Two fiscal years. One promotion.

You’re a Tech Manager at Energon. Recruit people, staff projects, and absorb whatever the company throws at you. Most reputation after the final quarter takes the job. The defaults below are the recommended first game — you can start without changing anything.

The table
Each plays a different management archetype.
Layoffs only bite in a full-length year.
Rules in play
Optional — call your year

Commit a prediction now and the game will hold you to it at year end. It changes nothing mechanically; it just makes the gap between what you planned and what happened impossible to miss.

Never played? Start with Starter Mode — one lesson, ten minutes, no card text to read.