Frenzied Strategy Card Game: “Hostile Takeover” Thrilling Sport or Card Game – Gracie & Jack #11
This episode contains corporate espionage, card-based sabotage, overuse of the word “memo,” and one unpaid sports analyst’s spiral into madness over a glittery strategy. Viewer discretion is advised. Especially if you’re management.
JACK: You want to tell me again—with a straight face—how this card game Dana and Max cooked up is a sport?
GRACIE: I sure do, Jack. It’s called Hostile Takeover: The Card Game, and it’s not just a game—it’s a full-contact strategy card game for the mind.
It requires stamina, split-second decision-making, and the ability to tank a scandal without flinching. That’s more than I can say for your last fantasy football season.
JACK: A strategy card game is not a sport, Gracie. It’s corporate cosplay with paper cuts. No sweat, no scoreboard, no Gatorade. Just you, Max, and your obsession with sabotage.
GRACIE: You mean my competitive spirit. Now pass me your lowest Diamond—I just triggered an Executive Shakeup. And remember: “teamwork” in this strategy card game is just sabotage with extra steps.
JACK: Oh, I remember. You wiped out my finances with a Joker and smiled like you just hit a buzzer-beater.
GRACIE: Because I did. You were at 5 Diamonds, and now you’re bankrupt and bitter. Classic sports moment.
JACK: I was this close to taking over Informer.Digital. I even inherited the flickering Keurig and the volunteer podcast department. You have no idea how many unpaid interns I was planning to strategically ignore!
GRACIE: And then I leaked a scandal—Ace of Spades, baby!—and boom: your PR dropped harder than your credibility after that “Ovechkin turning back time and the Caps in 7” prediction.
JACK: You can’t just weaponize memos and call it a sport!
GRACIE: Tell that to Tom Brady. Ever heard of Deflategate? Strategic sabotage is a sport.
JACK: You know what else is a sport? Watching me flip this table if you hit me with another fake memo.
GRACIE (grinning): Aw, does someone need a budget-friendly therapy session? Maybe Max can help you find the one HR card that hasn’t been shredded in this strategy card game.
JACK: Oh I’m not out yet. I’ve got a Club in hand, and I’m about to slash your finances like management slashed our camera crew.
GRACIE: Better hurry. My PR is at 6, my finances are at 5, and if I survive this round? I win this strategy card game and take the company.
JACK: No chance. I’ve got two words for you: memo. dump.
GRACIE: Bring it. This is Sports Smackdown, and whether it’s football or fake memos, I play to win.
JACK (muttering): Unless someone from Informer Underground leaks your strategy…
GRACIE (freezing): You don’t actually think they’re listening to us, do you?
JACK: Informer Underground says I’m heartbroken, suspicious and brooding like a noir detective. I’ve always been a Sam Spade fan but I’d rather play this spade on you!
GRACIE (raising an eyebrow): You’re quoting Informer Underground now? Wow, Jack. You must be one scandal away from journaling in cursive.
JACK: They called me brooding. I’m leaning into it. You’re about to get outmaneuvered by this sad-eyed sports guy with a deck full of revenge.
GRACIE: Oh please. You’re one card short of a strategy and two steps behind.
You think drama equals dominance?
That’s not a game plan—that’s your dating history.
JACK (playing a Spade): Boom. Public scandal. That knocks your PR to 4.
GRACIE (mock gasp): A public scandal? From you? Next thing I know, you’ll be leaking locker room gossip to boost engagement.
JACK: You mean like when you told Aurora I cried during the World Cup penalty shootout?
GRACIE: You did cry. There were snacks involved. It was touching.
JACK: This isn’t about snacks, Gracie!
This is about winning this strategy card game and knowing that just like greed, sabotage is good.
You thought it was touching?
GRACIE (laying down a Joker): Not “You complete me” touching.
Touching like this is me throwing you off your game so I can nuke your finances with a fake memo.
Because if I’m going down, I’m taking your Diamond stack with me.
JACK (gritting his teeth): I should’ve known. You’ve been working with Dana and Max this whole time.
GRACIE: Not working with. Just respecting the game. Unlike you, I read the instructions before I start flipping tables.
JACK (standing up): Fine. You win the strategy card game. But next week? We’re back to real sports.
GRACIE: Oh, I look forward to it. But just know—when the next scandal breaks, I’ll be ready with an Ace and a grin.
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👉 Hostile Takeover: The Card Game – Dana & Max #6
Strategy. Sabotage. Scandal. It’s the only strategy card game where winning comes with HR complaints and a wobbly chair.
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