 101/0 (Immutable) 
    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 at the beginning of the first game. 
    The Initial Set consists of Rules 101-116 (immutable) and 201-222 
    (mutable). 
    
    History:
        101/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 102/0 (Immutable) 
    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. 
    
    History:
        102/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 103/0 (Immutable) 
    At any time, each Player shall be either a Voter or the Speaker; 
    no Player may simultaneously be a Voter and a Speaker. At any 
    time there shall be exactly one Speaker. The term "Player" in 
    the Rules shall specifically include both the Voters and the 
    Speaker. 
    
    History:
        103/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 104/0 (Immutable) 
    Rule 203 may amend this rule. The 1st Speaker of Claustronomic 
    was Goethe.
    
    History:
        104/0 Initial Rule
        104/1 Amended by rule 203 on 19-Jul-04
    
Rule 105/1 (Mutable) 
    A Rule change is any of the following: 
     (1) the enactment, repeal, or amendment of a mutable Rule; or 
     (2) the transmutation of an immutable Rule into a mutable Rule 
     or vice versa. 
    
    History:
        105/0 Initial Rule
        105/1 Initial Rule
    
Rule 106/0 (Immutable) 
    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 and quorum is achieved. 
    
    History:
        106/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 107/0 (Immutable) 
    Any proposed Rule change must be distributed to all Players 
    before it it is voted on. If adopted, it must guide play in the 
    form in which it was voted on. 
    
    History:
        107/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 108/0 (Immutable) 
    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. 
    
    History:
        108/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 109/1 (Mutable) 
    The Speaker shall give each proposed Rule change 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. 
     
    The Speaker shall maintain an amendment index for each Rule. The 
    amendment index of a Rule is 0 when it is enacted or otherwise 
    unspecified. The amendment index of a Rule is incremented each 
    time the Rule is amended. 
    
    History:
        109/0 Initial Rule
        109/1 Initial Rule
    
Rule 110/0 (Immutable) 
    Rule changes that transmute immutable Rules into mutable Rules 
    may be adopted if and only if the vote is unanimous among votes 
    legally cast. Transmutation shall not be implied, but must be 
    stated explicitly in a proposal to take effect. 
    
    History:
        110/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 111/0 (Immutable) 
    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. 
    
    History:
        111/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 112/1 (Mutable) 
    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. 
    
    History:
        112/0 Initial Rule
        112/1 Transmuted by Proposal XXX (Elysion) on 24-May-04
    
Rule 113/0 (Immutable) 
    A Player always has the option to forfeit the game rather than 
    continue to play or incur a game penalty. No penalty worse than 
    losing, in the judgement of the Player to incur it, may be 
    imposed. 
    
    History:
        113/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 114/0 (Immutable) 
    There must always be at least one mutable Rule. The adoption of 
    Rule changes must never become completely inpermissible. 
    
    History:
        114/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 115/0 (Immutable) 
    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. 
    
    History:
        115/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 116/0 (Immutable) 
    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. 
    
    History:
        116/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 201/0 (Mutable) 
    Quorum for a proposed Rule change is defined to be 20% of Voters 
    at the beginning of the prescribed voting period for that 
    proposal. 
    
    History:
        201/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 202/0 (Mutable) 
    All Players begin with 0 points. Points may not be gained, lost, 
    or traded except as explicitly stated in the Rules. 
    
    History:
        202/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 203/0 (Mutable) 
    The winner is the first Voter to achieve 100 (positive) points. 
    If more than one Voter achieves this condition simultaneously, 
    all such Voters win. When a game ends in this manner: 
     
     * Rule 104 is amended by appending the sentence "The Nth 
     Speaker of Claustronomic was FOO.", where `Nth' is replaced 
     by the smallest positive ordinal not already occurring in 
     Rule 104, and `FOO' is replaced by the identity of the 
     Speaker. 
     
     * If there is only one winner, then that Voter becomes the 
     Speaker; otherwise, the Speaker randomly selects one of the 
     winners, who becomes the new Speaker. Afterward, the old 
     Speaker becomes a Voter, and shall transfer all necessary 
     information (such as outstanding Proposals, score lists, 
     etc.) to the new Speaker. 
     
     * All Players' scores are reset to 0. 
     
     * A new game is begun. All Rules and proposed Rule changes 
     retain the status they had at the end of the old game. 
    
    History:
        203/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 204/0 (Mutable) 
    A proposal shall be made by submitting it to the Speaker. Only 
    Voters may make proposals. As soon as possible after the 
    beginning of each week, the Speaker shall assign each currently 
    undistributed proposal a number and distribute them along with 
    their numbers to all Players. 
    
    History:
        204/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 205/0 (Mutable) 
    The prescribed voting period for a proposal shall be one week, 
    beginning at the time the Speaker distributes the proposal to all 
    Players. 
    
    History:
        205/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 206/0 (Mutable) 
    Each Voter may vote exactly once per proposal. The Speaker may 
    not vote on any proposal. 
    
    History:
        206/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 207/0 (Mutable) 
    Voters may vote either for or against any proposal within its 
    prescribed voting period. In order to be legally cast, the vote 
    must be received by the Speaker by the end of the prescribed 
    voting period. The Speaker may not reveal any votes until the 
    end of the prescribed voting period. Any Voter who does not 
    legally vote within the prescribed voting period shall be deemed 
    to have abstained. 
    
    History:
        207/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 208/0 (Mutable) 
    As soon as possible after the prescribed voting period on a 
    proposal, the Speaker shall reveal all votes legally cast on that 
    proposal. If the Speaker's consent may be required for a 
    proposal to be adopted, then the Speaker should indicate at that 
    time whether or not e gives eir consent. If the Speaker does not 
    explicitly indicate that e refuses to consent to the proposal, it 
    shall be assumed that e consents. 
    
    History:
        208/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 209/0 (Mutable) 
    The required votes for a proposal to be adopted is as follows: 
     
     For a proposal which would directly alter the actions which are 
     required of and/or forbidden to the Speaker: 
     a) a simple majority of all votes legally cast, if the 
     Speaker consents; 
     b) a 2/3 majority of all votes legally cast, if the Speaker 
     does not consent; 
     
     For all other proposals, a simple majority of votes legally 
     cast. 
     
    This Rule defers to Rules which set the required number of votes 
    for proposals which propose to transmute a Rule. 
    
    History:
        209/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 210/0 (Mutable) 
    Each adopted Rule change in a distribution takes full effect when 
    the Speaker correctly announces the voting results for that 
    distribution. 
    
    History:
        210/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 211/1 (Mutable) 
    Upon the adoption of a proposal, Voters who voted against that 
    proposal shall receive 2 points apiece. Upon the adoption of a 
    proposal, the Player who made that proposal shall receive as many 
    points as the difference between votes cast for and against this 
    proposal. 
     
    Upon the defeat of a proposal which achieved quorum, the Player 
    who made that proposal shall lose as many points as the 
    difference between votes cast against and for this proposal. 
     
    When a proposal fails to achieve quorum, all Voters who did not 
    cast a vote on the proposal lose 5 points.
    History:
        211/0 Initial Rule
        211/1 Amended by Proposal XXX (Kolja) 22-Jun-04
    
Rule 212/0 (Mutable) 
    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 
    defer to one another, then the numerical method again governs. 
    
    History:
        212/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 213/0 (Mutable) 
    If Players disagree about the legality of a move or the 
    interpretation or application of a Rule, then a Player may invoke 
    Judgement by submitting a statement for Judgement to the 
    Speaker. Disagreement, for the purposes of this Rule, may be 
    created by the insistence of any Player. 
     
    When Judgement is invoked, the Speaker must, as soon as possible, 
    select a Judge as described in the Rules. The Speaker must then 
    distribute the statement to be Judged, along with the identity of 
    the Judge, to all Players. 
    
    History:
        213/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 214/0 (Mutable) 
    If Judgement was invoked by a Voter, then the first Judge to be 
    selected to Judge that statement shall be the Speaker. If 
    Judgement was invoked by the Speaker, the first Judge to be 
    selected shall be a randomly selected Voter. In all cases, if a 
    Judge beyond the first must be selected to Judge a statement, it 
    shall be a randomly selected Voter. The Voter thus selected may 
    not be the Player most recently selected as Judge for that 
    statement, nor may e be the Player who invoked Judgement. 
    
    History:
        214/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 215/1 (Mutable) 
    The judge of a statement has ten days from the time e was assigned 
    the statement in which to deliver a valid judgement. If e fails 
    to do so within this time, then e is penalized 10 points, and a 
    new judge is selected. E delivers judgement by submitting that 
    judgement to the Speaker, who must then distribute it to all 
    players as soon as possible. 
    
    History:
        215/0 Initial Rule
        215/1 Amended by Proposal XXX (Maud) on 25-Apr-04
    
Rule 216/0 (Mutable) 
    A legal Judgement is either TRUE, FALSE, or UNDECIDED. The 
    Judgement may be accompanied by reasons and arguments, but such 
    reasons and arguments form no part of the Judgement itself. If a 
    Judgement is accompanied by reasons and arguments, the Speaker 
    must distribute the reasons and arguments along with the 
    Judgement. 
    
    History:
        216/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 217/0 (Mutable) 
    All Judgements must be in accordance with the Rules; however, if 
    the Rules are silent, inconsistent, or unclear on the statement 
    to be Judged, then the Judge shall consider game custom and the 
    spirit of the game before applying other standards. 
    
    History:
        217/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 218/1 (Mutable) 
    In addition to duties which may be listed elsewhere in the Rules, 
    the Speaker shall have the following duties: 
     
     -register new Players; 
     
     -maintain a list of all Players and their current scores, and 
     make such a list available to all Players; 
     
     -make a random determination whenever such determination is 
     required by the Rules. 
     
    In addition to duties which may be listed elsewhere in the Rules, 
    the Historian shall have the following duties: 
     
     -maintain a complete list of the current Rules, and make such 
     a list available to all Players; 
     
     -maintain a list of delivered judgements, and proposed Rule 
     changes for which the voting period has ended; 
     
     -maintain relationships with Agora by holding the position of 
     Contestmaster, if necessary and permissible. 
     
    The first Historian shall be whomsoever is the Speaker when this 
    Rule takes effect. 
    
    History:
        218/0 Initial Rule
        218/1 Amended by Proposal XXX (Elysion) on 25-Apr-04
    
Rule 219/0 (Mutable) 
    If a Player believes that the Rules are such that further play is 
    impossible, or that the legality of a move cannot be determined 
    with finality, or that a move appears equally legal and illegal, 
    then the Player may invoke Judgement on a statement to that 
    effect. If the statement is Judged TRUE, then the Player who 
    invoked Judgement shall be declared the winner of that game, and 
    the game ends, with no provision for starting another game. This 
    Rule takes precedence over every other Rule determining the 
    winner of the game. 
    
    History:
        219/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 220/0 (Mutable) 
    Each week shall begin on Monday at 00:00 GMT. 
    
    History:
        220/0 Initial Rule
    
Rule 221/1 (Mutable) 
    Submitting a message to the official mailing list for this game 
    shall be sufficient for distributing the message to all Players. 
     
    The official mailing list is nomic@u.washington.edu. 
     
    The requirement to make information available to all players can 
    be met by distributing it to all players at least once every two 
    weeks. If such information has not changed since the last 
    distribution to all players, no repeat distribution of the 
    unchanged information is required. 
    
    History:
        221/0 Initial Rule
        221/1 Amended by Proposal XXX (Kolja) 8-Apr-04
    
Rule 222/0 [does not exist]
    
    History:
        222/0 Initial Rule
              Repealed by proposal 324 (Elysion) on 28-Jul-04
    
Rule 301/1 (Immutable) 
    Any rule that is enacted shall be given a rule number equal to 
    the lowest integer that is greater than any previously assigned 
    rule number when it takes full effect. Any rule that is amended, 
    transmuted, or repealed shall keep its rule number.
    History:
        301/0 Created by Proposal XXX (Maud) on 08-Apr-04
        301/1 Amended by Proposal XXX (Elysion) on 07-Jul-04
        301/2 Transmuted to Immutable by Proposal 325 (Elysion) on 
              28-Jul-04
    
Rule 302/0 (Mutable) 
    April 15 shall be Claustronomic Tax Day. At the beginning of this 
    day, each player with a positive number of points shall lose 10% 
    of eir points (rounded down).
    History:
        302/0 Created by Proposal XXX (Elysion) on 25-Apr-04
    
Rule 303/0 (Mutable) 
    A player (the donor) may donate a positive, integral number of 
    points N to any other player (the recipient), provided that the 
    donor has at least N points, by announcing to the official mailing 
    list that e does so. Upon making such an announcement, the donor 
    loses N points and the recipient gains N points. 
    
    History:
        303/0 Created by Proposal XXX (Elysion) on 25-Apr-04
    
Rule 304/0 (Mutable) 
    Any two proposed rule changes are either connected or 
    disconnected, defaulting to disconnected. A player proposing two 
    or more rule changes in a single message may connect them by 
    declaration. 
     
    Rule changes in a connected component must be distributed 
    together, and only go into effect if they are all adopted. 
    
    History:
        304/0 Created by Proposal XXX (Maud) on 25-Apr-04
    
Rule 305/0 [does not exist]
    
    History:
        305/0 Created by Proposal XXX (Kolja) on 16-Jul-04
        repealed by Proposal 326 (Elysion) 10-Aug-04

Rule 306/0 (Mutable)

Each player may declare a subgame and its rules, including one or more
methods of determining a winner.

Once a week, a player may declare a new round of their subgame. Any
other player may participate, subject to the subgame's rules.

When a player wins a round of a subgame, e gains 5 points.

    History:
        306/0 Created by Proposal 328 (Murphy) on 16-Nov-04

Rule 307/0 (Mutable)

Every player can submit a motion to deregister a player by sending it
to the Speaker and to all other players.

The motion shall then be distributed and voted on as if it was a
proposal. However, even if the rules for proposals say something else,
     - the voting period must be at least two weeks long
     - the motion fails as soon as a single voter votes against it.

    History:
        307/0 Created by Proposal 329 (Murphy) on 16-Nov-04