Playing Gods

Players may choose to be any god from Jesus to the Buddha, from Cthulhu to Zeus, from the Cult of Oprah to the Almighty Dollar.

Conversion cards are used to convert other gods' followers to your beliefs (promising them things like Afterlife, Prosperity, and Miracles).

Figures from the world's five major religions are included in the game: Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism.

A sticker sheet is provided with the game to allow for other gods and religions, including Scientology (represented by Tom Cruise with a UFO over his head), Zeus, Jehovah's Witnesses, beer, the Cult of Oprah, the Almighty Dollar, war, J. R. "Bob" Dobbs (of the Church of the Subgenius), the Flying Spaghetti Monster, death, Satan, television, the Goddess, atheism, the Magic 8 Ball, McWorld (American consumerism), and others.

[2][3] The game was introduced in September 2008 at Dragon*Con, the annual fantasy and science fiction convention in Atlanta.

[6] Users of the boardgaming community BoardGameGeek have praised the humor in the game, but given it a poor average rating[7] due to its boring gameplay and lack of meaningful decisions.

The game comes with six pawns, including ones depicting Jesus swinging a cross as a weapon and the Buddha firing a machine gun.

Carl Raschke, professor of religious studies at University of Denver, stated that the game's perspective "has no basis in historical reality and doesn't actually represent any religion.