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    8 months ago

    There’s a new game out from one of the creators of Pandemic, called Daybreak. It is a cooperative game in which you and up to three others all play countries and work together to combat climate change. You don’t have to completely reverse the elevated temperature that occurs throughout the game, only to reach Drawdown in which you reverse the flow of carbon emissions, thereby starting the process of reducing the effects of increased climate.

    I haven’t had a chance yet to play it with others, but I am excited to. The artwork is beautiful and is contributed by artists across the globe. None of the materials are plastic; cardboard boxes, cards on cardstock, wooden tokens, containers made from wood pulp…there wasn’t even plastic wrap around the box, just paper stickers.

    My favorite part, though, is the QR codes. Each of the project and crisis cards (of which there are 230) has a QR code that links to an individual page on the game’s website that gives an overview of the concept that card, why it is a problem, and what can be done to fix it. There are also links to articles and studies for more details, and there are links to groups one can join to become an advocate for/against causes related to that concept.