The dilemma. Engineers have rated the old Varn Bridge on the Coldridge road 'unsafe for heavy loads'. Every haulier now detours two days. Your own engineer swears it can carry half-loaded trucks. Nobody believes her except, perhaps, you.
From the gameThe painting on this decision card in Meridyen.
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Dilemma
The bridge everyone has given up on
Engineers have rated the old Varn Bridge on the Coldridge road 'unsafe for heavy loads'. Every haulier now detours two days. Your own engineer swears it can carry half-loaded trucks. Nobody believes her except, perhaps, you.
If the roll succeedsThe bridge holds, and your trucks arrive two days before anyone else's.If it failsA span groans, an inspector sees it and your trucks are impounded mid-crossing.
What happenedTwo extra days of diesel. Safe and dull.
What happenedSome cross, some detour, and nobody knows where anything is.
No right answer.
In the game the roll is d20 plus your adviser’s skill. Here the bonus is a flat +2.
The options and what happens
Run half-loaded trucks across the bridge.Bold · decided by a d20 roll against 14
Succeeds: The bridge holds, and your trucks arrive two days before anyone else's.
Fails: A span groans, an inspector sees it and your trucks are impounded mid-crossing.
Take the detour like everyone else (₥250).Certain outcome
Two extra days of diesel. Safe and dull.
Let the drivers choose.Certain outcome
Some cross, some detour, and nobody knows where anything is.
About this card
This is one of 8 hand-written dilemmas set in Meridyen (The present day), one of three ages in Be a CEO, a business strategy game where you run a trading house. Each dilemma has one bold option, decided by dice, and safer options with certain outcomes. The text above is the card exactly as it appears in the game, with the amounts it showed on the first day of a new game.
Questions
What are the options in “The bridge everyone has given up on”?
There are three: “Run half-loaded trucks across the bridge”; “Take the detour like everyone else (₥250)”; “Let the drivers choose”. The first is the bold option: the game rolls a d20 plus your adviser’s skill against 14. The other two have certain outcomes.
What happens if the bold choice fails?
A span groans, an inspector sees it and your trucks are impounded mid-crossing.
What happens if the bold choice succeeds?
The bridge holds, and your trucks arrive two days before anyone else's.
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Written by the Mantar Tech team from the game’s own data and text. Be a CEO is in closed alpha, so numbers and cards can change. About the art: much of it was made with AI tools and then selected and edited by hand.
