Text Ticker: Is Religion a Game?
At Religion Dispatches, S. Brent Plate points out a lovely new gift idea for the holiday season: "Playing Gods," the boardgame.
Following essentially the same strategy as Risk minus the armies, Playing Gods has each player assume the role of a different god or prophet in their attempt to take over the world.
There's tons more excitement at the game's official website. Not to be missed.
The earthly and divine realms meet in Playing Gods. Whether wreaking disasters of biblical proportions on innocent populations or bestowing providence and goodwill, the gods have ever made sport of humans. Though imbued with amazing powers, the gods are jealous.
This is fascinating sociology of religion if you ask me. Or an enactment of Dawkins's meme theory. [go!]
