How to read a decision
- You read a short situation and, in most roles, two advisors tell you which option they would pick.
- You choose. Every option helps some meters and costs others, so there is no free choice.
- You see what happened and how each meter changed, then the clock moves forward.
- After six decisions you see your ending, your score, your stars and your rank, and what your advisors thought.
A worked example
Imagine you are a doctor and the waiting room is full. One option rushes patients through, which raises Funds but lowers Care and Trust. Another takes time with each patient, which raises Care and Trust but drains Energy and Funds. A third asks a colleague to cover, which helps Energy but costs a small favour. None of these is wrong. The question the game asks is which meter you can least afford to lose today.
That is the whole game: six small trade-offs, then an honest ending. For a complete day, step by step, open any role page and scroll to “A sample day”.
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💼 CEO
Your four meters: 💰 Profit, 👥 Team, 📣 Reputation, 💡 Ideas
One decision: Launch day is in two weeks
The new product still has bugs. Marketing has already bought the billboards.
Launch on time
Sales spike. So does the bug report count.
💰 Profit +15👥 Team −10📣 Reputation −15💡 Ideas +5
Delay by a month
The billboards say “Coming soon” for longer than anyone is comfortable with.
💰 Profit −15👥 Team +10📣 Reputation +10
Release a limited beta first
Fewer people see the bugs, and the fixes arrive faster.
💡 Ideas +10
A good ending
The Spreadsheet SultanYour day was ruled by the bottom line. The profits are glorious. The break room, less so.
An early ending
Alone with the office plantsEveryone quit. The only ones left are the plants, and they are not great at sales.
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🏛️ Chief Minister
Your four meters: 🗳️ Approval, 🏦 Treasury, 🛡️ Order, 🏗️ Progress
One decision: A very long queue
A new government certificate website crashed. People have queued overnight at offices.
Extend office hours and add counters
Costly and effective.
🗳️ Approval +10🏦 Treasury −10🏗️ Progress +5
Apologise and fix the website
It takes three days and goodwill.
🗳️ Approval −5🏗️ Progress +10
Blame the vendor
Easy. Everyone still has to queue.
🗳️ Approval −10
A good ending
The People’s FavouriteCrowds cheer your name. Even people who did not vote for you tell their friends you are alright.
An early ending
Salaries cannot be paidThe treasury ran dry. The state is in a financial emergency and so are you.
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🌐 President
Your four meters: 📈 Economy, 🤝 Trust, 🌍 Diplomacy, 🛡️ Security
One decision: A friendly country needs help
A strong earthquake has hit a friendly neighbour. They ask for rescue teams and relief supplies.
Send a large relief mission
Planes full of supplies leave by noon. The thanks last for years.
📈 Economy −10🤝 Trust +5🌍 Diplomacy +20
Send a small symbolic team
You tried. They noticed how much.
🌍 Diplomacy +5
Keep out of it
The budget is saved. The memory is not.
📈 Economy +5🤝 Trust −5🌍 Diplomacy −15
A good ending
The Economist-in-ChiefYou kept the numbers climbing. Markets glow and your portrait could be printed on a chart.
An early ending
Citizens lost faithPublic trust vanished. Crowds filled the capital and your motorcade took the back door.
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🏆 Sportsman
Your four meters: 💪 Fitness, ❤️ Fans, 🎯 Focus, 💼 Sponsors
One decision: A young fan’s letter
A child waiting at the gate hands you a handwritten letter and a drawing of you lifting the trophy.
Spend an hour with them
You are late for the physio, and you will remember it for ten years.
💪 Fitness −5❤️ Fans +20🎯 Focus +10
Sign it and say thank you
A small moment, a big smile.
❤️ Fans +8🎯 Focus +3
Take it and rush off
You mean to read it later. You do not.
❤️ Fans −10🎯 Focus −5
A good ending
The Iron BodyYou treated your body like a temple, a calendar and a very strict boss. You walk in ready for anything.
An early ending
Booed at your own stadiumThe fans turned. The cheers you counted on were replaced by silence.
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🎩 Magician
Your four meters: ✨ Wow, 🤫 Secrets, 😎 Nerve, 💰 Income
One decision: The suspicious critic
The critic from the city paper has asked to meet you before the show. He says he “doesn’t believe in anything”.
Give him a private mini-show
He applauds, grudgingly. Your secrets stay put.
✨ Wow +10🤫 Secrets −5😎 Nerve +10
Refuse
He writes about the “hidden magician”.
✨ Wow −5🤫 Secrets +5
Offer him front-row tickets
He accepts, and his frown deepens.
✨ Wow +5😎 Nerve −5💰 Income −5
A good ending
The Master of WonderYou left an entire theatre speechless. Children will try to build their own hat tonight.
An early ending
Every secret got outThe rival exposed your tricks on live video. The hat has never felt so empty.
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🌌 God
Your four meters: 🙏 Faith, ☮️ Harmony, 🌿 Nature, ✨ Mystery
One decision: A lucky prayer
A man named Tobin prays to win the lottery. He prays every day, including today, and he has bought forty tickets.
Grant it
He wins. His neighbours start praying for a lot of things.
🙏 Faith +5☮️ Harmony −10
Send him a lesson in saving
He grumbles, saves and sends you a thank-you prayer a year later.
🙏 Faith +5☮️ Harmony +5✨ Mystery +5
Ignore it
He tries again tomorrow.
🙏 Faith −5
A good ending
The Worshipped OneTemples, songs and festivals sprang up in your name. Humble yourself, if you can.
An early ending
The world fell outThe kingdoms stopped talking. The last conversation was a very loud one.
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🩺 Doctor
Your four meters: ❤️ Care, 🤝 Trust, ⚡ Energy, 🏥 Funds
One decision: The family’s request
The family of an elderly patient asks you not to tell him his diagnosis, because they say “he’ll lose heart”.
Tell him gently, with the family present
It is a hard talk and a respectful one.
❤️ Care +5🤝 Trust +10⚡ Energy −10
Do as the family asked
He is spared the news and left out of his own care.
❤️ Care −10🤝 Trust −10
Hold a family meeting first
Everyone listens, everyone cries and a plan appears.
❤️ Care +5🤝 Trust +10⚡ Energy −5
A good ending
The Life-SaverPatients left healthier than they came. The ward will remember your name for a very long time.
An early ending
Patients stopped comingTrust vanished and the waiting room emptied out. It is very quiet at St. Meridian.
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🏗️ Engineer
Your four meters: 🦺 Safety, ⏰ Schedule, 💸 Budget, 🧰 Team
One decision: The sleeping supervisor
The night supervisor was found asleep on the job. He has three children and two jobs.
Fire him
The rule is clear. The mood on site is not.
🦺 Safety +5🧰 Team −15
Talk to him and adjust his shifts
He is grateful and wide awake the next night.
🦺 Safety +5🧰 Team +10
Pretend you did not see
Nothing happens. For now.
🦺 Safety −10🧰 Team −5
A good ending
The Guardian of BridgesNothing you built will fall down on your watch. Every pillar and bolt carries your quiet pride.
An early ending
Missed the deadline by monthsThe schedule slipped so far that the ribbon-cutting turned into an apology.
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🍎 Teacher
Your four meters: 📚 Learning, 😄 Mood, 👪 Parents, ⚡ Energy
One decision: Rain on the roof
There is a power cut and the rain is loud. The class is restless and the room is dark.
Tell stories by torchlight
They remember every word.
📚 Learning +10😄 Mood +15⚡ Energy −10
Send everyone home early
They cheer. The syllabus does not.
📚 Learning −10😄 Mood +10👪 Parents +5⚡ Energy +10
Carry on shouting over the rain
Nobody hears anything.
📚 Learning −5😄 Mood −10⚡ Energy −10
A good ending
The Dream TeacherYour students understood the lesson and remembered it. Several of them will become teachers because of today.
An early ending
The class went wildMood broke and the class took over. The principal arrived to a very loud room.
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🌾 Farmer
Your four meters: 🌾 Harvest, 💰 Money, 🌍 Land, 🏡 Family
One decision: The weather app
Your nephew’s phone says it will rain tomorrow. The old village elder says it will not.
Trust the app
You protect the harvest early.
🌾 Harvest +10💰 Money −3🏡 Family +5
Trust the elder
He is right half the time.
🌾 Harvest −5🏡 Family +5
Prepare for both
Tiring and wise.
🌾 Harvest +5💰 Money −5🏡 Family −5
A good ending
The Bumper-Crop ChampionYour fields are golden. The village is already asking what you did differently.
An early ending
The money ran outDebts took over. The tractor, the bullocks and the pride are all in the shop.
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✈️ Pilot
Your four meters: 🦺 Safety, ⏰ Schedule, 🙂 Passengers, ⛽ Fuel
One decision: A sleepy co-pilot
Your co-pilot is yawning wildly. He was up late with a newborn baby.
Let him rest for twenty minutes
A well-rested co-pilot and a careful captain.
🦺 Safety +10
Give him coffee
It works for a short while.
🦺 Safety −5
Tell him to push through
Stubborn and a bit unsafe.
🦺 Safety −15⏰ Schedule +5
A good ending
The Calm CaptainSafe from the first call to the last. Every passenger slept a little better because of you.
An early ending
Hours behind scheduleThe delays piled up. Your flight became the day’s leading headline in the worst way.
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🚀 Astronaut
Your four meters: 🎯 Mission, 💓 Crew, 📦 Supplies, 📡 Contact
One decision: The perfect photo
The planet below is glowing in a perfect shade of blue. The window is open for ten minutes.
Take ten minutes with the crew
A quiet, joyful pause.
🎯 Mission −3💓 Crew +15📡 Contact +5
Keep working
The mission pushes on. The view fades.
🎯 Mission +10💓 Crew −10
Take a photo and go
A quick, beautiful picture.
💓 Crew +5📡 Contact +10
A good ending
The Mission-MakerEvery experiment ran and every goal was met. The ground team celebrated with a large cake.
An early ending
A crew in troubleThe crew’s health and spirit broke. An early return was ordered.
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🧘 Monk
Your four meters: 🕊️ Peace, 🔔 Discipline, 🤝 Community, 📿 Wisdom
One decision: A donation arrives
A wealthy donor offers a large gift, but asks to have the new library named after his family.
Accept it gratefully
The library is built. The name above the door is very large.
🕊️ Peace −7🔔 Discipline −7🤝 Community +2📿 Wisdom +6
Accept the money, refuse the name
He is polite. He is also a little hurt.
🕊️ Peace +2🔔 Discipline +2📿 Wisdom +6
Decline respectfully
A clean conscience and a very old roof.
🕊️ Peace +6🔔 Discipline +6🤝 Community −12
A good ending
The Still MountainWhatever the day threw at you, you stayed steady. Visitors left feeling lighter and the novices copied the way you breathe.
An early ending
The monastery lost its rhythmThe bells, the meals and the chores slipped out of step. The elders asked for a long talk.
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👨👧 Parent
Your four meters: 🧘 Patience, 💞 Bonding, 🏠 Home, 💼 Work
One decision: A message from the teacher
The teacher writes: “Ishaan was talking in class again. Can we speak?”
Call her and listen
Calm talk. A plan that helps.
🧘 Patience −5💞 Bonding +10🏠 Home +5💼 Work −3
Talk to Ishaan first
He explains. The story is more complicated.
💞 Bonding +10
Ignore it until the weekend
The message blinks. The weekend is far away.
🧘 Patience +5💞 Bonding −10🏠 Home −5
A good ending
The Calm CaptainThrough spilled juice, missing shoes and one dramatic cape, you stayed steady. The children will remember how safe the house felt.
An early ending
The kids felt far awayCloseness faded and bedtime felt lonely. Tomorrow starts with a very long cuddle.
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📰 Reporter
Your four meters: 📰 Scoops, 🔍 Accuracy, 🤝 Sources, ⚡ Energy
One decision: The rival’s scoop
A rival paper breaks a big story you have been chasing for a week. Your editor looks at you in silence.
Follow up with a deeper angle
Your version has facts theirs does not.
📰 Scoops +8🔍 Accuracy +8⚡ Energy −11
Copy their story with a new headline
It works for a day. Then it does not.
📰 Scoops +4🔍 Accuracy −11🤝 Sources −11⚡ Energy +4
Congratulate them and move on
Classy, a little costly.
📰 Scoops −11🔍 Accuracy +4🤝 Sources +4⚡ Energy +4
A good ending
The Scoop MachineYou broke the story of the day. The newsroom is buzzing and your rival is staring at their phone.
An early ending
Printed a mistakeAccuracy cracked and a correction ran under your name. The editor wants a word.
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⚖️ Judge
Your four meters: ⚖️ Justice, 🏛️ Public trust, 🔨 Order, 🕊️ Mercy
One decision: The press at the door
A reporter wants a comment on a famous case. Your clerk says a short statement could “calm everyone down”.
Say nothing and let the judgment speak
Dignified and slightly dull.
⚖️ Justice +2🏛️ Public trust +2🔨 Order +2
Give a short, careful statement
Public interest is satisfied. Lawyers frown.
⚖️ Justice −7🏛️ Public trust +6
Hold a press conference
The corridor fills with microphones.
⚖️ Justice −12🏛️ Public trust +2🔨 Order −12
A good ending
The Fair HandEvery case ended in a result you could explain without blushing. The law library nodded in approval.
An early ending
The public lost faithTrust faded and the gallery stopped coming. The court felt very quiet.
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🎤 Singer
Your four meters: 🎤 Voice, 💖 Fans, 🎸 Band, 🔥 Buzz
One decision: A sponsor’s offer
A big soft-drink company offers a huge deal. They want your face on their cans and a jingle in your show.
Accept the deal
Money and buzz. The fans notice the jingle.
💖 Fans −12🎸 Band +2🔥 Buzz +11
Decline politely
Pure and slightly poorer.
💖 Fans +2🎸 Band +2🔥 Buzz −7
Negotiate: only the cans, no jingle
A smart middle path.
🎸 Band +2🔥 Buzz +6
A good ending
The Golden ThroatYour voice was the star of the night. Even the sound engineer stopped to listen.
An early ending
The crowd left earlyThe fans drifted away. The hall was quiet and the popcorn was cold.
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👑 King
Your four meters: 🪙 Treasury, 🛡️ Loyalty, 🏘️ People, 📜 Legacy
One decision: A bridge or a banquet
There is only enough gold for one big project this season: a new bridge over the Wren, or a grand banquet for visiting dukes.
Build the bridge
The villages are joined. The dukes eat standing up.
🪙 Treasury −16🛡️ Loyalty −8🏘️ People +11📜 Legacy +8
Hold the banquet
A dazzling night. The old bridge keeps creaking.
🪙 Treasury −13🛡️ Loyalty +11🏘️ People −8📜 Legacy +2
Build half a bridge and a half-banquet
A compromise with a lot of bunting.
🪙 Treasury −10🛡️ Loyalty +3🏘️ People +4
A good ending
The Golden KingThe treasury overflowed and the treasurer cried happy tears. The coins are heavy and so is the compliment.
An early ending
A court in revoltThe nobles walked out in a very well-dressed line. They left you with the cat.
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👸 Queen
Your four meters: 🌾 Prosperity, 🤝 Alliances, 💛 Trust, 🎭 Culture
One decision: The bard’s cheeky song
The court bard has written a new song about you. It is very catchy. Some of the lyrics are about your bad singing.
Join in and sing along
You are very bad at it and the court adores you.
🤝 Alliances +3💛 Trust +8🎭 Culture +6
Ask for a more respectful verse
It becomes dull and rather stiff.
🤝 Alliances +4💛 Trust −8🎭 Culture −10
Make it the national song
A bold choice. The cooks cry with laughter.
🤝 Alliances −3💛 Trust +6🎭 Culture +10
A good ending
The Queen of PlentyGranaries full, harbours busy and merchants smiling. Even the pigeons in the market are getting fat.
An early ending
Friends turned awayEvery envoy went home early. The banquet hall was full of food and empty chairs.
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