+ - Glassbead network recently opens public signups
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seramar writes "The glass bead network is a game inspired by Herman Hesse's "The Glass Bead Game." The point of the game is to take your "beads" and play them in a way which relates them to previously played beads. The game relies heavily on your ability to find relationships between seemingly unrelated people, places, events, concepts and things and rewards creativity and thoughtfulness. Validation of a play is determined by other players, and disagreements about the validity of a given play is determined in a democratic manner, allowing a player to convince the others in the game why his relationship is valid."