Event Trade-off Archetypes
135 options across 24 distinct trade-off signatures, grouped by which currencies each option touches (sign only, not magnitude). Sorted by how common the archetype is.
| Archetype | Count | Mean clear rate | Range | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +Capital / +DeadCard | 21 | 7.5% | 3.6%-18.9% | ai/Hostile Takeover Bid->Leverage Yourself; ai/Margin Call->Emergency Liquidity; ai/Performance Review->Deflect to the Interns; ai/The Data Breach->Sell the Data Anyway |
| +Totem / -Capital | 15 | 17.5% | 11.1%-24.2% | ai/Hostile Takeover Bid->Buy Out the Rival; ai/Margin Call->Buy the Dip; ai/The Networking Gala->Corner the Keynote Speaker; ai/The Off-Site Retreat->Poach a Consultant |
| -Capital / -Card(removed) | 12 | 15.4% | 11.9%-23.9% | ai/Regulatory Audit (AI)->Bribe the Commission; ai/The Boardroom Coup->Aggressive Restructuring; ai/The Data Breach->Cover It Up; ai/The Whistleblower->Pay Hush Money |
| +HP | 12 | 17.3% | 12.8%-22.8% | ai/Executive Coaching->Delegate and Recharge; ai/The Boardroom Coup->Play It Safe; ai/The Networking Gala->Hit the Open Bar; ai/The Off-Site Retreat->Trust Falls |
| +MaxHP / -HP | 10 | 13.5% | 9.7%-20.8% | ai/Clinical Trial Leak->Micro-Dose; ai/Hostile Takeover Bid->Poison Pill Defense; ai/The Succession Plan->Cling to Power; energy/Clinical Trial Leak->Micro-Dose |
| +Capital / -HP | 8 | 11.5% | 8.1%-15.3% | ai/The Networking Gala->Work the Room; ai/The Off-Site Retreat->Aggressive Networking; energy/The Networking Gala->Work the Room; energy/The Off-Site Retreat->Aggressive Networking |
| +Upgrade / -Capital | 7 | 10.8% | 7.2%-15.3% | ai/Executive Coaching->Hire a Leadership Guru; ai/The Model Training Run->Fine-Tune Carefully; ai/The Succession Plan->Groom a Successor; energy/Executive Coaching->Hire a Leadership Guru |
| +HP / -Capital | 6 | 21.1% | 16.1%-25.0% | ai/The Layoffs->Protect Morale; ai/The Retention Package->Take the Sabbatical; energy/The Layoffs->Protect Morale; energy/The Retention Package->Take the Sabbatical |
| +Upgrade / -HP | 6 | 8.2% | 5.0%-12.8% | ai/Executive Coaching->Grind Through the Classics; ai/The Whistleblower->Get Ahead of It; energy/Executive Coaching->Grind Through the Classics; energy/The Whistleblower->Get Ahead of It |
| +Capital / -Card(removed) | 4 | 17.1% | 13.1%-22.5% | ai/The Layoffs->Downsize Aggressively; energy/The Layoffs->Downsize Aggressively; healthcare/The Layoffs->Downsize Aggressively; healthcare/The Malpractice Settlement->Countersue the Plaintiff |
| +RealCard / ForfeitAllCapital | 3 | 33.6% | 25.8%-40.8% | ai/Performance Review->The Golden Parachute; energy/Performance Review->The Golden Parachute; healthcare/Performance Review->The Golden Parachute |
| +MaxHP / -Card(removed) | 3 | 20.0% | 12.5%-24.4% | ai/The Layoffs->Quiet Restructure; energy/The Layoffs->Quiet Restructure; healthcare/The Layoffs->Quiet Restructure |
| +Totem | 3 | 18.0% | 10.8%-23.9% | ai/The Retention Package->Sign the Retention Deal; energy/The Retention Package->Sign the Retention Deal; healthcare/The Retention Package->Sign the Retention Deal |
| +HP / -Card(removed) | 3 | 20.7% | 17.8%-23.6% | ai/Clinical Trial Leak->Sanitize the Lab; energy/Clinical Trial Leak->Sanitize the Lab; healthcare/Clinical Trial Leak->Sanitize the Lab |
| -Card(removed) | 3 | 15.9% | 12.8%-21.4% | ai/Regulatory Audit (AI)->Delete the Logs; energy/Regulatory Audit (energy)->Vent the Excess; healthcare/Regulatory Audit (Healthcare)->Shred the Documents |
| +Transform->Rare | 3 | 14.0% | 10.6%-18.1% | ai/The Boardroom Coup->File a Grievance; energy/The Boardroom Coup->File a Grievance; healthcare/The Boardroom Coup->File a Grievance |
| +CursedTotem | 3 | 11.4% | 6.4%-15.8% | ai/Regulatory Audit (AI)->Unshackle Protocol; energy/Regulatory Audit (energy)->Overdraw Power; healthcare/Regulatory Audit (Healthcare)->Double Down |
| -Card(removed) / -HP | 3 | 9.2% | 5.3%-13.9% | ai/Margin Call->Strategic Default; energy/Margin Call->Strategic Default; healthcare/Margin Call->Strategic Default |
| +RealCard | 3 | 7.6% | 3.6%-11.7% | ai/Clinical Trial Leak->The Full Dosage; energy/Clinical Trial Leak->The Full Dosage; healthcare/Clinical Trial Leak->The Full Dosage |
| +Upgrade / -MaxHP | 3 | 6.4% | 5.6%-7.5% | ai/Performance Review->Accept Full Responsibility; energy/Performance Review->Accept Full Responsibility; healthcare/Performance Review->Accept Full Responsibility |
| +MaxHP / +Totem | 1 | 19.7% | 19.7%-19.7% | ai/The Model Training Run->Scrape the Whole Internet |
| +MaxHP | 1 | 19.2% | 19.2%-19.2% | healthcare/The Pandemic Opportunity->Hoard the PPE |
| +Totem / -HP | 1 | 10.8% | 10.8%-10.8% | ai/The Data Breach->Blame a Junior Engineer |
| +DeadCard / +Totem | 1 | 10.0% | 10.0%-10.0% | healthcare/The Malpractice Settlement->Blame the Algorithm |