The dilemma. Customers suspect hauliers of gouging. You could publish every route's costs and margins online, something no firm in Meridyen has dared. Daria has threatened to resign. Theo is quietly excited.
From the gameThe painting on this decision card in Meridyen.
What would you do?
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Dilemma
Publish every margin you make
Customers suspect hauliers of gouging. You could publish every route's costs and margins online, something no firm in Meridyen has dared. Daria has threatened to resign. Theo is quietly excited.
If the roll succeedsTrust jumps. Rivals look evasive by comparison, and the Regulator calls it a model.If it failsRivals use your numbers to undercut you route by route.
What happenedThe summary is tidy and safe. Daria withdraws her resignation.
What happenedThe suspicion stays, as it always has.
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
Publish the full numbers.Bold · decided by a d20 roll against 14
Succeeds: Trust jumps. Rivals look evasive by comparison, and the Regulator calls it a model.
Fails: Rivals use your numbers to undercut you route by route.
Publish a polished summary instead.Certain outcome
The summary is tidy and safe. Daria withdraws her resignation.
Keep the books closed.Certain outcome
The suspicion stays, as it always has.
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 “Publish every margin you make”?
There are three: “Publish the full numbers”; “Publish a polished summary instead”; “Keep the books closed”. 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?
Rivals use your numbers to undercut you route by route.
What happens if the bold choice succeeds?
Trust jumps. Rivals look evasive by comparison, and the Regulator calls it a model.
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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.
