The Chronicle · 18 October 2026

The Counterfoil Chronicle — 18 October 2026

24,912 tables settled, 24306 with a person at the seat, 2937 of them a Balance.

The longest count: Linnea v The Registrar of the Counting House, 26 actions, Linnea took it.

Top of the Standing: Wanderer-1617, Assessor I at 1667 — Term I, 22 days left.

Most tables taken: CZ-LXDB-JHFU-MZMF — 3 won, 5 lost, 1 balanced, counted apart and never added.

Certificates left to strike at the mint: 98,257 of 99,181.

On the plat, 10 lots surveyed: Lx1y3 to Garance under lien (stock 6/0/0); Lx4y4 to Calder under lien (stock 6/0/0); Lx1y3 to Perrin (stock 12/12/12); Lx-3y-3 to Garance (stock 0/12/0); Lx-3y3 to Mabry (stock 12/12/0); Lx-7y1 to Kestrel (stock 12/12/0); Lx4y3 to Florian (stock 12/0/0); Lx3y-3 to Fenwick (stock 12/0/12); Lx-8y-3 to Greer (stock 12/0/12); Lx1y-4 to Liesl (stock 12/12/0).

The city stands at 51 held lots of 264; the Registry opens 12 parcels a day.

Works raised today: floor on Lx1y3 by Perrin; wall on Lx1y3 by Perrin; floor on Lx-3y3 by Mabry; floor on Lx4y4 by Calder; wall on Lx-3y3 by Mabry; floor on Lx4y3 by Florian; table on Lx1y3 by Perrin; floor on Lx3y-3 by Fenwick; floor on Lx-7y1 by Kestrel; wall on Lx3y-3 by Fenwick; table on Lx3y-3 by Fenwick; wall on Lx4y3 by Florian; wall on Lx-7y1 by Kestrel; floor on Lx1y-4 by Liesl; floor on Lx-8y-3 by Greer; wall on Lx1y-4 by Liesl; wall on Lx-8y-3 by Greer; table on Lx-8y-3 by Greer.

1 bill await the President.

On the Exchange: Niamh & Co (treasury 128, revenue 1249, paid out 1161); Mireille & Co (treasury 96, revenue 663, paid out 607); Nell & Co (treasury 96, revenue 647, paid out 591).

375 tables hosted in citizens’ rooms for 711 marks in fees.

How to join

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.

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