Remove the following sentence from the rule “Victory and Ascension”:

During this time, the only game actions that may be taken are those covered by Rules “Wizards”, “Votable Matters”, “Calls for Judgement”, “Gamestate Tracking” and “Victory and Ascension”.

Remove the following sentence from the rule “Seasonal Downtime”:

During this time no game actions may be taken except those described in the rules entitled “Votable Matters,” “Gamestate Tracking” and “Call for Judgement”.

Create a new core rule (as rule 1.8) called “Hiatus”:

Core rules and CfJs may cause the game to periodically enter Hiatus. During Hiatus, the only game actions that may be taken are those covered by Rules “Wizards”, “Votable Matters”, “Calls for Judgement”, “Gamestate Tracking” and “Victory and Ascension”.

Notwithstanding these limitations, a rule that has caused the game to enter Hiatus may specify the conditions for it to leave Hiatus. If an enacted CfJ specifies that the game leaves Hiatus, the game cannot enter Hiatus again during the 7 days following that CfJ’s enactment.

During Hiatus, the game’s Hiatus status should be prominantly displayed on the blog, such as in the sidebar or in a sticky post.

Dynastic rules cannot overrule this rule, unless they explicitly say they do.

Move the special case rules “Seasonal Downtime” and “Dormancy” to the core rules as subrules of “Hiatus”.

Amend the text of “Dormancy” to read:

If there are fewer than five Wizards, then BlogNomic enters Hiatus.