LEADER
AUTHORITY + KNOWLEDGE
THE HEIR
Once per turn, after one of your Records becomes Verified, gain 1 Authority.
PROTOTYPE V0.3 · SYSTEM EXPANSION
FIVE LEADERS.
ONE CITY.
Leader Affinity, three new keywords, Legacy, and a 36-card shared pool turn the first prototype into a real deck-building system.
LEADER AFFINITY
YOUR LEADER
SHAPES THE DECK.
Each Leader has two Affinities. Cards matching either Affinity are unrestricted. A deck may include no more than 6 off-affinity cards. Neutral cards are unrestricted.
KEYWORDS
SHORTER TEXT.
STRONGER IDENTITY.
VERIFY
Change a Disputed Record to Verified.
DISPUTE
Change a Verified Record to Disputed.
REPAIR
Remove Suppressed from a System.
LEGACY
An ability triggered when the named card or condition leaves a lasting consequence.
36-CARD SHARED POOL
BUILD ACROSS
FOUR FORMS OF POWER.
INFLUENCE
INFRASTRUCTURE
KNOWLEDGE
NEUTRAL
Council Administrator
2 Authority
Your next System this turn costs 1 less.
Security Prefect
2 Authority
Opposing Figures entering this zone during the Action step enter Suppressed until end of turn.
Council House
3 Authority
While you control Council District, Legitimacy requires 7 instead of 8 combined Authority + Influence.
Emergency Decree
Reduce one Influence gain that just occurred by 2, minimum 0. Draw 1.
Censorship Order
Dispute one opposing Verified Record until the start of your next turn.
Claim of Succession
1 Knowledge
If your Leader has Authority affinity, gain 1 Authority when this becomes Verified.
Public Oath
Choose a Figure. It gains +2 Authority until end of turn.
Legacy of Office
2 Knowledge
Legacy — when an Authority Figure you control leaves play, Verify this Record.
Street Organiser
2 Influence
While another friendly Figure is here, this gets +1 Influence.
Workers' Quarter
3 Influence
The first Figure you play here each turn costs 1 less.
Assembly Square
3 Influence
At end of turn, if 3+ friendly Figures are here, gain 1 Influence.
The Crowd Remembers
Gain 1 Influence for each Verified Record you control, maximum 3.
Public Exposure
Suppress an opposing Figure with Authority. If you control a Verified Record, draw 1.
Whisper Network
1 Influence
Once per turn, after you Verify a Record, move one friendly Figure one zone.
Mass Petition
1 Knowledge
When Verified, if you control Lower City, gain 2 Influence.
Legacy of the Street
Legacy — when one of your Figures leaves a contested zone, gain 1 Influence.
Chief Engineer
2 Infrastructure
Exhaust: Repair one System you control.
The Moving Ways
2 Infrastructure
Once per turn, one of your Figures may move one additional zone.
Central Power Station
4 Infrastructure
At start of turn, gain 1 temporary Resource.
Emergency Repairs
Repair one System; it gets +1 Infrastructure until end of turn.
Sabotage Cell
Suppress one opposing System in a contested zone until its controller's next turn.
Relay Junction
2 Infrastructure
The first time each turn a Figure moves through this zone, draw then discard 1.
Power Reroute
Move up to 2 Infrastructure power from one of your Systems to another zone until end of turn.
Legacy Machine
2 Infrastructure
Legacy — when this becomes Suppressed, gain 1 Knowledge.
Recovered Ledger
1 Knowledge
If you already control another Record when played, draw 1.
Counter-Archive
1 Knowledge
When played, Verify a Disputed Record or Dispute a Verified Record until end of turn.
Underground Printer
1 Knowledge
When played, create a Pamphlet Record token with 1 Knowledge.
Witness from Below
2 Knowledge
When this enters a contested zone, draw 1 then discard 1.
Hidden Press
2 Knowledge
Exhaust: resolve the non-victory text of a Record you played from hand this turn again.
Suppressed Testimony
3 Knowledge
If opponent has more Authority than you when played, draw 2.
Contradictory Account
2 Knowledge
When Verified, Dispute another Record. When this becomes Disputed, draw 1.
Archive Fragment
1 Knowledge
If this is your third Verified Record, gain 1 temporary Resource.
Abandoned Station
1 Infrastructure
While this zone is uncontested, gets +1 Infrastructure.
Rumour Through the Ways
Move one Figure you control to an adjacent zone without using its normal movement.
Broken Seal
Dispute one Record until end of turn.
Recovered Blueprint
1 Knowledge
When Verified, Repair one System you control.
DECK CONSTRUCTION
30 CARDS.
ONE LEADER.
DECK SIZE
Exactly 30 cards plus one Leader outside the deck.
COPY LIMIT
Prototype limit: up to 3 copies of a card unless future rarity rules say otherwise.
AFFINITY
Unlimited access to your Leader's two power families, subject to copy limits.
OFF-AFFINITY
Maximum 6 cards outside your Leader's two Affinities. Neutral cards do not count toward this limit.
V0.3 DESIGN GOAL
CHOICES BEFORE
THE FIRST TURN.
V0.2 tested whether the board worked. V0.3 tests whether choosing a Leader meaningfully changes how a player builds, contests and wins.