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City of Loon Harbor loon mark
City of
LOON HARBOR
Dawn over Lake Solveig, with the Old Mill clock tower above the harbor docks
Loon Harbor, Minnesota · pop. 440,000 · est. 1889

Move to a town
that makes you
file the paperwork.

Loon Harbor is a fictional lake town with seven council districts and a very real bureaucracy. Register a citizen, pick a starting balance, and see how far you get through the permit counter before something goes wrong.

7
Council districts
6
Open solicitations
15
Homes on the market
1 month
Per turn
Once you have an account

A city desk, a mailbox, and consequences

Everything below is live inside the game. Nothing here is a mockup of a feature that does not exist yet.

Inbox

Everything arrives as mail

Approvals, denials, inspection reports, valuation notices, truancy warnings and police case numbers. City Hall does not text.

  • APPROVED: Business license LH-BL-4820 — Gullwing Coffee
  • Health inspection report — CONDITIONAL — score 71/100
  • Notice of Non-Award — LH-26-001
  • Case 26-40871 — Motor vehicle theft
Procurement

Bid the way vendors actually bid

Six live solicitations with real requirement checklists. Miss a submittal or skip the bid bond and you are scored non-responsive before anyone reads your price.

  • LH-26-001 · Old Mill Streetscape · $1,450,000
  • Required: MnDOT prequalification, grading & base
  • Bid bond required — 2% premium charged at submission
  • Evaluation score: 78/100 — AWARDED
Blotter

Bad luck, statistically sourced

Each month rolls against reported offense rates per 100,000 residents, weighted by your district's local index and whether you own property or run a business.

  • Larceny / theft — 1,622 per 100k / yr
  • Burglary — 271 per 100k / yr
  • Motor vehicle theft — 319 per 100k / yr
  • Vandalism / criminal damage — 412 per 100k / yr
Start of play

Choose what you walk into town with

Broke
$0

You arrive with a duffel bag. Everything starts with a job and a rented room.

Modest
$250,000

Enough for a house in Riverside or a small storefront — not both.

Flush
$1,000,000

Northshore money. City Hall will still make you file the same forms.

Roll for it
$0 – $1,000,000

The clerk opens your file and reads out a number. No takebacks.

Optional city services

Two arrangements you can pay the city for

Everything in Loon Harbor is playable for free. These two standing subscriptions are for residents who would rather start rich, sleep easy, or both.

$5 / month
Treasury Grant

Declare residency with $2,000,000 already deposited in your municipal account.

$5 / month
Private Security Detail

A contracted patrol watches your address and your business. No crime befalls your household.

The map

Seven districts around Lake Solveig

Where you live changes your taxes, your council member and how often the police blotter has your name in it. The local crime index below multiplies the base offense rate for your household — and rent is priced against it, from $500 a month in the roughest district on up.

1
Harbor Point
Council: Hoshi Tanaka
0.85×
crime index
$950/mo rent
2
Riverside
Council: Roxanne Foster
1.35×
crime index
$600/mo rent
3
Elm Grove
Council: Lucy Fenwick
0.70×
crime index
$1,150/mo rent
4
Cedar Bluff
Council: Solana Reyes
0.55×
crime index
$1,450/mo rent
5
Birchwood
Council: Meira Osei
1.05×
crime index
$750/mo rent
6
Northshore
Council: Phoebe Marsh
0.45×
crime index
$1,775/mo rent
7
Old Mill
Council: Leora Kessler
1.60×
crime index
$500/mo rent

The clerk is expecting you.

Registration takes a minute. Your opening balance is anywhere from $0 to $1,000,000.

Become a citizen