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THE
EXTRACTION

"Do you have what it takes to actually detonate?"
Every property is a real institution with a real documented revenue mechanism — sourced from SEC filings, FOIA responses, and congressional records.

Series 1 · 2 2–6 Players or Teams AI Opponents All Facts Documented Free To Play
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THE BOARD GAME
BUILT FROM THE RECEIPTS.

Play as an Investigator — build the case, pass the Gate, reach DETONATED, and choose your Resolve. Or play as the System — acquire the infrastructure, achieve TOO BIG TO FAIL. The fastest way to learn is to play. The rules reveal themselves the way the real systems do — one billing event at a time. Fail faster. Most players understand the architecture by their second game. That's the design.

22 Documented Properties
Real Institutions
Every extraction mechanism sourced from public record — bail bonds to lobbying capture. The jail call contract. The credit bureau. The PBM. They're all on the board because they're all in the filings.
Asymmetric Roles
Investigators vs Extractors
The Gate. The Sacrifice. Last Stand. Traitor Mode. Cooperative Mode. Two sides playing two different games on the same board — exactly like the real thing.
Series 3+ Expansions
The Board Follows The Research
Each new drill site becomes new board territory. The investigation publishes, the property deck grows. 2–6 players or teams, AI opponents included.

Two Directions. One Gate.

TOWARD THE LIGHT /
TOWARD INVISIBILITY.

Investigator — Toward The Light
TIPOFF → DETONATED
TIPOFF → DIG DEEP → WIRED → ON RECORD → AIRTIGHT. Pass the Gate. Reach DETONATED. Execute your Resolve: Expose, Injunction, or Settlement. The document exists. It cannot be unfiled.
The Gate — Worthy Or Not
THE CROSSING
The barrier between building the case and publishing it. You must be worthy to cross — and crossing costs something real. Cash or your most valuable property. The system wins by draining you before you get there.
Extractor — Toward Invisibility
LOOPHOLE → TOO BIG TO FAIL
LOOPHOLE → REVOLVING DOOR → STACKED → ON PAYROLL → SEALED. Pass the Gate. Achieve TOO BIG TO FAIL. The system wins when nobody's watching. No celebration. No ceremony. Silence.

DETONATED is the only honest word for what happens when the truth finally gets out. It is not hyperbole. Ask the families affected by the private prison quota contracts. Ask the people who paid $14 a minute to call their incarcerated relatives. Ask anyone who watched the 2008 financial crisis and then watched nobody go to jail.

TARP · PUB.LAW 110-343 · GEO GROUP SEC 10-K 2022 · SECURUS FCC 2015 · ALL PUBLIC RECORD

Two Editions

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PHYSICAL INCOMING.

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Browser-based. Full game. All mechanics implemented. Investigators vs Extractors. Up to 6 players. AI opponents. Traitor Mode. Cooperative Mode. Free to play.

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PHYSICAL EDITION

Parchment board. Evidence deed cards sourced to real filings. Drill core token pieces. The back of the board is a murder scene evidence wall. QR codes link to source documents. Series 3+ boards attach physically.

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The Mechanic That Matters

RULES /
THE RECORD.

Side One — The Rules
HOW THE GAME WORKS

The mechanics. The turns. The properties, the streams, the gates. Everything you need to play — written like a game manual, because it is one.

Side Two — The Record
WHY THE GAME WORKS

The same content — sourced from the actual public filings. The rules weren't invented. They were transcribed. Every mechanic maps to a documented system from the drill site investigations. That's the toggle. That's the point.

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