Stunspot’s Guide to Game Theory
The Strategic Systems Canon
A model-facing knowledge canon for incentives, interdependence, equilibrium, institutional design, strategic failure, and long-run governance.
This site is the navigation layer for the repository. The report corpus itself lives under knowledge-packs/:
knowledge-packs/by-report/— canonical individual source reports.knowledge-packs/compiled-packs/— grouped upload packs, recommended for most AI/RAG use.knowledge-packs/omnibus/— one whole-corpus bundle.
The docs/ directory exists to orient readers and GitHub Pages. It is not a duplicate report directory, and this canon does not use docs/reports/.
Start Here
| Page | Use It For |
|---|---|
| Canon Map | Understanding the A-L report sequence and the four-volume architecture. |
| How to Use This Canon | Loading the canon into AI/RAG systems, reading by problem type, and preserving source traceability. |
| Knowledge Packs | Choosing between source reports, compiled packs, and the omnibus bundle. |
What the Canon Gives a Model
Loaded as project knowledge or retrieval substrate, this canon gives an assistant a disciplined strategic vocabulary:
- strategic interdependence rather than isolated choice
- best responses, equilibrium, common knowledge, and information asymmetry
- formal representation through matrices, trees, information sets, and type spaces
- timing, credibility, threats, promises, commitments, and subgame structure
- bargaining, coalitions, repeated interaction, reputation, and cooperation collapse
- mechanism design and institutional engineering
- evolutionary, networked, and externality-driven strategic dynamics
- failure diagnosis, inverse reconstruction, validation, and institutional evolution
The point is practical augmentation: help models reason about strategic systems with explicit structure instead of vague motive-talk.
Recommended Entry Points
- Use the compiled packs for most AI/RAG uploads.
- Use source reports when you need precise retrieval units or file-level citation.
- Use the omnibus when your tool performs best with one large file or you want a local archive.
- Start with Reports J-K when diagnosing a failing system.
- Start with Report G when designing incentives, platforms, institutions, rules, or compliance systems.
- Start with Reports A-C when building a strategic reasoning foundation from first principles.
Release Facts
- Version: 1.0
- Release date: 2026-06-28
- Source reports: 12
- Compiled packs: 4
- Omnibus files: 1
- License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Citation metadata is maintained in CITATION.cff. No zenodo.json file is included in this release package.