Fallacymania: party game where you notice fallacies in arguments
Fallacymania is a game developed by Moscow LessWrong community. Main goals of this game is to help people notice fallacies in arguments, and of course to have fun. The game requires 3-20 players (recommended 4-12), and some materials: printed A3 sheets with fallacies (5-10 sheets), card deck with fallacies (you can cut one A3 sheet into cards, or print stickers and put them to common playing cards), pens and empty sheets, and 1 card deck of any type with at least 50 cards (optional, for counting guessing attempts). Rules of the game are explained here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzyKVqP6n3hKY3lQTVBuODRjRU0/view?resourcekey=0-SoMANgi5h_NQiJ4QGxHuuw This is the sheet of fallacies, you can download it and print on A3 or A2 sheet of paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzyKVqP6n3hKRXZ5N2tZcDVlMW8/view?resourcekey=0-gbuigoHnERbxY5llHDwBqA Also you can use this sheet to create playing cards for debaters. UPD: There is also a version made by Luca Versari for printing on multiple A4 sheets of paper: Player sheets: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v_CkPf_8UZw5yGDrguUwtfJJDjzSif2G/view?usp=share_link Card stickers: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jo7JIp7YvLXw18u68NJCf0xtJHCrvMEs/view?usp=share_link UPD: Printed versions of Fallacymania are now available for purchase on The Game Crafter: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/fallacymania-eng- - English version https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/fallacymania-rus- - Russian version When we created this game, we used these online articles and artwork about fallacies: http://obraz.io/ru/posters/poster_view/1/?back_link=%2Fru%2F&lang=en&arrow=right http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/rhetological-fallacies/ https://www.lesswrong.com/lw/e95/the_noncentral_fallacy_the_worst_argument_in_the/ Also I've made electronic version of Fallacymania for Tabletop Simulator (in Steam Workshop): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=723941480