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This gallery takes you to the card decks, and explains how we gamified each element to create a reflexive gaming experience.
Decisions
decisions
decisons
amid uncertainty
It is 2040. This roleplaying serious game takes place the Municipality of Waterdam, a predominantly agricultural municipality situated in a low-lying polder landscape, where potato farmers, water managers, residents, and local authorities must navigate increasing drought, heat, and extreme rainfall.
The game has four interconnected elements woven into the gameplay experience: compound events, compound stress, (non)collaboration, and science-society interface. During the gameplay, each player is faced with a myriad of decisions where consequences or benefits arise as the game progresses.
What will happen to the potato farmers? Will there be potatoes at the end of the year?
If you are interested to play the game with your peers, you can download the game materials and instructions through these links:
11 cards
Players draw their characters that can shape the choices and available options they can make within the game.
3 cards
Each farmer must choose a potato variety before the game can begin. Each potato variety is impacted or enhanced differently depending on the weather events.
7 cards
All farmers have the same action deck. They can choose from 7 action cards to help them manage and prepare their potato farms for potential compound weather events.
3 cards
Sets the scene for how scientific research can interact with the farmers’ farming decisions. The Scientific Atmosphere dictates the frequency of Research Outcomes drawn during the game.
10 cards
. This facet of the game allows players to make decisions that can be based on scientific developments or results.
15 cards
It can be a drought, a heatwave, a heavy rainfall, cold and wet conditions, or luckily no event.
4 cards
Stress Tokens are drawn by farmers who are not prepared for the 1st weather event drawn, this applies from Round 2 onwards.
7 cards
The Societal Events deck contains cards that can promote collaboration among farmers to protest certain policies, impact farmers beyond their control, or allow farmers to strategize depending on new introduced policies.