Quotes

There are at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite, the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing play.

— "Finite and Infinite Games" by James P. Carse

We know that someone has one the game when all the players have agreed who among them is the winner. No other condition other than the agreement of the players is absolutely required in determining who has won the game.

— "Finite and Infinite Games" by James P. Carse

"There is no finite game unless the players freely choose to play it. No one can play who is forced to play. It is an invariable principle of all play, finite and infinite, that whoever plays, plays freely. Whoever must play, cannot play.

— "Finite and Infinite Games" by James P. Carse