Regular Ordinances of the Fantasy Rules Committee (FRC)

the up-to-date and definitive (except of course for the brief interlude between a rule change taking effect according to winning its vote and the document being updated, in which case the revised but unpublished rule set is definitive by game custom; ask the current judge in case of any confusion) rule set is now kept here, at a file called "http://groups.google.com/group/frc-play/web/regular-ordinances-revised-oct-2007" for historical reasons but titled according to the month of last revision.

What follows is therefore of historical interest only (although so far the only difference is so small that I'm going to edit this page too -- why not, redundancy is good)

FRC is currently played on a mailing list with home page http://groups.google.com/group/frc-play

Regular Ordinances of the Fantasy Rules Committee (FRC)

1. Ordinances. There shall be two types of ordinances: regular ordinances and fantasy rules. Fantasy rules shall have no effect on play except as provided for in the regular ordinances.

2. Membership. Any person may become a member of this committee by posting in the committee forum a statement of intent to join. A member may resign from the committee at any time.

3. Starting a Round and posting Rules. Whenever a round of play ends, a new round should begin as soon as possible thereafter. The (new) Judge shall determine the exact time of the start of the round, and e may also suggest a theme for the round and nominate a member to post the first fantasy rule.

4. Eligibility to play. Only those persons eligible to play may post fantasy rules.

• (a) The Judge is not eligible.
• (b) At the start of the round, all members except the judge become eligible for 14 days, and all authorship pins are revoked.
• (c) When a valid rule is posted, the author's eligibility is extended to 14 days after its posting, and e receives an authorship pin if e does not already have one. Also, if more than 14 days have elapsed since the start of the round, then every other eligible member with an authorship pin has eir eligibility extended to a minimum of 4 days after the rule's posting, to give them adequate time to respond.
• (d) When an invalid rule is posted, the author's eligibility is reduced by 2 days.
• (e) The Judge is not eligible.

5. End of Game. If at any time after the fourteenth day of a round, there is only one person eligible to play, then

• (a) all current fantasy rules are repealed
• (b) the round ends
• (c) the sole remaining player is declared winner of the just ended round and becomes Judge.

6. Judge. The Judge is responsible for interpreting the ordinances and determining the validity of fantasy rules. If a fantasy rule is inconsistent with itself, previously posted valid fantasy rules, or the regular ordinances, then the Judge shall declare that rule invalid or unsuccesful, otherwise e shall declare it valid.

7. Resignation. The Judge may resign if e appoints a successor who agrees to serve as Judge until the end of the round.

8. A fantasy rule can only be declared unsuccesful if the only rule or rules it is inconsistent with are other fantasy rules for which it is reasonable to assume that the poster of the rule had not seen them before e posted the rule.

9. Style Points. For each fantasy rule posted, the Judge shall award X points, where -3<=X<=3. The Judge may use any criteria e sees fit for such awards. At the end of a Round the Player who has collected the most Style Points will be the Wizard in the next Round.

10. Restrictions on Judge's Power. The decision of the Judge may be changed if a proposal is made to do so and that proposal receives a two-thirds affirmative vote of the members voting on that proposal within six (6) days after the posting of that proposal.

11. Default. If the Judge does not declare judgment of a fantasy rule within six (6) days after its posting, e shall be considered then to have decided and declared that rule valid.

12. Amendment. The regular ordinances may be amended if a proposal is posted to do so and said proposal receives a two-thirds (2/3) affirmative vote of the members voting on that proposal within seven (7) days after the posting of that proposal.

13. Overrule. The regular ordinances may be overruled for a single round if a proposal is posted to do so and said proposal receives a two-thirds (2/3) affirmative vote of the members voting on that proposal within three (3) days after the posting of that proposal.

14. Where to Do Things. All actions under these rules must be accomplished by a public posting in the official committee forum. The Judge may determine the location and nature of the official committee forum.

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