"When systems collapse, morality is a liability: only control and notoriety remain." - Ov3rlrdNull State: Terminal 01™ is a fast-paced cyberpunk tactical card game of memory-stack programming, market manipulation, and server infiltration.
Set in a world rebuilt after AI collapse, players step into the shoes of rival operators navigating dark nets, managing data streams, and competing to breach high-stakes target subnets.
The GameplayOn your turn, you choose one rapid system command to compile exploits, manipulate the board, or attack:
Stack Memory Exploits: Load cryptographic script fragments into 3 physical memory stacks on your operator console, sequencing precise keys to crack target firewalls.
Trade in the Hat Markets: Spend fragments to buy rule-breaking tools and reactive interrupts from White, Grey, and Black Hat markets.
Manipulate Global Markets: Shift data commodity tracks to crash rival assets and pump the value of your public blockchain ledger.
Infiltrate & Control Subnets: Execute compiled memory stacks against revealed location nodes to earn Fame and establish area control.
When the network reaches critical mass, scores combine Fame from hacked subnets with end-game blockchain multipliers based on final market values. The operator with the highest notoriety controls the terminal.
Key Highlights
Tactical Memory Programming: Physical card sequencing that genuinely feels like compiling exploits.
Volatile Microeconomics: Six shared market tracks that swing dynamically based on player disruption.
Asymmetric Operator Consoles: Distinct hacker personas with unique abilities and lore.
Fast, Interactive Turns: Zero downtime with rapid single-action turns and reactive market tools.
Official Uplinks & Rulebook
Interactive Living Rules: nullstate.sh/rules/
Call to Designers & Artists: nullstate.sh/designer
Card Game, Economic, Science Fiction, Spies / Secret Agents · Action Points, Area Majority / Influence, End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Market, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers
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