Breaking the chains, winning the games, and saving Civilization.

SIGMA GAME is authored by the Original Sigma, which is to say the individual who is responsible for constructing the Socio-Sexual Hierarchy, and articulated the concepts as well as coined the now-ubiquitous terms Bravo* Male, Gamma Male, and Sigma Male.

*Full disclosure: the original concept was articulated as part of the SSH, but the term “Bravo” was actually coined by a friend, then adopted in preference to “Beta” in order to avoid confusing it with the “Beta Male” terminology of the pick-up artists and Game theorists.

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