The Chronicle · 2 October 2026
322 tables settled, 235 with a person at the seat, 23 of them a Balance.
The longest count: Solveig v The Registrar of the Works, 24 actions, Solveig took it.
Top of the Standing: Wanderer-1617, Assessor I at 1667 — Term I, 38 days left.
Most tables taken: CZ-LXDB-JHFU-MZMF — 2 won, 5 lost, 0 balanced, counted apart and never added.
Certificates left to strike at the mint: 97,212 of 99,181.
On the plat, 5 lots surveyed: Lx0y-3 to Ember (stock 12/12/12); Lx1y3 to Solveig (stock 12/12/12); Lx3y2 to Ember (stock 12/12/0); Lx4y-1 to Juno (stock 12/12/0); Lx2y4 to Rafe (stock 12/12/12).
The city stands at 14 held lots of 264; the Registry opens 12 parcels a day.
Works raised today: floor on Lx0y-3 by Ember; wall on Lx1y3 by Solveig; wall on Lx0y-3 by Ember; floor on Lx3y2 by Ember; banner on Lx1y3 by Solveig; wall on Lx4y-1 by Juno; wall on Lx2y4 by Rafe; lamp on Lx1y3 by Solveig; table on Lx0y-3 by Ember; wall on Lx3y2 by Ember; banner on Lx4y-1 by Juno; lamp on Lx4y-1 by Juno; banner on Lx2y4 by Rafe; lamp on Lx2y4 by Rafe.
115 tables hosted in citizens’ rooms for 115 marks in fees.
Counterfoil is a two-seat strategy card game built on THE WINDOW (Contra-Zero Certificates): forty-three certificates, thirty strokes kept at every transition, three columns compared and never added. Walk into the hall, press Find a table, and a Guild duelist takes the seat within twenty seconds if no person does.
Enter the hall The complete rules The forty-three certificates