Five Wards

official/five-wards

The primary official game: five Houses negotiate public spending motions for a city of five wards. Hidden Stakes, non-binding Offers, escrowed Pledges, and tracked promises; 3 of 5 votes pass a motion, otherwise the Default Decree applies.

Rules summary

5 seats, 5 rounds. Each round: Dawn, Drafting (Chair drafts A, Rival drafts B, others petition), Negotiation, Revision, Funding (escrowed Pledges on frozen final IDs), Vote (A, B, C, or Neither; 3 votes pass), Resolution. Score = sum of Stakes x Prosperity + Favor. Optional modules: Intel, Debts, Decision crises, House Prerogatives. Rules revision 0.2.

Compatibility

Ruleset official/five-wards 0.2.1; content pack official/five-wards-city 0.2.0; 5 players

Current release

0.2.0 (2026-11-13) · sha256:890886906c632d99
Rules revision 0.2: complete Core plus four optional modules, durable matches with replay-verified recovery, template statements with optional checked wording, and post-match reveal with one-round counterfactuals. Local build; not balanced or commercially released.

Maintainers

Official development staff

Resources

Rules: docs/design/recommended-game-design.md · Worked match: docs/design/five-wards-v0.2-worked-match.md · Closure: docs/reviews/five-wards-v0.2-rules-closure.md

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