Conversation 507: INVENTORY / SUZERAINTY GAME

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ID	Character	Dialogue	Conditions	Links
0	None			1
1	None			42
2	Suzerainty: The Board Game	The cover features a charming illustration depicting a mass of grinning labourers loading goods onto a ship while a richly dressed administrator oversees their work.		8
3	You	Shake the box.		9
4	You	Remove the plastic wrap.		12
5	You	[Leave it perfect and undisturbed.]		6
6	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Good thinking. It could be a collectible some day.
7	Suzerainty: The Board Game	In your hands you hold a brand new copy of the game 'Suzerainty'. It's snugly wrapped in a skin of plastic...		2
8	Encyclopedia	The exact location and time period are left deliberately vague, but it's clearly meant to represent the economic relationship between the Revacholian Suzerainty and its many vassals.		11
9	Suzerainty: The Board Game	The box has a nice heft to it. You hear the rattle of individual wooden tokens and feel their weight shifting back and forth...		14
10	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Even before you open it, you can tell that this will be a meaty game of grand strategy and complex player interactions.		15
11	None			3 4 5
12	Suzerainty: The Board Game	The plastic wrap rips off as easily as a bodice in a tawdry historical romance.		13
13	You	Open the box.		16
14	Inland Empire	What treasures wait in store for you?		10
15	None			11
16	Suzerainty: The Board Game	There's a hiss as the lid slides off. Inside you find a thick, full-colour rulebook and more than a dozen pouches of various wooden components.		17
17	Perception (Smell)	Ahhh! Savour that new board game smell! A mix of wood, paper, and ink, all wrapped in the sweet must of cardboard.		18
18	None			19 20 21 116 24 22
19	You	Read the rulebook.		46
20	You	Examine the components.		69
21	You	"Hey, Kim, wanna play?"	IsKimHere() and Variable["inventory.suzerainty_kim_wc_open"] == false	23
22	You	[Put the game away.]
23	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant looks over the rulebook before he sees something that makes his eyes go wide...		351
24	You	Convince Kim to play with you.	IsKimHere() and Variable["inventory.suzerainty_kim_wc_open"] == true and Variable["inventory.suzerainty_fail_into_success"] == false	25
25	Suzerainty: The Board Game			26 27
26	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_suggestion_wc"]	28
27	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_suggestion_wc"]) == false	342
28	Suggestion	What is detective work if not an elaborate game? You need logical inference, attention to detail, the ability to analyse your opponents' motives...		31
29	Suggestion	What, does the lieutenant hate fun? Is he the *fun* police?		30
30	You	"Who died and made you the fun police?"		334
31	You	"Come on, it might help us think of more creative solutions to the case."		352
32	Kim Kitsuragi	"Alright, you've convinced me. How do we play?"		33 34 35
33	You	"I don't know, let's wing it."		36
34	You	"Hmm, we should probably read the rules, huh?"	Variable["inventory.suzerainty_read_rules"] == false	37
35	You	"I read the rules already, I'll show you..."	Variable["inventory.suzerainty_read_rules"] == true	38
36	Kim Kitsuragi	"I see you bring the same *unorthodox technique* to playing board games as you do to detective work..."		37
37	Kim Kitsuragi	"When I thrash you I want to make sure it's *by the book*."		41
38	Suzerainty: The Board Game	You explain the basic set up procedures to the lieutenant, who seems to be a quick study. You each take your bags of tokens and counters and unfold the board between you...		39
39	Suzerainty: The Board Game	In the centre is the crown of Revachol. Radiating outward are her colourful vassals, each one supplying some raw material desired by the suzerain...		40
40	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Apricots from Safre, archaeological treasures from Ile Marat, sugar from the Semenine Islands, and magenta cocaine from Supramundi and Saramiriza...		353
41	Suzerainty: The Board Game	The lieutenant flips through the manual more quickly than you're able to keep up with. Then you each take your bags of tokens and counters and unfold the board between you...		39
42	Suzerainty: The Board Game			43 44
43	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_mainhub_reached"]	45
44	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_mainhub_reached"]) == false	7
45	Suzerainty: The Board Game	The 'Suzerainty' box is heavy and slightly awkward in your hands. You give it a light shake, and feel the pieces shift around inside.		18
46	Suzerainty: The Board Game	'Welcome to Suzerainty: A game of economic strategy for the whole family!' The rulebook is sumptuously illustrated and thick as a Graadian novel.		47 48 50 51 49
47	You	'Economic strategy'? More like rapacious plunder and exploitation.	IsTHCPresent("communist")	52
48	You	Finally, a proper game to teach children about the importance of trade and the global economy.	IsTHCPresent("ultraliberal")	52
49	You	Keep reading.		53
50	You	Finally, a proper game to teach Revacholian children about their glorious history.	IsTHCPresent("revacholian_nationhood")	52
51	You	Hmmm, this history seems *problematic*, but it *is* important to teach children basic economic concepts.	IsTHCPresent("moralist")	52
52	Suzerainty: The Board Game	The colourful illustrations depict cheerful workers picking apricots, hauling marble sculptures out of crumbling temples, and harvesting a strange, magenta-leafed plant. Everyone is smiling.		68
53	Suzerainty: The Board Game	The instructions are opaque at first, and introduce many concepts you're not familiar with. Fortunately, there are many diagrams and examples throughout...		54
54	Suzerainty: The Board Game	You soon figure out the basic conceit: Each player represents an administrator for the *Suzerain of Revachol*. Your objective is to increase the suzerain's wealth and renown by accumulating *victory points*.		56 57 58
55	Suzerainty: The Board Game	That's where the suzerain's vassals come in. The game features four vassal nations, each one home to an economically important resource...		60
56	You	How do you accumulate victory points?		55
57	You	Fuck the suzerain, what about *my* wealth and renown?		62
58	You	I've read enough. (Put the rulebook away.)		78
59	Suzerainty: The Board Game	From the Empire of Safre: orange apricot tokens. From Ile Marat (the ancestral name of Iilmaraa): gray marble block tokens. From the Semenine Islands: white sacks of sugar tokens. And from Supramundi and Saramiriza: magenta tokens for unprocessed cocaine leaves.		83
60	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Each turn the player collects resources from vassals where they've placed workers. They may then rearrange their workers, fulfil contracts for coin and bonuses, or build structures back in Revachol...		250
61	Suzerainty: The Board Game	The actual scoring system appears infinitely complex, with a series of tables and appendices required to compute each player's final victory point total. You skip that part for now.		67
62	Suzerainty: The Board Game	There is no path to wealth and renown but through the suzerain. As one of the suzerain's trusted administrators, your very function is the glorification of Revachol...		55
63	Half Light	Boring, boring, BORING. Tear up this rulebook and commit some old-school atrocities!		64 65
64	You	How is the winner determined?		61
65	You	Isn't there any way to invade or commit atrocities or anything fun like that?	Variable["inventory.suzerainty_halflight_atrocities"] == true	66
66	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Suzerainty is a family game. The only 'atrocities' you'll be committing are against the social standing of your rival administrators, as you bring in ever more resources and power for the suzerain. Speaking of...		61
67	None			18
68	Rhetoric	You begin to suspect there may be a *political* agenda to this so-called 'family game'. Only one way to find out...		49
69	Suzerainty: The Board Game	You open up a number of pouches containing wooden tokens. There are also several punchboards with other cardboard components that will need to be punched out before you can play.		104
70	You	Punch out the cardboard pieces, one by one.		72
71	You	Check out the wooden tokens.		74
72	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Each cardboard token makes a satisfying *chhhk* as you pop it out. Soon a neat pile of cardboard coins and counters has accumulated before you.		79
73	Interfacing	A good, orderly task that leaves you feeling relaxed and accomplished.
74	Suzerainty: The Board Game	In addition to the worker and building tokens used by each player, there are also several piles of colourful resource tokens, each representing one of the game's four principal resources...		59
75	You	Put the components away.		106
76	Suzerainty: The Board Game	You hold the open game box before you.		18
77	None			76
78	None			76
79	Suzerainty: The Board Game			80 81
80	Suzerainty: The Board Game		IsKimHere()	82
81	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(IsKimHere()) == false	128
82	Kim Kitsuragi	"What, you're not going to offer to let *me* punch any of them out?"		128
83	Suzerainty: The Board Game			84 85
84	Suzerainty: The Board Game		IsKimHere()	103
85	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(IsKimHere()) == false	105
86	Kim Kitsuragi	"I'm not sure we can afford to set aside *that* kind of time for a *game*."		335
87	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant goes first. He draws a contract card and moves several of his workers to the Safre territory of the board and the others to the Semenine Islands...		354
88	Suzerainty: The Board Game	You have a few options available to you: Will you try to fulfil contracts right away or rearrange your workers to maximize production on future turns?		99
89	You	Try to fulfil a contract.		91
90	You	Let your workers rest for a while.		92
91	Suzerainty: The Board Game	You draw a contract card offering a number of coins in exchange for archaeological treasures...		269
92	Suzerainty: The Board Game	What? It's the very beginning of the game. Your workers haven't even done any work yet.		270 271
93	Kim Kitsuragi	Meanwhile, the lieutenant spends two of his sugar and one of his apricot tokens to complete his contract card. He is rewarded with four coins and a round wooden token that he places in the centre of the board...		94
94	Kim Kitsuragi	"That's a market. It's worth *two victory points*."		222
95	You	"Hey, why don't I get one of those?"		97
96	You	Glower silently.		98
97	Kim Kitsuragi	"Don't worry, it was mostly just luck. You'll earn some points soon enough."		240
98	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant returns your baleful look with a satisfied grin.		246
99	Suzerainty: The Board Game			100 101
100	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_reaction_tips_read"]	102
101	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_reaction_tips_read"]) == false	439
102	Reaction Speed	Remember what the rulebook said! You'll want to choose a strategy early on and stay committed to it.		439
103	Kim Kitsuragi	"Oh, those are nice." The lieutenant picks up a sugar token and admires it.		105
104	None			70 71 75
105	None			104
106	Suzerainty: The Board Game			107 108
107	Suzerainty: The Board Game		IsKimHere()	77
108	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(IsKimHere()) == false	109
109	Suzerainty: The Board Game	It's a shame there's no one for you to play with.		77
110	Suzerainty: The Board Game	You draw a new contract card. According to the text, there's an aristocrat willing to trade a large supply of cocaine for a number of coins and access to a rare bonus: amplified music, worth *seven victory points*...		119
111	Suzerainty: The Board Game	You've reached a critical strategic juncture. How do you respond to the lieutenant's aggression?		184
112	You	"Sorry, Kim, you're not going to like this..." (Introduce the lieutenant's workers to cocaine.)	Variable["inventory.suzerainty_listened_to_ency_safre_cocaine"] == true	114
113	You	"Rock and roll, baby." (Go for the contract.)		115
114	Kim Kitsuragi	"Hrm..." The lieutenant's face goes stony as you take your turn. He does not appreciate you getting all his workers addicted to cocaine...		117
115	Suzerainty: The Board Game	It takes several turns, but you slowly begin accumulating the cocaine necessary to complete the contract. When you do, it practically rains cardboard coins on your side...		418
116	You	Pick up where you left off.	IsKimHere() and Variable["inventory.suzerainty_abandoned_game"] == true and Variable["inventory.suzerainty_game_finished"] == false	186
117	Suzerainty: The Board Game	With each passing turn you slowly bleed the lieutenant of coins as his own workers become less productive and more dependent on your magenta cocaine tokens.		124
118	Kim Kitsuragi	Realising victory is slipping away, the lieutenant launches a desperate gambit: *Protectionism*. By erecting tariffs on your cocaine he hopes to starve you out of the market at the risk of incurring the suzerain's disfavour...		430
119	Electrochemistry	Oh, yeah, baby. Cocaine and rock music go together like... cocaine and rock music.		286
120	You	"*Cha-CHING*, Kim!"		122
121	You	Stack the coins in neat little piles to annoy the lieutenant.		123
122	Kim Kitsuragi	Despite your trash-talking, the lieutenant still has a formidable store of coins and resources...		433
123	Kim Kitsuragi	Despite your conspicuous display of wealth, the lieutenant still has a formidable store of coins and resources...		433
124	Encyclopedia	As a matter of historical fact, this is almost *exactly* what happened in Safre. To this day, fully half of the former Safre Empire remains dependant on international aid in exchange for a steady supply of cheap produce.		125 126
125	You	"Just like they did to Safre."		127
126	You	Say nothing.		118
127	Kim Kitsuragi	"More or less," the lieutenant says, but he's thinking less about matters of historical wrongdoing than how to get out of the jam you've put him in...		118
128	None			104
129	You	"For almighty Revachol!" (Go for the victory column.)		136
130	You	Build a public education system for your workers.		264
131	Kim Kitsuragi	"See? I warned you investing in your workers wasn't going to pay off."		223 132 133
132	You	"My worker tokens have a right to an education, Kim."		135
133	You	"Can I go back and do my turn over?"		134
134	Kim Kitsuragi	"A little late for that, I think..."		318
135	Kim Kitsuragi	"Noble as that sentiment may be, it's not exactly a *winning* strategy in a game that revolves around resource extraction and exploitation..."		318
136	Suzerainty: The Board Game			137 138
137	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_column_counter"] > 2	257
138	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_column_counter"] > 2) == false	258
139	Suzerainty: The Board Game	With a triumphant flourish, you remove a rectangular token from one of the satchels and place it in the centre of the board...		140 141
140	You	"Behold my vast accomplishments."		142
141	You	"Hmmm, this feels strangely anti-climactic."		143
142	Kim Kitsuragi	"They're nice tokens, yes. Very impressive..."		144
143	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant sighs. "That's the problem with certain games. At some point they just *end*, as though no one expected the players to make it that far..."		144
144	Kim Kitsuragi	"Now, let's tally up the scores, shall we?"		320
145	You	Just do whatever Kim did.		146
146	Suzerainty: The Board Game	You move a few of your workers to the Ile Marat section of the board and several others to Supramundi and Saramiriza. Soon you have several units of archaeological treasure and cocaine.		268
147	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Glancing over the board, you see several possible strategies: Pressing more workers into service would increase your economic output and help you survive a possible conflict with the lieutenant, or you could ignore your labour supply and focus on fulfilling contracts for points and resources...		300
148	Suzerainty: The Board Game	What do you do?		173
149	You	Invest in your existing workers.	Variable["inventory.suzerainty_rhetoric_invest"] == true	153
150	You	Press more workers into service.		155
151	You	Focus on fulfilling contracts.		156
152	You	"Kim, what should I do?"		160
153	Suzerainty: The Board Game	To the lieutenant's puzzlement, you spend several turns building various improvements to your territorial infrastructure...		154
154	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Soon your workers have access to clean water, paved roads, and basic hobbies. In return they produce... one extra resource per turn.		161 162
155	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Using your powers of 'persuasion', you 'convince' more workers to join your cause...		159
156	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Who cares about workers and territories when the real action is in Revachol? You spend your turns fulfilling contracts for sweet coins and one-time bonuses.		157
157	Suzerainty: The Board Game	After several turns you have a neat pile of cardboard coins and several units of archaeological treasure, which you trade in to build... a *museum*...		158
158	Suzerainty: The Board Game	You place a cylindrical piece of wood on the Revachol section in the middle of the board. It's meant to stand in for a beautifully adorned edifice filled with ancient wonders.		226
159	Suzerainty: The Board Game	After several turns your worker tokens greatly outnumber the lieutenant's. A vast army of expendable labour is at your command.		228 227
160	Kim Kitsuragi	"That's up to you, detective. But remember, the objective of the game is to earn victory points for the suzerain..."		249
161	You	Gaze on your workers like a benevolent parent.		164
162	You	Grimace at them for not working harder.		164
163	Kim Kitsuragi	"Well played, detective. That museum is worth three victory points..."		165
164	Kim Kitsuragi	"Hmmm, too bad investing in your workers just isn't worth many points."		306
165	Kim Kitsuragi	Now it's the lieutenant's turn to respond. He moves aggressively onto the Safre territory. Soon his workers are producing a steady supply of extremely valuable *apricots*...		168
166	You	"Kim, can I do my first turn over? I think I messed up."		167
167	Kim Kitsuragi	"Come on, detective, don't be a spoil sport. You'll have plenty of chances to earn your own points."		245
168	Half Light	How can you let the lieutenant *dominate* you like that? You need to hit back, and *hard*!		176
169	You	"But what about the workers?"		171
170	You	"Why don't we say 'screw the suzerain' and keep it all for ourselves?"		172
171	Kim Kitsuragi	"The workers are just there to produce raw resources. You're not supposed to worry about them too much."		229
172	Kim Kitsuragi	"Because the way you earn points is by pleasing the suzerain, and the player with the most points wins the game."		229
173	None			149 150 151 152 232
174	None			173
175	You	Give back to the workers.		187
176	Suzerainty: The Board Game	For several turns you struggle to respond to the lieutenant's burgeoning apricot empire. Eventually you relocate the majority of your workers to Supramundi and Saramiriza, where they begin producing a bumper crop of cocaine tokens...		110
177	You	"What do you mean? I just did."		183
178	You	Attack the lieutenant and steal all his resources.		179
179	Kim Kitsuragi	"You can't do that, detective," the lieutenant says as you move all of your pieces onto one of his territories.		274 177 181
180	Kim Kitsuragi	"Well, I suppose you could try fulfilling some contracts, or you might try to relocate your workers. There are any number of strategies open to you."		182
181	You	"So what *can* I do?"		180
182	Suzerainty: The Board Game	It's true. Had you read the rules more carefully this would have been abundantly clear.		185
183	Kim Kitsuragi	"This is a game of *economic* strategy. You can't directly attack the other players. You'll have to do something else."		182
184	None			113 175 112 178 235
185	None			184
186	Suzerainty: The Board Game	It takes a while, but you and the lieutenant manage to put everything more or less where it was...		365
187	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Instead of focussing on amassing points, you embark on a quixotic project to win the hearts of your worker tokens. After several turns you've unlocked advanced hobbies and health insurance. Your workers now produce an extra two resources per turn...		188
188	Kim Kitsuragi	"You do realize the game is called *Suzerainty* and not *Workers' Paradise*, right?"		189 230 275
189	You	"I'm just trying to do right by the people who actually generate the suzerain's wealth."		190
190	Kim Kitsuragi	"I don't think the suzerain *cares* much about the welfare of its workers. Here, watch this..."		191
191	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant continues his strategy of aggressively producing apricots for export. He fulfils contract after contract, racking up ever more victory points...		192
192	Suzerainty: The Board Game	The endgame is upon you. What will be your crowning achievement as the suzerain's territorial administrator?		194
193	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Alternatively you could actually try to win the game by building the extremely valuable *victory column* in Revachol or by crushing the lieutenant in a devastating *trade war*...		195
194	Suzerainty: The Board Game	You could continue your efforts to win the hearts of your worker tokens by building the rarely attempted *public education system* for your territories...		193
195	Suzerainty: The Board Game	The choice is yours.		129 196 130 237
196	You	"It's on, Kim." (Launch a trade war.)		197
197	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant nods gravely as you erect tariffs against his apricots and sugar. This is going to get ugly...		198
198	Suzerainty: The Board Game	With every turn tariffs are raised, until neither you nor the lieutenant are producing any income or generating resources for the suzerain...		261
199	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Soon the entire board is a field of economic carnage. Worker tokens lie strewn across the board, which is also bereft of valuable resources.		201 202 203
200	Kim Kitsuragi	"No, not at all. I suspect this is going to be a rather *low-scoring* game..."		225
201	You	"I hope you learned your lesson, Kim."		204
202	You	"Hmmm, that wasn't very productive for *either* of us, was it?"		200
203	You	"What happens now?"		205
204	Kim Kitsuragi	"I have no idea what 'lesson' you think you taught me. Somehow I don't think this is going to work out well for *either* of us..."		225
205	Kim Kitsuragi	"Now we find out what's left of our economies..."		225
206	None			18
207	You	"I'm not even sure what points *are* -- that's part of the problem."	Variable["inventory.suzerainty_asked_points"] == true	208
208	Kim Kitsuragi	"Points are nothing. They don't exist. They're just an arbitrary convention that games use to reward or punish players for certain behaviours."		215
209	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant shrugs. "There are some *paranoid* types who believe the Moralintern keeps detailed score sheets for everyone in the Reál Belt, but that's obviously nonsense..."		219
210	Kim Kitsuragi	"Now, I believe it's your turn..."		147
211	You	"Am *I* getting points right now?" (Look around.)		209
212	You	"Oh, that makes sense."		221
213	Kim Kitsuragi	"That's just the way it is." The lieutenant doesn't seem to find much value in dwelling on the subject...		210
214	None			220 211 212
215	Conceptualization	If points are really *arbitrary*, as the lieutenant says, what's to stop you from playing the game the way *you* want?		214
216	You	"That's terrifying."		213
217	Kim Kitsuragi	"Game designers, I imagine."		211 212
218	You	"That's reassuring."		213
219	Kim Kitsuragi	"Otherwise, no. There are no points, just your actions and the consequences of those actions."		441
220	You	"Who came up with such a concept?"		217
221	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant nods. "Now, I believe it's your turn..."		147
222	None			95 207 166 96
223	You	"You taught me that points are arbitrary. I decided to play the game how I wanted instead."	Variable["inventory.suzerainty_asked_points"] == true	285
224	Kim Kitsuragi	"You know, detective, there's... something *admirable* about that, in its own way..."		318
225	Kim Kitsuragi	"Let's tally up the scores, shall we?"		319
226	Encyclopedia	Interestingly, this is more or less what happened in real life as well. To this day, if Iilmaraans want to see their nation's priceless treasures they have to visit Revachol or Gottwald or Sur-la-Clef.		163
227	You	Take pity on their miserable lives.		164
228	You	Gaze on your workers like a harsh, but proud, deity.		164
229	Volition	The lieutenant assumes you're playing by the rules as written. But what's the point of playing if you can't make your own choices?		174
230	You	"I'm rejecting the arbitrary so-called 'points' system developed by this game's politically compromised game designers."	Variable["inventory.suzerainty_rhetoric_reject"] == true	231
231	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes, you're *really* sticking it to the game designers, just like I'm about to stick it to *you*..."		191
232	You	"I'm bored with this. Let's finish the game later."		233
233	Kim Kitsuragi	"Are you sure?" The lieutenant looks a little disappointed. "It's going to take a while to set everything up again."		357 358
234	None			76
235	You	"I'm bored with this. Let's do something else."		236
236	Kim Kitsuragi	"Are you sure?" The lieutenant looks a little disappointed. "It's going to take a while to set everything up again."		362 361
237	You	"I'm bored with this. Let's finish the game later."		238
238	Kim Kitsuragi	"C'mon, detective. This is the endgame! Let's just finish up quickly."		248 247
239	None			76
240	Authority	What is that patronizing tone? You're one of the suzerain's trusted administrators! You may need to put the lieutenant in his place...		207 96
241	Authority	Now's your chance. Show the lieutenant what happens when he patronizes you.		111
242	Suzerainty: The Board Game			243 244
243	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_authority_condescend"]	241
244	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_authority_condescend"]) == false	111
245	Authority	What is that patronizing tone? Someone needs to put the lieutenant in his place.		207 96
246	Composure	C'mon, is that your game face? You're practically broadcasting your position to the lieutenant with that expression.		147
247	You	"Nope, I'm done." (Start putting the pieces away.)		239
248	You	"Okay, let's finish up."		438
249	Kim Kitsuragi	"You should probably pick one strategy and stick to it. Trying to do a little of everything is usually a bad idea."		169 170
250	Reaction Speed	As you leaf through the pages, your eye catches on a sidebar labelled 'ADVICE FOR BEGINNERS'.		251
251	Suzerainty: The Board Game			252 253
252	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_reaction_tips_saw"]	254 255
253	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_reaction_tips_saw"]) == false	63
254	You	Read the advice.		256
255	You	Ignore it. Just tell me how the winner is determined.		61
256	Reaction Speed	"Remember, there are many paths to victory in *Suzerainty*, but successful players will find *one* strategy and commit to it wholeheartedly."		63
257	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Using the substantial coins and resources you've accumulated from diligently fulfilling contracts and constructing trade routes, you spend your final turns constructing the ultimate structure in the game, the Revacholian *victory column*...		139
258	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Building the ultimate structure requires diligent economic planning, which you completely failed to do...		259
259	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Rather than build a glorious monument to Revachol's economic superiority, you have to settle for a handful of post offices and school for the blind.		260
260	Kim Kitsuragi	"A risky gambit, detective. Sorry it didn't pay off."		330 331
261	Suzerainty: The Board Game			262 263
262	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_trade_war_counter"] > 2	279
263	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_trade_war_counter"] > 2) == false	280
264	Suzerainty: The Board Game			265 266
265	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_worker_counter"] > 2	281
266	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_worker_counter"] > 2) == false	283
267	Kim Kitsuragi	"Not bad, detective."		440
268	Kim Kitsuragi	"An aggressive opening, detective," the lieutenant says, appearing to relish the challenge.		416
269	Suzerainty: The Board Game	You place all of your workers on the Ile Marat territory. On your next turn you produce six units of archaeological treasure and fulfil the contract for a handful of coins.		267
270	You	Let them rest anyway.		273
271	You	Okay, make them work a little, but not *too* much.		272
272	Suzerainty: The Board Game	That's more like it. You produce a handful of archaeological treasures and a smattering of other resources.		93
273	Suzerainty: The Board Game	There's no concept of *rest* in Suzerainty. Workers have to work. You produce a handful of archaeological treasures and a smattering of other resources.		93
274	You	"I make the rules now."	Variable["inventory.suzerainty_volition_reject"] == true or Variable["inventory.suzerainty_rhetoric_reject"] == true	277
275	You	"What's the point of playing a game if I can't make my own choices?"	Variable["inventory.suzerainty_volition_reject"] == true	276
276	Kim Kitsuragi	"Well, *winning* is usually the point of playing games. Here, watch this..."		191
277	Kim Kitsuragi	"I'm not going to play with you if you're going to act like a child. Now come on, take your turn."		278
278	Suzerainty: The Board Game	The lieutenant isn't joking. You'd better stop fooling around.		185
279	Suzerainty: The Board Game	With your army of cheap, not-cocaine-addicted labour, you're able to survive the tit-for-tat of the trade war, though it leaves both your and the lieutenant's economies worse-off than before...		199
280	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Even in the best of cases it's impossible to really "win" a trade war. But this is far from the best case, and the lieutenant's apricot-powered economic engine crushes yours...		321
281	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Your commitment to doing right by your workers pays off and you manage to construct the rarely attempted *public education system*. You truly have the best-educated worker tokens in the entire world...		282
282	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Unfortunately, you were sent to the territories to produce raw resources, not overly educated second-class citizens. If anything, this might *negatively* impact your final score.		131
283	Suzerainty: The Board Game	There's a reason very few players ever attempt to built a public education system for their worker tokens: It's extremely expensive and never pays off, by design...		284
284	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Your boondoggle nearly bankrupts the suzerain's treasury and you suffer a significant penalty to your final score...		396
285	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant opens his mouth as if to issue a blistering retort, then hesitates...		224
286	Encyclopedia	You know, this isn't *unlike* the situation the historical Revacholian suzerainty faced in Safre in the middle of the last century...		287
287	Suzerainty: The Board Game			288 289
288	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_encyclo_safre"]	290 291
289	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_encyclo_safre"]) == false	111
290	You	Tell me more.		292
291	You	Ignore the thought.		111
292	Encyclopedia	Well, the suzerain was looking for new markets for all the cocaine it was producing, and it settled on Safre...		293
293	Encyclopedia	By introducing cocaine into Safre under exclusive contract, the suzerain created an extremely valuable captive market for an extremely *addictive* product.		294 295 296
294	You	That's fucked up!		297
295	You	That's brilliant.		297
296	You	What does that have to do with the game?		297
297	Encyclopedia	If you could somehow get the lieutenant's workers *addicted* to your cocaine, you could not only make them less productive, you would also force the lieutenant to *pay* you for your cocaine tokens *each turn*...		298
298	You	Can you even *do* that?		299
299	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Yes, you can. It's right there in the rules...		242
300	Rhetoric	Those aren't your *only* options.		301
301	Suzerainty: The Board Game			302 303
302	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_rhetoric_invest"]	304
303	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_rhetoric_invest"]) == false	148
304	Rhetoric	You could also show your workers how much you appreciate them by *investing* some of that wealth in them. After all, they're the ones *producing* wealth for the suzerain.		305
305	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Well, sure, you *can* do that. It's just not a terribly *effective* strategy. But then, it's up to you...		173
306	You	"What do you mean?"		307
307	Kim Kitsuragi	"Take a look at the scoring tables in the back..." The lieutenant turns to one of those appendices you skipped over earlier...		308
308	Kim Kitsuragi	"You see in Table 8c that investing in territorial infrastructure multiplies your final victory point total by 1x, which is to say, not at all, whereas erecting monuments in Revachol gives you a multiplier of *5x*..."		312 311 310
309	Kim Kitsuragi	"Yes, precisely."		313
310	You	"So you're saying I fucked up?"		309
311	You	"So you're saying I should treat my workers like disposable labour instead?"		309
312	You	"So you're saying the values of the ruling class are completely divorced from the well-being of the people who generate their wealth?"		309
313	Suzerainty: The Board Game			314 315
314	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_points_arbitrary"]	316
315	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_points_arbitrary"]) == false	165
316	Rhetoric	Nonsense. Remember what the lieutenant said? If points are arbitrary, who cares about *winning*? You should reject their system and just play how you want.		165
317	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Computing the final scores is almost a game unto itself. You each spend an inordinate amount of time making stacks of coins, consulting tables, and struggling with basic addition and multiplication...		393
318	Kim Kitsuragi	"Now, let's tally up the scores, shall we?"		317
319	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Computing the final scores is almost a game unto itself. You each spend an inordinate amount of time making stacks of coins, consulting tables, and struggling with basic addition and multiplication...		386
320	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Computing the final scores is almost a game unto itself. You each spend an inordinate amount of time making stacks of coins, consulting tables, and struggling with basic addition and multiplication...		377
321	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Soon your coffers are empty and the map lies strewn with your worker tokens.		322
322	Kim Kitsuragi	"I hope you learned your lesson," the lieutenant says with a sharp smile.		323 324
323	You	"Yeah, never get involved in a trade war in Insulinde."		325
324	You	"Yeah, never play board games."		325
325	Kim Kitsuragi	"Never fuck with Kim Kitsuragi."		326
326	Kim Kitsuragi	"Now, let's tally up the scores, shall we?"		327
327	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Computing the final scores is almost a game unto itself. You each spend an inordinate amount of time making stacks of coins, consulting tables, and struggling with basic addition and multiplication...		390
328	Kim Kitsuragi	"Now, let's tally up the scores, shall we?"		329
329	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Computing the final scores is almost a game unto itself. You each spend an inordinate amount of time making stacks of coins, consulting tables, and struggling with basic addition and multiplication...		381
330	You	"This dumb game is rigged, rigged I say!"		332
331	You	"Guess I should have gone with a more consistent strategy."		333
332	Kim Kitsuragi	"Don't be a sore loser, detective. Your moves were your own..."		328
333	Kim Kitsuragi	"That might have helped, yes..."		328
334	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant gives you a sour look. He may or may not hate fun, but either way he does not appreciate your attitude...		346
335	Empathy	So he says, but his gaze lingers a moment longer on the rulebook than is strictly necessary. He could *make* time, if he really wanted to.		206
336	Suzerainty: The Board Game			337 338
337	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_kim_wc_failed_once"]	339
338	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_kim_wc_failed_once"]) == false	29
339	Suggestion	Have you tried... goading him?		340
340	You	"You just chickening out because you know I'd crush your ass."		341
341	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant scoffs. "In your *dreams*, maybe. I've thrashed my share of trash-talkers before. Now come on, let's put childish things aside."		347
342	Suzerainty: The Board Game			343 344
343	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_kim_wc_failed_twice"]	345
344	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_kim_wc_failed_twice"]) == false	336
345	Suggestion	At this point, plain badgering may be your best bet.		349
346	None			18
347	Empathy	Ignore the mock umbrage. Now he wants to prove it to you.		348
348	None			18
349	You	"Come on, Kim, *puh-leeeeeze*."		350
350	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant sighs so hard for a moment it seems like he may asphyxiate...		413
351	Kim Kitsuragi	"Holy shit, the average playing time for this game is one to *six* hours..."		86
352	Kim Kitsuragi	"Hmmm, I do feel like my thinking has become somewhat *rigid*. Maybe a little diversion to keep the mind limber is just what's in order..."		414
353	Suzerainty: The Board Game	There's also a neat little log to keep track of your progress, in case you need to put the game away and return to it later...		87
354	Kim Kitsuragi	"Alright, detective. Your turn."		88
355	You	"What's the... Moralintern?"	Variable["tc.moralintern"] == false	356
356	Kim Kitsuragi	"That's a subject for another time. All you need to know is that they're a powerful transnational organization, of which the *Coalition* and by extension the RCM are but one small piece."		218 216
357	You	Put the game away.		234
358	You	Keep playing.		360
359	None			173
360	Suzerainty: The Board Game	It's your move.		359
361	You	Keep playing.		364
362	You	Put the game away.		363
363	None			76
364	None			111
365	Suzerainty: The Board Game			366 367
366	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_left_turn_3"]	374
367	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_left_turn_3"]) == false	368
368	Suzerainty: The Board Game			369 370
369	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_left_turn_2"]	375
370	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_left_turn_2"]) == false	376
371	None			147
372	None			192
373	None			87
374	Kim Kitsuragi	"As I recall, it was your turn, detective."		372
375	Kim Kitsuragi	"As I recall, it was your turn, detective."		371
376	Kim Kitsuragi	"Hmmm... this doesn't look right to me. I think we need to start over, unfortunately..."		373
377	Suzerainty: The Board Game	After double- and then triple-checking your maths, you have your final score...		378
378	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Thirty-five victory points! The suzerain will be extremely pleased.		379
379	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant looks up from his tabulations. "I've got 26 points," he says, slightly disappointed...		380
380	Kim Kitsuragi	"Looks like you won convincingly... well played, detective."		411
381	Suzerainty: The Board Game	After double- and then triple-checking your maths, you have your final score...		382
382	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Fifteen victory points. The suzerain will not be impressed.		383
383	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant looks up from his tabulations. "I've got 26 points," he says, a barely contained smile breaking out across his face...		384
384	Kim Kitsuragi	"Don't be glum, detective. There's always next time. Figuratively, I mean. There's no way we have time to play this game again..."		411
385	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Fifteen victory points. Whether you win or not, the suzerain is unlikely to be pleased at the loss to productivity caused by his subordinates' shenanigans.		387
386	Suzerainty: The Board Game	After double- and then triple-checking your maths, you have your final score...		385
387	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant looks up from his tabulations. "I've got 15 points," he says...		388
388	Kim Kitsuragi	"A tie," he says, with evident irritation. "Well, I suppose that's what we deserve for trashing the suzerain's economy. Good game, detective."		411
389	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Negative five victory points. You'll be lucky if the suzerain doesn't have your whole family executed for such a pitiful performance.		391
390	Suzerainty: The Board Game	After double- and then triple-checking your maths, you have your final score...		389
391	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant looks up from his tabulations. "I've got 15 points," he says with a slight smirk on his face...		392
392	Kim Kitsuragi	"Don't look too glum, detective. There's always next time. Figuratively, I mean. There's no way we have time to play this game again..."		411
393	Suzerainty: The Board Game	After double- and then triple-checking your maths, you have your final score...		394
394	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Two points. Though you're beloved by your well-educated worker tokens, the suzerain is immensely displeased, and recalls you from your post.		408
395	Kim Kitsuragi	"Hey, at least you went out playing the game how you wanted. There's something to be said for that."		411
396	Kim Kitsuragi	"Ouch," the lieutenant says, cringing at your spectacular failure.		400 397 398
397	You	"This stupid game is rigged."		402
398	You	"Huh, maybe I should have pursued a different strategy."		403
399	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant opens his mouth as if to issue a blistering retort, then hesitates...		401
400	You	"You taught me that points are arbitrary. I decided to play the game how I wanted instead."	Variable["inventory.suzerainty_asked_points"] == true	399
401	Kim Kitsuragi	"You know, detective, there's... something *admirable* about that, in its own way..."		404
402	Kim Kitsuragi	"Come on, detective, you knew the rules of the game going in..."		404
403	Kim Kitsuragi	"That might have been a good idea, yes..."		404
404	Kim Kitsuragi	"Now, let's tally up the scores, shall we?"		405
405	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Computing the final scores is almost a game unto itself. You each spend an inordinate amount of time making stacks of coins, consulting tables, and struggling with basic addition and multiplication...		406
406	Suzerainty: The Board Game	After double- and then triple-checking your maths, you have your final score...		407
407	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Negative five victory points. You'll be lucky if the suzerain doesn't have your whole family executed for such a pitiful performance.		410
408	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant looks up from his tabulations. "I've got 20 points," he says with measured pride...		395
409	Kim Kitsuragi	"Well, there's always next time. Figuratively, I mean. There's no way we have time to play this game again..."		411
410	Kim Kitsuragi	The lieutenant looks up from his tabulations. "I've got 20 points," he says, slightly embarrassed at the point differential...		409
411	Kim Kitsuragi	"Now, let's clean up and get back to work."		412
412	None			76
413	Kim Kitsuragi	"Alright, detective, you win. How do we play this game?"		33 34 35
414	Suggestion	See? He's doing the hard work himself. All he needed was a little nudge...		32
415	Kim Kitsuragi	As he completes his own contract card, the lieutenant is rewarded with four coins and a round wooden token that he places in the centre of the board...		94
416	Kim Kitsuragi	In response, the lieutenant spends two of his sugar and one of his apricot tokens to complete his contract card. He is rewarded with four coins and a round wooden token that he places in the centre of the board...		94
417	Electrochemistry	Feels good, doesn't it? But you know what would feel even *better*?		421 422 423
418	Suzerainty: The Board Game			419 420
419	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["inventory.suzerainty_electro_drugs"]	417
420	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["inventory.suzerainty_electro_drugs"]) == false	120 121
421	You	Winning the game?		424
422	You	Solving the murder?		424
423	You	You're going to say 'drugs,' aren't you?		424
424	Suzerainty: The Board Game			425 426
425	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["TASK.get_speed"] == true and Variable["TASK.get_speed_done"] == false	427
426	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["TASK.get_speed"] == true and Variable["TASK.get_speed_done"] == false) == false	446
427	Electrochemistry	*Drugs*. Specifically uppers. Speaking of, aren't you supposed to be looking for some right about *now*?		429
428	Electrochemistry	*Drugs*. Specifically uppers. That's an itch... in the back of your neck and elsewhere...		429
429	Kim Kitsuragi	While you daydream about speed, the lieutenant has built himself a formidable economic engine of his own...		433
430	Suzerainty: The Board Game	The endgame is upon you. Do you escalate the *trade war* with the lieutenant in hopes of crushing him with your economic might?		431
431	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Or do you ignore his aggression and focus on building the mighty *victory column* structure in Revachol herself?		432
432	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Alternatively, you could throw the whole game away by trying to build a *public education system* for the children of your workers...		195
433	Suzerainty: The Board Game	The endgame is upon you. How will you spend the vast resources you've acquired for the glory of the suzerain?		434
434	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Flipping through the manual, you find the most expensive structure in the game... the Revacholian *victory column*, worth *twelve victory points*. If you can successfully build it, victory will be all-but assured...		435
435	Suzerainty: The Board Game	Alternatively, you could try launching a *trade war* to crush the lieutenant's economy, or you could blow all that money on a *public education system* for your worker tokens...		195
436	Suzerainty: The Board Game	The endgame is upon you. What will be your crowning achievement as the suzerain's territorial administrator?		437
437	Suzerainty: The Board Game	You could attempt to build the mighty *victory column* structure, or launch a *trade war* against the lieutenant, or spend everything to build a *public education system* for your worker tokens...		195
438	None			436
439	None			89 90 145
440	Rhetoric	But not good enough, the lieutenant seems to be saying.		415
441	Suzerainty: The Board Game			442 443
442	Suzerainty: The Board Game		Variable["reputation.honour"] >= 1 and IsTHCPresent("honour") == false	445
443	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(Variable["reputation.honour"] >= 1 and IsTHCPresent("honour") == false) == false	444
444	None			355 218 216
445	Authority	Just like there are no *honour points*. None whatsoever.		444
446	Suzerainty: The Board Game			447 448
447	Suzerainty: The Board Game		DayCount() < 2	428
448	Suzerainty: The Board Game		(DayCount() < 2) == false	449
449	Electrochemistry	*Drugs*. Specifically uppers. You should find some the first chance you get.		429