At the beginning of the campaign a large number of groups are up for grabs. As a player you get to own a small piece of the game world. You simply email the writers at AoA and inform them of you choices for what organisations you would like to influence and control. At your first game session you will learn what you have acquired. At the end of the session, and for one month afterwards, you have time to plan your move in the chess game that is the hidden politics of the world. At the 30-day mark after a session the writers will effectively close submissions from the players until after the next game session.
As a starting player, we recommend you choose five groups, and list them in order or preference, then email us your preferences.

The current groups you can try to acquire as your own, to control influence and manipulate are: