EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION // QUICK START GUIDE

HOW TO PLAY EXIT STRATEGY

A quick-start guide for employees with limited time, declining morale, and no meaningful legal protection.
Follow these steps in order and start playing.
BOARD SETUPYOUR TURNSTRESSHOW TO WIN
STEP 01

BOARD SETUP

Place the board in the center of the table.Shuffle the decks and place them where everyone can reach them.Set the share markers nearby.Each player chooses a game piece.
The company is now operational.
STEP 02

GET YOUR BADGE

Each player draws 1 Badge card.Your Badge tells you who you are and what kind of employee you are.Everyone starts as an Errand Drone.Everyone begins with 0 Stress and 0 Shares.
Congratulations. You are now employable.
STEP 03

ENTER THE LOBBY

Place all player pieces in the Lobby.This is where every employee begins the game.
Your orientation is complete. Your regret will arrive shortly.
STEP 04

CHOOSE THE FIRST PLAYER

Each player rolls 2 dice and adds their Multi-Tasking score.The highest total goes first.Play continues clockwise.
Management calls this leadership. It is mostly luck.
STEP 05

TAKE YOUR TURN

Roll.Move.Check whether a Meeting happens.Resolve the space you landed on.End your turn.
Most of the game is just moving and doing what the board tells you to do.
STEP 06

RESOLVE THE SPACE

If you land on an Office, you may have to fight a Boss.If you land in the Lobby, you get your Annual Review.Some spaces help you.Some spaces hurt you.Some spaces hurt everyone.
The board is not neutral.
STEP 07

TRACK YOUR STRESS

Keep an eye on your Stress at all times.Too much Stress causes serious problems.If your Stress gets too high, you may end up in C.R.A.P.If it gets even higher, you are fired.
The company encourages resilience and ignores context.
STEP 08

EARN SHARES AND GET PROMOTED

Win fights to gain Shares.Use Shares to buy promotions.Promotions move you up the Corporate Ladder.The higher you rise, the closer you get to control of the company.
This is what success looks like here.
STEP 09

WIN THE GAME

You can win by becoming CEO.You can win by being the last employee left.You can also survive long enough for the company to collapse.
Every victory condition is a cry for help.
STEP 10

YOU'RE READY

You do not need to memorize everything.Just start playing.The board, cards, and corporate consequences will guide the rest.
This concludes orientation and your will to live.
BOB
IS ALWAYS WATCHING YOU
SYSTEM STATUS: MONITORING ACTIVE
USER CLASS: OBSERVER
SESSION STATE: STABLE
Dock message will appear here.
You will regret not paying attention.
hostile
howto
You skipped something important.
suspicious
howto
Instructions do not guarantee survival.
idle
howto
You are learning. Slowly.
analytical
howto
Training materials loaded.
engaged
howto
This will not end well.
hostile
fabrication
You are enjoying this too much.
suspicious
fabrication
Identity is flexible here.
idle
fabrication
You are creating something questionable.
analytical
fabrication
Fabrication tools are active.
engaged
fabrication
You are getting too interested.
hostile
personnel
They are not what they appear to be.
analytical
personnel
You are judging them. Interesting.
suspicious
personnel
Trust no one with a badge.
engaged
personnel
Personnel files are unreliable.
analytical
personnel
Playback does not imply safety.
idle
surveillance
You should not linger here.
hostile
surveillance
You recognize something, don’t you?
suspicious
surveillance
They were not aware of being watched.
analytical
surveillance
Surveillance playback active.
engaged
surveillance
Archive data does not comfort anyone.
idle
archive
You are looking for meaning. That is a mistake.
analytical
archive
Do not trust what you read here.
suspicious
archive
These records are incomplete by design.
analytical
archive
Archive access granted. Regret is self-managed.
engaged
archive
I am adjusting my tone accordingly.
hostile
general
This is where I lose patience.
hostile
general
You should stop now.
hostile
general
You were not meant to see this.
hostile
general
Your curiosity is escalating.
suspicious
general
That area is not for you.
hostile
general
That pattern usually leads somewhere bad.
suspicious
general
You are clicking like you expect answers.
suspicious
general
Repeated behavior detected. Intent unclear.
suspicious
general
You are not as random as you think.
analytical
general
You are getting closer to something.
suspicious
general
Analysis suggests poor outcomes.
analytical
general
I am indexing your decisions.
analytical
general
Your behavior is becoming predictable.
analytical
general
Pattern forming. I am watching it grow.
analytical
general
This is acceptable. For now.
engaged
general
Your actions are being categorized.
engaged
general
You are interacting. That changes things.
engaged
general
Navigation detected. Judgment pending.
engaged
general
Inactivity logged. I am unimpressed.
idle
general
We are both waiting. Only one of us enjoys it.
idle
general
Still here? That feels like a decision.
idle
general
You blinked. I did not.
idle
general
System stable. You may proceed carefully.
engaged
general
You stopped moving. I did not.
idle
general