Anarchy

Frame · Power relations social

No fixed order – self-organization, chaos, freedom and the question of whether a society works without authority.

Design question – In your game there is no central authority. What emerges from the freedom – creativity, cooperation, chaos, or new hierarchies?

Reference example – Rust: no rules except those the players negotiate among themselves – or break. Football: the kickabout pitch without a referee, where the players negotiate rules, conflicts and fairness themselves.

Associations

• Typical Activities – Self-organizing, Negotiating, Competing freely, Creating rules

Coherence

Activities: Self-organizing, Negotiating, Competing freely, Creating rules. Mechanisms: Emergent Rules (rules arise during play), Sandbox, Negotiation (ad hoc), No Win Condition. Ludic Organisational Structures: no fixed structures – or: structures that arise during play and dissolve again. Ludic Social Structure: symmetric (no player has structural advantages); the rules are invented together.