Power isn't always built in the open. In FOUNDER you can run a business in the grey areas — or step over the line. The stakes are higher, the risks greater, and every decision has a consequence.
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StockholmBeautiful on the surface.Another world beneath.
In the game today: running a regulated business without its licence, and what follows — an investigation, a trial, a verdict and custody. Everything marked planned is the owner's direction for the darker path, built part by part.
Illegal opportunities
The criminal side of Stockholm's business world, as FOUNDER plans it: goods that can't be sold in the open, influence that can be bought and a system that can be bent. Every opportunity is a game mechanic — with a price, a risk and a consequence.
Gambling operators and alcohol venues need a licence in the game, judged against sourced Swedish law. Running one without it is a choice you can make — and the law notices.
In the gameRestricted goods on a market of their own, with prices, demand and risk that move.
PlannedInfluence where it counts, met as a choice: a deal with a price, a risk and a consequence.
PlannedUndeclared income stays ordinary money in the one ledger, marked by where it came from. Changing that has a price and a risk.
PlannedA game choice with a price, a risk and a consequence — and a gamble with lasting costs.
PlannedContraband shipments through the city, with cargo, routes and risk that change.
PlannedContacts on the inside and organisations of your own — in shared worlds, rivals can be other players.
PlannedThe consequences
Crossing the line doesn't go unnoticed. Today prohibited operation opens an investigation that can end in court; heat, raids and the press are planned.
Prohibited operation opens an investigation, which moves on to charges and a trial.
In the gameA trial ends in a verdict: a game fine, or custody.
In the gameA conviction costs the business reputation — custody more than a fine.
In the gameCustody is served in game days, with study modules and a release review.
In the gameEvery darker choice raises your heat; lawful operation and time lower it.
PlannedBusinesses and properties raided, and their books audited.
PlannedCash, property and companies taken by the state.
PlannedThe press picks up the story, and partners, customers and investors read it.
PlannedToday your companies rest while you serve; trusted managers will keep them running.
PlannedHow FOUNDER treats it
Every darker action is a game choice with a price, a risk and a consequence. Nothing in FOUNDER describes how to commit or hide a crime in the real world.
A darker choice is never a free profit multiplier. It raises the risk, and its costs last.
The offences the game names cite their Swedish source. Detection, pacing, fines and sentences are game values, and the game says so.
No real money, no purchases and no payouts — on the darker path as everywhere in FOUNDER.
FOUNDER
Every darker action in FOUNDER is a game choice with a price, a risk and a consequence — never a real-world method. Money in FOUNDER is game money only.
