{"id":"asset_a89f5fdb96d4","source_id":"c124fd8b-5812-4cff-a0ae-56f8156bd735","origin":"dropbox","type":"text/plain","category":"text","name":"04-salt-and-ledger-ruleset.txt","path":"/04-salt-and-ledger-ruleset.txt","size_bytes":6186,"title":"04 salt and ledger ruleset","description":"Complete ruleset for an original tabletop game for 2–5 players featuring salt traders competing on a river. It covers game components, turn structure with four distinct actions, a tide mechanic that predictably shifts prices, a debt system that functions as both resource and penalty, contract cards as public objectives, and endgame scoring, along with designer notes on three major revision decisions and one acknowledged balance issue at higher player counts.","extracted_text":"SALT & LEDGER — COMPLETE RULES, THIRD REVISION\nOriginal tabletop game design. Unpublished. Not derived from an existing game.\n\n2–5 players · 60–90 minutes · no dice · no hidden hands\n\n── PREMISE ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\nYou are salt factors in a river city. Salt is the only currency and the only\ncommodity. You cannot hold salt and money separately; the salt IS the money,\nwhich means every purchase weakens you and every sale strengthens a rival.\n\n── COMPONENTS ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\n· 1 board: the river, 9 wharves in a line, numbered upstream 1–9\n· 120 salt cubes\n· 5 ledgers (player boards) with a debt track 0–20\n· 45 contract cards\n· 9 wharf tiles, double-sided (WET / DRY)\n· 1 tide marker\n\n── THE CORE LOOP ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\nOn your turn, take exactly two actions from: MOVE, TRADE, PLEDGE, CALL.\nYou may not take the same action twice in one turn.\n\nMOVE   Sh","attributes":{"dropbox_file_id":"id:1EL26tM-qg4AAAAAAAAAFg"},"usable_for":["research reference","content source","writing style reference","fact extraction"],"price_sats":{"card":0,"full":1100},"content_available":true,"available":true,"addedAt":1787871838360}