CASE 01 / EXPANDED EDITION

BRACKENMERE · CLEARANCE A/B

The first case

The Amberline Protocol

Municipal archivist Mara Venn has vanished after activating an emergency protocol. She divided the trail between two investigators. Neither of you receives enough to finish it alone.

Turns
20
Stages
10
Puzzles
27
Endings
03

THE BRIEF

One protocol.
Two incomplete trails.

Mara was auditing the private systems behind Brackenmere’s civic network. Before going dark, she left physical evidence, protected records and a trail that only works if two people follow different clues.

The field investigator follows the physical trail through the city. The analyst checks the records behind it. Each turn asks you to inspect, connect and decide what your partner should carry forward.

Portrait of Veyra systems liaison Imani Vale.
VEYRA LIAISONImani Vale

THE EXPANDED CASE

More to investigate.
More that can change.

Case 01 now takes the investigation further while keeping the same short, turn-by-turn pace. The new stages add more clues, decisions and details to share with your partner.

10 stages
A longer trail across three story days, with a clean stopping point after every turn.
20 turns
Ten distinct field investigations and ten analyst responses, divided between both players.
27 puzzles
Link evidence, order events and derive codes from information already in your packet.
Branching paths
One important choice changes the evidence and narration you encounter later.

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A WIDER TRAIL

Brackenmere opens
one sealed door at a time.

A portable reader on a workbench in a disused municipal parcel room.
NEW SCENEBelow the old tram line
A guarded civic records room with an isolated terminal.
NEW SCENEA guarded records room
A secure municipal archive with analogue instruments and sealed records.
NEW SCENEBehind the civic archive

THE EVIDENCE

Look closely.
Compare everything.

Photos, documents and recovered objects carry the details you need. Review them closely, then decide which details belong together.

A weathered tram ticket and several rain-marked objects arranged as evidence.
Exhibit 01A rain-wet packet
A workstation displaying a captured signal beside sealed reports.
Exhibit 02A signal capture
A portable reader and sealed papers on a municipal workbench.
Exhibit 03A recovered device
A sealed file and isolated terminal inside a guarded records room.
Exhibit 04A custody record
A rain-wet bench with a token and several small pieces of evidence.
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