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title: A Game Board for Life
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[Series](/essays)

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# A Game Board for Life

A game edition of the Chaos Map.

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![A Game Board for Life: six lands on a painted board](/images/substack/a-game-board-for-life/1.jpg)

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<art-region d="M60.12 18.76L63.02 18.71L65.98 18.80L68.95 18.73L71.97 18.81L74.88 18.76L77.93 18.76L78.36 22.09L78.85 25.50L79.20 28.98L79.69 32.74L80.29 36.47L80.72 40.53L77.30 40.48L73.97 40.53L70.69 40.49L67.23 40.52L63.95 40.54L60.63 40.53L60.62 36.55L60.45 32.70L60.39 28.93L60.35 25.49L60.26 22.08L60.12 18.76Z" label="Visionland" href="#reading-visionland" />
<art-region d="M60.63 40.53L63.90 40.56L67.41 40.58L70.73 40.53L73.96 40.58L77.35 40.58L80.72 40.53L81.31 44.33L81.71 48.40L82.30 52.40L82.72 56.71L83.49 61.35L83.99 65.99L80.13 66.06L76.52 66.02L72.58 66.00L68.73 65.88L65.13 66.02L61.23 65.99L61.13 61.37L61.00 56.85L60.98 52.41L60.76 48.29L60.67 44.36L60.63 40.53Z" label="Meaningland" href="#reading-meaningland" />
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