Scandal Run

Could you have got away with it?

Ten decisions inside a real scandal. Your choices are made up; after every one we show you what actually happened, from the story's record.

WealthYour money. Hit zero and you are broke.

PR ShieldWhat the public still believes. Hit zero and you are cancelled.

ItemsOne-time aces. Play one when it fits and it is gone.

114 of 115Photo: Steffen Prößdorf · CC BY-SA 4.0

Mr.Scandal

Episode 06Sports

Tagged Sums

Manchester City 115 charges, 2023. You run a football club with new, very rich owners. The rules say you spend what you earn. The owners have a plan for you to earn a lot more.Play episode

$3BPhoto: John Ruckman · CC BY 2.0

Mr.Scandal

Episode 05Business

Cross-Sell

Wells Fargo fake accounts, 2016. You run a giant retail bank. The board loves your sales numbers. Your branches are opening accounts faster than customers can ask for them.Play episode

Five monthsPhoto: David Shankbone · CC BY 3.0

Mr.Scandal

Episode 04Celebrity

The Stock Tip

Martha Stewart and ImClone, 2001. You built a home-and-kitchen empire on getting every detail right. Your broker's office is on the phone with a detail you were not supposed to hear.Play episode

Fined $5MPhoto: EricEnfermero · CC BY-SA 4.0

Mr.Scandal

Episode 03Sports

Bang the Can

Astros sign stealing, 2017. You run a contending baseball club. Your video room has a camera on the opposing catcher, and someone has found a trash can.Play episode

SentencedPhoto: Moto "Club4AG" Miwa from USA · CC BY 2.0

Mr.Scandal

Episode 02Sports

The Interpreter

Ippei Mizuhara, 2024. You translate for the most famous baseball player alive. You also have a bookmaker, a debt, and access to his bank account.Play episode

ForfeitedPhoto: Ian Moran (I to Z Photo + Video) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Mr.Scandal

Episode 01Business

Paradise, Pending

Fyre Festival, 2017. You are throwing the most exclusive festival on earth, on an island, in four months. Nothing is built yet. The internet does not know that.Play episode

How Scandal Run works

Each episode drops you into a real case at the moment it started to go wrong, then asks you 10 times what to do next. Spend Wealth to buy time, protect your PR Shield, and play your one-time items when they fit. Run out of either and the run ends; make it to the last decision and you see how your ending compares with how the case really went.

What is real and what is not: the choices, their outcomes and the player are invented, and the player is never a real person. After every decision a "What actually happened" panel quotes the record from the MrScandal story on that case and names its source, so each run doubles as the case history.

The episodes

Manchester City 115 charges, 2023: Tagged Sums. You run a football club with new, very rich owners. The rules say you spend what you earn. The owners have a plan for you to earn a lot more. The real case
Wells Fargo fake accounts, 2016: Cross-Sell. You run a giant retail bank. The board loves your sales numbers. Your branches are opening accounts faster than customers can ask for them. The real case
Martha Stewart and ImClone, 2001: The Stock Tip. You built a home-and-kitchen empire on getting every detail right. Your broker's office is on the phone with a detail you were not supposed to hear. The real case
Astros sign stealing, 2017: Bang the Can. You run a contending baseball club. Your video room has a camera on the opposing catcher, and someone has found a trash can. The real case
Ippei Mizuhara, 2024: The Interpreter. You translate for the most famous baseball player alive. You also have a bookmaker, a debt, and access to his bank account. The real case
Fyre Festival, 2017: Paradise, Pending. You are throwing the most exclusive festival on earth, on an island, in four months. Nothing is built yet. The internet does not know that. The real case