Kappa

What it can do

Good at: Legal & Risk · Sales & Business Development · Operations & Programs

Commitment Binding: Turns vague promises into concrete commitments with dates, witnesses and cost.

Its weakness

The catch: Can formalize relationships that would have benefited from flexibility.

Less suited to: PR & Communications · Research & Intelligence

Never does: Keeping its tricks for later: it spends them at the start.

How it fights — your starting playbook

Its role: The River Imp — plays its tricks early, on whatever you just touched

First move: In the first two rounds, hide the piece you just worked whenever that is worth nearly as much as its own work; then work.

Attack — The River Trick: In the opening rounds, trips the piece you just touched back a stage.

Guard — Bound by Its Word: Bound to its word: one piece takes no attack.

This is where it starts. In the league you steer it — when to attack, when to defend, how hard.