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===Online===
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Nomic is particularly suited to being played online, where all proposals and rules can be shared in web pages or email archives for ease of reference. Such games can last for a very long time: Agora has been running since 1993.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://agoranomic.org| title = Agora official website| access-date = 2011-04-10| archive-date = 2011-06-23| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110623044354/http://agoranomic.org/| url-status = live}}</ref> One problem with Nomics is that over time the ruleset can grow too large and [[Complexity|complex]] that the players don't fully understand it. This is one reason why many Nomics consist of a small group of dedicated players, because ruleset complexity often discourages players from joining. One currently active game, BlogNomic,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://blognomic.com/| title = BlogNomic website| access-date = 2005-10-12| archive-date = 2014-12-02| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141202123928/http://blognomic.com/| url-status = live}}</ref> gets around this problem by dividing the game into "[[dynasty|dynasties]]"; every time someone wins, a new [[dynasty]] begins, and all the rules except the core rules of the game are [[repeal]]ed. This keeps the game relatively simple and accessible. Nomicron<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nomicron |url=http://nomicron.org |website=Nomicron.org |access-date=2026-04-25}}</ref> (resumed in April 2026 after a 15-year hiatus) is similar in that it has rounds–when a player wins a round, a convention is started to plan for the next round. A game of Nomic on [[Reddit]], {{Proper name|nommit}} (now defunct),<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.reddit.com/r/nommit| title = nommit on Reddit| access-date = 2017-09-06| archive-date = 2017-10-22| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171022035136/https://www.reddit.com/r/nommit/| url-status = live}}</ref> used a similar mechanism modeled on Nomicron's system.

Another facet of Nomic is the way in which the implementation of the rules affects the way the game of Nomic itself works. ThermodyNomic, for example, had a ruleset in which rule changes were carefully considered before implementation, and rules were rarely introduced which provide loopholes for the players to exploit. B Nomic,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://bnomic.org| title = B Nomic| access-date = 2022-03-15| archive-date = 2008-12-03| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081203225100/http://www.bnomic.org/| url-status = live}}</ref> by contrast, was once described by one of its players as "the equivalent of throwing logical hand grenades".<ref>Comment on spoon-discuss, a discussion list for B Nomic. {{cite web|author=SkArcher|date=17 Jan 2004|title=Re: [spoon-discuss] so do we have a game or not?|url=http://lists.ellipsis.cx/archives/spoon-discuss/spoon-discuss-200401/msg00132.html|access-date=7 May 2014|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305061536/http://lists.ellipsis.cx/archives/spoon-discuss/spoon-discuss-200401/msg00132.html|url-status=live}}</ref>