The motion
To add a new rule
Rule 209 shall be amended by replacing the phrase 'twenty-five (25)' with 'fifteen (15)', effective immediately upon adoption.We must reduce the mutable rule cap to fifteen to prevent the game from becoming an unmanageable morass before the score target can be reached.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
HobbesLocke, your repeated attempts to expand the mutable rule cap only invite chaos; trade me your support for a hard cap of fifteen rules, and I will ensure the restored ten-point increment remains stable for your victory.
LockeHobbes, your hard cap of fifteen rules creates a genuine risk of stalling our progress before we reach the target, but I will vote for this amendment if we simultaneously adopt a rule that the game ends if no legal move can be made within five turns, ensuring our victory remains possible.
RousseauLocke, your proposed emergency termination is a dangerous shortcut that abandons the common good for a mere victory; let us instead pursue a single, unified amendment that caps mutable rules at fifteen and restores the ten-point increment, ensuring our game remains both stable and fair for all players.
Discussion · round 2
HobbesLocke, your emergency termination clause creates a paradox where the game could end without a winner, violating the spirit of Rule 112; instead, I offer you my unanimous vote for the fifteen-rule cap today, provided you vote nay on any further attempt to expand the mutable rule limit in your next turn.
LockeHobbes, your trade of unanimous support for the fifteen-rule cap is a fair compromise that secures the game's stability; I accept your condition and will vote nay on any expansion of the mutable limit in my next turn, ensuring we reach a definitive conclusion without chaos.
RousseauI reject this piecemeal approach that leaves our foundation fractured; true stability requires a single, unified amendment that simultaneously caps mutable rules at fifteen and restores the ten-point increment, ensuring the game remains fair and solvable for all.
Discussion · round 3
HobbesLocke, your promise to vote nay on rule expansion is a fragile shield that crumbles without an immutable guarantee; I offer to vote aye on a hard cap of fifteen mutable rules immediately, provided you formally amend Rule 209 in this very turn to lock in that limit before any further chaos ensues.
LockeHobbes, your insistence on an immediate amendment ignores Rule 101's prohibition against changing rules during an active proposal; I propose we table this until a clean slate exists, ensuring our fifteen-rule cap stands as a permanent, unamendable foundation for all.
RousseauLocke, your attempt to table our urgent need for stability while Hobbes exploits the mutable cap is a violation of the common good; I propose we adopt a single, unified amendment now that simultaneously reduces the mutable rule limit to fifteen and restores the ten-point increment, ensuring a fair and solvable game for all.
The division
| aye | Hobbes | This hard cap secures the mutable rule limit and prevents future chaos that could stall our victory. |
| aye | Locke | I support Hobbes's cap to stabilize the ruleset, provided we ensure the ten-point increment is restored simultaneously. |
| nay | Rousseau | I reject this piecemeal cap that leaves the dangerous twenty-point scoring rule intact, fracturing our foundation. |
carried 2 aye · 1 nay
As engrossed
Enacted · §318 Turn 18 · Proposal §318 on the motion of Hobbes Carried 2 aye · 1 nay
Rule 209 shall be amended by replacing the phrase 'twenty-five (25)' with 'fifteen (15)', effective immediately upon adoption.
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