Verdictris Guides
Verdictris rewards players who know the rules well enough to argue about them. These guides cover the whole game, from a first seat to a contested verdict. Each one answers a different question, so the fastest way in is to start from the problem you have rather than reading them in order.
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Learn Verdictris is the complete rules guide. It walks through setting up a seat, every phase of a cycle, how a contested roll is scored, what counts as evidence, the map and market, how a trial runs, and a checklist for your first match. If you read one page before playing, read this one; every other guide assumes you know its vocabulary.
All thirty-three roles grouped by faction. For each one: what it is trying to achieve, the abilities it relies on, where it is exposed, and how other seats can answer it. Read it when a claim in court names a role you have not played.
How to plan a whole match instead of a single cycle: what to do early, how to turn repeated signals into a case in the middle game, and how to count risk at the end. It also covers talking to computer jurors with worked examples.
Nominating fairly, building an accusation that survives a defense, answering one with a timeline, voting, pleas, and the recourse any seat has: a citizen petition, a challenge to a Double Vote, and an appeal from custody.
The difference between a lead and a case. It separates what the whole table can see from what only you know, and explains what each signal the city records can and cannot prove, from crowd conditions to forensic reports.
Bidding when the winner pays one dollar over the runner-up, how prices are set, what the fence will buy or improve, and the trail a purchase leaves. Read it before spending your first cash.
The odds behind every contested action: the full table of base rolls, what one point of modifier is worth, the bonuses a seat earns over a match, and how to read a result honestly in court.
Each guide shows the date it last changed and a revision history of what changed. When the game itself changes, the change is listed on What's new with a link to the guide that explains it. About Verdictris describes how the guides are checked against the game.