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Welcome to the nomic.club wiki—a hub for finding games of Nomic in the wild.
What's Nomic?
Quoth Wikipedia:
- Nomic is a game created in 1982 by philosopher Peter Suber in which the rules of the game include mechanisms for the players to change those rules, usually beginning through a system of democratic voting.
Where can I play it?
| Nomic | Play Link | Current Status | Description | Complexity | Quickness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agora Nomic | https://agoranomic.org/ | The "Sets" Era | Agora is one of the oldest and most complex nomics, running since 1993. | Very complex, with many rules and strict rule interpretation | Players can generally make a few moves a week, proposals pass about every other week, and winning can take from months to years (with multiple win conditions available at once usually) |
| BlogNomic | https://blognomic.com/ | The Snail Racing Dynasty | BlogNomic is played in Dynasties, rounds with unique style and flavor that are entirely repealed when someone wins. | Moderately complex, depending on the specifics of the current dynasty | Each Dynasty lasts around a month; proposals pass after 1-2 days. |
| Fantasy Rules Committee | https://groups.google.com/g/frc-play | Round 380 | Players take turns adding rules and earning style points for following the current theme. | ||
| Infinite Nomic | https://discord.gg/uBFBfsn | The Obelisk Cycle | Infinite Nomic is played in rounds (called Cycles), each started under a different ruleset engineered to allow experimentation in game design. | Small rulesets, but generally textualist interpretations. | Cycles last several months. Aims to only require players to check in twice weekly. |
| Slownomic | https://nomic.club/wiki/index.php/Slownomic | Height 0 | Each proposal has a length of 30 days to be voted on and is updated on a wiki | 30 days per proposal | |
| Branching Nomic | https://github.com/fjsweeney/branch-nomic/tree/main | The Beginning | Many different versions will exist, meant to have very loose rule interpretation based on the social contract | Players generally only need to make one move a week | 1 week per move |
| Nomic | Play Link | Current Status | Description | Complexity | Quickness | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PodNomic | https://www.podnomic.com | On hiatus | A podcast that takes on the tropes of other types of podcast, while also reporting on nomic news and culture more broadly | Low | New episodes are published every Tuesday |
Past games are recorded in Category:Dead Nomics.
Useful links
- Peter Suber's Nomic page
- The Suber Ruleset
- Nomic on Wikipedia
This is a wiki
Yes. Like Nomic, it contains mechanisms for you to change it. Feel free to do so.
