What Awaits, Aleksey?
A desk investigation game set in a fictional 1970 communist state. Every morning, a new evidence bag arrives. Intercepted letters, coded messages, wiretap recordings. Somewhere in that paper trail is a network of names. Cross-reference. Decipher. Identify. Then decide what to do with what you know.
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A desk investigation game set in a fictional 1970 communist state. Every morning, a new evidence bag arrives. Intercepted letters, coded messages, wiretap recordings. Somewhere in that paper trail is a network of names. Cross-reference. Decipher. Identify. Then decide what to do with what you know.
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About This Game
Comrade Lutomski,
Your application has been reviewed and approved. You are to report on 3rd March, 1970 to the OKO Bureau, ███████ Street, fourth floor, room 57. Your supervisor will call you at the appropriate time.
Your assignment is as follows: a hostile operative network is operating within the Sarmenian People's Republic - your duty is to uncover their identities by cross-referencing identification attributes. Its members use codenames - BORSUK, SARNA, KRUK, etc. Intercepted materials will be delivered to your desk each morning, review them carefully to unmask foreign agents who are plotting to ruin our nation.
This is what you were trained for.
We will be expecting you.
OKO Newcomers!
At the OKO Bureau, you will be appointed with tasks of extraordinary magnitude – protecting our homeland from external and internal enemies - thereby safeguarding our common heritage and future. You will encounter great challenges on the path of fulfilling your duty:
Document-based investigation with no hand-holding - observe, cross-reference, deduce
50 suspect identity reports. 20 operatives to identify across 10+ days
Physical desk environment - handle, examine, and annotate evidence items
Code breaking of Intercepted letters, coded messages, wiretap recordings, testimony transcripts
Your performance is evaluated daily, with consequences that compound over time
Renouncing personal considerations in favor of Your duty
Comrades, are you ready to raise the banner of our socialist homeland even higher?
