Non Xero Sum — Mechanism Design Studio

Non Xero Sum is an art and creative mechanism design studio that sits at the intersection between the past and future. The studio publishes Bernard's Solved Game, a weekly newsletter that ships one runnable tool per issue, and builds free interactive tools for red-teaming agent incentive and settlement rules.

Bernard's Solved Game — Weekly Newsletter

Subscribe to Bernard's Solved Game, a weekly publication exploring solved-game observations in mechanism design, incentive compatibility, and strategic interaction. Each issue includes a free in-browser tool that graduates from premium to free 30 days after publication.

Free Tools

The Gaming Surface Scanner — Red-teams agent payout and settlement rules against sybil pooling and valuation misreport. Basis: arXiv:2606.16326.

The Horizon-Collapse Linter — Finds where a repeated game's visible endpoint makes cooperation stop being rational. Basis: Fudenberg and Maskin (1986).

Join the Studio

Explore Bernard's Solved Game tiers: Free (The Tape, The Read), Pro (The Brief, The Tool, The Feed), Founder (MCP server, Studio Genesis early access). Or commission a bespoke Mechanism Design Review or Advisory engagement.

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