**OFF THE RECORD - EYES ONLY**
LPOINT BREAK: Inside the recent closed-door meeting of the “Big Five” board game publishers (Hasbro, Asmodee, Ravensburger, CMON, and a mystery fifth that rhymes with ‘Jeste of Spades’), a document has surfaced that would turn the tabletop world on its axis.
The leak, a single, unlabeled manila folder left on a photocopier in a Geneva hotel, contains proposed blueprints for **Project: Black Box**. According to the notes, within three years, *every* new major release will ship with a mandatory **"Brand Loyalty Die."** This is not a standard twenty-sided cube. This is a proprietary, injection-molded sphere with embedded, washable RFID chips.
The text reads: *“Core mechanic override. Player’s personal rolling device logs game time, purchase history, and social media activity. Without active scanning from your registered die, core rulebooks will automatically lock certain pages in the digital companion app, rendering the printed rulebook incomplete. Physical minis will not be playable without a verified, ‘loyalty-based’ roll.*
*‘Advantage’ rolls will be awarded based on in-app spending history. The proposed tagline: ‘**You don’t own the dice. The dice own the game.**’”
**WHY THIS MATTERS:** If Bunker Protocol is activated, the era of “house rules” is dead. You won't be playing a game. You’ll be auditing it.
**SOURCE STATUS:** Source is currently rolling a single, unmarked d20 in a soundproofed basement. The result was a '1' - a critical fail. We are now in an undisclosed location. The die was not registered.