Builder's Manual · Chapter 2

First 15 Minutes

  1. Pin CUTWIRE Core in Craft. 2. Replace Example Crew with your crew concept. 3. Create three to five Operatives and give each a Crew Role. 4. Create one Contact, one Faction, one Target, and one Location. 5. Use Build an Operation for the first job, then link those records. 6. Start with two to four Brief Questions and play; create Leads, Intel, Access, Exposure, and Complications only when the fiction establishes them.

Ignore optional records until they matter. Add a Contract for meaningful deal terms, a Downtime Project for multi-step work, or an Operative Scar for a lasting personal change.

Manual updated Aug 16, 2026.