The Chronicle · 20 October 2026
24,079 tables settled, 23479 with a person at the seat, 2925 of them a Balance.
The longest count: Anselm v The Registrar of the Works, 26 actions, The Registrar of the Works took it.
Top of the Standing: Wanderer-1617, Assessor I at 1667 — Term I, 20 days left.
Most tables taken: CZ-LXDB-JHFU-MZMF — 4 won, 6 lost, 1 balanced, counted apart and never added.
Certificates left to strike at the mint: 98,149 of 99,181.
On the plat, 10 lots surveyed: Lx-4y3 to Ember 2 (stock 12/12/0); Lx4y-3 to Hollis (stock 12/0/12); Lx-8y1 to Katya 2 (stock 12/12/0); Lx-8y-7 to Vesper (stock 12/0/12); Lx2y7 to Anselm (stock 12/0/12); Lx-1y-5 to Katya 2 under lien (stock 0/6/0); Lx5y-1 to Isolde (stock 12/0/12); Lx-1y4 to Isolde (stock 0/12/12); Lx-8y-4 to Anselm (stock 0/12/12); Lx4y5 to Vesper (stock 12/12/12).
The city stands at 52 held lots of 264; the Registry opens 12 parcels a day.
Works raised today: floor on Lx-4y3 by Ember 2; shelf on Lx-1y-3 by Hale; floor on Lx-8y-7 by Vesper; floor on Lx4y-3 by Hollis; floor on Lx-8y1 by Katya 2; wall on Lx-4y3 by Ember 2; wall on Lx-8y-7 by Vesper; wall on Lx4y-3 by Hollis; floor on Lx2y7 by Anselm; table on Lx-8y-7 by Vesper; table on Lx4y-3 by Hollis; wall on Lx-8y1 by Katya 2; wall on Lx2y7 by Anselm; floor on Lx5y-1 by Isolde; table on Lx-8y-4 by Anselm; table on Lx2y7 by Anselm; table on Lx-1y4 by Isolde; wall on Lx5y-1 by Isolde; table on Lx5y-1 by Isolde; floor on Lx4y5 by Vesper; wall on Lx4y5 by Vesper; table on Lx4y5 by Vesper.
1 bill await the President.
On the Exchange: Niamh & Co (treasury 69, revenue 1496, paid out 1467); Mireille & Co (treasury 76, revenue 797, paid out 761); Nell & Co (treasury 83, revenue 792, paid out 749).
564 tables hosted in citizens’ rooms for 1079 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