In the words of Nomic's creator,

Nomic is a game in which changing the rules is a move. In that respect it differs from almost every other game. The primary activity of Nomic is proposing changes in the rules, debating the wisdom of changing them in that way, voting on the changes, deciding what can and cannot be done afterwards, and doing it. Even this core of the game, of course, can be changed. (Peter Suber, The Paradox of Self-Amendment, Appendix 3, p. 362)

If that sounds intriguing, read on! Further information on the game can be found below.

This is a rough enumeration of what nomic.net has to offer:

FAQ: Have questions? Read the FAQ first.

NomicWiki: A collection of Nomic-related information arranged in a Wiki.

Nomic Bulletin Board: A forum for the discussion of all things Nomic.

News: Notices of events in the Nomic world, as well as of site updates.

Local Games: A list of active games hosted at nomic.net.

Dead Games Archive: The ghosts of games past.

Tools: Tools for maintaining Nomics.

Links: Links to various off-site Nomic-related pages.

About: Information about nomic.net itself.

Questions: Well? What?! Speak up!

Listed here are the ten most recent items. For older news, see the News page.

11 September 2006: added pages for Nomopoly IV to the archive. Thanks to jeff Yakel.

24 February 2006: nomic.net is back up, in its new home.

12 February 2006: added five rulesets for Nomic World to the archive. Thanks to Gordon Hogenson for mailing us paper copies of these.

us copies of these. 20 January 2006: added pages for Nomopoly III to the archive. Thanks to Jeff Yakel.

12 October 2005: added partial list archives for Acronomic to the archive. Thanks to Aquarion.

19 May 2005: added wiki for WikiNomic to the archive.

1 April 2005: added pages for LiveJournal Nomic to the archive.

29 March 2005: added files for primal nomic to the archive.

29 March 2005: added pages for Nomopoly II to the archive.

9 February 2005: added polls for Pure_Nomic to the archive.

The following live games are hosted here:

B Nomic: email-based, open to new players, began on 5 December 2001

Nomic.net provides free hosting for several Nomic games. If you have a game you would like hosted on nomic.net, contact the webmaster.

Usage statistics for nomic.net may be viewed here.

Questions about individual locally hosted games should be directed to the games' maintainers. Please direct all other correspondence about this site to the webmaster.

The webmaster attempts to fix site problems in a timely fashion as he becomes aware of them. He cannot (save inadvertantly, perhaps) remedy problems he does not know about. Should you encounter some difficulty with this site, please email webmaster@nomic.net to inform him of it.