Talk:The New Games Book

August 2018: Pat is correct, Stewart is conspicuous by his absence. He promoted NG in Whole Earth Catalog and its successors and convened two or more of the Games events as I recall. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Healing toolbox (talk • contribs) 17:01, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Also worth putting on this page since not anywhere else in Wikipedia is Playfair: Everybody's Guide to Noncompetitive PlayMay 1, 1980 by Matt Weinstein and Joel Goodman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Healing toolbox (talk • contribs) 17:04, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Initiated by Pat Farrington

This entry claims that "The New Games movement was initiated by Pat Farrington. The first "New Games Tournament" was spearheaded by Pat Farrington." Sources such as http://www.si.com/vault/1976/10/18/626635/if-you-care-more-about-playing-than-winning-ooh-aah-may-be-your-game and the video https://archive.org/embed/cbpf_000080 and http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19731026-01.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------# clearly place Stewart Brand in the role of both initiator and "spearhead" (whatever that means). As far as I know, she was most definitely involved in New Games in the early days, did much to introduce cooperative games to the repertoire, was instrumental in organizing subsequent events and bringing New Games to Australia, but as far as I or my old New Games friends remember, she was neither the initiator nor the spearhead. Perhaps there are better words to describe her role. But this entry is absurd without attributing the event to its conceptualizer Stewart Brand.

I copy the above text from the talk page of User:Majorfun. I have also tagged the specific line in the article as requiring sources. Obviously the whole article needs proper sourcing. -Thibbs (talk) 15:57, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Updated URL for Sports Illustrated article:

Murphy, James B. (18 October 1976). "If you care more about playing than winning, Ooh-Aah may be your game". Sports Illustrated.

As you note, it disagrees with the current article, crediting Stewart Brand prominently. 104.153.72.218 (talk) 14:24, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]