At The Advocates, our hypothesis is that people can improve themselves and embrace the principles of a free society by engaging in imaginative play. We want to enable people of diverse ideological backgrounds to consider the importance of virtues like nonviolence, integrity, and reason as basic to true self-government. We believe that creative, empowered thinkers and doers can change the world. So…
We’re exploring the creation of a box set that facilitates collaborative play and personal development. Can you spare a few minutes to give us early feedback?
A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.
James Carse
Okay, Professor Carse. What about an infinite game box set? We’ve been working mightily to develop an experience that will bring people together to explore ideas, values, and prosocial practices.
But it is not a “finite” board game like Monopoly nor a role-playing game like Dungeons & Dragons. It is rather a way of facilitating human development. That’s fancy talk for challenging people to stretch themselves intellectually, psychologically, and morally. “Continuing the play” in this context means moving toward mastery while going on a symbolic journey with a band of collaborators.
We designed it to help people grow together in creativity and wisdom.
We’ve already conceived the mechanics and game components. But before we proceed, we want to know what kind of person might be drawn to this game. So, we want to know what you think. When we say this game, we’re referring to the game concept and theme in which it will be wrapped.
That’s where you come in…
Will you give us feedback? (Takes about five mins.)
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