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Prologue
3Will 3Agent 3D is an intelligence board game that explores concepts of randomness, risk and entanglement and tests the relationship between free choice and degrees of freedom.
Definitions
Groups:
There are two independent state political organisations (light & dark groups) and their affiliated agencies.
Players:
There are two opposing analysts and two collaborators (optional) who ostensibly control moveable assets. Each player holds a unique group serial number and an authorisation PIN.
The Board:
Important locations, assets and facilities data are displayed on a simulated mission intelligence status terminal (MIST).
Field Agents:
Each analyst is assigned nine field operatives that are manipulated as agents of the mission objective. Opposite field agents have distinct group profiles but indistinguishable ID numbers.
Special Agents:
Nine joint agents (covert) and eight group agents (overt) are deployed using transactions to facilitate various special operations. Covert special agents have hidden ID numbers. Overt special agents have a key.
Strategic Materiel:
Each analyst is equipped with a virtual private network communications system and five secure channel selectors.
Dice:
Authority codes and operational directives are conveyed by means of five secure channels containing packets of encrypted digital data.
The Mission
Primary Objective:
Infiltrate and claim seizure of the opposite group's field base.
Conclusion:
Success requires occupation by three Agents-In-Place that have been deemed legitimate during a diplomatic endgame.
Stratagems:
If tactically necessary or strategically expedient, you can seek to;
defend your own base.
capture opposite field agents.
team your field agents.
retrieve captured field agents.
attain diplomatic immunity.
traverse borders.
Setup
Strategic Services Program:
Before you begin operations, the mission needs to be initialised by following the Activation procedure in the Training Manual. A typical completed MIST launch is shown below. Points of interest include;
the group base locations.
the initial field agent locations.
the receiver-decoder master channel selectors.
the secret agent in the vault.
the reserve field agents in the free accounts.
Basic Mechanism
Taking Turns:
During each turn, known as an opportunity cycle, players will;
collect and analyse intelligence data.
manage assets and resources.
plan strategies, weighing global risks.
devise tactics, exploiting local events.
receive, decode and execute directives.
observe protocol and monitor compliance.
supervise operations.
Making a Move:
The simplest move, a Normal Standard Operation, is made by;
receiving a command directive on your normal VPN channel.
decoding the relative target direction.
choosing a source field agent to move in the target scope.
moving the field agent to the target location.
More elaborate operations, interactions and events are possible.
Keeping the Law:
Preliminary training will acquaint you with the essential Group governance practices and processes;
tenets (inbuilt by design).
protocol (general principles).
rules of engagement (transactions & interactions).
As an introduction, most of the protocol required for executing normal standard operations is listed here;
manoeuvre commands are mandatory.
the source field agent must be active.
the adjoining target location must be empty.
moves are a single normalised unit step.
border traversing is prohibited.
relevant security protocol must be observed.
Accepting the Risk:
The simulation environment provides a safe and equitable platform suitable for developing analytical skills and exploring uncertainty. The more that players engage in risk, the more complexity the mechanism offers. This may seem intimidating at first but, before long, you will discover the benefit hidden just below the indeterminacy.
Training Methodology
The training manual and supplementary resources can be used in conjunction with a series of games, developed especially for aspiring analysts, to acquire grounding in the simulation mechanisms.
Rapid Play Game: 3Will 3forAll
Accessible, fast and engaging multiplayer versions.
Parallel Play Game: 3Will 3Way
Intriguing, interplanar team player versions.
Solo Play Game: 3Will 3Up
Novel, competitive, single player versions.
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