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Welcome to the Terminal

You’re in the terminal — dark nets, data streams, high-stakes targets. PTSD: Terminal 01 is a physical tabletop card game for 2–6 players (~1 hr) that blends tactical deck building, area control, and market manipulation into a high-stakes cyber hacking simulation. Stack memory exploits, deploy controllers to geographic subnets, manipulate crypto multipliers, and secure your position on the local network blockchain.

THE CORE LOOP // GAMEPLAY CYCLE

A round in PTSD: Terminal 01 represents operations in a shared network terminal. Each turn, you execute one critical move to outmaneuver rival hackers:

01 / SCAN
Download Fragment Intel: Query the network to draw new exploit card fragments from the deck. The higher the network scan speed, the more data you draw—but watch your hand limit of 7 cards to avoid data loss.
02 / PROGRAM
Load Memory Buffers: Queue up data fragment cards onto one of your player mat's 3 memory stacks. You are compiling suits and fragment types to match target location nodes.
03 / HACK
Exploit Network Nodes: Unleash a memory stack against active Location Cards on the table. Matching the required fragments lets you place a control cube, draw card rewards, and secure fame points.
04 / CHAIN
Write to Public Blockchain: Commit data cards face-up to your personal blockchain ledger. At game end, these cards multiply in value based on the final market track values, locking in massive scores.

OPERATOR DOSSIERS // SELECT YOUR ALIAS

Every player assumes the identity of a notorious hacker. Choose your alias and leverage their unique, rule-bending special power once per game:

Zero_Cool Stealth Buffer

Special Power: Passive buffer increase. Zero_Cool’s hand limit is permanently set to 8, allowing them to bypass the default 7-card data loss limit and hold more exploit fragments.

Overlord Parallel Threads

Special Power: Executes dual operations. Overlord can perform two Program actions in a single turn, rapidly building exploit payloads across multiple stacks.

Grey_Hat Market Arbitrage

Special Power: Decrypts priority listings. Grey_Hat can acquire any market card at 1 less combined suit value, allowing them to seize powerful black or white market cards cheaply.

HYBRID TELEMETRY // QR DECK INDEXING

PTSD: Terminal 01 features an innovative hybrid physical–digital layout. Each card back contains a unique generated QR code that links directly to the network database:

Scan card backs with any smartphone camera during active tabletop operations to lookup real-time rules, analyze target location exploit formulas, or digitally register a successful hack as a Proof of Exploit on the global leaderboard. This telemetry layer is entirely optional and fits seamlessly alongside physical tabletop play.

CARGO MANIFEST (PHYSICAL COMPONENTS)

Every physical Core Box contains pre-compiled high-grade materials ready for deployment:

150Data Cards

24Location Cards

36Market Cards

6Player Identities

6Player Aids

1Main Gameboard

5d6 Game Dice

30Control Cubes

1System Manual