But he’s got a big party at Fourth National’s office this weekend, and with an early flight that means he should have the papers on him, probably in the safe in his private office. Normally, those papers would be locked-up tight…not that that would be a problem for us. I know that doesn’t give us a lot of time, but luckily we have an opportunity this weekend. He’s also a big fan of leaving the country, early this Monday in fact. Like, really big rain lamps and velvet paintings. And people, as far as hobbies go, he collects 70s kitsch, not even ironically. It’s pretty complicated and shady, but it boils down to this: Chance Enterprises is whoever owns those papers. Holland’s name doesn’t directly appear on any of them. Holland ducks around everyone because he’s got papers of ownership and receivership all knotted up tight. But here’s the beautiful thing: Chance Enterprises exists entirely on paper. And when you see that his last investigator now owns a yacht, I think that tells you all you need to know. I mean, he’s been under investigation on ethics charges four times in the last few years, but nothing’s stuck. Holland went through a lot of trouble to disguise his ownership of Chance by going through a number of shell companies, because this is all kinds of illegal. Looks like his plan is to let the bank die and use the secret holding companies as his golden parachute. Through Chance, he’s got a lot of choice real estate he’s just sitting on. That’s where Chance Enterprises comes in. Fourth National isn’t doing so hot in fact, it’s about to go into receivership, in spite of being on the receiving end of a nice little FDIC payout…I mean, bailout. Meet Dennis Holland, president of Fourth National and-get this-sole owner of Chance Enterprises. Legal action would take a lot of time and money, more than these good people have, to sort this out. Worse yet, Chance’s lawyers are spinning it to make it look like it’s the tenants’ fault. Helen put her life savings into her condo, and now she’s lost everything. Chance stopped paying for maintenance, and Twin Pines turned from a lovely retirement community into unlivable squalor. Shortly after, Fourth National sold it off to a holding company: Chance Enterprises.
After the mortgage on Twin Pines defaulted, Fourth National Bank of New Jersey foreclosed on the property. While she was a model tenant, always paying her bills on time, the same can’t be said for the building management. Our client, Helen Erdman, was a tenant at Twin Pines Condominiums.
TNT logo, photography, and key art TM & © 2008-2009 TNT Originals, Inc. Margaret Weis Productions and the Cortex System © 2010 Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd. To Rachel Olschan at Electric Entertainment and the cast and crew of LEVERAGE Additional photography © istockphoto/ericsphotography Special Thanks Richard Foreman, Erik Heinila, Alan Markfield, and Michael Muller. QUICKSTART JOB The LEVERAGE Roleplaying Game Design Crew Cam Banks, Deborah Donoghue, Rob Donoghue, Fred Hicks, Ryan Macklin, Clark Valentine Writing Cam Banks, Rob Donoghue, Clark Valentine Editing Ryan Macklin Graphic Design TNT logo, photography, and key art TM & © 2008-2009 TNT Originals, Inc.
Earbuds and really big HDTV screens are cool, but not required. Let’s go steal us a holding company! This fast-play gamebook requires a set of dice, available online or from game & hobby stores. Included are rules, characters, and all the twists and complications you need for a night of high-stakes LEVERAGE action. Presented as a training exercise for newcomers and experienced gamers alike, The Quickstart Job lets you and your friends play Nate, Eliot, Parker, Hardison, and Sophie as they take down Holland and his corrupt schemes. Nathan Ford and his Crew are on the job, but it has to be done fast. He’s responsible for bank failures, collapsed mortgages, and dozens of innocent people being forced from their homes.