Moderator Reference

Moderator Trackers

Tracker	What it tracks	Updated when
Corruption Fund (private)	Bad's net wealth — theft + kickbacks − Suhol − Tokhang spends	After Nakaw; after kickbacks; after every Suhol / Tokhang payment
Current Year treasury decrease (private)	Amount to announce as last Year's decrease next Year	End of Hidden Phase (theft) + end of Governance (project cost if succeeded)
COA audit report (private)	Official spending + kickback yes/no + committee vote breakdown (always accurate)	After project resolution
Strike counter (public)	Per-player jail count	After each successful jail
Witness used (private)	Whether the Ombudsperson has used Witness this game	When invoked
Last Lawyer target (private)	Who the Lawyer protected last Year — not legal to protect again this Year	After each Lawyer choice
President term (public)	Which Year the current President took office	On election; auto-ends after 2 Years

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Setup (Before Year 1)

1. Prepare materials.

• Shuffle and deal one role card to each player face-down.
• Prepare project cards, secret vote slips, and COA audit note cards.
• Set up the moderator tracking sheet.

Say:

Everyone, silently read your role card.

2. Set win thresholds.

Players	Approved Public Spending target (Good)	Corruption Fund target (Bad)
9–10	16	14
11–12	20	17
13–14	24	20
15–16	28	23

3. Zero out all trackers.

• Approved Public Spending = 0
• Corruption Fund = 0
• All players: 0 strikes, not suspended, not eliminated

4. Set the Kaban ng Bayan on the board (starting number is display only — it is not a win/loss threshold).

5. Role recognition.

After everyone reads their card, the moderator calls each role one by one to confirm.

Everyone close your eyes.

Good Politicians, open your eyes.
Good Politicians, close your eyes.

Corrupt Politicians, open your eyes and identify each other.
Corrupt Politicians, close your eyes.

Lawyer, open your eyes.
Lawyer, close your eyes.

Ombudsperson, open your eyes.
Ombudsperson, close your eyes.

COA, open your eyes.
COA, close your eyes.

Everyone, open your eyes.

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Year 1 — Full Sequence

Hidden Phase

Everyone close your eyes.

Lawyer, open your eyes. Choose one active player to protect this Year.
(You cannot choose the same player you protected last Year.)
Lawyer, close your eyes.

Ombudsperson, open your eyes. Choose one active player to investigate.
[Privately indicate: Good-aligned or Bad-aligned.]
Ombudsperson, close your eyes.

Good Politicians, open your eyes.
Do any of you wish to trigger Auto Jail? Signal yes or no silently.
(Auto Jail costs ½ Public Spending target — forces a jail vote on a chosen target in the Public Phase.)
Good Politicians, close your eyes.

Corrupt Politicians, open your eyes.
Will you ALL steal this Year? Signal yes or no silently — must be unanimous.
Do any of you wish to use Suhol (silence COA, costs 3 from Corruption Fund)?
Do any of you wish to use Tokhang (eliminate a player, costs ½ Corruption Fund target)?
Corrupt Politicians, close your eyes.

COA, open your eyes.
No project last year.
COA, close your eyes.

Everyone, open your eyes.

If Corrupt steal: record the steal amount (= number of free Corrupt) to the Corruption Fund and deduct from Kaban ng Bayan privately. Add to Year 1 treasury decrease tracker. If Suhol is used: deduct 3 from the Corruption Fund and mark COA as silenced this Year. If Tokhang is used: deduct ½ Corruption Fund target from the Corruption Fund, and eliminate the target unless the Lawyer protected them this Year. If Auto Jail is triggered: deduct ½ Public Spending target from Approved Public Spending, and queue a forced jail vote on the target during the Public Phase (applies Lawyer protection rules normally).

Public Phase

Step 1 — Treasury announcement:

No previous treasury report is available.

Step 2 — Release check: None on Year 1.

Step 3 — Elect President:

We will now elect a President. The President serves for 2 Years,
cannot be jailed while in office, has 2 votes in the jail vote,
and selects the project committee.

After election: [Name] is President through Year [X].

Step 4 — Collect revenue:

All active, non-jailed players must now pay 1 in revenue.

(Suspended players pay nothing. Eliminated players are out.)

Step 5 — Governance:

President, here are your two project cards. Choose one.
President, choose your committee.
Selected committee members, cast your secret Support/Oppose votes.

Resolve:

• Success (majority Support): Deduct project cost from Kaban ng Bayan privately. Increase Approved Public Spending by project cost. If a Corrupt was on the committee, add kickback to Corruption Fund privately and flag next Year's COA report Kickback: Yes. Record each member's vote for next Year's COA audit.

  The project succeeds. Approved Public Spending increases by [cost].

• Failure: No changes. Store COA report as Spending: 0 · Kickback: No · Votes: [breakdown].

  The project has failed.

Step 6 — Discussion:

You may now discuss.

If the Ombudsperson invokes Witness:

"I am the Ombudsperson. I investigated [Name] this Year. They are [Good/Bad]-aligned."
We will now vote to jail [Name] — Witness runoff vote.
President vote counts as 2; everyone else counts as 1. Majority required.

Apply Lawyer protection to the runoff if relevant. After the runoff resolves, proceed to the normal jail vote.

Step 7 — Jail vote:

We now vote to jail one player. Active, non-suspended players may vote.
The President's vote counts as 2. Majority required.

Apply Lawyer protection first, then apply the strike rule:

Outcome	Announcement
Lawyer blocks	"The attempted jailing of [Name] has failed due to legal protection."
First jail (no prior strike)	"[Name] has been jailed. They will return in 3 Years. This is their first strike."
Second jail (on first strike)	"[Name] has been permanently eliminated." (Reveal role card.)
No majority	"No player received a majority. No one is jailed this Year."

Step 8 — Win check: Check elimination wins first (both Corrupt eliminated → Good wins; both Good Politicians eliminated → Bad wins). Then check threshold wins (Approved Public Spending ≥ target → Good wins; Corruption Fund ≥ target → Bad wins). If both a Good and Bad condition trigger in the same Year, Good wins.

Step 9 — End-of-year storage (private):

• Compute Year 1 treasury decrease = theft (if any, from Hidden Phase) + project cost (if project succeeded).
• Store COA audit inputs for Year 2: official spending, kickback yes/no, committee vote breakdown.

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Year 2+ — Changes to the Standard Flow

Hidden Phase

Everyone close your eyes.

Lawyer, open your eyes. Choose one active player to protect this Year.
Lawyer, close your eyes.

Ombudsperson, open your eyes. Choose one active player to investigate.
[Privately indicate: Good-aligned or Bad-aligned.]
Ombudsperson, close your eyes.

Free Corrupt Politicians, open your eyes.
Will you steal this Year? Signal yes or no silently.
[If yes:] Suppress Audit? Costs 1 from your steal. Signal yes or no silently.
Corrupt Politicians, close your eyes.

COA, open your eyes.
[Show last Year's audit card: official spending, kickback yes/no, committee vote breakdown.]
COA, close your eyes.

How to pass the audit to COA: Write last Year's audit on a notecard or small piece of paper immediately after the project resolves — before ending the Year. Show it silently to COA when they open their eyes. Take it back before COA closes their eyes.

The card should read:

Spending: [X]
Kickback: Yes / No
Votes: [Name]=Support/Oppose, [Name]=Support/Oppose, ...

If Suppress Audit was used last Year, prepare a falsified card instead:

Spending: 0
Kickback: No
Votes: [blank]

Everyone, open your eyes.

**Moderator records (if Corrupt steal):**
- Normal steal: 4 (both free) or 2 (one free) → add to Corruption Fund.
- Steal + Suppress: 3 (both free) or 1 (one free) → add to Corruption Fund. Mark next Year's COA report as falsified (`Spending: 0 · Kickback: No · Votes: blank`).

### Public Phase (opening changes only)

**Step 1 — Treasury announcement:**
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The Kaban ng Bayan decreased by [X] last Year.

X = theft (if any) + project cost (if project succeeded). Players never learn the split.

Step 2 — Release suspended players: If a player's suspension ends this Year:

[Name] has served their suspension and is now released. This is their first strike.

Step 3 — President confirmation or election:

• If term is ongoing: The current President remains [Name].
• If term ended or no President: run the election script from Year 1.

Steps 4–9 are identical to Year 1.

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Quick-Reference Reminders

Steal amounts (when Corrupt choose to steal):

Free Corrupt	Normal steal	Steal + Suppress
2	4	3
1	2	1

Jail timing:

Jailed in Year	Misses	Returns at start of Year
Y	Y+1, Y+2, Y+3	Y+4

While suspended: no vote · no night action · no presidency · no committees · no revenue.

Committee votes needed to succeed:

Committee size	Support votes needed
1	1
3	2
5	3
7	4

COA audit when Suppress Audit was used:

Official spending: 0
Kickback: No
Votes: [blank]

COA receives no indication that suppression occurred.

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Rule Cross-References

Topic	See
Strike/elimination math + jail vote details	Jail System
Treasury decrease calculation + COA inference	Treasury
Project resolution + Approved Public Spending	Projects
Kickback amounts + Corruption Fund	Kickbacks
Win condition check order	Win Conditions