Shelf Life: Jay Dragon

Skye talks with game designer Jay Dragon about playing with restrictions, engaging with paratext, the chessboard intruding into life, and what you can do with wizards.Reading list:"A Dozen Fragments on Playground Theory," Jay Dragon: https://possumcreek.medium.com/a-dozen-fragments-on-playground-theory-684104bcb4abEqual Rites, Terry Pratchett: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/equal-rites-terry-pratchett?variant=41392516956194A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/a-wizard-of-earthseaJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/jonathan-strange--mr-norrell-9781526681553/Goodreads' "Queer Cozy Fantasy" list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/queer-cozy-fantasyThe Sandman, DC Comics: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/preludes-and-nocturnes_neil-gaiman/257933/"The Defense," Vladimir Nabokov: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/119457/the-defense-by-vladimir-nabokov/The Name of the Rose, Umberto EcoEntangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566795/entangled-life-by-merlin-sheldrake/The Unicorn Hunters, Katherine Arden: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608879/the-unicorn-hunters-by-katherine-arden/Villain, Natalie Zina Walschots: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/villain-natalie-zina-walschotsThe Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu: https://torpublishinggroup.com/the-three-body-problem/Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen"The Quarry's Secret Name," Jay Dragon: https://jaydragonwrites.itch.io/the-quarrys-secret-nameWayfinder Adventures: https://wayfinderadventures.org/Girl Frame, Isabelle M. Ruebsaat: https://anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io/girl-frameUnder Hollow Hills, Meguey & Vincent Baker: https://lumpley.games/under-hollow-hills/Benjamin Rosenbaum: https://www.the-unraveling.com/Sam Sorenson on simulationism: https://bsky.app/profile/samsorensen.bsky.social/post/3mqzvafznj22hThe Fifth Head of Cerberus, Gene Wolfe: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250861009/thefifthheadofcerberus/"Thousand Year Old Campfire," Tim Hutchings: https://thousandyearoldvampire.com/collections/all/products/tyocJay's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/possumcreekThe Seven-Part Pact Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjgames/seven-part-pactPossum Creek: https://possumcreekgames.com/Steve Jackson Games: https://www.sjgames.com/