The dilemma. Jo Okafor asks for a drivers' seat on your board. No haulier in Meridyen has ever done it. Your council is unanimous: it would slow every decision and scare investors.
From the gameThe painting on this decision card in Meridyen.
What would you do?
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Dilemma
A union seat on your board
Jo Okafor asks for a drivers' seat on your board. No haulier in Meridyen has ever done it. Your council is unanimous: it would slow every decision and scare investors.
If the roll succeedsThe first meeting is awkward. By the third, the drivers' director has saved you from a terrible contract.If it failsInvestors read it as a warning sign. Meetings get longer and Marcus gets louder.
What happenedJo accepts politely and remembers it impolitely.
What happenedYou think about it for a year. So does Jo.
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
Give the drivers their seat.Bold · decided by a d20 roll against 13
Succeeds: The first meeting is awkward. By the third, the drivers' director has saved you from a terrible contract.
Fails: Investors read it as a warning sign. Meetings get longer and Marcus gets louder.
Refuse, as your council advises.Certain outcome
Jo accepts politely and remembers it impolitely.
Promise to think about it.Certain outcome
You think about it for a year. So does Jo.
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 “A union seat on your board”?
There are three: “Give the drivers their seat”; “Refuse, as your council advises”; “Promise to think about it”. The first is the bold option: the game rolls a d20 plus your adviser’s skill against 13. The other two have certain outcomes.
What happens if the bold choice fails?
Investors read it as a warning sign. Meetings get longer and Marcus gets louder.
What happens if the bold choice succeeds?
The first meeting is awkward. By the third, the drivers' director has saved you from a terrible contract.
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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.
