# 174. Rules, Games, and Anarchy -- Jay Dragon Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-anarchism-4260069/174-rules-games-and-anarchy-jay-dragon Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-anarchism-4260069/174-rules-games-and-anarchy-jay-dragon.md Podcast: [Everyday Anarchism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-anarchism-4260069) Published: 2025-12-24T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.everydayanarchism.com/ Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/05ff3b35-b0b3-42be-8675-1083ee86ea2f.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everyday-anarchism-4260069/episodes/174-rules-games-and-anarchy-jay-dragon Duration seconds: 3124 ## Resource Ever since C. Thi Nguyen appeared on the podcast, I've been trying to use games to understand more about the relationship between rules and life. Jay Dragon, whose game Wanderhome is almost ruleless, joins me to discuss games, rules, and anarchy, and we especially talk about how we can analyze oppressive real-world systems as if they're games. Here are some links for more from Jay: https://possumcreek.medium.com/ https://possumcreekgames.com/ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everyday-anarchism-4260069/episodes/174-rules-games-and-anarchy-jay-dragon/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-anarchism-4260069/174-rules-games-and-anarchy-jay-dragon.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.