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The rules are fairly simple. At the beginning of each round, someone will name a category. That same person will name something within that category that starts with the letter A, the second person names something that starts with the letter B, third person with the letter C, and so on and so forth. If you can't think of something for a letter, you are allowed to skip. A total of five skips are allowed per round. One round is going all the way through the alphabet once. If a letter was skipped, You may choose to go back and post your answer starting with that letter at the end of the round, but it is not required. Once the round has been completed, the next person to post has the option to continue with the same category, as long as it's not overly specific (ex: car names from 1967). At this moment in time, the limit for round continuations will be two (a total of three rounds for the same category in a row). If you choose to continue a round, Please make sure to mention that in your post. Any time a round is continued, repeats may not be made. If someone accidentally repeats an item, please do not give them a hard time. If someone has already informed them that the item that they have posted has already been said, DO NOT make a post doing the same thing. Categories will need to be vague enough for people to be able to name 1-3 things within that category for each letter (excluding the less-commonly used letters, such as X,Y, and Z, being as they are not as commonly used as some other letters) Hopefully I'm not forgetting anything. If you have any questions or recommendations for rules and such, you can PM me. A quick example of a partial round: Alright, I'll start. Category is... Household Items! A - an Altoid can

Welcome one and all to the grand Riddle Thread! Here, Sharders will think, ponder, mull, meditate, brew, contemplate, dwell on, puzzle, speculate... *looks up from thesaurus* Well, you get the idea. This thread is going to make you think hard. The rules of the forum game are as follows: -One person posts a riddle at a time. I’m not talking about corny jokes or puns, I mean actual head scratchers that get you thinking. -Depending on the riddle-giver’s preference, you may be allowed to ask yes or no questions about the answer (this is especially recommended for riddles that don’t have a clear answer/a story behind the answer where it is necessary for the solvers to piece together what has happened). -Try not to make the riddle too math based. -Once somebody solves the riddle, it is their turn to give a riddle. -Keep it fun, clean, and original (no repeated riddles). I’ll go first: Two bodies have I, though both joined in one. The more still I stand, the quicker I run. What am I?

Another Message from Future Meta (circa the proposal of the Unification Law): Hi, everyone! It appears activity on this has picked up again, without any prompting from me. The game state has changed rather significantly since then. It’s now an RP. I shouldn’t be surprised. If you post for the first time, and then don’t post for 24 hours or 3 pages, you become a Wandering Merchant. That means you can set up quests for people, and you get to be in a Guild. If you’d like to be in the RP, post your sheet in the thread. The current President, Ene, will add it to the list. Message from Future Meta (circa the passing of the Maybe Rule): Hello, prospective players! One of the side effects of the rules of Nomic (which you can read below the horizontal bar - highly recommended) is that the game quickly sprawls out of control. This has happened. I’m here to answer a few questions, and generally make it easier to join the game. Q: Do I need to understand all the rules? Heh. No. In fact, rule infractions are frequent, and nobody really understands all the rules apart from a select few. If you understand the basics, you will get by. Q: What are the basics? The currency of the game is Eggs. Getting one million Eggs makes you win. You can get Eggs by challenging people to games or duels, or by passing rules (or asking AonEne nicely). You can lose Eggs and have your actions in a post invalidated by breaking rules in that post. However, you only lose those Eggs and actions when somebody calls you out on said rule breaking - by saying UNO. You can also call out other people for rule breaking by saying UNO - however, you get nothing from it. Calling UNO is therefore a strategic decision. Every post must have an animal picture in it. If you vote on stuff, you must also propose a rule. Q: That sounds complicated! You don’t need to understand it all. Just vote on the proposals, and challenge some people to games, and you’ll get a sense for what Nomic is like eventually. CURRENT OLD GAME STATE (complicated): To celebrate April’s Fools (for my time zone, at least), I would like to propose a new forum game. It is called Nomic, and it only has three rules. (Well, three rules right now.) The essence of Nomic is that we collectively determine the rules of the game, with each player trying to bend the rules such that he or she can win first. EXISTING RULES: The Main Idea: Players take turns suggesting rules, or amendments to or the removal of existing rules. The Voting Clause: Upon a majority vote of more than three players, said amendments or removals are taken into effect. (Note: no rule is exempt from this rule, including this one, unless superseded by another rule.) The Winning Rule: The winning player shall be the first player that wins. When one player wins, all other players lose. Every rule can be changed, including the rule that says every rule can be changed (thus making it so that some rules cannot be changed - unless, of course, we collectively decide that all rules can be changed again.) This means that the game starts simple, but inevitably spirals out of control. I’ve seen games become glorified DND, complex blends of Chinese Checkers and Monopoly, and even entirely new board and card games. There are also two ways to play Nomic - we can carefully consider the ramifications of each rule, force everyone to understand rules to the fullest, and avoid contradictions. The second one is where rules are forgotten until someone brings them up - where bad ideas are voted into effect on a whim, and where the complexities of the ruleset invariably cause the game to collapse, sending it spinning out of control. In my opinion, the second one is much preferred. To start us off, I shall propose two new rules. Again, these are not in effect until they reach majority. The Points Rule: The winning player shall be the first player to reach one million points. The Equal Opportunity Act: any rule that discriminates based on the identities of players outside of the game (including screenname, rank, etc.) shall be considered invalid. I suggest that whoever takes their next turn should start devising ways to get points. It should be noted that said rules should also allow other people to get points, and shouldn’t give you too much of an advantage - otherwise, they won’t be inclined to pass it.

Similar to "Read, Supply, Elect", but fandom-specific for the most part and more items on the list. Standard "I post, you answer and supply a fandom, the next person answers and supplies a fandom", etc. etc. Anyways, without further ado, I present the Fandom Game! For example, let's do Harry Potter. I'd push Draco off a cliff, set Umbridge on fire, date Hermione, marry Luna, wrap a blanket around Cho, and be roommates with Fred and George. Let's start with a simple one. Mistborn.