# 🛠️ DEATH TO DECORUM: THE FACILITY CRAWLER ### Core Rulebook (Prototype Alpha - Revision XII) Welcome to the facility. Your objective is to navigate shifting corridors, scavenge high-value artifacts, and extract back to the ship before total structural lockdown. All players operate together as a single cooperative unit sharing a communal pool of resources. Trust your crew, manage your payload weight, and remember: in these halls, cards show what is inside a room, not a barrier to entry. Every step forward alters the facility permanently. --- ## 📦 I. Complete Component & Print Manifest ### 1. Player Hardware & Time Tracking * **6 Player Pawns/Meeples:** Distinct colors. * **1 Ship Card:** The fixed safe zone and storefront tile. * **6 Dual-Layer Level 1 Backpack Dashboards:** Recessed physical boards tracking Inventory Slots (Weight Limit: 5) and Health (Indented track from 0 to 4 Lives). * **6 Upgrade Level 2 Cargo Pack Dashboards:** Replaces Level 1. Increases Weight Limit to 8. * **1 Central Time Tracking Board:** Unified dashboard featuring a Day Tracker, a Critical Faults Track (6 slots), and a Stable Systems Bank (20 slots). * **1 Opaque Telemetry Bag:** A draw-bag for blind peg pulling. * **32 Telemetry Pegs:** 20x White Pegs (System Stable) and 12x Red Pegs (System Overload). * **7 Cylinder Tracking Pegs:** 6x Red Pegs (Player Health) and 1x Black Peg (Day Tracker). * **80 Currency Tokens (Coins):** Physical punchboard or plastic coins. * **18 Player Action Cards:** 6 sets of 3: `[ PUSH DEEPER ]`, `[ MOVE ]`, `[ STAY ]`. * **1 Custom Combat Die (D6):** 🪓 **KILL**, 🏃♂️ **EVADE**, 💥 **TRADE** (Simultaneous Downed State), ☠️ **DIE**. ### 2. The Main Facility Deck (120 Cards Total) * **70x Loot Cards (Exponential Value):** 40x Tier 1 (3c), 20x Tier 2 (8c), 10x Tier 3 (15c). * **50x Hazard/Monster Cards:** 25x Tier 1 (1dmg), 15x Tier 2 (2dmg), 10x Tier 3 (3dmg). ### 3. Off-Board Decks * **10x Monster Reserve Cards:** Tier 3 Apex Stalkers (3dmg). Shuffled in only when Midnight strikes. --- ## ⚙️ II. Game Setup 1. Place the **Ship Card** at the far left. 2. Shuffle the **120-card Facility Deck** face-down. 3. Set the **Central Time Tracking Board** nearby. Place the Black peg in the **Day 1** slot. 4. Dump all **32 Telemetry Pegs** into the bag and shake. 5. Each player takes a **Level 1 Backpack**, **Action Cards**, and plugs their Red tracking peg into the **4 Lives** slot. --- ## 🗺️ III. The Map & Labyrinth Engine * **Face-Up:** Active room encounter. * **Face-Down:** Cleared hallway. * **Shared Alignment:** New tiles align to adjacent grid edges. * **Dead End Law:** Cannot advance past end-caps. --- ## 🔄 IV. The Play Cycle ### Phase 1: The Telemetry Clock Draw one peg from the bag: * ⚪ **White:** Place in **Stable Systems Bank**. * 🔴 **Red:** Place in **Critical Faults Track**. * **Midnight Trigger:** If the **4th Red Peg** is placed, the day ends at the end of the current cycle. ### Phase 2 & 3: Commit & Reveal Secretly select one action; simultaneously flip. ### Phase 4: Resolution Hierarchy Resolve actions in order: **1. `[ STAY ]` $\rightarrow$ 2. `[ MOVE ]` $\rightarrow$ 3. `[ PUSH DEEPER ]**`. --- ## 🗡️ V. Action Resolution & Encounters * **`[ STAY ]`**: No movement; open trading window. * **`[ MOVE ]`**: Move 1 tile. Safe during Day; Gauntlet during Midnight. * **`[ PUSH DEEPER ]`**: Lead Explorer draws; followers move into room. * *If Loot:* Add to bag; draw replacement floor tile. * *If Monster:* Roll Combat Die. **KILL** (neutralized), **EVADE** (no damage), **DIE** (damage), **TRADE** (downed + monster neutralized). --- ## 🕛 VI. The Midnight Shift * **Transition:** Keep current board state; shuffle **10 Monster Reserve Cards** into the deck. * **Roaming Gauntlet:** Every `[ MOVE ]` draws a card from the deck. * **Absolute Lockdown:** If a 2nd Red Peg is drawn during Midnight (placing the **6th total Red Peg**), the facility freezes. Players not on the **Ship Card** are trapped. --- ## 🎒 VII. Inventory & Downed States * **Weight Limit:** Cannot exceed backpack limit. Items act instantly. * **Downed:** Pawn flips face-down. Access inventory passively. * **Body Drag:** Costs 3 weight; pick up teammate. * **Ship Revivals:** Revive to 4 Life on Ship for 0 Coins (deployment delay). --- ## 💰 VIII. Intermission & Corporate Rules 1. **Redeem Loot:** Convert to Coins. 2. **Pay Quota:** Meet the team goal or instant loss. 3. **Clone Fees:** Pay 35 Coins per lost teammate. If the Store subsidizes, bank resets to 0 and store is locked. 4. **Ship Store:** Buy upgrades (irreversible). 5. **Reset:** Clear board; reset pegs to bag; shuffle decks. --- ## 📈 IX. Quota & Shop | Crew Size | D1 Quota | D2 Quota | D3 Quota | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **1-2** | 15c | 30c | 55c | | **3-4** | 35c | 65c | 110c | | **5-6** | 55c | 95c | 165c | * **Level 2 Pack (25c):** +3 Weight Limit. * **Stun Baton (10c):** Override `[ DIE ]` to `[ EVADE ]`. * **Gun (15c):** Automatic `[ KILL ]`. * **Shoes (8c):** Double move; skip Gauntlet on 1st tile. * **Grappling Hook (10c):** Pull downed player to current tile. * **Medkit (12c):** Revive downed player to 1 Life. simulate this gameplay for 2 players
