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By Dan Katz
Answer: LIGHTHOUSE

After completing the game (which takes 25 turns before the Ledgerman wins 4–2–2–2), the instructions indicate that the players, in seat order, should look at the area in front of their cones from left to right. For each cone, there is one letter taking up most of the space in front of the cone from the owner’s vantage point:

  • Arbiter (Seat 1) - FLP cone - L
  • Arbiter (Seat 1) - IJX cone - I
  • Maverick (Seat 3) - GRW cone - G
  • Maverick (Seat 3) - EHN cone - H
  • Ledgerman (Seat 6) - ETV cone - T
  • Ledgerman (Seat 6) - HKY cone - H
  • Ledgerman (Seat 6) - ACO cone - O
  • Ledgerman (Seat 6) - MPU cone - U
  • Corporal (Seat 8) - APS cone - S
  • Corporal (Seat 8) - CEI cone - E

Thus, the answer is LIGHTHOUSE. Below are two tables showing the token placements and actions taken in each turn, and a running account of each player’s seat, tokens on the board, cones on the board, and dollarbucks after each turn.

TurnPlayerSeatTokens PlacedActions
1Arbiter1WXYSell WY, Sanction Ledgerman
2Maverick3EHNRelocate H to Y, Sell EY
3Ledgerman5EOUTake 1 DB from Arbiter, Relocate E to C
4Corporal7EHURemove U (Ledgerman), Sell HU, Move to Seat 2
5Arbiter1IRSSanction Corporal
6Corporal2GHISell GH
7Maverick3ABDSell BD, Switch A (Maverick) & E (Corporal), move to Seat 4
8Maverick4DHPSwitch R (Arbiter) & P (Maverick), Build on [EHN]
9Ledgerman5APSTake 1 DB from Corporal, Build on [ACO], Arbiter moves to Seat 6, Move to Seat 7
10Arbiter6JLWSell SW, Relocate P to F
11Ledgerman7BMUSell BS, Take 1 DB from Corporal
12Corporal2CESSell ES, Remove C (Ledgerman), Move to Seat 4, Maverick moves to Seat 3
13Maverick3AGUSell EU, Switch A (Maverick) & X (Arbiter)
14Corporal4DEGSell DG, Build on [CEI], Arbiter moves to Seat 5, Ledgerman moves to Seat 6, Maverick moves to Seat 7, Move to Seat 8
15Arbiter5BVXSell BV, Build on [IJX]
16Ledgerman6ETVBuild on [ETV], Take 1 DB from Maverick
17Maverick7BWYSteal 1 DB from bank, Sell DX, Build on [GRW], Move to Seat 3
18Corporal8NRYRemove N (Maverick), Remove Y (Maverick)
19Corporal8PSTRemove R (Maverick), Sell AI
20Ledgerman6FLYSell AF, Build on [MPU]
21Arbiter5NOPSell NJ, Sanction Maverick
22Maverick3DJKPut 3 DB from bank on table
23Arbiter1CHSSell HI, Build on [FLP]
24Corporal8AFXSell CR, Build on [APS]
25Ledgerman6HKSSell OS, Build on [HKY]

ArbiterMaverickLedgermanCorporal
TurnSeatTokensConesDBsTurnSeatTokensConesDBsTurnSeatTokensConesDBsTurnSeatTokensConesDBs
11X1130150170
21X123N1250270
31X033N135COU1370
41X043N145CO142E1
51IRSX053N155CO152E1
61IRSX063N165CO162EI2
71IRSX074EN275CO172AI2
81IPSX084DEHNR[EHN]085CO182AI2
96IPSX094DEHNR[EHN]097ACOPS[ACO]092AI1
106FIJLX1104DEHNR[EHN]0107ACOPS[ACO]0102AI1
116FIJLX1114DEHNR[EHN]0117ACMOPU[ACO]2112AI0
126FIJLX1123DEHNR[EHN]0127AMOPU[ACO]2124ACI1
136AFIJL1133DGHNRX[EHN]1137AMOPU[ACO]2134ACI1
145AFIJL1147DGHNRX[EHN]1146AMOPU[ACO]2148ACEI[CEI]0
155AFIJLX[IJX]0157DGHNRX[EHN]1156AMOPU[ACO]2158ACEI[CEI]0
165AFIJLX[IJX]0167DGHNRX[EHN]1166AEMOPTUV[ACO], [ETV]1168ACEI[CEI]0
175AFIJLX[IJX]0173BGHNRWY[EHN], [GRW]0176AEMOPTUV[ACO], [ETV]1178ACEI[CEI]0
185AFIJLX[IJX]0183BGHRW[EHN], [GRW]0186AEMOPTUV[ACO], [ETV]1188ACEIRNY[CEI]0
195AFIJLX[IJX]0193BGHW[EHN], [GRW]0196AEMOPTUV[ACO], [ETV]1198CENPRSTY[CEI]1
205AFIJLX[IJX]0203BGHW[EHN], [GRW]0206ELMOPTUVY[ACO], [ETV], [MPU]0208CENPRSTY[CEI]1
211AFILOPX[IJX]1213BGHW[EHN], [GRW]0216ELMOPTUVY[ACO], [ETV], [MPU]0218CENPRSTY[CEI]1
221AFILOPX[IJX]1223BDGHJKW[EHN], [GRW]0226ELMOPTUVY[ACO], [ETV], [MPU]0228CENPRSTY[CEI]1
231ACFLOPSX[IJX], [FLP]0233BDGHJKW[EHN], [GRW]0236ELMOPTUVY[ACO], [ETV], [MPU]0238CENPRSTY[CEI]1
241ACFLOPSX[IJX], [FLP]0243BDGHJKW[EHN], [GRW]0246ELMOPTUVY[ACO], [ETV], [MPU]0248AEFNPSTXY[CEI], [APS]0
251ACFLOPSX[IJX], [FLP]0253BDGHJKW[EHN], [GRW]0256EHKLMPTUVY[ACO], [ETV], [MPU], [HKY]0258AEFNPSTXY[CEI], [APS]0