Tonight we'll explore games that deal with playing with ideas at the most abstract level. We'll jigsaw the task of getting up to speed on this topic by dividing into four groups, each of which will master one of these topics:

• What is the glass bead game? 1 and 2
• Another definition
• What might a glass bead game look like?
• What's happening at the Glass Bead Game Wiki?
  

We'll then play a version of the game in digital form. What other kinds of games might you create this way? Could you adapt the HyperBead game for a quick and dirty exercise where you work?

The rest of this evening is time for you to work with your eGame team. Let's get the kinks worked out for next week's peer feedback.