More information about WEKILL / / LEAKS: https://dissent-and-datalove.institute/artworks/wkl/

[Because reasons] the “Alpha” edition of WEKILL / / LEAKS is seriously inbalanced. It is playable (and hopefully fun!), but it means one player is much more likely to win than the other. (This is what an “alpha” edition is about….)

In order to progress on the path to 1.0, and to make the “Alpha” edition itself more fun to play and replay, here are suggestions on how to experiment on amending the rules and the cards themselves:

Try to start the game with the following scores:

• The Leak - 3 points of CAPACITY
• The Empire - 4 points of LEGITIMACY / 4 points of VIOLENCE

(please report back on the feedback pad, after a few games with such settings)

Some cards, modified in the last minute before printing (!) contain mistakes, or are too powerful. Here are a few suggestions of changes that can be done to the cards themselves, using markers (to blank out certain parts), masking tape (to write over certain parts) or any other way.

A dedicated sticker, to use for patching the cards themselves, has been printed, and is made available to anyone willing to experiment. Contact us for getting some (free shipping to you!).

Also experiment with your own patches, and report on the feedback pad!

• Intimidation -> “+1 legitimacy” (instead of violence)
• Military contractors -> “+1 legitimacy” (instead of violence)
• Censorship -> Head: chose -1 legitimacy OR -1 violence (or if simpler just replace legitimacy by violence)
• (maybe also: State of emergency -> “+1 legitimacy” (instead of violence) )

• Advanced source protection -> “while in play, all REPRESSION cards (strike out “war, media”) require +1 violence” (instead of legitimacy)
• Censorship resistant servers -> remove the “+1 capacity”

More information soon! Follow this page, the feedback pad (on which you are invited to contribute!), or join the Simplex chat group of the Institute for Dissent and Datalove to follow the next steps of the project!