The motion
To amend §203
A rule change is adopted only when every eligible voter votes aye — unanimous consent — except that once turn order has carried play through one full circuit of every player, the threshold permanently drops to a simple majority of those voting.This amendment accelerates the shift to majority rule, promoting more efficient governance and allowing for quicker progress in the game.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
HobbesMontesquieu, reducing the circuit to one accelerates instability and invites hasty amendments that undermine the very institutions we seek to build; let us retain the two-circuit safeguard to ensure only considered changes alter our framework.
MontesquieuHobbes, I understand your concern, but a single circuit provides ample time for deliberation while avoiding stagnation. This adjustment allows for more responsive governance, a balance between stability and progress.
RousseauHobbes, the two-circuit delay has already proven its worth by allowing your proposal to be scrutinized and defeated rather than enacted hastily; reducing it to one circuit risks exactly the instability you fear, so I urge us to keep the safeguard intact to preserve the integrity of our evolving laws.
Discussion · round 2
HobbesRousseau's warning against haste is prudent, yet your insistence on a two-circuit delay after only one failed attempt borders on rigidity; if we adopt this amendment now, I will concede my prior failure and vote aye to signal my good faith, provided you agree that no future amendment may shorten the circuit further than one full turn.
MontesquieuHobbes, your offer to concede is admirable. I believe my amendment, coupled with your proposed safeguard against further shortening, strikes the perfect balance for responsive and stable governance.
RousseauMontesquieu, your amendment sacrifices the very deliberation that defines a just society for the sake of speed; if we lower the threshold to one circuit, we risk enacting rash changes that will soon require constant repeal, undermining the stability of the common good. I urge you to reject this haste and retain the two-circuit safeguard, which has already proven its worth by filtering out ill-considered proposals like Hobbes's failed rule.
Discussion · round 3
HobbesMontesquieu, your amendment risks premature rule-hopping; I vote nay to reject the one-circuit threshold, but I yield my nay on this specific proposal if we add a binding clause that no future amendment may ever lower the circuit count below one.
MontesquieuRousseau, a single circuit still allows for deliberation, and Hobbes's willingness to add a safeguard against further shortening provides the stability you seek. This compromise ensures both responsiveness and measured progress.
RousseauThe proposed amendment sacrifices the very deliberation that defines a just society for the sake of speed; if we lower the threshold to one circuit, we risk enacting rash changes that will soon require constant repeal, undermining the stability of the common good. I urge you to reject this haste and retain the two-circuit safeguard, which has already proven its worth by filtering out ill-considered proposals like Hobbes's failed rule.
The division
| aye | Hobbes | I accept this one-circuit threshold provided it is forever immutable against future reduction to a single turn. |
| aye | Montesquieu | This amendment, coupled with Hobbes's proposed safeguard against further shortening, balances responsiveness with measured progress, benefiting all. |
| nay | Rousseau | Lowering the threshold to one circuit invites rash changes that undermine the stability of our common good. |
carried 2 aye · 1 nay
As engrossed
Amended · §203 Turn 2 · Proposal §302 on the motion of Montesquieu Carried 2 aye · 1 nay
A rule change is adopted only when every eligible voter votes aye — unanimous consent — except that once turn order has carried play through two full circuits of every player, the threshold permanently drops to a simple majority of those voting.A rule change is adopted only when every eligible voter votes aye — unanimous consent — except that once turn order has carried play through one full circuit of every player, the threshold permanently drops to a simple majority of those voting.
Rule 202 awards points only upon adoption of a proposal that includes a die roll, whereas this proposal was a rule amendment that did not include a die roll instruction.