| “ | The substantive portion of the game is deliberately simple so that the players can decide, through rule-changes, what kind of game they want to play. If they make no decision here, they will be fully occupied in what I call a "procedural" game, which many players choose deliberately. In a substantive game, players aim to score points and win. In a procedural game, players try to tie the rules into the most interesting knots imaginable and to win not by points (Rule 208) but by paradox (Rule 213). — Peter Suber | ” |
Most games of nomic have a theme. The theme is the game-within-a-game; the substantive game, in other words, as opposed to the procedural game.
[edit] Possibilities
- Chess (including multiplayer variants thereof)
- Rock-paper-scissors
