Games for Cities
2030 SDG's Game (2016)
Japan, Caribbean, French, Australia
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The 2030 SDGs Game is a multiplayer, in-person, card-based game that simulates taking the world into the year 2030.
It aims to raise awareness and understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by allowing participants to navigate global challenges.
One player might have the goal of Acquiring Wealth; for these players, money is the most important thing. For others, the most important thing might be to Enjoy Leisure, to have the freedom to relax or to spend time doing what they want. Others may want to end poverty, or to protect the environment. Just like in the real world, in this world there are diverse people with different values.
Principles are the intangible things that are nevertheless very important: think of them as a sense of fulfillment, contribution, or value. These principle cards are important to players for whom principles are more important than money or time, and who collect them as their goal.
Another important point is that every participant uses the magnets on the whiteboard. These magnets show the present condition of your world: Blue represents the economy, while Green stands for the environment, and Yellow stands for society.
This means that each project that the participants run will have an impact on the world, and the world of 2030 will be affected accordingly.