-- Jeff Weston, with a tip of the hat to Dan Marsh.
1 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Initial Rule)
The rules of the game can be changed by any active player making a
proposal, and having at least two thirds of all active players vote in
favor of the proposal. A proposal consists of one or more new rules and/or
one or more amendments to existing rules and/or the repeal of one or more
existing rules.
2 - Amended by Tim Salzman on 1/25/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
The game has the standard currency of the Nog, which is measured in
integers.
3 - Created by Tim Salzman on 1/11/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
Everytime a proposal is accepted, the player that proposed it receives one
Nog.
4 - Created by Jeff Weston on 1/11/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
Everytime a proposal is rejected, the player that proposed it loses two
Nogs.
5 - Repealed by Tim Salzman on 1/25/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
6 - Repealed by Jeff Weston on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
7 - Repealed by Jeff Weston on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
8 - Created by Alex Jackson on 1/11/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
This game lasts forever.
9 - Created by Jeff Weston on 1/11/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
All rules have a priority. Rules created earlier have a higher priority
than rules created later.
10 - Created by Jeff Weston on 1/11/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
Any rule that conflicts with a rule with a higher priority is null and
void.
11 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
Any active player can place a proposal on the table by sending the
proposal to the official mailing list. To be recognized as a proposal, the
subject of the email message must be of the following form: the characters
"Proposal: " followed by the name of the proposal. The name of the
proposal must be unique amongst all proposals currently on the table. Only
one proposal is allowed per email message.
12 - Repealed by Jeff Weston on 1/25/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
13 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/15/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
This rule defines the Position of the Record Keeper. All rules must be
recorded by the Record Keeper.
14 - Repealed by Jeff Weston on 1/15/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
15 - Repealed by Jeff Weston on 1/15/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
16 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/25/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
Nogs can be converted to Noggins. One Nog is worth one hundred Noggins.
Noggins are measured as integers. A players's Noggin count must always be
between zero and ninety-nine, inclusive. If any game action occurs that
would bring a player's Noggin count outside of that range, Nogs are
converted to Noggins (or Noggins coverted to Nogs) to ensure this
constraint is met.
17 - Repealed by Tim Salzman on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
18 - Created by Tim Salzman on 1/11/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
When a player has a proposal accepted, they must pay the record keeper 20
Noggins for it to be recorded.
19 - Created by Alex Jackson on 1/11/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
Rules shall be numbered starting with 1 and increasing by 1 per rule in
the order they were approved.
20 - Created by Alex Jackson on 1/11/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
The player that created a rule is recorded along with that rule.
21 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
New players can be added with a majority vote of all active players.
22 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/15/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
Any situation in the game that results in a tie must be settled by a game
of Rock Paper Scissors played by one champion from each side.
23 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/15/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
If all of the champions are not located close enough to play Rock Paper
Scissors the normal way, it is instead played by remote. All of the
champions must send their throws to an intermediary. The intermediary will
announce the results.
24 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 2/05/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
The Rule Judge is the intermediary. If there currently is no Rule Judge,
the Record Keeper is the intermediary.
25 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/15/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
When playing Rock Paper Scissors by remote, the intermediary cannot be a
champion. If a situation arises in which the intermediary is the only
member from one of the tied sides, the intermediary must specify someone
else to be the champion for that side.
26 - Created by Alex Jackson on 1/11/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
Whichever player has the most proposals accepted on a given day is the
player of the day for the following day.
27 - Created by Tim Salzman on 1/11/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
When a player gets 100 Nogs, they become a level 2 player.
28 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/11/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
New players are added immediately after the vote to add them took place.
29 - Created by Tim Salzman on 1/11/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
The game has a heroine named Janice.
30 - Repealed by Jeff Weston on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
31 - Created by Alex Jackson on 1/11/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
The rules recorded by the record keeper are the official rules of the
game.
32 - Created by Tim Salzman on 1/11/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
The record keeper may only record approved rules.
33 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/18/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
The official mailing list for this game is <ignn@yahoogroups.com>.
All players must subscribe to the mailing list. Any time a player must
communicate with all players but not all of the players are close enough
for face to face communication, the official mailing list must be used
instead. If the official mailing list ceases to function for any reason,
players may directly email all other players as an emergency backup
official mailing list.
34 - Created by Alex Jackson on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
The record keeper must publish the rules on a publicly accessable web
site.
35 - Repealed by Jeff Weston on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
36 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/18/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
Each player may only have ten proposals on the table at any given time.
37 - Repealed by Tim Salzman on 1/16/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
38 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
While a proposal is on the table, the proponent may change the proposal,
if the proponent is an active player, by sending a new version of the
proposal to the mailing list. To be recognized as a new version of a
proposal already on the table, the subject of the email message must be of
the following form: the characters "Amended Proposal: " followed by the
name of the proposal.
39 - Created by Alex Jackson on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
Repealed rules must be recorded on a seperate web page along with who
repealed the rule.
40 - Repealed by Jeff Weston on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
41 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
When any player violates the rules, they are assessed a penalty of 5 Nogs.
A rule violation must be determined by a two-thirds vote of all active
players.
42 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/18/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
While any player can comment on proposals on the table, or even indicate
how they might vote, any vote cast regarding a proposal that is still on
the table does not count.
43 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
A proponent of a proposal, if they are an active player, may remove one of
their proposals from the table and start the voting process by announcing
this desire to all players. This can only be done if no proposal is
currently in the voting process. Once the voting process starts on a
proposal, that proposal can no longer be changed. The version that is
voted upon is the last version that was posted to the official mailing
list by the proponent.
44 - Repealed by Jeff Weston on 1/18/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
45 - Created by Alex Jackson on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
Players start at level 0.
46 - Created by Tim Salzman on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
When a player gets 50 Nogs, they become a level 1 player.
47 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
A level 1 active player may purchase 1 shield point for 10 Nogs.
48 - Repealed by Jeff Weston on 1/18/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
49 - Created by Alex Jackson on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
The game is played on an infinite 3D grid and the players' locations are
given by X, Y, Z coordinates.
50 - Repealed by Jeff Weston on 1/25/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
51 - Created by Alex Jackson on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
All players start at location (0, 0, 0). If they forget their location, it
is reset to (0, 0, 0).
52 - Amended by Alex Jackson on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
This game is called Imperial Galactic Nog Nomic.
53 - Created by Alex Jackson on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
Alex - A level 1 player shall have a maximum of 3 shield points and 3
laser points.
54 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
Only active players may vote on a proposal. All active players must vote
on a proposal before the voting process is complete. Any player who has
not voted within one Noggle of the proposal entering the voting process
automatically abstains.
55 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/25/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
When a rule is repealed, the original creator of that rule loses one Nog.
56 - Created by Alex Jackson on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
When a die roll is called for, the record keeper must roll the dice,
unless it is the record keeper who needs the role, in which case he must
appoint someone to role for him.
57 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
Any proposal on the table can be withdrawn at any time by the proponent of
the proposal, if they are an active player, with no penalty. To do so, the
proponent must send a message to the official mailing list stating this
action. Once a proposal has entered the voting process, the proponent can
withdraw it, if they are an active player, with a penalty of 2 Nogs. This
action must be communicated to all players.
58 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
An active player may move 1D6 units on the grid per day.
59 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
The player of the day may move an additional 1D6 units on the grid per
day, if they are an active player.
60 - Created by Alex Jackson on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
All units of time are the same as in real life. Days are based off the GMT
time zone.
61 - Created by Alex Jackson on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
The players, all information pertaining to the players, and the rules are
part of the gamestate. The gamestate can only be modified as allowed by
the rules.
62 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/15/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
This rule defines the Position of the Banker. The Nog and Noggin count for
all players is recorded by the Banker. Once per day, the Banker may grant
themselves 2 Nogs for their sallary.
63 - Created by Tim Salzman on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
Any construction must first go through the building department to obtain a
permit. No construction is allowed without a permit.
64 - Created by Alex Jackson on 1/14/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
The cost of a building permit is 10 Nogs per cubic unit of building space.
65 - Repealed by Jeff Weston on 1/15/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
66 - Created by Jeff Weston on 1/15/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
There exists a length of time called the Noggle that has a length of 48
hours.
67 - Created by Tim Salzman on 1/15/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
The unit of time measuring 2 weeks shall be henceforth referred to as the
fortnog.
68 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/15/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
This rule defines the Position of Building Permit Department Head. The
Building Permit Department Head gets paid 10% of revenue of a given day on
the day following said day.
69 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 2/03/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
At any time, only one active player holds the title of Rule Judge. At the
start of the day every Monday, and any time no player holds the title of
Rule Judge, a new Rule Judge is selected. The new Rule Judge shall be the
one active player that has spent the longest time since they have been the
Rule Judge, provided that player has been continuously active for the last
fortnog. If no active players have been continuously active for the last
fortnog, that restriction is ignored.
70 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
Whenever any dispute arises regarding the interpretation of the rules, any
active player may ask the Rule Judge for a judgment. When this occurs, the
Rule Judge shall determine the interpretation of the rules. The Rule Judge
is paid 50 Noggins from the player asking for the judgment. The Rule Judge
is not allowed to ask for a judgment. Any judgment from the Rule Judge can
be overruled only by a unanimous vote held by all of the active players,
excluding the Rule Judge. When a Rule Judge is overruled, they are not
paid for that judgment, and they are stripped of the title of Rule Judge.
The judgment request then goes to the next player to become the Rule
Judge.
71 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/15/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
When a proposal enters the voting process, the Time Keeper must record the
date and time when it did so. This information must be communicated to all
players.
72 - Repealed by Jeff Weston on 1/18/2002 (Creator: Alex Jackson)
73 - Created by Tim Salzman on 1/15/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
Valid votes must be of the form: Yes / No / Abstain.
74 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
The rules define a number of Positions. Only active players can hold
Positions. One player can hold multiple positions. Which player is
currently holding which Position is part of the gamestate.
75 - Created by Jeff Weston on 1/15/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
Whenever any Position is vacant, it must immediately be filled by a two
step process: Position Nominations, and Position Voting.
76 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
Position Nominations proceed as follows: All active players must announce
if they wish to run for the vacant Position. If a player does not announce
their wishes within one Noggle of the start of the nomination process,
they automatically are assumed to not be running for the office. If no
players are nominated, 5 Nogs are set aside to be a one-time bonus awarded
to whichever player eventually wins the office and nominations are held
again. If once again no players are nominated, 5 Nogs are added to the
bonus and nominations are held again. This process is repeated until at
least one player is nominated.
77 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
Position Voting proceeds as follows: If only one player was nominated,
they automatically are assigned the Position they were nominated for.
Otherwise, all active players must vote for who will hold the Position
from among those nominated. All active players must vote before the
results can be determined. Any player that does not vote within one Noggle
of the start of the voting process automatically abstains. The one player
who receives the most votes is assigned the Position.
78 - Amended by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
Any player holding a Position can vacate that Position voluntarily at any
time. The active players can forcibly remove any player from a Position
they hold by a two-thirds vote of all active players.
79 - Created by Tim Salzman on 1/16/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
Define the position of the Time Keeper. The Time Keeper is responsible for
providing the accurate time when required and receives 5 Noggins every
time this service is performed.
80 - Created by Tim Salzman on 1/16/2002 (Creator: Tim Salzman)
All timestamps have the following format: hours(24 hour):minutes in GMT
time zone followed by month/day/year.
81 - Created by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
Every player has an activity state, and this state is part of the
gamestate. The activity state of any player can be set to either Active or
Inactive. A player with an activity state set to Active is referred to as
an active player. A player with an activity state set to inactive is
referred to as an inactive player. When a player joins the game, their
activity state is set to Active.
82 - Created by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
Any active player can voluntarily set their activity status to Inactive by
announcing their desire to do so to all players. Their activity state is
set to Inactive one Noggle after the announcement is made. Any active
player who is forced to abstain on a vote, due to not responding in time,
immediately has their activity state set to Inactive.
83 - Created by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
Any inactive player can voluntarily set their activity status to Active by
announcing their desire to do so to all players. Their activity state is
set to Active immediately after the announcement is made.
84 - Created by Jeff Weston on 1/24/2002 (Creator: Jeff Weston)
Any player who has had their activity state set to Inactive for longer
than two fortnogs is automatically dropped from the game.