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Episode 39: The 7 Deadly Sins of Board Gaming
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Defining sin
What is sin in the Christian tradition?
What do we mean by “7 Deadly Sins”? 7 deadly sins: pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth. Developed in the 300s with the Desert Fathers, especially Evagrius Ponticus. The 7 capital virtues were chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility. In Dante’s Inferno there are 8 categories of sin: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, Treachery.
The Sins of Board Gaming
1 - It’s All About Winning (Pride and Wrath)
- Winning as ontological end and not functional end (trading seriousness for delight)
- Fraud and treachery were the worst sins in Dante’s mind
- For games to work, you have to try to win, but winning is no more the point of games than framing is the point of a house or the engine is the point of a car
2 - It’s All About Owning (Greed and Envy)
- Hyper consumption of games - materialism
- How does this game fit in my collection?
- This is not a cheap hobby (no hobby is cheap, in the end), so what fits in your budget and priorities?
- I love the idea of a game swap or trade or market so you get some value out of them and they don’t clutter up your life (Marie Kondo)
- Seeing ourselves first and foremost as consuming beings can rob us of delight and gratitude over what is before us. World in a cup of tea.
3 - It’s All About You Being Right (Pride)
- Arrogance about different games (trading exclusion for inclusion) - tribalism. My games are better than your games. My people are better than your people. My god is better than your god.
- Assumption that everyone should play games
4 - It’s All About You Being in Control (Pride)
- Alpha player (trading control for agency)
5 - It’s All About You (Pride)
- Putting the games over people - Buddhist concept of valuing people over principles
- Flexing your games or knowledge
- Putting principles over people - Buddhist teaching, Jesus tooTurning play into work
6 - People Not Taking Gaming Seriously (Sloth)
- Bringing the wrong attitude to the table
- Not respecting other’s property
- Cheetos
- Agreeing to play a game but not really focus on it
7 - Turning Play into Work?
- The nature of sin is that it takes something and good and twists it
- There’s more to life than games
- Anything can become your god
Next Episode - Liz Davidson - Value of Solo Gaming
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Manage episode 377840580 series 3372176
Defining sin
What is sin in the Christian tradition?
What do we mean by “7 Deadly Sins”? 7 deadly sins: pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth. Developed in the 300s with the Desert Fathers, especially Evagrius Ponticus. The 7 capital virtues were chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility. In Dante’s Inferno there are 8 categories of sin: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, Treachery.
The Sins of Board Gaming
1 - It’s All About Winning (Pride and Wrath)
- Winning as ontological end and not functional end (trading seriousness for delight)
- Fraud and treachery were the worst sins in Dante’s mind
- For games to work, you have to try to win, but winning is no more the point of games than framing is the point of a house or the engine is the point of a car
2 - It’s All About Owning (Greed and Envy)
- Hyper consumption of games - materialism
- How does this game fit in my collection?
- This is not a cheap hobby (no hobby is cheap, in the end), so what fits in your budget and priorities?
- I love the idea of a game swap or trade or market so you get some value out of them and they don’t clutter up your life (Marie Kondo)
- Seeing ourselves first and foremost as consuming beings can rob us of delight and gratitude over what is before us. World in a cup of tea.
3 - It’s All About You Being Right (Pride)
- Arrogance about different games (trading exclusion for inclusion) - tribalism. My games are better than your games. My people are better than your people. My god is better than your god.
- Assumption that everyone should play games
4 - It’s All About You Being in Control (Pride)
- Alpha player (trading control for agency)
5 - It’s All About You (Pride)
- Putting the games over people - Buddhist concept of valuing people over principles
- Flexing your games or knowledge
- Putting principles over people - Buddhist teaching, Jesus tooTurning play into work
6 - People Not Taking Gaming Seriously (Sloth)
- Bringing the wrong attitude to the table
- Not respecting other’s property
- Cheetos
- Agreeing to play a game but not really focus on it
7 - Turning Play into Work?
- The nature of sin is that it takes something and good and twists it
- There’s more to life than games
- Anything can become your god
Next Episode - Liz Davidson - Value of Solo Gaming
CALL TO ACTION:
- Subscribe to our newsletter
- Support us on Patreon
- interact with us on Instagram
- Discord us Discord.
Links:
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