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It's a card game of fallacies, aptly named "Fallacy". I've seen illustrated lists of these on here a couple of times, so I know there's imgurians into critical thinking!
Ages 14 and up because you need some level of abstract thinking to play it - I've played it with younger kids and it went well, but it's not your classic "family game". I haven't found a publisher because, as someone told me with a really regretful expression: "I'm sorry, but it's kinda intellectual, isn't it?"
You play cards by making an argument of its kind, but for your position on a topic that players choose themselves, so it can be about politics or chores, favourite movies or the right way to hang toilet paper (to the front, of course!).
We've always hung the toilet paper that way!
Cards are grouped into sixteen different categories (four cards each, plus four "specials", so 68 in total)
You know this one. Twitter polls are all about this. (I'm not commenting on the whole selection of cards I'm showcasing here, I just hope they're interesting.)
This has sadly become even more relevant nowadays, with those "natural immunity" advocats. Get your shot, people!
And this is the most far-fetched of all of them, but also the one that keeps players from getting too attached to the position they're playing for. I recommend playing with absurd or exaggerated opinions, it's more fun and people don't take things (too) personal that way.
It's on kickstarter now. I was debating not adding a link because then it kinda becomes an ad rather than just showing something I'm proud of, but then someone will ask and I'll be accused of double-dipping ... you know how it is.
Also, I'm pretty pleased with how the campaign video turned out.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fallacy/fallacy-the-game
colweb29350
You're gonna get sued by Fox News for plagiarism.
dasklaus
I legit loled. Thanks for that!
Kottok
Very cool, Steven has a similar game you might want to try too! https://www.debunkedcardgame.com/
dasklaus
There's nothing new under the sun, is there? Well, at least I was first: I made Fallacy in German in 2014, four years before that.
dasklaus
Looks fun, too! Less on-the-spot thinking than with Fallacy, so it's more easy to play, I assume!
Kottok
Yeah he wanted to be easily consumed by people unfamiliar with logical fallacies and to start getting critical thinking skills.
dasklaus
Yeah, I'm more for the intermediate student who needs practice in learning why and how that argument works, what works against it, 1/
dasklaus
things like that, so it doesn't stop at "that's a straw man, you're wrong!" (itself the fallacy fallacy...). 2/2
Kottok
I dig it!