# The Hiring Spree

Full notes with card art: https://ultracapitalism.io/changelog/1.1.0

The biggest content drop since launch: 87 new cards, 54 new events, 25 new vendors and 25 new rivals. Two new keywords come with the wave — **When Sold**, for cards that pay out as you let them go, and **Burnout**, which turns the speed floor into something cards can build around.

## New assets

- **Golden Highrise** (Uncommon · Property) — Gain 30 Moat. This permanently gains +10 Moat.
- **Key Person Insurance** (Rare · Benefit) — Inflict 30 Loss. When one of your Employees is Liquidated, permanently gain 8 Funding and 40 Moat.
- **Paid Lobbyist** (Uncommon · Human, Scheme) — Apply 3 Scandal to the rival. Whenever the rival gains Scandal, Profit 8.
- **Rent Is Due** (Uncommon · Scheme) — Profit 20 for each Property you own.
- **Vacant Lot** (Common · Property) — When you sell this, gain 30 Funding.
- **Exit Interview** (Common · Scheme) — Profit 30. When you sell this, gain 1 XP.
- **Acqui-hire** (Common · Scheme) — When you sell this, gain a random small Employee.
- **Adoption Drive** (Common · Scheme) — Gain 5 Moat. When you sell this, gain a random Animal.
- **Adrenaline Junkie** (Common · Human) — Inflict 20 Loss. Windfall 40% while Burned Out.
- **Alumni Network** (Common · Benefit) — Profit 10. When you sell an Employee, this permanently gains +10 Profit.
- **Black Turtleneck** (Uncommon · Property, Scheme) — Gain 20 Valuation. Fast Track a random Scheme 1s. Gain 1 Scandal.
- **Blameless Post-Mortem** (Uncommon · Scheme) — Gain 40 Moat. Remove 2 Scandal. When one of your assets is Audited, Fast Track this 2s.
- **Brand Equity** (Uncommon · Scheme) — When you sell this, gain 50 Valuation.
- **Caffeine Addict** (Common · Human, Employee) — Profit 10. Fast Track this 2s.
- **Catered Lunch** (Uncommon · Benefit) — Gain 20 Moat. Your Employees produce +10 Moat.
- **Coffee Chat** (Common · Benefit) — Profit 20. When either adjacent Employee activates, Fast Track both adjacent Employees 0.5s.
- **Comeback Kid** (Common · Human, Employee) — Profit 10. When this stops being Burned Out, permanently gain +10 Profit.
- **Community EBITDA** (Uncommon · Scheme) — Gain 30 Valuation. Profit 15. Gain 2 Debt.
- **Company Store** (Uncommon · Benefit) — Profit 8 for each of your Employees. Gain 1 Debt.
- **Daily Standup** (Uncommon · Scheme) — Slow your Employees by 1s. Inflict 30 Loss for each Employee you control.
- **Dog-Friendly Office** (Uncommon · Property) — Profit 60. For each Animal you control, gain 30 Moat.
- **Doorman** (Common · Human, Service) — Gain 20 Moat. Remove 2 Scandal.
- **Early Retirement** (Rare · Benefit) — Liquidate the Employee to your right. Permanently gain +10 Valuation.
- **Employee of the Month** (Uncommon · Benefit) — Inflict 25 Loss for each of your Burned Out assets.
- **Fire Marshal** (Uncommon · Human) — Inflict 20 Loss for every Burned Out asset on the field.
- **Free Dinner After Eight** (Common · Benefit) — Overwork the Employee to your right 1.5s. Whenever it Burns Out, Profit 40.
- **Golden Handcuffs** (Rare · Scheme) — Slow adjacent Employees by 1s. Adjacent Employees cannot be Liquidated.
- **Goodwill Hunting** (Common · Scheme) — When you sell this, gain a random small Machine.
- **Grindset** (Uncommon · Scheme) — Profit 20. Inflict 20 Loss. Whenever one of your assets Burns Out, inflict 10 Loss.
- **Hostile Takeover** (Uncommon · Scheme) — Inflict 10 Loss, plus Loss equal to 60% of your Moat.
- **Keycard** (Uncommon · Machine) — Gain 20 Moat. The Machine to your right cannot be Slowed or Audited.
- **Kombucha Tap** (Common · Service, Property, Benefit) — Gain 40 Moat. Gain 1 Scandal.
- **Legacy System** (Common · Machine) — Profit 20. Inflict 30 Loss. When you sell this, lose 20 Valuation.
- **Licensing Deal** (Uncommon · Scheme) — Profit 10, plus Profit equal to 60% of your Moat.
- **Loyal Worker** (Common · Human, Employee) — Profit 50. When one of your assets is Liquidated, Overwork this 2s.
- **Lunch 'n Learn** (Common · Benefit) — Profit 20. A random Employee of yours gains +20 Profit.
- **Martyr Complex** (Common · Human) — Gain 40 Moat. When this Burns Out, gain 100 Moat.
- **Mental Health Day** (Uncommon · Benefit) — Slow your Humans 1s. Restock your assets 2. Whenever one of your assets Burns Out, Fast Track this 1s.
- **Miracle Analyzer** (Rare · Machine, Scheme) — Profit 50. Apply 2 Debt and 1 Scandal. When this is Audited, take 40 Loss and Liquidate this.
- **Nap Pod** (Common · Property, Benefit) — Audit one of your Employees 1s. Gain 50 Moat.
- **Networking Event** (Uncommon · Scheme) — When you sell this, gain three random small Humans.
- **Noise-Cancelling Headphones** (Rare · Machine, Benefit) — Overwork adjacent Employees 2s. Adjacent Employees cannot be Slowed or Audited.
- **Loose Cannon** (Common · Human, Employee) — Inflict 50 Loss. Scale +2 while Burned Out.
- **Office Bully** (Uncommon · Human, Employee) — Inflict 100 Loss. Liquidate a random friendly Employee.
- **On-Call Pager** (Common · Machine) — Overwork a random friendly Employee 1s. Profit 30.
- **Open House** (Common · Scheme) — Gain 8 Moat. When you sell this, gain a random Property.
- **Overtime Pay** (Uncommon · Benefit) — Gain 30 Moat. Whenever one of your Employees Burns Out, inflict 30 Loss.
- **Performance Improvement Plan** (Common · Scheme) — Profit 20. Overwork an adjacent Employee 2s.
- **Personal Trainer** (Uncommon · Human, Service, Benefit) — The Employee to your right gains +5 Loss. Overwork it 1s.
- **Ping Pong Table** (Uncommon · Property, Benefit) — Fast Track adjacent Employees 1s. Overwork adjacent Employees 1s.
- **Pizza Party** (Common · Benefit) — Overwork adjacent Employees 1s. Profit 15.
- **Poison Pill** (Uncommon · Scheme) — Fast Track the rival's fastest asset 3s. Whenever a rival asset Burns Out, inflict 40 Loss.
- **Quiet Quitter** (Common · Human, Employee) — Profit 20. Scale +2 while Burned Out.
- **Rage Quit** (Uncommon · Scheme) — Inflict 60 Loss. When this Burns Out, Liquidate it and inflict 200 Loss.
- **Request for Proposal** (Common · Scheme) — Profit 8. When you sell this, gain a random Service.
- **Rest & Vest** (Common · Human, Employee) — Profit 150.
- **Retainer Agreement** (Common · Service) — Profit 10. When you sell this, permanently gain 1 Revenue.
- **Sabbatical** (Uncommon · Benefit) — Gain 100 Moat. Whenever one of your Employees stops being Burned Out, Profit 100.
- **Salvage Yard** (Common · Property) — Profit 10. When you sell a Machine, this permanently gains +10 Profit.
- **Security System** (Uncommon · Property, Machine) — Gain 20 Moat. Whenever one of your assets is Audited or Slowed, Audit the rival's fastest asset 2s.
- **Severance Package** (Uncommon · Benefit) — Gain 20 Moat. When one of your Employees is Liquidated, permanently gain 5 Funding.
- **Skillful Mentor** (Uncommon · Human, Employee) — A random Employee of yours gains +20 Profit. When you sell this, upgrade a random Employee.
- **Solo Maintainer** (Uncommon · Human, Employee) — Gain 30 Moat. Profit 15. When this is Liquidated, Audit your board for 4s.
- **Space Heater** (Common · Machine) — Gain 15 Moat. While Burned Out, Overwork adjacent Employees 1s.
- **Spin-off** (Uncommon · Scheme) — When you sell this, gain two random small assets.
- **Stealth Mode** (Uncommon · Scheme) — Gain 60 Moat. Reduce your Scandal by 1.
- **Sudden Death Market** (Rare · Scheme) — Overwork all assets 1s. Whenever any asset stops being Burned Out, Liquidate it.
- **Sudden Pivot** (Common · Scheme) — When you sell this, gain a random small Scheme.
- **Sympathy Card** (Common · Benefit) — Gain 30 Moat. Whenever one of your assets Burns Out, Fast Track your other assets 0.5s.
- **Tech Debt** (Common · Scheme) — Fast Track adjacent assets 1s. Gain 1 Debt.
- **Terrible Boss** (Uncommon · Human) — Inflict 40 Loss. Overwork your Burned Out Employees 1s.
- **The Idea Guy** (Common · Human) — Profit 10. Windfall 25%.
- **Two-Pizza Team** (Uncommon · Scheme) — Profit 15. Inflict 10 Loss. Scale +1 while you control 2 or fewer Employees.
- **Union Rep** (Uncommon · Human) — Gain 30 Moat. Whenever a rival asset Burns Out, Slow it 2s.
- **Union Worker** (Common · Human, Employee) — Profit 50. Whenever one of your Employees Burns Out, Slow your Employees 1s.
- **Unlimited PTO** (Uncommon · Benefit) — Gain 20 Moat. Your Employees act 10% faster. Whenever one of your Employees Burns Out, gain 20 Moat.
- **User Data** (Common · Scheme) — When you sell this, gain 20 Valuation.
- **Vaporware** (Common · Scheme) — Inflict 30 Loss. Gain 1 Debt.
- **Wellness Program** (Uncommon · Benefit) — Fast Track your Employees 0.1s. Whenever one of your assets Burns Out, gain 20 Moat.
- **Whistleblower** (Uncommon · Human, Employee) — Inflict 40 Loss. Whenever a rival Employee Burns Out, Slow all Employees 1s.
- **Human in the Loop** (Uncommon · AI, Scheme) — Inflict 30 Loss. Gain 20 Moat. When an adjacent Human activates, Fast Track this 1s. If you control no Humans, this is Audited for 4s.
- **Stock Options** (Uncommon · Benefit) — Permanently gain +6 Valuation. Your Employees produce 5 less Profit.
- **Backup Drives** (Common · Machine) — Gain 8 Moat. Whenever one of your Machines is Liquidated, Refurbish it.
- **Fleet Lease** (Common · Scheme) — Gain 1 Revenue. When you sell this, gain a random Vehicle.
- **Retraining Program** (Rare · Benefit) — Liquidate your smallest Employee. Your Machines permanently gain +10 Loss.
- **Synthetic Data** (Uncommon · Scheme) — Profit 50. Your AIs produce +10 Profit.
- **Total Deregulation** (Uncommon · Scheme) — Overwork every asset on both boards 2s. Both companies gain 3 Scandal.

## Assets changes

- **Executive Bonus** _(Buffed)_ — Gain Profit 80/160/320/640 → 160/320/640/1280; Tags + Benefit, − Scheme; “Gain 20 Moat. When one of your Employees is Liquidated, Profit 80.” → “Gain 20 Moat. When one of your Employees is Liquidated, Profit 160.”
  - _Doubled the profit gained when an employee is liquidated on Executive Bonus from 80/160/320/640 to 160/320/640/1280._
- **Golden Parachute** — Tags + Benefit, − Scheme
- **Comfy Chair** — Tags + Benefit
- **Bankruptcy Lawyer** _(Buffed)_ — Gain Moat 25/50/100/200 → 50/100/200/400; “Gain 25 Moat. The first time your Cash falls below half: remove 100% of your Debt and Profit 70.” → “Gain 50 Moat. The first time your Cash falls below half: remove 100% of your Debt and Profit 70.”
- **Coffee Machine** — Tags + Benefit
- **Expense Account** — Tags + Benefit, − Scheme
- **Sales Training** — Tags + Benefit, − Scheme
- **Office Parrot** — Apply Scandal 1/2/3/4 → 2; Apply Scandal (2) Rival → Owner; “Apply 1 Scandal. When a rival Human activates, apply 1 Scandal to the rival.” → “Gain 2 Scandal. When a rival Human activates, apply 1 Scandal to the rival.”
  - _Office Parrot now gains 2 Scandal on activation every 6 seconds instead of applying 1 Scandal to the rival, while keeping the +1 Scandal applied to the rival when an enemy Human activates._
- **Code Monkey** _(Reworked)_ — Gain Profit — → 5/10/20/40; “Inflict 20 Loss. Scale +1 while adjacent to a Machine.” → “Inflict 20 Loss. Profit 5. Scale +1 while adjacent to a Machine.”
  - _Sergei's opening kit paid only Revenue, so the first-battle Briefing never had a Profit to point at. Code Monkey gains Profit 5/10/20/40 next to its Loss._
- **Corporate Retreat** — Tags + Benefit, − Scheme

## New policies

- **Hostile Takeover** (Uncommon) — When the Market Crash begins, inflict Loss equal to 25% of your Moat.
- **Too Big to Fail** (Rare) — The first time you would go under, instead Profit 50% of your Valuation.
- **Trust Disbursement** — At the start of each Year, receive 15 Funding.
- **Winner Take All** (Uncommon) — While ahead on Cash, your assets inflict 10% more Loss.
- **Here Tomorrow** — After a lost battle, receive 15 Funding.
- **Neighborhood Discount** — When you hire a Human, get 5 Funding back.
- **Slow and Steady** (Uncommon) — When one of your assets is Slowed, gain 8 Moat.
- **Weathered the Storm** (Uncommon) — When the Market Crash begins, gain 15 Moat for each Human you have.
- **Passive Income** — At the beginning of each year, gain +1 Revenue.
- **Total Rewards** — When one of your Benefits activates, Profit 8.
- **Under Investigation** — Start each battle with 4 Scandal.
- **Any Press Is Good Press** — When Scandal is applied to you, Profit 5.
- **Borrowed Time** (Uncommon) — When Debt is applied to you, Fast Track a random Employee 0.4s.
- **Pet-Friendly Office** — Your Animals act 10% faster.
- **Punching Up** (Uncommon) — While behind on Cash, your assets inflict 15% more Loss.
- **Blitzscaling** (Rare) — Your assets have +15% Windfall chance. Start each battle with 4 Debt.
- **Externalities** (Uncommon) — When Debt is applied to you, inflict 6 Loss.
- **Overclocked** (Uncommon) — At battle start, Overwork your Machines for 3s and take 2 Scandal.
- **Ship It** — When you buy a Machine or an AI, gain 1 XP.
- **Training Run** — When one of your AI activates, Fast Track a random Machine 0.3s.

## Policies changes

- **Open Door Policy** _(Buffed)_ — Gain Profit 4/6/8/10 → 20/27/34/40; Ability + Employee, − Human; “When one of your Humans activates, Profit 4.” → “When one of your Employees activates, Profit 20.”
  - _Fires when one of your Employees activates instead of any Human, and pays 20 Profit at Basic, climbing to 40 at Enterprise (was 4 to 10). The two policies no longer overlap._
- **Grassroots Growth** _(Buffed)_ — Gain Profit 6/8/10/12 → 10/14/17/20; “When one of your Humans activates, Profit 6.” → “When one of your Humans activates, Profit 10.”
  - _Still fires on every Human activation, but the trickle is now 10 Profit at Basic, climbing to 20 at Enterprise (was 6 to 12)._

## New events

- **The Benefits Renewal** — Renewal's in. The plan is up eighteen percent, which is funny, because the plan is a ping pong table and a tap. I can make the number go away. Say the *word*.
- **Best Places to Work** — I'm doing a list. Best Places to Work. You're shortlisted, apparently, on the strength of a *tap*. Give me a tour and a quote, or I'll write it without you.
- **Free Dinner After Eight** — Free dinner after eight. I've watched it work. They stay for the food, then they stay because they stayed. The nap pods are for the ones who don't get *home*.
- **The Bargaining Table** — First contract. The list isn't money, mostly. A chair that doesn't hurt, lunch that's food, a day off when someone dies. Sign it and I'll stop *counting*.
- **The Burnout Seminar** — Your people are *vibrating*. That's not a compliment, it's a diagnosis. I can slow them down for a fee, or you can keep calling the vibration culture.
- **The Comp Conversation** — So. I've been here a year. I looked up the going rate and it's, um, *more*. I'm not leaving. I'm just asking what we're doing about it.
- **The Compensation Committee** — Comp committee. Two items. A bonus scheme for the executives, or a retreat for *everyone*, which the executives will attend and everyone else will hear about.
- **The Culture Deck** — Slide nine. Two kinds of company: the ones that give people things, and the ones that make people do things. Both work. Pick before slide ten, it's a *fork*.
- **The Exodus** — Three resignations this week. Nobody said it was the perks. Everybody said it was the perks. I have a list of what brings the last two back. It's *short*.
- **The Exposé** — I have the perks memo. I have the exit interviews. I have a photo of the tap, which is a *water* tap now. It runs Sunday. Spin it, settle it, or read it.
- **The Office Fit-Out** — Lease renewal. I'll fit the place out, within reason, and put it on the rent. Game room, nap pods, whatever the kids want. Or desks. Desks are *free*.
- **The Pizza Party** — Payroll's due and the number doesn't work. It works if we skip raises this year. There's a pizza place that does *corporate*. Nobody's ever quit over pizza.
- **The Retraining Program** — Retraining. Word of the year. Some of them will learn to run the machine and some will learn the machine doesn't need running. Either way, it's *training*.
- **The Severance Negotiation** — Severance. Three drafts. A package for them, which is *kind*. A parachute for you, which is prudent. Insurance on all of them, which is what I'd sign.
- **Unlimited PTO** — Unlimited PTO. Say it slowly. Nobody takes it, because nobody knows how much is *too* much, and the ones who guess wrong warn the rest. It costs you nothing.
- **The Boomerang Hire** — Your first intern, now a vice president somewhere with a climbing wall, quit on principle and came back for the old desk with a severance check and firm opinions about where to invest it.
- **The Divestiture** — A conglomerate spun off a division too big to explain to shareholders and too awkward to sell, then left it on your loading dock with the manual.
- **Eminent Domain** — The city condemned an entire block for a stadium that was never built, and somewhere in the settlement paperwork a parcel and a compensation check ended up in your name.
- **Fan Mail** — A stranger who has laminated every one of your press releases arrived at reception with a scrapbook, a packed lunch, and no intention of leaving.
- **New Hire Orientation** — The new hire arrived on a Monday with a lanyard and a signing perk nobody remembers approving, and both of them stayed.
- **Open Enrollment** — HR's enrollment window closed while you were in a meeting, and the default plan turned out to include something the company actually wanted.
- **Orphaned Weights** — A shuttered lab left its model weights on a public server with a readme that just said 'please', and your engineers were the only ones who took it literally.
- **Pro Bono** — A firm that owes you a favor for reasons nobody will put in writing has assigned you a retainer at no charge, no questions, and no end date.
- **The Repo Lot** — A hedge fund's toy collection was repossessed in the night, and the liquidator sold it by the pound to whoever showed up with a tow hitch.
- **The Storage Auction** — You won a delinquent storage unit sight unseen, and behind three boxes of holiday decorations was something worth the drive.
- **The Swag Bag** — Beneath the stress balls, lanyards, and a branded fidget spinner, the conference tote bag turned out to hold one thing of actual value.
- **The Unclaimed Crate** — Customs seized a shipment of live cargo nobody would sign for, and the auction house paid you to get the crate off their floor before it woke up.
- **Underground Meetup** — In the back room of a shuttered bowling alley, a man in a lanyard explained a strategy that was either brilliant or a felony, then left through the kitchen.
- **Upcycling** — The maker space downstairs rebuilt a scrapped industrial unit as a weekend project, then discovered it no longer fit through their own door.
- **Agile Transformation** — A consultant with a whiteboard and a stopwatch. Everything here makes something else go sooner.
- **Benefits Broker** — Plans, perks and programs, brokered on commission. Everything your staff have been asking for, at a markup.
- **The Blind Auction** — Numbered crates on a concrete floor and an auctioneer who will not say what is in them. Bidding starts now.
- **The Boiler Room** — Forty phones, one script, and a bell that rings every time somebody says yes.
- **The Break Room** — The lights hum, the fridge is labelled, and something in the microwave has been there since Q2.
- **The Bullpen** — Desks pushed together in rows. Nobody here does anything alone, and nobody here can be moved.
- **The Burn Unit** — A clinic that never asks how it happened. Every chart on the wall is a bill for somebody else.
- **Chapter Eleven** — A courtroom annex that smells of photocopier toner. Everyone in line has a plan for after the crash.
- **The Check Casher** — A strip-mall storefront with bars on the glass and a rate on the door that changes by the hour.
- **City Hall** — Take a number. The permit desk closes at four, and every form on the wall is aimed at somebody else.
- **The Coffee Cart** — A cart by the elevators. The espresso is free. The crash is not.
- **The Corner Diner** — Coffee's on. The booth in the back is the boardroom, and the meeting starts whenever it clears.
- **The Deal Room** — A conference room with the blinds drawn. Every folder on the table is either a target or a poison pill.
- **Demo Day** — Twelve founders, ten minutes each, one slide that says Uber for X. The coffee is cold and the valuations are not.
- **The Executive Suite** — Top floor, corner office, a view of every company you have not bought yet. The chairs cost more than your first year.
- **The Factory Floor** — Belts, arms and a floor plan that only makes sense once it is running. Nothing here works alone.
- **The Grindstone** — A coworking loft at 2 a.m. Every desk is taken and nobody is going home.
- **K Street** — Marble lobby, brass nameplates, no company name on any of them. Everyone here bills by the hour and votes by the quarter.
- **Loss Prevention** — A windowless office behind the loading dock. Twelve monitors, one chair, and a binder titled Incidents.
- **The Pawn Shop** — Bars on the window, a bell on the door. Everything here is a loan against something you will sell later.
- **The Racetrack** — Tote board, torn tickets, and a man who will tell you the odds if you ask twice.
- **The Server Farm** — Cold aisle, hot aisle, and a badge reader that has never once worked the first time.
- **The Supply Closet** — Shelves of toner, a mop bucket, and a clipboard that says what is left. Somebody has to restock it.
- **The Trust Office** — Leather chairs, a ticking clock, and a ledger where every line is income you did nothing for.
- **The Union Hall** — Folding chairs, a coffee urn and a sign-up sheet. Nobody in this room works past five.

## Events changes

- **Factory Floor Dispute** — Max year 8 → 6; Min year 5 → 4
- **Hostile Takeover Bid** — Max year 8 → 6; Min year 5 → 4
- **The Cashflow Interrogation** — Option 1 effects 2 → 3; Option 1 effects (2) — → policy.neutral.passive_income; Option 1 effects (3) — → GrantPolicy; Option 1 reply "Exact-ly. You understand the golden rule: cash is a tool, but recurring cashflow is a deity. You don't break the piggy bank; you become the central bank. Here's tranche one. Go multiply it." → "Exact-ly. Cash is a tool; cashflow is a deity. Here's tranche one. Go multiply it."; Option 2 reply "Bzzzt! Wrong. You just revealed your scarcity programming. A million dollars is what people who don't understand money fantasize about. Without aggressive leverage to weaponize that balance sheet, you're just holding a melting ice cube." → "Bzzzt! Scarcity programming. Unleveraged, a million is a melting ice cube."; Option 3 reply "NPV? Temporal discounting? Bro, you're spreadsheet-optimizing your way into mediocrity. That's how accountants think, not visionaries. Go run your little 'lean' startup—I'll send you a postcard from the compounding stratosphere." → "NPV? That's accountant thinking, bro. Enjoy the 'lean' startup. I'll send a postcard."; “A well-dressed man interrupts you on the street. "Quick test—no hesitation: a dollar a day for the rest of your life, or a million dollars right now? Think carefully; there is a right answer."” → “A well-dressed man stops you on the street. "Quick test, no hesitation: a dollar a day for life, or a million dollars right now? There is a right answer."”

## New vendors

- **Agile Transformation** — Buy Fast Track assets
- **Benefits Broker** — Buy employee perks and benefits
- **The Blind Auction** — Buy sealed mystery lots
- **The Boiler Room** — Buy sales and Market Share assets
- **The Break Room** — Buy break room perks
- **The Bullpen** — Buy adjacency assets
- **The Burn Unit** — Buy Burnout assets
- **Chapter Eleven** — Buy comeback assets
- **The Check Casher** — Buy Debt assets
- **City Hall** — Buy Audits and red tape for the rival
- **The Coffee Cart** — Buy caffeine assets at 20% off
- **The Corner Diner** — Buy hospitality assets
- **The Deal Room** — Buy merger and takeover assets
- **Demo Day** — Buy pitches, pivots and vaporware
- **The Executive Suite** — Buy executive perks at a premium
- **The Factory Floor** — Buy machines that chain together
- **The Grindstone** — Buy Overwork assets
- **K Street** — Buy lobbyists and Scandal assets
- **Loss Prevention** — Buy security and legal cover
- **The Pawn Shop** — Buy assets built to be sold
- **The Racetrack** — Buy Windfall and Scale long shots
- **The Server Farm** — Buy data and server assets
- **The Supply Closet** — Buy consumable assets
- **The Trust Office** — Buy steady Revenue assets
- **The Union Hall** — Hire Burnout-resistant labor

## Vendors changes

- **The Accountants** — Asset pool changes + Licensing Deal, + Hostile Takeover, + Golden Highrise, + Key Person Insurance, + Paid Lobbyist, + Rent Is Due, + Vacant Lot, + Alumni Network, + Community EBITDA, + Company Store, + Early Retirement, + Fire Marshal, + Miracle Analyzer, + Overtime Pay, + Poison Pill, + Severance Package, + Tech Debt, + Vaporware; Description Sells financial assets → Buy financial assets; “Sells financial assets” → “Buy financial assets”
- **Agency Row** — Asset pool changes + Licensing Deal, + Hostile Takeover, + Paid Lobbyist, + Acqui-hire, + Alumni Network, + Brand Equity, + Community EBITDA, + Employee of the Month, + Golden Handcuffs, + Lunch 'n Learn, + Mental Health Day, + Networking Event, + Request for Proposal, + Retainer Agreement, + Sabbatical, + Spin-off, + Stealth Mode, + Sympathy Card, + Union Rep, + Unlimited PTO, + Wellness Program; Description Sells agency contractors → Hire agencies and contractors; “Sells agency contractors” → “Hire agencies and contractors”
- **AI Summit** — Description Sells AI assets → Buy AI assets at a premium; “Sells AI assets” → “Buy AI assets at a premium”
- **Campus Career Fair** — Asset pool changes + Caffeine Addict, + Comeback Kid, + Loyal Worker, + Office Bully, + Quiet Quitter, + Skillful Mentor, + Union Worker; Description Sells junior talent → Hire junior talent at 20% off; “Sells junior talent” → “Hire junior talent at 20% off”
- **The Classifieds** — Asset pool changes + Adoption Drive, + Adrenaline Junkie, + Caffeine Addict, + Catered Lunch, + Coffee Chat, + Dog-Friendly Office, + Fire Marshal, + Free Dinner After Eight, + Goodwill Hunting, + Keycard, + Kombucha Tap, + Martyr Complex, + Miracle Analyzer, + Loose Cannon, + Open House, + Pizza Party, + Quiet Quitter, + Rage Quit, + Retainer Agreement, + Security System, + Solo Maintainer, + Space Heater, + Sympathy Card, + Terrible Boss, + The Idea Guy; Description Sells odd jobs and local help → Buy odd jobs and local help at 30% off; “Sells odd jobs and local help” → “Buy odd jobs and local help at 30% off”
- **Commercial Showroom** — Description Sells mid-sized 2-slot assets → Buy mid-sized 2-slot assets; “Sells mid-sized 2-slot assets” → “Buy mid-sized 2-slot assets”
- **The Consortium** — Description Sells corporate personnel, strategists, and covert schemes → Hire operatives and buy schemes; “Sells corporate personnel, strategists, and covert schemes” → “Hire operatives and buy schemes”
- **The Corner Kiosk** — Description Sells compact 1-slot assets → Buy small 1-slot assets; “Sells compact 1-slot assets” → “Buy small 1-slot assets”
- **The Day Labor Corner** — Description Sells casual labor and day workers at 50% off → Hire day workers at half price; “Sells casual labor and day workers at 50% off” → “Hire day workers at half price”
- **The Estate Sale** — Asset pool changes + Open House; Description Sells inherited prestige and vintage assets → Buy vintage property and heirlooms; “Sells inherited prestige and vintage assets” → “Buy vintage property and heirlooms”
- **The Flea Market** — Asset pool changes + Salvage Yard; Description Sells eclectic second-hand wares → Buy second-hand assets at 20% off; “Sells eclectic second-hand wares” → “Buy second-hand assets at 20% off”
- **Foreclosure Auction** — Description Sells repossessed commercial real estate at 50% off → Buy foreclosed property at half price; “Sells repossessed commercial real estate at 50% off” → “Buy foreclosed property at half price”
- **Freelance Marketplace** — Asset pool changes + Doorman, + Loyal Worker, + Personal Trainer, + Request for Proposal, + Retainer Agreement, + Solo Maintainer, + The Idea Guy, + Two-Pizza Team, + Human in the Loop; Description Sells freelance talent → Hire freelancers at 25% off; “Sells freelance talent” → “Hire freelancers at 25% off”
- **Garage Sale** — Asset pool changes + Salvage Yard; Description Sells dirt-cheap basement bargains → Buy basement bargains at 30% off; “Sells dirt-cheap basement bargains” → “Buy basement bargains at 30% off”
- **The Hackerspace** — Asset pool changes + Noise-Cancelling Headphones, + On-Call Pager, + User Data, + Sudden Pivot, + Legacy System; Description Sells bootstrapped maker tools and talent → Buy maker tools and tinkerers; “Sells bootstrapped maker tools and talent” → “Buy maker tools and tinkerers”
- **Executive Headhunters** — Description Sells corporate employees and talent → Hire experienced employees; “Sells corporate employees and talent” → “Hire experienced employees”
- **Heavy Industries Expo** — Asset pool changes + Goodwill Hunting, + Ping Pong Table, + Salvage Yard, + Fleet Lease; Description Sells massive 3-slot enterprise assets → Buy massive 3-slot assets; “Sells massive 3-slot enterprise assets” → “Buy massive 3-slot assets”
- **Liquidators** — Description Sells discounted surplus → Buy surplus assets at 30% off; “Sells discounted surplus” → “Buy surplus assets at 30% off”
- **Local Co-op** — Asset pool changes + Adoption Drive, + Exit Interview; Description Sells grassroots neighborhood assets → Buy neighborhood assets; “Sells grassroots neighborhood assets” → “Buy neighborhood assets”
- **Machine Shop** — Description Sells machines and AI → Buy machines and AI; “Sells machines and AI” → “Buy machines and AI”
- **The Night Shift** — Asset pool changes + Hostile Takeover, + Paid Lobbyist, + Adrenaline Junkie, + Community EBITDA, + Daily Standup, + Free Dinner After Eight, + Grindset, + Loose Cannon, + Poison Pill, + Rage Quit, + Security System, + Stealth Mode, + Sudden Death Market, + Sudden Pivot, + Tech Debt, + User Data, + Vaporware, + Whistleblower, + Human in the Loop, + Synthetic Data, + Total Deregulation; Description Sells discount labor → Hire night labor at 25% off; “Sells discount labor” → “Hire night labor at 25% off”
- **Office Max** — Asset pool changes + Goodwill Hunting, + Kombucha Tap, + Legacy System, + Nap Pod, + Noise-Cancelling Headphones, + On-Call Pager, + Ping Pong Table, + Request for Proposal; Description Sells office hardware, furniture, and supplies → Buy office gear and furniture; “Sells office hardware, furniture, and supplies” → “Buy office gear and furniture”
- **Pet Store** — Asset pool changes + Adoption Drive, + Dog-Friendly Office; Description Sells animals → Buy animals at 20% off; “Sells animals” → “Buy animals at 20% off”
- **The Press Room** — Asset pool changes + Paid Lobbyist, + Brand Equity, + Miracle Analyzer, + Whistleblower; Description Sells PR and media assets → Buy PR and media assets; “Sells PR and media assets” → “Buy PR and media assets”
- **Property Expo** — Asset pool changes + Golden Highrise, + Rent Is Due, + Vacant Lot, + Community EBITDA, + Dog-Friendly Office, + Doorman, + Nap Pod, + Open House, + Ping Pong Table, + Security System, + Space Heater; Description Sells large assets → Buy large properties; “Sells large assets” → “Buy large properties”
- **Real Estate Office** — Description Sells commercial properties and leases → Buy commercial property; “Sells commercial properties and leases” → “Buy commercial property”
- **Refurbished Hardware** — Description Sells salvaged machinery and refurbished units at 50% off → Buy refurbished machines at half price; “Sells salvaged machinery and refurbished units at 50% off” → “Buy refurbished machines at half price”
- **Robotics Expo** — Description Sells machines → Buy the latest machines; “Sells machines” → “Buy the latest machines”
- **The Fixer** — Description Sells clandestine corporate schemes → Buy shady schemes; “Sells clandestine corporate schemes” → “Buy shady schemes”
- **Strategic Consultancy** — Description Teaches corporate policies → Adopt corporate policies; “Teaches corporate policies” → “Adopt corporate policies”
- **The Venture Floor** — Description Sells high-stakes assets → Buy high-stakes assets at a premium; “Sells high-stakes assets” → “Buy high-stakes assets at a premium”

## New rivals

- **Always Be Closing**
- **Blank Check Co.**
- **The Board of Directors**
- **Cancel Anytime Inc.**
- **Cayman Consolidated**
- **Est. 1953**
- **Free Lunch Ltd.**
- **Fusion Next Year, Inc.**
- **Interns Unlimited**
- **The Lemonade Stand**
- **Load-Bearing Dave, LLC**
- **Local 404**
- **Macrohard**
- **McKinslay & Company**
- **Muttual Fund**
- **Panopticon Analytics**
- **Rent Is Due, LLC**
- **Rise & Grind Inc.**
- **Robbin' Hood Securities**
- **Salesfarce**
- **Slapchat**
- **Slow & Steady Savings & Loan**
- **The Bear Case**
- **Two Guys in a Garage**
- **Upline Essentials**

## Rivals changes

- **Amazoff** — Max year 12 → 8; Min year 9 → 7
- **Apphole** — Max year 15 → 10; Min year 13 → 9
- **Basement Holdings LLC** — Max year 4 → 3
- **Capitol Gains** — Max year 12 → 8; Min year 9 → 7
- **Benevolent Systems** — Max year 15 → 10; Min year 13 → 9
- **ClickFarm UltraGrowth** — Max year 4 → 3
- **Co-Synergy** — Max year 4 → 3
- **Country Club Syndicate** — Max year 12 → 8; Min year 9 → 7
- **Cowboy Patent Holdings** — Max year 8 → 6; Min year 5 → 4
- **Crunch Culture** — Max year 4 → 3
- **Dun & Badstreet Recovery** — Max year 8 → 6; Min year 5 → 4
- **Enterprise Procurements** — Max year 8 → 6; Min year 5 → 4
- **Facesmack** — Max year 15 → 10; Min year 13 → 9
- **First Local Savings** — Year 1 valuation 80 → 120
  - _Local Competitor's Year-1 Valuation goes 80 to 120 so no founder finishes the first fight before the Market Crash, which is the fight's whole lesson. You still win it._
- **Former Co-Founder** — Max year 12 → 8; Min year 9 → 7
- **Fractional CFO LLP** — Max year 4 → 3
- **Gearworks Ltd.** — Max year 8 → 6; Min year 5 → 4
- **Googol** — Max year 15 → 10; Min year 13 → 9
- **Granite Holdings** — Max year 8 → 6; Min year 5 → 4
- **The Hostile Bid** — Max year 12 → 8; Min year 9 → 7
- **Hustle House** — Max year 4 → 3
- **InstantClones Ltd.** — Max year 8 → 6; Min year 5 → 4
- **The Iron Line** — Max year 12 → 8; Min year 9 → 7
- **Lights Out** — Max year 15 → 10; Min year 13 → 9
- **Matcha & Microdose** — Max year 4 → 3
- **The Muckrakers** — Max year 8 → 6; Min year 5 → 4
- **Municipal Inspector** — Max year 4 → 3
- **Neztflix** — Max year 12 → 8; Min year 9 → 7
- **Old Money Trust** — Max year 15 → 10; Min year 13 → 9
- **Poachers & Poachers LLC** — Max year 8 → 6; Min year 5 → 4
- **Prompt Wrappers** — Max year 4 → 3
- **SeedForge Accelerator** — Max year 4 → 3
- **Severance & Co.** — Max year 12 → 8; Min year 9 → 7
- **Silicon Dreams** — Max year 4 → 3
- **Singularity Fund** — Max year 12 → 8; Min year 9 → 7
- **SpaghettiCode Offshore** — Max year 8 → 6; Min year 5 → 4
- **Surplus Office Mart** — Max year 4 → 3
- **The Audit** — Max year 8 → 6; Min year 5 → 4
- **The Firm** — Max year 8 → 6; Min year 5 → 4
- **The Open Office** — Max year 4 → 3
- **Theranonsense** — Max year 15 → 10; Min year 13 → 9
- **Tokenomics DAO** — Max year 8 → 6; Min year 5 → 4
- **True Believers** — Max year 4 → 3
- **Tweeter** — Max year 15 → 10; Min year 13 → 9
- **Ubur** — Max year 15 → 10; Min year 13 → 9
- **Upstream Pillagers** — Max year 12 → 8; Min year 9 → 7
- **Upvote Cartel** — Max year 4 → 3
- **Venture Horizon Bank** — Max year 4 → 3
- **WeWerk** — Max year 8 → 6; Min year 5 → 4
- **Zero-Click Answers** — Max year 12 → 8; Min year 9 → 7

_Art: 230 new portraits, 1 redrawn._

## New features

- **When Sold: a new kind of card effect** — Cards can now carry an effect that fires when you sell them, at the Tier you sold them at: a permanent Valuation or Revenue bump, or a random asset of a chosen size in hand. Some cards react to other sales instead and grow for good — Salvage Yard gains Profit every time you sell a Machine.
- **Burnout: the speed floor gets a keyword and a flame** — No asset acts more than once a second, and speed pushed past that is now lost rather than banked. An asset the floor is pacing is Burned Out: it catches fire on the board, flares again on every Fast Track or Overwork that lands while it burns, and cools off one clean recharge after the pushing stops. Cards can pay off on it — Whenever one of your assets Burns Out, when an Employee stops being Burned Out, Scale +2 while Burned Out, Overwork your Burned Out Employees.

## Improvements

- **Benefit: a tag for the perks** — Employee perks are their own tribe now. Wellness Program, Sabbatical, Mental Health Day, Overtime Pay, Sympathy Card, Catered Lunch, Lunch 'n Learn, Coffee Chat, Corporate Retreat, Executive Bonus, Expense Account, Sales Training and Golden Parachute are Benefits rather than Schemes; Coffee Machine, Ping Pong Table, Nap Pod, Kombucha Tap, Comfy Chair, Personal Trainer and Noise-Cancelling Headphones are Benefits as well as what they were.
- **Cards can act on the asset that triggered them** — A reaction can now name "it": Slow the rival asset that just Burned Out, Liquidate whichever asset cools off. Cards can also count how many assets are Burned Out.

## Bug fixes

- **Surplus reactions no longer fire on the rival's overflow** — Cards and Policies that read "whenever you Surplus" were also firing when the rival's Cash overflowed. They now react only to your own Surplus, as written.