Category:Core Diagnostic

This category contains the foundational Diagnostic Games — the "See" phase of The Sovereign Games.

These games train you to clearly identify dysfunctional patterns, manipulative systems, distorted mental models, misaligned incentives, and civilizational "bad software" that keep people trapped in self-defeating cycles.

They are the diagnostic tools that raise awareness and expose the Foot-Shooting Trap before moving into refusal and building.

• Sharpen perception of reality versus narrative.
• Reveal hidden extraction games, coordination failures, and incentive distortions.
• Provide clear language and mental models for diagnosing problems at the individual, family, institutional, and cultural levels.
• Serve as the first step in the See → Refuse → Build progression.

• Reality Game
• Moloch Game
• Slave Owner Game
• Status/Signaling Game
• Narrative Control Game
• Time Horizon Game
• Results & Consequences Game

Additional diagnostic games and tools are also included in this category. The list above highlights the foundational/core items, but it is not exhaustive.

• The Foot-Shooting Trap: False Gain vs. Real Gain
• Uncertainty Budget
• Skin in the Game
• Permanent Beta

This category is part of the and the broader project.