It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. Then again, maybe you’ll be fine. You don’t really know. You can hear the mumbling of other voices off in the distance, but you’re not sure where they’re coming from, or whether they are friendly or hostile.

A clear voice right next to you says, “It’s time to play Hide-and-Seek. But who are the Hiders and who are the Seekers? Maybe it’s others like you. Maybe it’s something else. You’ll find out soon enough, on the count of ten.”. You realize that the voice is coming from some sort of device strapped to your left wrist. The device, previously dark, now lights up with a random pattern of dots and lines, and you can see that it looks something like a digital touchscreen watch, although the touchscreen is a bit larger and is not displaying the time. Blue-hued lines fade into view around you, forming a square around you. Aside from the glow of those lines and the screen on your wrist, you see nothing else.

Next to the random lines and dots, the number “1” is displayed at the same time the voice from the device says, “One”.

The dynasty’s theme shall be “The Grid”.

Repeal all dynastic rules.

Set the synonym for Player to “Runner” and the synonym for Emperor to “Gridmaster”.

Change the gamestate tracking page to “The Grid”.

Set the Special Case rule No Collaboration to Active.