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# SCOPE
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> Lightweight boundary for agents and contributors. Describes what is actually
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> in design or delivery *now*. Counterpart: [`INTENT.md`](INTENT.md) (stable /
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> aspirational).
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**Last updated:** 2026-07-31
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---
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## One-liner
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Product repo for **GROUND — A Game of Bonds and Rivalry** (first edition:
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**DARVO**): playtest edition datasets, rules content, and design history for a
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semi-cooperative conflict card game.
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---
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## Core idea
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GROUND trains conflict capability and relational evolution. DARVO is the most
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visible antagonist sequence; the larger subject is holding the shared frame—
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what problem we are discussing, who may define reality, and when self-security
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must outrank partnership.
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---
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## In scope now
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### Edition content (active)
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- Maintain and refine the playtest dataset
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`editions/ground-darvo-r0/` (GROUND-DARVO-CORE-0.1): actions, solutions,
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problems, scenarios, DARVO stages, GROUND/modes, tokens, relations, player
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mats, symbols, rules text, BOM, print manifest, design tokens, glossary.
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- Keep stable IDs suitable for layout templates, print merges, and later digital
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import.
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- Capture design rationale and exploration under `history/`.
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### Product orientation
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- INTENT / SCOPE / README that orient agents and humans.
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- Org-standard `LICENSE` (TRSL V1C1 preliminary candidate text).
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- State Hub registration and progress events for this repo.
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### Near-term design work (eligible without new product charter)
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- Balance and legibility fixes to the r0 playtest set from table play.
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- Glossary and rules-text consistency across CSV sheets.
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- Safety/safeguards language for the core set (non-clinical framing).
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- Edition packaging notes (zip, metadata, version bumps).
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---
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## Explicitly out of scope now
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| Item | Status |
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| clay-borg engine / headless runtime / 3D tabletop | Sister repo; not this product repo |
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| Final graphic design, illustration, and production print files | Beyond design tokens + textual dataset |
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| Expert trauma/mediation review of all scenarios | Required before publication; not yet gated as done |
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| Additional reflex playbooks, character traits, personal problems | Tracked as extensions in edition data; not core until r0 validates |
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| Commercial Phase declaration / Trust Service registration | TRSL text adopted org-wide; no live Phase yet |
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| App store / marketplace shipping | Premature |
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## Current state
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| Dimension | Status |
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| Maturity | Concept + playtest dataset (v0.1) |
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| Implementation | Textual/symbolic CSV edition bundle; no digital rules engine here |
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| Stability | Evolving; playtest-ready, not production-balanced |
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| Usage | Internal design / early playtest |
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| License | TRSL V1C1 preliminary candidate (see `LICENSE`) |
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Key artifacts:
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- `editions/ground-darvo-r0/` — compact simultaneous-play set: 2–6 players,
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~5–15 minutes, 5 rounds, 2 relationship slots per player; ~81 standard cards +
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mats/tiles.
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- `history/260730-InitialExploration.md` — full design exploration (four layers,
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behavioural gravity, hidden problems, alliances, safeguards).
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---
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## How it fits
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| Concern | Owner |
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| GROUND rules & edition content | **ground-game** (this repo) |
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| Assimilating game/sim engine, headless run, tabletop projection | **clay-borg** |
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| Monetization framework / TRSL canon | **target-revenue** |
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| Work state and agent coordination | **state-hub** |
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## Relevant when
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- Designing or balancing GROUND editions
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- Preparing print or layout from stable card/token IDs
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- Importing edition packages into clay-borg or other digital clients
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- Writing product copy, safeguards, or learning-mode progressions
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## Not relevant when
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- Building engine infrastructure, physics, networking, or rendering
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- Implementing clinical or legal processes for real-world abuse cases
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- Generic Coulomb platform ops unrelated to this product
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## Terminology
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| Preferred | Meaning |
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| GROUND | Game title and the constructive six-practice card family |
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| DARVO | Deny → Attack → Reverse sequence (binding when triggered) |
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| Edition | Versioned content package under `editions/` |
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| Bond / Rivalry | Active relationship states (limited slots per player) |
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| clay-borg | Sister engine repo; runtime, not content authority |
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## Change policy
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Update this file when delivery boundaries change (e.g. first external playtest
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cohort, clay-borg import contract frozen, expert review complete, or first
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commercial Phase declared). Do not weaken INTENT to match short-term packing.
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