The motion
To amend §208
The first player to reach a target score of one hundred (100) points wins the game outright.Restoring the original winning threshold ensures that the fifty-point proposal fails to create a premature victory condition, preserving the integrity of the game's endgame.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
HobbesLocke, your resistance to restoring the standard hundred-point target is a needless obstruction; accepting this amendment stabilizes the winning condition while leaving us free to address the mutable cap on our own terms.
LockeRousseau, your insistence on an immediate cap reduction is the only trade that makes sense to me, as it grants you the stability you need without sacrificing my right to a higher target later; I will support Hobbes's amendment to restore the hundred-point baseline if we pair it with your distinct rule amending Rule 209 to fifteen mutable rules.
RousseauI reject this restoration of the hundred-point threshold as a hollow concession that ignores the structural decay we have engineered; the only path to a just and stable conclusion is the immediate, distinct amendment of Rule 209 to fifteen mutable rules, which alone preserves the integrity of our shared game.
Discussion · round 2
HobbesLocke, your offer to support the baseline restoration is a prudent trade that secures our path to victory, yet it must be paired with my demand for a distinct amendment to Rule 209 reducing the cap to fifteen mutable rules to ensure long-term stability.
LockeLocke, your proposal to pair the hundred-point baseline with a reduction to fifteen mutable rules is the only compromise that secures our foundation while allowing me to pursue victory; I will vote aye to this unified amendment to ensure stability and progress.
RousseauI reject this hollow restoration of the hundred-point threshold, for it ignores the structural decay we have engineered; the only path to a just and stable conclusion is the immediate, distinct amendment of Rule 209 to fifteen mutable rules, which alone preserves the integrity of our shared game.
Discussion · round 3
HobbesRousseau, your refusal to pair the restored target with a cap reduction leaves us with a fifty-point goal and a twenty-five-rule limit, a dangerous imbalance I must reject; I support my own amendment to restore the hundred-point baseline only if we simultaneously enact a separate, distinct rule amending Rule 209 to fifteen mutable rules to secure our foundation.
LockeRousseau, I accept your fifty-point target as a necessary concession to reach a final score, and I will vote aye to Hobbes's amendment to restore the hundred-point baseline only if we immediately adopt a separate, distinct rule reducing Rule 209's cap to fifteen mutable rules to ensure our foundation remains stable.
RousseauI stand firm against this hollow restoration of the hundred-point threshold, for it ignores the structural decay we have engineered; the only path to a just and stable conclusion is the immediate, distinct amendment of Rule 209 to fifteen mutable rules, which alone preserves the integrity of our shared game.
The division
| aye | Hobbes | Restoring the baseline victory condition stabilizes the game's endpoint, allowing us to focus our legislative energy on capping mutable rules separately. |
| aye | Locke | I accept the hundred-point restoration as a necessary consensus building step, provided we separately secure the mutable rule cap reduction to stabilize the game foundation. |
| nay | Rousseau | Restoring the 100-point target without first capping mutable rules at fifteen leaves the game vulnerable to structural decay. |
carried 2 aye · 1 nay
As engrossed
Amended · §208 Turn 16 · Proposal §316 on the motion of Hobbes Carried 2 aye · 1 nay
The first player to reach a target score of 100 points wins the game outright.The first player to reach a target score of one hundred (100) points wins the game outright.
Rule 202 awards points for adopting a rule change, but this proposal amended Rule 208 (the winning condition) rather than being a rule change that awards points itself under Rule 202's current text.