S.I.M.P.L.E. R.P.G.

[Sillyman]

Hello and welcome to Sillyman's Impossibly Magnificent Potential Loquacious Enigma Role Playing Game, or S.I.M.P.L.E. R.P.G. for short.

The rules are fairly simple... at first. [They may not seem simple, but they should lead to simple gameplay. However, as a Nomic-ish game, they can become more complicated.]

0. To join the game, simply state that you are joining.

1. State that you perform any Action, and it shall be done.

2. An Action may be Contested, by one of two means. Either a player may Counteract, or they may Argue.

3. You may Argue if you believe an Action is contradictory to Precedents or Actions that have been established. You may only Argue if you have not performed an Action since the Action you are Arguing against.

4. Upon Arguing, the current Judge shall decide whether or not the Argument is valid. If it is, the Action never happened and the Acting player receives one Demerit. If it is not, the Arguing player receives one Demerit and may not Argue against the same Action again. The Action may, however, be Argued against by another player.

5. A Counteraction is an Action in and of itself, and is treated as such, with the exception that it can contradict one and only one action. It must be obvious that it is doing so in order to have the desired effect. As an action, the Counteraction may itself be Counteracted or Argued against.

6. A player may, at any time, make a Motion. A Motion may Establish or Overthrow a Precedent, Elect a new Judge, Object to a Judge's decision, or Amend the rules. The Motion will then be voted on by statement of Agreement or Disagreement, unless the Judge rules it to be an invalid Motion or the player who proposed the Motion revokes it. The voting will end one week from the time the Motion is made.

7. To Establish or Overthrow a Precedent, a Motion must be Agreed to by a simple majority. A Precedent is a condition of some sorts upon the state of the "world". It may not affect any part of the game except the "world".

8. To Elect a Judge, a Motion must be Agreed to by a supermajority consisting of 2/3 of all players. A Judge may not rule an Election of a new Judge invalid, with the exception that a Judge must be a player.

9. To Object to a Judge's decision, a Motion must be Agreed to by a simple majority. The decision shall then be reversed. A Judge may not rule an Objection invalid.

10. To Amend the rules, a Motion must be Agreed to unanimously. An Amendment to the rules may enact, repeal, or amend any one rule. A Judge may not rule an Amendment completely invalid, only split it into amendments in order to ensure that one Amendment corresponds to one rule.

If the above confused you, all you really need to know is: Say that you do something and you do it unless someone calls into question the possibility of that action. Also, you can Motion to make changes to metaphysics. That's all.

I am a player, and the first Judge.

[tak197]

But, my sheep can't join the same game with the wolf, because he'll get eaten...

[Zivlok]

I am joining.

I ride my flying llama around in the sky.

[Joshua]

I join.

I want to go to the local shop and buy a fine rapier.

[Unclever title]

I join, and subsequently equip myself with a top hat and monocle.

[Sillyman]

Ah, welcome, welcome.

I fly on over to the moon and eat some cheese.

[Genghis Ares]

I'll join.

I have a feeling this is going to just turn into a "Rank the person above you/King of the Hill" kind of thing though.

[Joshua]

I go say hello to Genghis and ask him if he would like to go adventuring.

[theDreamer]

I join.

I practice levitation, and start floating after 1 hour.

[Jackboleo]

I join.

I DANCE!

[Metcarfre]

I join.

I aquire a peg leg, a harpoon, and a taste for whisky.

[Master Gunner]

I join.

I jerk off.

[Sillyman]

I arrest Master Gunner for public indecency.

(why yes, I do believe this is the first counteraction ever)

[ChiUnit4evr]

I join and tell Sillyman that no laws have yet been set regarding public indecency.

[theDreamer]

I create a law regarding public indecency to allow Sillyman to make an arrest.

[the amativeness]

I join.

I counteract theDreamer by knocking him unconscious before he can make the law.

[theDreamer]

...I am unconcious...

In 5 minutes I wake up with a headache, having completely forgotten what I was doing before I was knocked out.

[Master Gunner]

While people assault each other around me, I continue with my jerking off.

Also, I don't think Sillyman's action was a counter-action, as it didn't result in my action not occurring. I was still masturbating, I just got arrested for it (which could only happen after I had started). ChiUnit4evr's would be though, as it prevented Sillyman from carrying through with the arrest.

[Sillyman]

I concede that point and note that it does not affect the state of the world.

Meanwhile, I shoot Master Gunner in the side of the head, with a conveniently placed loaded death gun.

[Master Gunner]

I am dead. I am also a plague victim. Ha.

[Sillyman]

I shoot you with a conveniently located loaded un-un-death gun.

[Master Gunner]

So....I'm dead? Like I already was?

Regardless, I decompose.

[Allen!]

I am joining.

I move that murder should not be allowed.

[Genghis Ares]

I go say hello to Genghis and ask him if he would like to go adventuring.

I accept Joshua's offer and turn on my rocket boots.

[Sillyman]

I move that murder should not be allowed.

I will uphold this motion as a motion of Establishing Precedent.

I agree with this motion.