It was a long journey to arrive to our "final" game! We started with the idea of a werewolf game and on the 5th day, we completely changed the way of playing.
The process for finding what type of game we were going to make took some time. We finally choose 2 ideas out of 11:
- Werewolf game (find who is who)
- Pandemic game (all against the game)
Then we did a pitch of our 2 ideas and the audience was more susceptible to the pandemic game. But we had a problem - the time. The pandemic game is complicated to create so we decided to go for the "uncomplicated" one with our 4 days left.
We were trying to recreate the werewolf game but with the forest problem and it was quite hard... But at some point we were playing just to try and from one party to another we changed everything to get where we are now.
Our game is a tabletop game where two teams are competing about the forest. Everybody knows the role of the other players (so very different from the Werewolf!).
The wood industry wants to cut out the forest to earn some money out of it. For that, they compete against the citizen through a battle of dice. The goal is to have at least 50 money π° and keep some biodiversity π΄ and stored emissions π¨.
The Politician can protect a forest π² against the clear cut and has two dice to throw. The goal is to have at least 20 money π° stored and the same amount of biodiversity π΄, emissions π¨ and forests π² as the citizens and at least one protected forest π².
Each citizen can vote against the cutting down of the wood industry two times. They won the game by surviving the last round (total of 7 rounds). The goal is to balance there need have 30 biodiversity π΄, 30 emissions π¨, 2 forest π² and 15 money π° at the end. They also need to have one protected forest π².
The scientist is no actual person. The dice with the numbers 0 to 9 is the scientist who has the possibility to reveal one forest π² at a time to everyone. You will just see this forest card for a short time - so keep it in mind!
Every player receives a dice, except for the politician that receives two dice and two vote-coins for each citizen and the politician.
You have a place for the industry money π° which is empty in the beginning. The counters in the beginning are on 60 (big pieces are 10, small pieces are 1) for biodiversity π΄ and stored emissions π¨. The society receives 10 money π° in the beginning.
The game ends after 7 rounds. At the start of each round you turn over an action card and execute that action. Then itβs the turn of the scientist - so the dice (10 sided) π² will be rolled to find a card to briefly reveal to everyone.
The wood industry has the opportunity to cut down a forest π² they point at.
The citizens and the politician have the opportunity to vote against the wood industry to protect the forest π² with a dice battle.
The team with the higher total number wins the battle for that forest π² for this round.
Industry wins: the forest π² will be cut down. The values that are on the information side of this forest π² will be added or subtracted on the counters.
Citizens win: the forest π² stays untouched for this round. Nothing happens.
The game can have several ends.
Wood industry wins: after the 7th round, they have to have 50 or more money π° and 10 biodiversity π΄, 10 emissions π¨ and 1 forest π² or more remaining.
Society wins: after the 7th round, they have to have 15 or more money π° and 30 biodiversity π΄, 30 emissions π¨ and at least 2 forest π² remaining with one protected forest or more.
Politicians wins: after the 7th round, he/she have to have 25 or more money π° and 20 biodiversity π΄, 30 emissions π¨ and 2 forest π² at least remaining at least remaining with one protected forest or more.
Game wins: when one of the biodiversity or stored emissions counters are 0, everybody loses.
If you want to know more about the forest game and the intentions behind it. You can contact the Mid Sweden University with the subject "Forest game 2021".