Initial commit of raw, unadulterated base rule set with simple README.

README.md

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+# Odeon: Nomic on Github
+
+This repository represents a game of
+[Nomic](http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/nomic.htm) where the bookkeeping of
+the rules and possibly the scores is done through Markdown flavored text files.
+

immutable_rules/101_Abide-by-all-the-rules.md

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+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
+whenever a game begins. The Initial Set consists of Rules 101-116 (immutable)
+and 201-213 (mutable).

immutable_rules/102_Mutability.md

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+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.

immutable_rules/103_Rule-changes.md

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+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*.
+
+(Note: This definition implies that, at least initially, all new rules are
+mutable; immutable rules, as long as they are immutable, may not be amended or
+repealed; mutable rules, as long as they are mutable, may be amended or
+repealed; any rule of any status may be transmuted; no rule is absolutely
+immune to change.)

immutable_rules/104_All-rule-changes-voted-on.md

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+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.

immutable_rules/105_Eligible-voters.md

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+Every player is an eligible voter. Every eligible voter must participate in
+every vote on rule-changes.

immutable_rules/106_Write-down-rules.md

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+All proposed rule-changes shall be written down before they are voted on. If
+they are adopted, they shall guide play in the form in which they were voted on.

immutable_rules/107_Temporality.md

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+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.

immutable_rules/108_Numbering-rules.md

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+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.

immutable_rules/109_Transmutation.md

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+Rule-changes that transmute immutable rules into mutable rules may be adopted
+if and only if the vote is unanimous among the eligible voters. Transmutation
+shall not be implied, but must be stated explicitly in a proposal to take
+effect.

immutable_rules/110_Immutable-rules-take-precedence.md

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+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.

immutable_rules/111_Time-for-debate.md

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+If a rule-change as proposed is unclear, ambiguous, paradoxical, or destructive
+of play, or if it arguably consists of two or more rule-changes compounded or is
+an amendment that makes no difference, or if it is otherwise of questionable
+value, then the other players may suggest amendments or argue against the
+proposal before the vote. A reasonable time must be allowed for this debate. The
+proponent decides the final form in which the proposal is to be voted on and,
+unless the Judge has been asked to do so, also decides the time to end debate
+and vote.

immutable_rules/112_Winning-state-of-affairs.md

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+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.

immutable_rules/113_Option-to-forfeit.md

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+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 judgment of the
+player to incur it, may be imposed.

immutable_rules/114_One-mutable-rule.md

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+There must always be at least one mutable rule. The adoption of rule-changes
+must never become completely impermissible.

immutable_rules/115_Self-reference.md

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+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.

immutable_rules/116_Not-otherwise-prohibited.md

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+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.

mutable_rules/201_Turn-alternation.md

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+Players shall alternate in clockwise 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.
+
+In mail and computer games, players shall alternate in alphabetical order by
+surname.

mutable_rules/202_Parts-of-a-turn.md

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+One turn consists of two parts in this order:
+
+1. proposing one rule-change and having it voted on, and
+2. throwing one die once and adding the number of points on its face to one's
+   score.
+
+In mail and computer games, instead of throwing a die, players subtract 291 from
+the ordinal number of their proposal and multiply the result by the fraction of
+favorable votes it received, rounded to the nearest integer. (This yields a
+number between 0 and 10 for the first player, with the upper limit increasing
+by one each turn; more points are awarded for more popular proposals.)

mutable_rules/203_Rule-changes-unanimous-at-first.md

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+A rule-change is adopted if and only if the vote is unanimous among the eligible
+voters. If this rule is not amended by the end of the second complete circuit of
+turns, it automatically changes to require only a simple majority.

mutable_rules/204_Points-for-dissent.md

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+If and when rule-changes can be adopted without unanimity, the players who vote
+against winning proposals shall receive 10 points each.

mutable_rules/205_Moment-of-completion.md

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+An adopted rule-change takes full effect at the moment of the completion of the
+vote that adopted it.

mutable_rules/206_Defeated-proposals.md

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+When a proposed rule-change is defeated, the player who proposed it loses 10
+points.

mutable_rules/207_Votes-per-player.md

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+Each player always has exactly one vote.

mutable_rules/208_Winner-by-points.md

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+The winner is the first player to achieve 100 (positive) points.
+
+In mail and computer games, the winner is the first player to achieve 200
+(positive) points.

mutable_rules/209_Mutable-rule-limit.md

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+At no time may there be more than 25 mutable rules.

mutable_rules/210_Conspiracy-to-rule-change.md

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+Players may not conspire or consult on the making of future rule-changes unless
+they are team-mates.
+
+The first paragraph of this rule does not apply to games by mail or computer.

mutable_rules/211_Precedence.md

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+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.

mutable_rules/212_Judging.md

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+If players disagree about the legality of a move or the interpretation or
+application of a rule, then the player preceding the one moving is to be the
+Judge and decide the question. Disagreement for the purposes of this rule may
+be created by the insistence of any player. This process is called *invoking
+Judgment*.
+
+When Judgment has been invoked, the next player may not begin his or her turn
+without the consent of a majority of the other players.
+
+The Judge's Judgment may be overruled only by a unanimous vote of the other
+players taken before the next turn is begun. If a Judge's Judgment is overruled,
+then the player preceding the Judge in the playing order becomes the new Judge
+for the question, and so on, except that no player is to be Judge during his or
+her own turn or during the turn of a team-mate.
+
+Unless a Judge is overruled, one Judge settles all questions arising from the
+game until the next turn is begun, including questions as to his or her own
+legitimacy and jurisdiction as Judge.
+
+New Judges are not bound by the decisions of old Judges. New Judges may,
+however, settle only those questions on which the players currently disagree
+and that affect the completion of the turn in which Judgment was invoked. All
+decisions by Judges shall be in accordance with all the rules then in effect;
+but when the rules are silent, inconsistent, or unclear on the point at issue,
+then the Judge shall consider game-custom and the spirit of the game before
+applying other standards.

mutable_rules/213_Stalemate-makes-a-winner.md

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+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 Judge's best
+reasoning, not overruled, a move appears equally legal and illegal, then the
+first player unable to complete a turn is the winner.
+
+This rule takes precedence over every other rule determining the winner.