Hide the real Core
Each player secretly places a Core and two Decoys behind three systems: Grain, Ways, and Power.
ARCHIVE 002 · CURRENT 50-CARD PLAYTEST
NO MASTER:
HIDDEN MANDATE
Three systems. Three hidden Vaults. One real Core. The future belongs to the player who can break through and prove what they have found.
SOLO OR 2 PLAYERS25 CARDS EACH20-ROUND TEST LIMIT
HOW THE DUEL WORKS
HIDE. CONTEST. VERIFY.
Challenge the Guards
Deploy Operatives with Access ranks, scout defenders, and face Traps or Bombs. A surviving attacker creates a Breach.
Open a Vault
File cards as shared public proof. Two different proof seals in a system let a breached Operative Probe its Vault. Find the real Core to win.
THE TABLE
GRAIN · WAYS · POWER
GRAINPublic supply
WAYSRoutes and civic choice
POWERThe city systems
Each system has a Guard and a hidden Vault for both players. Ordinary Operatives move along adjacent systems. Scouts and Engineers can cross directly between empty friendly Guard slots.
THE TWO STARTERS
EVERY RECORD HAS A JOB.
The 50 numbered Archive 002 records form two fixed 25-card starters: Marian Vale's Free City and Commander Rook's Continuity. Each contains 1 Head, 1 Core, 2 Decoys, 12 Operatives, 1 Trap, 1 Bomb, and 7 Tactics.
The Junqi inspiration is hidden deployment and ranked encounters. Archive 002 adds its own shared-evidence requirement: proof may help either player verify a Vault. This is a public playtest; balance and visual art are still being revised.