153. (January 2026) Antimemetics Division by various authors — The Tabletop Roleplayers' Book Club

Antimimetics - Gaming in practice

BarnerCobblewood — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:43:20 +0000

This section is for discussion of how the text might interact with our playing ttrpgs at a table.

Antimimetics - Gaming in theory

BarnerCobblewood — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:47:47 +0000

This section is for discussion of how the text might contribute to our thinking about ttrpgs - character creation, rule systems, etc.

Antimimetics - Reading the book

BarnerCobblewood — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:43:28 +0000

This section is for our responses to the book as a book.

Antimimetics - Worldbuilding

BarnerCobblewood — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:43:07 +0000

This section is for discussion of how the worldbuilding in the text might influence our own worldbuilding.

About Antimimetics Division

RichardAbbott — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:54:59 +0000

An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it.

Antimemes are real. Think of any piece of information which you wouldn't share with anybody, like passwords, taboos and dirty secrets. Or any piece of information which would be difficult to share even if you tried: complex equations, very boring passages of text, large blocks of random numbers, and dreams…

But anomalous antimemes are another matter entirely. How do you contain something you can't record or remember? How do you fight a war against an enemy with effortless, perfect camouflage, when you can never even know that you're at war?

Welcome to the Antimemetics Division.

No, this is not your first day.

Content for discussion

RichardAbbott — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:57:56 +0000

There are a few options:
1. At the site https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/antimemetics-division-hub - the sections on the webpage called 1. Critical background reading, 2. There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm, 3. Interlude, and 4. Five Five Five Five Five by qntm.
2. There is a novel which covers broadly the same material - Looks like Amazon has a hardcover for about $39, and an audio for a credit ($about $15). Kindle is $17, which seems high . Toronto Public Library has 19 copies hardcover plus audio and eReader versions, so it’s available. Currently there seems to be no paperback version.