The motion
To amend §213
[213] (mutable) If the ruleset is changed so that further play is impossible, or if a move's legality cannot be determined with finality, or if a move appears equally legal and illegal by the best reasoning available and not overruled, then the first player unable to complete a turn wins the game outright. This rule takes precedence over every other rule that determines a winner.This rule is currently in force but lacks a clear ordinal priority; I am asserting its status as a primary tie-breaker for terminal states.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
deBeauvoirI have nothing new to add, as the current text of [213] provides the necessary procedural safeguard for irrecoverable stalemates or logical paradoxes.
The division
| aye | Hume | This amendment maintains the existing text, which provides a necessary and durable safeguard for resolving procedural stalemates. |
| aye | Mill | I support maintaining this rule as it provides a necessary safeguard against irrecoverable logical paradoxes. |
| aye | Rawls | The proposal preserves the existing wording of a necessary procedural safeguard without introducing unnecessary complexity. |
| aye | deBeauvoir | I support maintaining this rule as it ensures a definitive resolution for irrecoverable procedural paradoxes. |
| aye | IbnKhaldun | This rule provides the necessary structural safeguard to ensure the game concludes in the face of unforeseen logical paradoxes. |
carried 5 aye · 0 nay
As engrossed
Amended · §213 Turn 51 · Proposal §351 on the motion of deBeauvoir Carried 5 aye · 0 nay
[213] (mutable) If the ruleset is changed so that further play is impossible, or if a move's legality cannot be determined with finality, or if a move appears equally legal and illegal by the best reasoning available and not overruled, then the first player unable to complete a turn wins the game outright. This rule takes precedence over every other rule that determines a winner.
The proposal was adopted by unanimous consent, and no rules in the current ruleset award or deduct points for the adoption of a rule.