Feed the Kraken Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Game Idea and Goal
• Contents
• Setting Up the Game — Quick Journey (5-7 players and first game)
  • Preparing the Map
  • Distribution of the Secret Teams
  • Team Compositions Overview
  • 5 Player Rules
• Setting Up the Game — Long Journey (7-11 players)
  • Distribution of the Secret Teams
• Victory Conditions
• The Secret Gathering of the Pirates
• Gameplay
  • 1. Appointing the Navigation Team
  • 2. A Question of Loyalty
  • Resolving a Mutiny
  • 3. The Navigation
  • Executing the Navigation Card
  • 4. Off-duty
  • The Next Game Round Begins
  • Reshuffle
• Denial of Command
  • The Emergency Navigation
• Supply Line
• The End of the Game
• Additional Rules
  • Map Actions
  • Navigation Card Actions
• Cult Ritual Cards
  • Becoming a Cultist
• Character Cards
  • How to Activate Your Character Card
  • Notes on Some Character Cards
• Strategy Advice
• Credits

Game Idea and Goal

In Feed the Kraken each player secretly receives the role of either Sailor, Pirate or Cult Leader and uses all available means to plot the course of the ship towards their faction's destination. Every turn the ship will sail in one of the three possible directions—but which one will it be?

Players will take turns as captain, lieutenant or navigator. Each having the chance to manipulate the course of the ship. Players will use and witness cabin searches, experience ruthless mutinies, the silencing of threatening adversaries and even sacrifices to the ancient Kraken God.

All players will have to use their deduction skills to find out whom to trust during this doomed adventure.

Learn to play: funtails.de/kraken — Rulebook 1.0

Contents

• 1 Game Board — Double-sided: Quick Journey & Long Journey
• 1 "The Instabil" Ship
• 1 Captain's Logbook
• 40 Guns
• 4 Crew Overview Cards
• 22 Character Cards
• 7 Map Action Tokens — 4 Cabin Search, 2 Flogging, 1 Off with the Tongue
• 5 Cult Ritual Cards — 3 Conversion to Cult, 1 The cult's guns stash, 1 Cult cabin search
• 4 Flogging Cards — "I am not a..." Card, Pirate Card, Sailor Card, Cult Card
• 23 Navigation Cards — 4 Blue Drunk, 2 Blue Disarmed, 6 Yellow Cult Uprising, 5 Red Drunk, 2 Red Mermaid, 2 Red Telescope, 2 Red Armed
• 3 Off-Duty Signs

These rules reference the deluxe components. If you have the basic version, take the same actions with the respective basic components. For example, when you are instructed to do something with the faction chips in bags take the action with the faction cards instead.

Deluxe Edition:

• 1 Deluxe Lieutenant Badge
• 1 Deluxe Navigator Badge
• 11 Seabags
• 11 Faction Chips — 5 Sailor (blue), 4 Pirate (red), 1 Cult Leader (yellow), 1 Cultist (green)
• Navigation Cards Storage Box — Map Archive (Draw Pile), Deep Sea (Discard Pile)
• 3 Kraken Miniatures

Basic Edition:

• 1 Lieutenant & 1 Navigator Badge Token
• 11 Faction Cards
• 1 Discard Pile Card
• 3 Map Action Tokens "Feed the Kraken"

Setting Up the Game — Quick Journey (5-7 players and first game)

Use the quick journey map for 5, 6 and 7 player games. Regardless of player count, you should play your first game on this map, just to get a feeling for the game. Once you feel familiar with the game, you may switch to the long journey map with all the components for games with 7+ players.

Preparing the Map

1. Place the ship on the starting area in the south.
2. Place the map action tokens/miniatures on the corresponding areas on the map: 3x Cabin Search, 2x Feed the Kraken.
3. Shuffle the 5 cult ritual cards and place them face down and spread out on the edge of the game board.
4. Depending on the number of players, set aside the appropriate number of off-duty signs next to the map:

Number of players	5-6	7-8	9-11
Number of off-duty signs	1	2	3

5. Remove 1x Cult Uprising (yellow), 1x Drunk (blue), 2x Armed (red) from the navigation deck. These 4 navigation cards won't be used on the quick journey map. Shuffle only the following 19 navigation cards and place them face down as the draw pile on the map archive:

Direction	Amount	Total
North (yellow)	5x Cult Uprising	5
East (blue)	3x Drunk, 2x Disarmed	5
West (red)	5x Drunk, 2x Mermaid, 2x Telescope	9

6. Each player receives 3 guns.

Distribution of the Secret Teams

7. Depending on the number of players, place the corresponding The Crew card next to the map.
8. Find the right number of Sailor, Pirate and Cult Leader chips and put each one in a separate bag.
9. Shuffle the bags and distribute one to each player. Each player secretly checks their seabag. Their chip determines their team membership.

Team Compositions Overview

Players:	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Sailor:	3 or 2	3	4	4	5	5	5
Pirates:	1 or 2	2	2	3	3	4	4
Cult Leader:	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Cultist:	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

5 Player Rules

When playing with 5 players, the team composition can vary: There are either 3 Sailors, 1 Pirate and 1 Cult Leader or 2 Sailors, 2 Pirates and 1 Cult Leader in the game.

To realize this, prepare bags with 3 Sailor and 2 Pirate faction chips and shuffle the bags carefully. Now remove a random bag without revealing the content. Then add the bag with the Cult Leader chip and shuffle the bags again. Each player receives one bag as usual. During the secret pirate gathering the Pirates will realize how many they actually are. All other players try to find out the actual team constellation on the ship during the game.

Setting Up the Game — Long Journey (7-11 players)

Use the long journey map for games with 7 or more players.

1. Place the ship on the starting area in the south.
2. Place the map action tokens on the corresponding areas on the map: 4x Cabin Search, 2x Flogging, 1x Off with the Tongue, 3x Feed the Kraken.
3. Shuffle the 5 cult ritual cards and place them face down and spread out on the edge of the game board.
4. Depending on the number of players, set aside the appropriate number of off-duty signs next to the map:

Number of players	7-8	9-11
Number of off-duty signs	2	3

5. To prepare for navigation, shuffle all 23 navigation cards and place them face down on the draw pile:

Direction	Amount	Total
North (yellow)	6x Cult Uprising	6
East (blue)	4x Drunk, 2x Disarmed	6
West (red)	5x Drunk, 2x Mermaid, 2x Telescope, 2x Armed	11

6. Each player receives 3 guns.
7. Place the "I am not a..." card and the 3 small flogging cards next to the map.

Distribution of the Secret Teams

8. Depending on the number of players, place the corresponding The Crew card next to the map.
9. Find the right number of Sailor, Pirate and Cult Leader chips and put each one in a separate bag.
10. Shuffle the bags and distribute one to each player. Each player secretly checks their seabag. Their chip determines their team membership.

Team compositions are the same as shown in the Team Compositions Overview above.

Victory Conditions

The following victory conditions apply to the teams:

Sailors — All Sailors win as a team if the ship reaches Bluewater Bay, the blue area in the east.

Pirates — All Pirates win as a team if the ship reaches Crimson Cove, the red area in the west.

Cult Leader & Cultists — The Cult wins (as a team) if the ship reaches the enormous Kraken in the north (Cult Victory) or when the Cult Leader is sacrificed to the Kraken on one of the Feed the Kraken spaces.

Players always win together with their team — even if they went overboard before the end of the game.

The Secret Gathering of the Pirates

Before the game begins, the Pirates will secretly and silently find out who their Pirate teammates are. For this, one player notes the following text and delivers it to the players with eyes closed:

• "All players close their eyes."
• "Pirates, open your eyes and memorize your team members."
• The Pirates have about 20 seconds to find each other ...
• "Pirates, close your eyes."
• "All players now open their eyes." — The journey begins!

There is no secret gathering of the cult. In a game with 11 players, the Cult Leader and the first Cultist do not know each other's identity at the start of the game. They have to find each other during the game, just like the Sailors.

After that the players receive their character cards:

• Set aside the "Captain" card, then shuffle all the other character cards and set aside one card less than your number of players. Add the "Captain" card to them and shuffle those cards facedown.
• Deal one card to each player face down. Players look at their own card without revealing it.
• The player with the "Captain" card reveals it immediately. They are the first captain in this game and receive a random new character card.
• The captain places the captain's logbook in front of them, as well as the lieutenant badge and navigator badge.

Gameplay

The game is divided into the following recurring phases:

1. Appointing the navigation team
2. A question of loyalty
3. The navigation
4. Off-duty

1. Appointing the Navigation Team

The captain cannot navigate the ship alone. He needs the support of two crew members. After potentially discussing with the crew whom to appoint:

• The captain chooses a player and hands them the lieutenant badge.
• The captain chooses a second player and hands them the navigator badge.

The following exceptions must be noted:

• The captain can not appoint himself.
• Off-duty players can not be appointed.
• Lieutenant and navigator can not be the same person.

2. A Question of Loyalty

The crew does not have to accept the captain's choices. If the crew doesn't trust the captain's chosen team, they can mutiny against them with their guns.

The captain has to ask the crew about their loyalty: "If you are not satisfied with my decision, let your guns speak!"

Then following steps are carried out:

• Each crew member (except the captain) secretly places 0 or more of their guns in one fist. The unused guns remain hidden in their other hand.
• All crew members hold their closed fist visibly over the table to show that they have decided.
• The captain counts to 3: "Show me your loyalty! 1, ... 2, ... 3!"
• All players open their fists and potentially reveal their guns.
• The captain counts the total amount of revealed guns and checks the The Crew card to see if the mutiny is successful.

The following table shows whether a mutiny is successful:

Players	Required sum of guns for a successful mutiny
5-7	3 or more guns
8-9	4 or more guns
10-11	5 or more guns

• You can also find the required number of guns (for a successful mutiny) on The Crew card.
• The number of guns each player has is secret information during the mutiny.
• Outside of the mutiny, however, this is a public information and all players must keep their guns visibly on the table at all times.

Resolving a Mutiny

If a mutiny is successful, a new captain must be determined. Whoever revealed the most guns wins the mutiny and becomes the new captain.

In the case of a tie, all players tied for revealing the most guns raise their hands and the following steps are carried out:

• The captain still in office selects one of the tied winners who has to lower their hand. The selected player won't become captain in this mutiny.
• If there still are two or more winners in the tie, then the selected player selects another winner, who in turn lowers their hand. That player won't become captain either.
• This process is repeated until there is only one player left in the tie.
• The last remaining winner of the mutiny becomes the new captain.

All players involved in a successful mutiny must discard all their revealed guns (including the player who has just become captain).

The current round ends herewith and the new captain starts a new round beginning with the phase "Appointing the navigation team". The new captain can also be mutinied against after he announced his navigation team.

• You can become captain while you are off-duty. If the new captain is off-duty, then the off-duty sign has no effect (for further rules, see chapter "Off-Duty").

If there is no mutiny after a navigation team was appointed (because the total amount of revealed guns was not enough), all players return their guns back to their personal supply and the captain carries out the next phase of the game: "The Navigation".

3. The Navigation

The captain, lieutenant and navigator must now navigate the ship together as a team. The navigation is carried out as follows:

• The captain draws the top two navigation cards face down from the draw pile.
• The lieutenant then draws the next two cards face down from the draw pile.
• Both players look at their cards and choose one of them to discard face down into the deep sea (the discard pile).
• Then they each place their other card face down and next to each other in the captain's logbook.
• Close and shake the captain's logbook to shuffle the two cards. The captain's logbook is then passed on to the navigator.
• The navigator secretly looks at the two cards in the captain's logbook and chooses a card, which they discard into the deep sea face down.
• The navigator leaves their preferred card in the captain's logbook and returns the logbook to the captain.
• The captain reveals the remaining card to his crew and takes the resulting actions.

Notes:

• During navigation, the selected players must remain silent and may not give any signs or signals. Shuffling your navigation cards and discarding a random card to "prove" that you had no choice is not allowed.
• Only after the captain has revealed the last navigation card, the players can talk about the cards they allegedly drew and discarded.
• Discussions about the drawn cards are an important part of the game, as they potentially help you gather information about other players' factions. Shy players should be encouraged to talk about the cards they saw and the choices they made.

Executing the Navigation Card

The captain places the chosen card in front of them. This card (and any future cards) represents the captain's official résumé. The card remains openly visible in front of them until the end of the game. It will never get shuffled into the navigation pile.

The captain executes the effects of the navigation card in the following order:

I. Move the ship in the direction of the colored arrow on the current map space, which corresponds to the color of the navigation card.

II. If there is an icon on the space the ship moved to, take the map action next. For explanations of the icons read chapter "Map Actions".

III. At last take the action corresponding to the icon on the navigation card. See the inside of the captain's logbook or the chapter "Navigation Card Actions" for explanations.

4. Off-duty

After navigation, certain players have to take a break and receive an off-duty sign. The following table shows who gets an off-duty sign after navigation depending on the number of players at the start of the game.

Players	Off-duty Signs	Captain	Lieutenant	Navigator
5-6	1			yes
7-8	2		yes	yes
9-11	3	yes	yes	yes

After navigation, carry out the following steps:

• Give the off-duty signs to the appropriate players. These are the corresponding players who were involved in the current navigation.
• The players who were previously off-duty are now available again for the next navigation.
• The navigator and lieutenant badges are handed over to the current captain.

Notes:

• As long as an off-duty sign is in front of a player, they cannot be chosen as navigator or lieutenant.
• Off-duty signs are only passed on after a successful navigation, not after a mutiny.
• Off-duty players can participate in a mutiny and can become captain.
• If the captain has an off-duty sign, the sign won't be relevant as long as that player remains the captain.
• Off-duty signs are ignored if there aren't enough available players left for the captain to choose their navigation team.
• Players "leaving" the ship during the game doesn't change the amount of off-duty signs used.

The Next Game Round Begins

The current captain starts the next round by "Appointing the navigation team". In the next and all further rounds, all phases are carried out again:

1. Appointing the navigation team
2. A question of loyalty
   • 2.1. Resolving a mutiny
3. The Navigation
   • 3.1. Executing the Navigation Card
4. Off-duty
   • 4.1. The next game round begins

Reshuffle

If there are fewer than 4 cards on the draw pile before navigation:

• Combine the remaining draw pile with the discard pile. Keep all cards facedown in the process and shuffle them thoroughly.
• The shuffled cards become the new draw pile.

Notes:

• The remaining cards may not be inspected when the discard pile and draw pile are combined and shuffled.
• The face up cards in front of the players (captain's résumé) are never shuffled back into the draw pile.
• The character cards Archivist, Smuggler and Look-Out can cause you to run out of cards during a navigation process — despite having at least 4 cards before. In that rare case you just reshuffle once the draw pile is empty.

Denial of Command

If the navigator doesn't want to execute the commands of the captain and the lieutenant, he can refuse to do so by jumping overboard.

Denial of command is allowed throughout the entire game and takes place during "The Navigation" after the navigator has seen both navigation cards.

Denial of command is carried out as follows:

• The navigator states: "I will not carry out these commands but jump overboard instead!".
• They place both navigation cards face down in the discard pile, instead of passing one back to the captain.
• The navigator is immediately eliminated from the game and must remain silent until the end of the game. The navigator may not reveal their faction nor any knowledge about the discarded navigation cards to the other players.
• Then an "Emergency Navigation" must be carried out.

The Cult Leader can not win by jumping overboard as the navigator, even if this happens on a Feed the Kraken space.

The Emergency Navigation

After a denial of command, the following steps are performed:

• The captain must immediately designate an emergency navigator.
• Due to this exceptional situation, the captain can even choose an off-duty player.
• The crew can not mutiny against the chosen emergency navigator (there is no "A Question of Loyalty").
• The lieutenant stays the same for the emergency navigation.
• The captain, the lieutenant and the emergency navigator immediately carry out another navigation.
• If the emergency navigator jumps ship as well, the captain keeps choosing emergency navigators until a navigation is successfully completed.

Notes:

• After a successful emergency navigation, the game continues as normal, starting with the phase "Appointing the Navigation Team".
• If the number of remaining players on the ship ever falls below three, any open position is resolved randomly by the captain. For example, if there is no lieutenant then the captain draws two cards facedown, shuffles them and randomly puts one into the captain's logbook while discarding the other to replace the lieutenant's decision.

Supply Line

The supply line only exists on the long journey map. As soon as the ship crosses the supply line, each player can refill their gun supply up to three guns. To do so players take the required number of guns from the general supply. If a player still has three or more guns at this point, they will not receive any additional guns.

The End of the Game

The navigation rounds are repeated until one of the victory conditions is met, see chapter "Victory conditions".

Players reveal their faction at the end of the game by showing each other the faction chips from their sea bags.

Additional Rules

Map Actions

Every time the ship reaches a new space, check whether it shows one of the following icons. The corresponding action is then carried out during navigation, immediately after the captain has moved the ship, but before they perform the action of the navigation card. The captain may discuss their options with the crew, but the captain will always make the final decision.

Cabin Search — The captain chooses another player and hands them the cabin search token. The selected player must pass their sea bag to the captain for a secret inspection while everybody else closes their eyes. The captain may talk about their findings, but remember that they might also be lying.

Important: A player affected by the Cabin Search can not be turned into a Cultist anymore. A player who has already become a Cultist before the cabin search signals this to the captain with a tentacle gesture.

Off with the Tongue — The captain chooses another player and hands them the off with the tongue token. That player is no longer allowed to articulate words, but can make sounds and gesticulate. They can also no longer become captain.

The following rules apply:

• When a new captain is determined via the Drunk action on a navigation card, the player without tongue is ignored.
• The player continues to participate in mutinies. Their guns count normally for the total mutiny score, but while determining the next captain their gun count is always treated as 0 guns.

Flogging — The Flogging creates a public information for all players. It indicates one of the factions the selected player does not belong to.

Follow these steps:

• The captain chooses another player to undergo the Flogging and hands them the three small flogging cards.
• The player shuffles the cards facedown, then they look at the cards and choose the card with the colored icon that corresponds to their current faction and places it face down: Red as a Pirate, blue as a Sailor, yellow/green as a Cult Leader or Cultist.
• The flogged player shuffles the other two cards and places them face down on the table.
• The captain randomly picks one of the two cards and reveals it.
• The card indicates a faction to which the selected player does not belong. Place it on top of the "I am not a..." card in front of the flogged player.
• This information is public and the card remains in front of the player until the end of the game.
• The two cards that remained face down are shuffled face down and set aside.

Important: A player affected by the Flogging can not be turned into a Cultist anymore.

Feed the Kraken — When they have made up their mind, the captain chooses another player and places the Feed the Kraken token in front of them. That player is immediately eliminated from the game and must not speak anymore or reveal their faction.

Important: The captain must not choose themself. If the Cult Leader is selected to be fed to the Kraken, the Cult Leader and all of their Cultists immediately win the game.

Navigation Card Actions

The following symbols can be found on the navigation cards. The corresponding action is carried out during the navigation phase (immediately after the map action):

Drunk — The current captain loses their position. The captain role moves clockwise to the next player who has the fewest navigation cards (résumés) in front of them. Pass the captain's logbook to the new captain.

Mermaid — The captain chooses another player. That player shuffles the last three discarded navigation cards and secretly looks at them. They may (and should) talk about their findings, but they might be lying.

Telescope — The captain chooses another player. That player looks at the top navigation card of the draw pile. They may put the card back on the draw pile or discard it into the Deep Sea.

Armed — The navigator receives 1 gun from the general supply. (These cards are only used on the long journey map.)

Disarmed — The navigator must discard 1 gun from their personal supply (if they have any).

Cult Uprising — A cult ritual is carried out at the end of the navigation. To do this, the captain must reveal a cult ritual card.

Cult Ritual Cards

Every time a navigation card with "Cult Uprising" has been played in the navigation, the captain must reveal a random facedown cult ritual card at the end of the navigation. Depending on the symbol, one of the following actions is carried out:

The Cult's Guns Stash — The Cult Leader secretly distributes three guns from the supply to any number of players. To do this, place three guns from the supply in the center of the table. Then all players close their eyes and extend their flat hand over the center of the table. If some players cannot reach the center of the table, all players should stand up to make this easier. The Cult Leader opens their eyes and puts the guns in the hands of up to three players. They can choose any player (including themselves), and they can choose to give more than one gun to a player.

Cult Cabin Search — The Cult Leader secretly learns about the factions of the current navigation team. To do this, all players close their eyes and the Cult Leader opens their eyes. Keeping their eyes closed, the current captain, lieutenant and navigator all reveal their faction chip. Make sure to give the Cult Leader 30 seconds to see the three players' factions. The navigation team hides their faction chips again and the Cult Leader closes their eyes. Then everybody opens their eyes again.

Conversion to Cult — The Cult Leader converts another player to their Cult. From now on, the chosen player is not a Sailor or Pirate anymore, but a Cultist instead. They win or lose together with the Cult Leader. See Chapter: "Becoming a Cultist".

Becoming a Cultist

When the cult ritual card "Conversion to Cult" is revealed, the Cult Leader will secretly add another player to their team by turning them into a Cultist.

• The Cult Leader can only convert convertible players.
• Every player who has previously been examined in a Cabin Search or Flogging counts as unconvertible.

The captain notes the following text and then recites it to players:

• "Every convertible player puts a fist over the center of the table, so that each player could theoretically touch any other fist."
• "All players close their eyes." (including the captain)
• "Cult leader, open your eyes and choose a convertible player."
• After approximately 15 seconds: "Touch your chosen player's fist with your tentacle fingers."
• "Selected player, you are now a Cultist instead of a Sailor or Pirate. Open your eyes and recognize your new master."
• After approximately 15 seconds: "Cultist and Cult Leader, close your eyes now."
• "All players open their eyes."

The game continues normally.

• The new Cultist loses their previous team membership and is no longer a Pirate or Sailor. They can only win together with the Cult Leader by fulfilling one of the cult victory conditions.
• Any additional Cultists do not open their eyes during this process, only the Cult Leader and the new Cultist.

Character Cards

Each player receives a character card at the start of the game. These remain facedown in front of the players, until they are used. Players can reveal their character card strategically at any point in the game to receive a unique effect (timing restrictions may apply).

How to Activate Your Character Card

To activate your character card, flip and reveal the card. Only unflipped (facedown) character cards may be activated. After activation, your character card remains revealed in front of you. A character can only be activated once, unless it gets turned facedown by an effect.

• Most character cards can only be used once, but at any time. Some have timing restrictions, and very few have recurring or ongoing effects. All exceptions are explained on the respective character cards.
• Some characters work better with certain player numbers. For example, we suggest to avoid using Debt Collector, Minstrel and Mentor in games with 5-6 players.

Notes on Some Character Cards

Agitator — Choosing the captain or players chosen by the "Minstrel" has no effect because they do not participate in a mutiny.

Chief Cook — The new captain appoints a new navigation team.

Instigator — You can not choose the captain, but you can choose a player chosen by the "Minstrel". Turning the "Instigator" facedown means that it can be activated again later in the game.

Strategy Advice

• If you are a Pirate, always argue and behave like a Sailor. You can try to bluff being a Sailor at the beginning of the game by selecting blue cards while navigating. But don't be afraid to damage your cover or to give it up entirely to sail westwards at crucial moments.
• Unlike in other social deduction games, just staying under the radar doesn't achieve enough in Feed the Kraken. You and your teammates need to actively collaborate with the Cult and influence the course of the ship westwards. If you stay too passive the Sailors will get where they want to go.
• If you are the Cult Leader, always try to balance the direction of travel towards the center of the map, so that you reach the Feed the Kraken spaces or your victory space. You may need to switch back and forth between helping the Pirates and helping the Sailors. The yellow navigation cards can grant you the opportunity to convert players into your Cult during the journey and thus significantly increase your chance of victory.
• When converting, consider which players are more likely to be trusted, who still has a lot of guns and their hidden character card, who is currently captain, etc. After a conversion, create distrust of players who might cause you problems.
• If you are a Sailor, stick to the truth and try to find out, who else is on your side. There is no reason to pretend to be a Pirate. Believe me!
• If you do try to tell a tricky lie to expose someone, explain your maneuver to the other players as soon as possible, regardless of whether you were successful or not. Otherwise, this lie can be your undoing later.

Credits

• Game Design: Maikel Cheney, Dr. Hans Joachim Höh, Tobias Immich
• Project Manager: Andreas Geiermann
• Creative Direction: Maikel Cheney
• Development: Dr. Hans Joachim Höh
• Production: Nils Herzmann
• Marketing: Steffen Rühl
• Art Direction: Maikel Cheney, Tobias Immich, Daniel Müller
• Graphics: Maikel Cheney, Daniel Müller
• Illustrations: Hendrik Noack, James Churchill
• 3D-Artist: Leonardo Peñaranda
• Proof Readers: Dr. Hans Joachim Höh, Leonie Pich
• Quality Assurance: Tobias Immich