Syncanite Foundation

"A Game by Timon Thöne, designed by M. Rockatansky.

Syncanite Foundation is a deep economic strategy & area control game with variable victory conditions and no player elimination for 2 - 6 conspirators. Force the crisis of your choice to exploit its momentum and win. Want some example? Trigger a war and annihilate your rivals! Or trigger a revolution and get crowned as supreme chancellor - the choice is yours!

Intro:

Syncanite - materialized power. For the masses, it is the only source of energy. For the elites, the key to immortality. As an independent trade league, the Syncanite Foundation regulates the mining and distribution of the syncan mineral, ensuring political, economic and military stability. But behind the noble guise lurks a secret society of machiavellian oligarchs. At the levers of power, it is easy for them to push the continent into mayhem. How far will YOU go?

How to Play:

Easy to learn: Syncanite Foundation is a complex game that is not complicated to play!
Fight your power struggle in four phases per cycle:

I. Conflict phase: Claim regions & resources

"Only those who dominate can shape the future."
~ Soric Flasyra, Guardian of the rhilian Imperium

Every member of the Syncanite Foundation has a private army. Use it to occupy regions of the continent to claim the resources there. But be careful: other players can outbid your military contingent. As long as this cold war prevails, the troops cannot fight, only displace each other. In addition to sheer mass, the clever use of operations and doctrine are decisive for this phase.

II. Offering phase: Use profits for corruption

"With the right contacts, momentum becomes a method."
~ Wator Abrius, Chairman of the Tycan Conglomerate

The market prices for your resources are in your favor? Sell or buy stock for capital and use your profits in a bidding contest against the other players to win over the continent’s dignitaries to your side. Their powerful effects will drastically change the course of the game. In the later game, this phase holds many more offers and opportunities for the players.

III. Parliament phase: Manipulate and murder

"When good words are not enough, clearer messages are needed."
~ Maverid Czylark, Speaker of the Avadian Conclave

Influence the course of the continent by intervening in parliamentary votes. How many votes you have is entirely up to you and your abilities: Prevent laws that stand in your way and pass those that benefit you. Damage your competitors with a variety of means – from denunciation to insidious assassination.

IV. Foundation Phase: Pull the levers of power

"When the Nations collide, we profit."
~ Unknown, Founder of the Syncanite Foundation

Use the unique power of your Role to push the continent into a direction you want: Invest in Infrastructure, censor the media, manage democracy, steer the Markets or control the military of a faction of your choice. Eventually, prepare for the next cycle: A new conflict phase awaits – and maybe even a crisis.

How to win - the unique Crisis Mechanics

This world is a powder keg. Every operation, every law, and every market driven to extremes can trigger crises. A single spark can ignite the Continent! Immediate events create unstoppable chaos and add crisis-specific mechanics to the game phases, opening the way to multiple victory options! There are five crises in total with unique paths to victory:

Revolution - The Diplomatic Victory

Use your parliamentary privileges to your advantage. Drive the integrity of parliament into crisis and provoke draconian measures. With the “Revolution” crisis, you can eliminate your political opponents and be elected ruler of the continent. Once appointed, you’ll never give up your power again, will you?

Monopoly - The Economic Victory

Liberalize the parliament, privatize the institutions and make gigantic profits. Whether by legal and ethical means or not is entirely up to you. With the “monopoly” crisis, you are laying the foundations for a plutocratic system of oligarchs bidding in obscene wealth for the last remnants of the once all-powerful state. How much are you able to pay?

War - The Military Victory

Use force against your opponents. Ignore the conventions of war and place yourself above the laws of parliament and nobility. With the crisis of war, you can enforce the law of the strongest and destroy your enemies. Millions will lose their lives, yet lay the foundation of a new era. Will you triumph?

Triage - The Hero Victory

Reduce access to resources and drive up their prices immeasurably. Provoke hunger and misery. Push the population to the limit of their ability to suffer. With the “Triage” crisis, you and your fellow players will incur considerable costs to save the people. Who of you will become the people´s saviour and direct the anger of the masses against those in power?

Tyranny - The Story Victory

Give in to your greed for the Syncanite and make a pact with the Order: Help its leader to the Emperor’s throne and serve under him to your own advantage! With the “Tyranny” crisis, you face a final boss scenario that revolvse around one great question: Do you accept the Emperor and win by his side, or do you all together coup at the right moment to reestablish the Foundation?

Which fire will you ignite?

—description from the designer

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