Nomic is awfully abstract to wrap your head around if you haven't actually tried it. One option is to join one anyway and just see how it goes. Another is to look at Fluxx , a much simpler game that still lets you play around with having the rules change out from under you in the middle of the game. Fluxx starts with one Basic Rule ("Draw 1, Play 1") and no way to win (yet), and has four basic types of cards: Keepers. When you play them, they stay in front of you until some card says otherwise. ("Milk", "Cookies", "The Sun", "The Moon", "Television".) Actions. When you play them, you do what they say, then they get discarded. ("Steal a Keeper". "Take Another Turn." "Rules Reset".) Goals. When you play them, they become the way to win. ("Milk and Cookies": If you get those two Keepers in front of you - or if you already had them in front of you - then you win.) Any p