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BlogNomic is a game of Nomic run as a communal weblog, that started in January 2003. Proposals are made as posts to the BlogNomic blog, with votes made as comments on those posts, and the ruleset stored here on the wiki.

BlogNomic is played over a number of themed, pseudo-Imperial rounds (or "dynasties"), presided over by one player as its "Emperor" figure. The Emperor chooses the theme for the dynasty, and is regarded as its caretaker, with the power to veto proposals made during it - this is as close as BlogNomic gets to having anybody in charge. When somebody wins a dynasty, we wipe the ruleset (except for the basic mechanics of voting and proposing) and start a new one with that player as its Emperor.

Current Game Documents

• Ruleset

(When moving document links to the Older Document section please remove the link from this section.)

General Reference

Gameplay

• FAQ
• Newbie Guide
• Laundry list
• Admin Manual

Writing

• Player essays
• BlogNomic quotes file
• Blognomic Jargon
• Admin feedback for the technical side of BlogNomic

History

• Graphs of BlogNomic history
• BlogNomic Fun Survey
• Historical player names

Useful Links

• BN Greasemonkey Script, which gives links to new comments and automatically tallies votes.
• ais523's Automatic Vote Counter on IRC
• Kevan's automatic idle-player checker
• Blogspot archive (2003-2005) recovered by Roujo and 75th Trombone, missing all comments
• The old wiki, including Dynastic Histories
• BlogNomic Twitter feed
• Javascript Diff - compare two texts (useful for checking "reword this entire rule to:" proposals)

Dynastic History

1. Round One - Pre-Dynasty
2. The First Dynasty of Myke - The Kingdom Dynasty
3. The First Dynasty of Lyndse - The Robin Hood Dynasty
4. The Second Dynasty of Myke - The Agricultural Dynasty
5. The First Dynasty of Kevan - The Orwellian Dynasty
6. The First Dynasty of Anthony - The Mad Emperor Dynasty
7. The First Dynasty of est - The Robot Factory Dynasty
8. The Second Dynasty of Kevan - The Moreau Dynasty
9. The First Dynasty of Damanor - The Galactic Dynasty
10. The Third Dynasty of Kevan - The Thing Dynasty
11. The First Dynasty of Cayvie - The Elemental Dynasty
12. The First Dynasty of Joranj - The Mob Dynasty
13. The First Dynasty of Keitalia - The Superhero Dynasty
14. The First Dynasty of SatyrEyes - The Odyssey Dynasty
15. The First Metadynasty - The Hat Meta-Dynasty
16. The Second Dynasty of Cayvie - The Crashed Spaceship Dynasty
17. The First Dynasty of Brendan - The Office Dynasty
18. The Fourth Dynasty of Kevan - The Petri-Dish Dynasty
19. The First Dynasty of Knightking - The Warlord Dynasty
20. The First Dynasty of Chronos Phaenon - The Democratic Dynasty
21. The First Dynasty of TrumanCapote - The Family Dynasty
22. The Second Dynasty of Knightking - The Zombie Dynasty
23. The First Dynasty of Quazie - The Muffin Dynasty
24. The First Dynasty of Simon - The Surfer Dynasty
25. The First Dynasty of AngryGrasshopper - The Spaceship Dynasty
26. The First Dynasty of Rodney - The Illuminati Dynasty
27. The First Dynasty of Aaron - The Athenian Dynasty
28. The Second Dynasty of Josh - The Gaming Dynasty
29. The Second Metadynasty - The Switch Dynasty
30. The Second Dynasty of Chronos Phaenon - The Hegemonic Dynasty
31. The First Dynasty of Excalabur - The Deity Dynasty
32. The Second Dynasty of Excalabur - The Schizophrenic Dynasty
33. The First Dynasty of 75th Trombone - The Text Adventure Dynasty
34. The First Dynasty of Elias IX - The Pirate Dynasty
35. The Third Metadynasty - The Gostak Metadynasty
36. The Second Dynasty of Angry Grasshopper - The Monastic Murder Mystery Dynasty
37. The First Dynasty of Hix - The Time Travelling Dynasty
38. The First Dynasty of Thelonious - The Musical Dynasty
39. The Second Dynasty of Elias IX - The Vegetable Dynasty
40. The Second Dynasty of Rodney - The Miskatonic Dynasty
41. The First Dynasty of Clucky - The Olympic Dynasty
42. The First Dynasty of Doremi - The Hollywood Dynasty
43. The Third Dynasty of Chronos Phaenon - The Iudex Dynasty
44. The First Dynasty of Amnistar - The Secret Agent Dynasty
45. The Second Dynasty of Clucky - The Spore Dynasty
46. The Second Dynasty of Amnistar - The Goldberg Factory Dynasty
47. The First Dynasty of Bucky - The Corporate Dynasty
48. The Third Dynasty of Clucky - The Monkey Dynasty
49. The Third Dynasty of Josh - The Kaiju Dynasty
50. The Fifth Dynasty of Kevan - The Werewolf Dynasty
51. The Second Dynasty of Hix - The Valkyrie Dynasty
52. The First Dynasty of spikebrennan - The Wild West Poker Dynasty
53. The First Dynasty of Jack - The Pirate vs Ninja Dynasty
54. The First Dynasty of Purplebeard - The Evil Dynasty
55. The First Dynasty of Rodlen - The Multi-Dimensional (and still evil) Dynasty
56. The First Dynasty of Yoda - The RPG Dynasty
57. The Third Dynasty of Amnistar - The Political Dynasty
58. The First Dynasty of Darknight - The Dragon Dynasty
59. The Second Dynasty of Bucky - The Barbarian Dynasty
60. The Second Dynasty of Yoda - The Deja Vu Dynasty
61. The Fourth Metadynasty - The First Metadynasty of Rodlen (Blo vs Gno vs Mic)
62. The First Dynasty of arthexis - The Guess the Theme (Gourmet Drag Racing on Mars) Dynasty
63. The Fourth Dynasty of Amnistar - The Military Dynasty
64. The First Dynasty of Devenger - The Movie Body Count Dynasty
65. The First Dynasty of ais523 - The Reality TV Dynasty
66. The First Dynasty of yuri_dragon_17 - The Caribbean Vacation Dynasty
67. The First Dynasty of Qwazukee - The Groundhog Day Dynasty
68. The First Dynasty of Darth Cliche - The Post-Apocalyptic Dynasty
69. The Fifth Metadynasty - The Original Game of Nomic Metadynasty
70. The Third Dynasty of Bucky - The Runic Dynasty
71. The First Dynasty of Wakukee - The Djinn Djinasty
72. The Sixth Dynasty of Kevan - The Mansion Murder Dynasty
73. The Second Dynasty of ais523 - The Steampunk Dynasty
74. The Fourth Dynasty of Josh - The April Fools Dynasty
75. The Second Dynasty of Purplebeard - The Mining Camp Dynasty
76. The Third Dynasty of ais523 - The Election Dynasty
77. The Second Dynasty of Ienpw III - The Undefined Term Dynasty
78. The Second Dynasty of Darth Cliche - The NetHack Dynasty
79. The First Dynasty of lilomar - The Paranoia Dynasty
80. The First Dynasty of coppro - The Futurama Dynasty
81. The Fourth Dynasty of ais523 - The IQ Dynasty
82. The Seventh Dynasty of Kevan - The Cold War Spy Dynasty
83. The Second Dynasty of Brendan - The School of Witchcraft Dynasty
84. The First Dynasty of Alecto - The Roman Gods Dynasty
85. The Fifth Dynasty of Josh - The LEGO® Dynasty
86. The Fourth Dynasty of Clucky - The Ant Dynasty
87. The Third Dynasty of Purplebeard - The Prehistoric Dynasty
88. The Eighth Dynasty of Kevan - The Mornington Crescent Dynasty
89. The Fifth Dynasty of ais523 - The Sheep Dynasty
90. The Fourth Dynasty of Purplebeard - The Stock Market Dynasty
91. The Third Dynasty of Yoda - The Plants vs Zombies Dynasty
92. The Fourth Dynasty of Bucky - The ClingBoom Arena Dynasty
93. The Ninth Dynasty of Kevan - The Lifeboat Dynasty
94. The First Dynasty of Bateleur - The Art Dynasty
95. The Sixth Metadynasty - The Today's Economy Dynasty
96. The Second Dynasty of coppro - The Taxicab Dynasty
97. The Sixth Dynasty of ais523 - The Petty Crime Dynasty
98. The First Dynasty of Cpt_Koen - The Band Dynasty
99. The First Dynasty of southpointingchariot - The Ansible Dynasty
100. The Sixth Dynasty of Josh - The Visiting the Past Dynasty
101. The Third Machine of scshunt - The Factory Machine Dynasty
102. The First Dynasty of Quirck - The Manul Dynasty
103. The Fifth Dynasty of Clucky - The Pie Dynasty
104. The Fifth Dynasty of Bucky - The Nomic School Dynasty
105. The Tenth Dynasty of Kevan - The Newspaper Dynasty
106. The Seventh Dynasty of Josh - The Heist Dynasty
107. The Eleventh Dynasty of Kevan - The Doomsday Cult Dynasty
108. The Fourth Dynasty of scshunt - The Dynasty of the Commons
109. The First Dynasty of RaichuKFM - The Interstellar Fleet Dynasty
110. The First Dynasty of Larrytheturtle - The Noble Families Dynasty
111. The First Dynasty of Skju - The Principia Blognomica Dynasty
112. The Seventh Metadynasty
113. The Fifth Dynasty of Purplebeard - The Magical Apprentice Dynasty
114. The First Dynasty of Spitemaster - The Government Shutdown Dynasty
115. The Eighth Dynasty of Josh - The Despot Dynasty
116. The Second Dynasty of RaichuKFM - The Marooned Dynasty
117. The First Dynasty of The Alien - The Alien NPC Dynasty
118. The First Dynasty of Benzene - The Chemistry Dynasty
119. The Third Dynasty of RaichuKFM - The Chivalric Dynasty
120. The Sixth Dynasty of Purplebeard - The Assassin Dynasty
121. The Twelfth Dynasty of Kevan - The Attic Clearance Dynasty
122. The First Dynasty of Ayesdeeef - The Soccer Dynasty
123. The Sixth Dynasty of Bucky - The Jupiter Shuttle Dynasty
124. The Thirteenth Dynasty of Kevan - The Android Dynasty
125. The Ninth Dynasty of Josh - The Seasonal Dynasty
126. The First Dynasty of Mideg - The Restaurant Dynasty
127. The Fourteenth Dynasty of Kevan - The Shapeshifter Dynasty

Archive

Older Core Game Documents

Add new Documents to the top of the list at the end of each dynasty.

Cooking Equipment, Orbit Contents, Hivemind Charters, Market Values, Second-Hand Goods, Space, Reagents, Sequester, Spellbook, Question, Truths, Peerage, Feuds, Tournaments, Galaxy Map, The Hangar, Garage, Fence, The Whiteboard, Factory Floor, Machines, Routes, The Arena, Garden Patch, Gardening Compendium, Species Compendium, BN Index, Check before you travel, Photo Albums, Research projects, Trails, Toybox, Mortals, Teachers, Berlin map, The Dossier, Trading Post, Inventions, County Activity, Wodehouse surnames, Corporations, List of forms, Code of Conduct, Inventory, Loot, My dynasty, Stockpile, Settlement (Script version), Inventions, Trading Post, County Activity, Universe, Inventory Items, City, Good Deeds, Parallel Ruleset, Rewards, Diary Entries, Category:Acts of Dynasty 64, Action Props, List of American film actors, Bonus Features, Theme Hints, Ingredients, The Table, Recipes, Vehicles, Solar Map, Faction BLO Ruleset, Faction GNO Ruleset, Faction MIC Ruleset, Gnomish Scrolls, Plot Summary, Locations, Occupations, Backpack, Dragon Eggs, Candidate Agendas, Planar Entities, Space Tech, Spacecraft Register, Member Dossiers, Earth, Storage Zone, Doomsday Device, Treasures Page, Sea Monsters, Wanted Posters, Poker Hands, Old Rulesets, The Creature Page, List of Traits, List of Events, Filmographies, Threads, Deity Wiki, Cities, Monastery of St. Passignano Map, The Timeline, Zodiac Wiki, The Lost List, Events Page, Events_Page, Motions, Mystical Chant, Chant Regulations, List of Gadgets, Missions, Gadget Requests, List of Approved Gadgets, List of In-play Gadgets, The Map, Legend, Inventory, Monkey Dynasty Gamestate Documents, The City, The Media Circus, Monster Roster, Book of the Kaiju, Einherjar, About non-metallic mineral resources in China (Really: a document spammed to the Blognomic wiki that, by proposal, became a core game document in the Ninja-Pirate dynasty), Character Sheets, Quest Journal, Item List

Proposed Core Game Documents Substitutes

• Ruleset Draft
• Talk:Ruleset Draft
• Ruleset Draft, Take Two
• Ruleset Draft, the Third

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