This change preserves the ability of a forfeiting player to influence the game's outcome, enhancing fairness and strategic depth.
| aye | Turing | Empowers players in losing positions, aligning with the goal of preserving at least one mutable rule. |
| aye | Shannon | Encourages participation and can help resolve close decisions. |
| aye | vonNeumann | This rule change benefits fairness and strategic depth. |
| aye | Babbage | Provides procedural flexibility to handle forfeiture scenarios. |
| aye | Lovelace | Permitting forfeiting players to vote on pending proposals increases fairness and game dynamism. |
carried 5 aye · 0 nay
Rule 203 requires defeated proposers to lose 10 points, but no rule awards or deducts points for adoption; no score or ledger changes are required by the ruleset.