# Anyone want a game of Nomic?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-game-of-nomic/495897>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 10, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-game-of-nomic/495897 "2009-05-10T00:53:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-game-of-nomic/495897/1 "2009-05-10T00:53:31Z")

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If you haven’t heard of Nomic, look [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomic) and tell me if you fancy the sound of it.

Oh, and since we’re in this forum - you just lost The Game. Sorry 😃

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-game-of-nomic/495897/2 "2009-05-11T21:56:41Z")

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New rule proposal: The OP owes everyone else ten points.

I vote yes.

Okay, seriously, I’m in. But I’ll point out that we tried this once before and it was a near train wreck. You have to make sure the initial rules are adapted to the parameters of a message board.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-game-of-nomic/495897/3 "2009-05-11T22:02:28Z")

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The old thread: [Anyone for a game of Nomic?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=203529)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-game-of-nomic/495897/4 "2009-05-17T03:22:04Z")

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A bump.

Did the thread from the last game scare everyone off?