non-computer implementation

There are a lot of ways the Glass Bead Game could be implemented without a computer, in fact, the original presumably didn't.

As I've mentioned in other posts, Vipassana (there are a bunch of different spellings of this) Meditation is a process by which connections are made between things until the "root" of everything is discovered. This is one possible computer-free--not to mention everything-else-free--version of the game. Meditation is, in fact, sometimes taught as a game to beginners.

Other, real games exist that exemplify many of the values of a glass bead game. For example, the Rubik's Cube is a puzzle game that, in order to solve, one must be aware of everything at once; you cannot affect one side without affecting the other. The ultimate goal with a Rubik's cube is to order everything--although it leaves out the part where everything is realized as one.

Right now, I'm in the process of thinking up a board-game version of the game. This game will at least model the processes of a true game abstractly; that is, the concrete "meaning" behind game pieces will probably be left out in order to cement the game-play.