Basic Play
RULE
Draw 1, Play 1
Merger Consolidation
RULE
Two players may combine their Keepers to meet one Goal together. Both players win.
Rich Bonus
RULE
If you have the most Keepers on the table, draw an extra card. In the case of a tie, all tied players get the bonus.
Poor Bonus
RULE
If you have the fewest Keepers on the table, draw an extra card. In the case of a tie, both players get the bonus.
Restoring a quorum
RULE
Draw 2, Play 2.
Government requires encrypted back doors
RULE
Draw 1, Discard 4.
Power outage
RULE
All technology keepers cannot be used.
Technical solution to a social problem
RULE
Only technology keepers can be used.
Recent terrorist attack
RULE
Goals of Privacy, Legislative victory, Policy change cannot be met while this rule is in play.
Thwart the Surveillance Agencies
RULE
While Full Disk Encryption is in play (controlled by any player), every player may treat it as satisfying that requirement for their own Goal.
Data Protection Regulation goes into effect
RULE
The Privacy goal can be met with just 1 keeper.
Continuing Resolution
RULE
Draw 2.
Rider Amendment
RULE
Play 2.
Gag Order
RULE
Hand Limit 1.
Antitrust Breakup
RULE
Keeper Limit 3.
Traffic Shaping Policy
RULE
Choose a player. Their Draw is reduced by 1 (minimum 1) until this Rule leaves play.
Bipartisan Agenda
RULE
2 Goal cards are in play. Either one can be used to win.
Anonymous
RULE
Once per turn, a player may play one card face-down instead of face-up. It has no effect until any player reveals it on a later turn.
Standards Process
RULE
Hand Limit 2.
United Nations Resolution
RULE
2 Goal cards are in play. Both must be met together to win.
Special Session
RULE
Draw 3.
Divestiture
RULE
Keeper Limit 2.
Grassroots Momentum
RULE
If you have no cards in your hand at the start of your turn, draw 3 extra cards.
Landslide Vote
RULE
Play All But 1.
E-Waste Recycling
RULE
When the Draw pile is empty, shuffle the discard pile to form a new Draw pile.
Sneakernet
ACTION
Everyone chooses one card to pass to the left. If your hand is empty, you just receive a card (don’t have to draw or pass.
Editorial Review
ACTION
Discard half of any individual player's hand. You pick who is under editorial review.
Zero Day
ACTION
Take 1 card from up to half the players.
Data breach
ACTION
One player has to show their hand.
Ransomware
ACTION
Take all but 1 of one player's cards. You pick which player.
Mandatory Internet ID (Anonymous posting is banned)
ACTION
All players show keepers in their hands.
Tech Hype!
ACTION
Everyone gets to draw a card.
Zero Rating
ACTION
Choose a type of card, and then play as many of those cards as you want on your turn.
Classified information leaked
ACTION
Every player holding a surveillance agency has to play their keeper. Keeper limits are not enforced.
Build an Alliance
ACTION
Count the number of players in the game (including yourself). Draw enough cards to give 1 card to each player, and then distribute them evenly amongst all the players. You decide who gets what.
Share the Wealth
ACTION
Gather up all the keepers on the table. Shuffle them together, then deal them out,giving the first card to yourself. Everyone will probably end up with a different number of Keepers in play than they started with.
Flash Sale
ACTION
Draw 3 cards. Play up to 2 of them; discard the rest. (Playing these does not count against this turn's normal Play.)
Legislature changes hands
ACTION
Reset to Basic Rules. Discard all new rule cards, and leave only the basic rules in play. Do not discard the current Goal.
Remote Exploit
ACTION
Take any Keeper from another player's tableau and add it to yours.
Feature Deprecation
ACTION
Discard one Keeper from the table, your choice.
Tech Company Acquisition
ACTION
Trade one of your Keepers for any Keeper on the table.
Botnet
ACTION
Play a Keeper you don't control as if it were your own, for the purpose of meeting a Goal this turn.
Special Election
ACTION
Take another turn immediately after this one.
Discovery
ACTION
Draw one card from every other player's hand.
Disinformation
ACTION
Choose a player. They must discard 1 card, then draw 1 card unseen.
Wiretap
ACTION
Look at one player's hand.
Stingray Surveillance
ACTION
Look at one player's hand and take 1 card from it.
File Comments
ACTION
Look at the top 3 cards of the Draw pile; put them back in any order.
Communications Regulatory Agency Ruling
ACTION
Force one player to discard a Rule of their choice that is currently in play.
Domain Seizure
ACTION
Take one Keeper from another player and put it in the discard pile. No one gets it.
Hackers
KEEPER
Country
KEEPER
Civil Society
KEEPER
Advocacy
KEEPER
High Powered Lawyer
KEEPER
Money
KEEPER
Tech Company
KEEPER
Lawsuit
KEEPER
Surveillance Agency
KEEPER
Blockchain
KEEPER
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
KEEPER
Political Activity
KEEPER
Progressive Hosting Organization
KEEPER
Full Disk Encryption
KEEPER
Subpoena
KEEPER
Peer to Peer (P2P)
KEEPER
Gold Standard
KEEPER
Mesh Networking
KEEPER
IPv6
KEEPER
Tenure
KEEPER
Internet Blackout
GOAL
  • Political Activity
  • Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
  • Country
New TLDs released
GOAL
  • Tech Company
  • IPv6
Reverse an Internet Shutdown
GOAL
  • Political Activity
  • Country
Net neutrality
GOAL
  • Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
  • Advocacy
Win a High Court Case
GOAL
  • High Powered Lawyer
  • Country
New protocol
GOAL
  • Tech Company
  • Mesh Networking
Policy change
GOAL
  • Advocacy
  • Civil Society
Coalition
GOAL
  • Tech Company
  • Civil Society
Regulatory win
GOAL
  • Advocacy
  • High Powered Lawyer
Legislative victory
GOAL
  • Money
  • Political Activity
Privacy
GOAL
  • Country
  • Lawsuit
Surveil all the things
GOAL
  • Surveillance Agency
  • Hackers
  • Country
Dark Web
GOAL
  • Blockchain
  • Hackers
  • Money
Decentralized web
GOAL
  • Blockchain
  • Peer to Peer (P2P)
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
GOAL
  • Tech Company
  • Money
Universal Digital Rights
GOAL
  • Civil Society
  • Country
Vulnerabilities Equities Process (VEP)
GOAL
  • Tech Company
  • Hackers
Government Hacking
GOAL
  • Surveillance Agency
  • Hackers
Zero Knowledge Server
GOAL
  • Full Disk Encryption
  • Progressive Hosting Organization
Thwart the State Surveillance Agency
GOAL
  • Full Disk Encryption
  • Progressive Hosting Organization
  • Subpoena
Publish or Perish
GOAL
  • Tenure
  • Money
Community Network
GOAL
  • Mesh Networking
  • IPv6
Digital Currency Standard
GOAL
  • Gold Standard
  • Blockchain
Transparency Report
GOAL
  • Subpoena
  • Advocacy
Whistleblower Protection
GOAL
  • Lawsuit
  • Subpoena
Cyberwarfare
GOAL
  • Hackers
  • Blockchain
Grassroots Campaign
GOAL
  • Civil Society
  • Political Activity
Digital Divide Closed
GOAL
  • Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
  • Civil Society
Break Up Big Tech
GOAL
  • Tech Company
  • High Powered Lawyer
Encryption Backdoor Blocked
GOAL
  • Full Disk Encryption
  • Lawsuit