New Tabor is something a little bit different from my usual efforts. Usually I shy away from fiction, but, in this case, I have created a Realist boardgame for the purpose of not only having a good time, but for learning about mutualism! Subtitled The Game of Physical Economy, my creation New Tabor is an economic simulator that places you in the middle of a mutualist economy that you generate from out of your own bare labor applied to the land. Central to the game are geo-mutualist mechanisms of economy, such as a self-appraised land value “tax” and full-reserve mutual credit. Players are ultimately trying to live the Good Life by attaining happiness, but find that in order to achieve this they must first consider their own and the other players’ material needs, producing and exchanging as necessary to meet them. It could just have easily been called The Game of Moral Economy. Also, for those who are really into it, and who want to learn more, there is an expansion pack that adds additional credit unions and land trust dynamics to the game. This was part of the original design, and has been deemed too clunky for regular gameplay for beginners, but is available for those who want to play more advanced or to engage more with the educational aspect.
It would not be cost-effective for you to do it yourself, but If you dig it, shoot me an e-mail and I can send you a handmade, artisan physical copy for $200! I ain't gonna lie, I'm only willing to put the work in on this one at that price because I really want you to play it. It's a lot of effort to make.
The Book of Mutualism is my most recent and probably most important work thus far. Similar to the themes in my essays from The Evolution of Consent, which tended to go from big to small picture or vice versa, The Book of Mutualism considers matters of cosmology before zooming into matters of present day human affairs. But this time, it’s all together into one cohesive unit. Subtitled A Natural, Moral History with Philosophical Interjections and Appendices, what has become The Book of Mutualism is something of a “Big History,” a history that is nestled within the context of the Universe and replete with the meaning and purpose that comes along with that. It is a worthwhile, comprehensive synthesis of a vast array of non-fiction knowledge, including that from religion, philosophy, and science, placed into a historical format. Postmodernists tremble at this Grand Narrative, and fake anarchists shutter at its invocation. Christians come to know God better than they ever have, and atheists get a grip on natural philosophy that they could only before imagine. It’s about 1,000 pages.
You can print your own to bind!
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If you’re really into it, but don’t want to bind it, shoot me an e-mail and I can send you a hardcover, handbound, artisan physical copy of Version A001.0 for $150! I can also handbind classic mutualist and free thinker texts for you as negotiated. I am not charging you for the writing of the text, but merely for binding the book for you. The text itself is free.