// net_control

Net Control Game

Local game: the whole thing runs in this browser and nothing is hidden. Take it online to play someone else, with the server holding the cards.

orgame codeyour name

new game

seedradiusplayersxp targetbots

You place a node

Your hand

compute 0bandwidth 0firewall 0scanner 0memory 00/7 limit

build costs hide

link1co1baextends your network
node1co1ba1fi1scneeds a link to reach it
super node2fi3meupgrades a node — 2 XP, doubles production
fortify2fi1sc1coone more hack level to chew through
draw card1fi1sc1meone special card, face down
clear virus1sc1co1filifts a virus off one of your buildings

Bank trade is 4:1, better on an exchange vertex. Highlighted rows are what your hand covers right now.

Runners

You0 xp0 resnet 0
Bot 20 xp0 resnet 0
Bot 30 xp0 resnet 0

First to 10 XP. Longest Network needs 5 links, Most Fortified needs 3 upgrades; both transfer on a tie, so neither is safe.

Activity

game started with 3 runners

The goal

First to 10 XP wins, and the game ends the moment somebody gets there. A Node is worth 1 XP and a Super Node 2 — the upgrade replaces the Node's XP rather than stacking with it.

Two bonuses are worth 2 XP each: Longest Network, for at least 5 links in one unbroken run, and Most Fortified, for at least 3 fortifications. Both transfer on a tie, so holding one is never safe.

A turn

Roll. Two dice. Their sum drives production.
Collect. Every building on a tile showing that number produces — 1 resource for a Node, 2 for a Super Node.
Build, trade and play a card. In any order, as often as you can afford — except cards, which are 1 per turn.
End turn.

Online, a turn lasts 90 seconds. Miss three in a row and a bot takes the seat — it plays on, and the seat is yours again the moment you act.

The two dice do different jobs

The sum of both dice decides what produces. The red die alone feeds the threat track: every red 6 advances it, and the 3rd fires a network purge. Only red 6s count — a 6 on the white die is just a 6.

Losing cards

Your hand limit is 7, plus 2 for every Super Node carrying at least one fortification.

Two different rules can take cards off you, and they are easy to confuse. Rolling a 7 discards half your hand if you are over the limit. A purge discards down to the limit, which is harsher — so when one roll would trigger both, the purge is what happens.

Hack protection

Protection is a hit-point pool, not a number to beat. A Node starts at 7 and a Super Node at 9; fortifying adds a level, and a hack strips one. Nothing erodes below its base — at base, the next hack demotes a Super Node or destroys a Node.

Special cards

45 cards. One per turn, and never on the turn you drew it. Buy one for 1fi 1sc 1me.

Hack ×20 in 45
Auto-resolves against one enemy building. There is no roll to beat.
Fortification is a hit-point pool, so a hack strips one level. Only when the building is already at base does it land: a Super Node is demoted to a Node, and a Node is destroyed outright.
Virus ×14 in 45
Infects a tile. It produces nothing for anybody while infected — including you.
Clear one from your own buildings for 1 scanner, 1 compute, 1 firewall. Dead zones cannot be infected; they already produce nothing.
+1 XP ×5 in 45
One experience point, kept for the rest of the game.
Removed from the deck permanently when it reshuffles — XP must never recycle into an endless source of wins. Play them; they do not come back.
Link Building ×2 in 45
Place two links for free.
They resolve together and the second may chain off the first, so reach grows as you pick. If the second placement is illegal, neither is placed.
Resource ×2 in 45
Take any two resource cards from the bank.
Two of the same or one of each — the bank never runs dry.
Monopoly ×2 in 45
Name a resource; every other player hands you up to 2 of it.
Up to two each, so a full table can pay out six. A player holding none gives nothing.

Trading

The bank takes 4 of one resource for 1 of anything else. A building on an exchange vertex improves that to 3:1, or 2:1 for the one resource that vertex names.