Geoengineering 101

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Can you stop climate change? Beware: in this pre-apocalyptic board game, your actions set things in motion beyond your control!
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Dates: Aug 2nd -> Sep 4th (33 days)
Project By: Alfred
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September 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Thank you for making this game happen, and a few closing thoughts on geoengineering

September 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
With less than a day to go, I'd like to give a big thanks to all backers for supporting the game and helping get the word out. If you know anyone else who wants a copy, tell them to get theirs today!  As many have mentioned, there are plenty of... (Read More)

Preview by Board Game King

August 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Board Game King has posted a preview of Geoengineering 101! Great opening line: "Don’t you think there are too many games about the post-apocalyptic future of Earth? Taking chances on life in these games, we are gradually getting used to the idea... (Read More)

Geoengineering 101 Print and Play now available

August 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Climate Change music - Trails and Ways' "Skeletons"

August 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Climate change isn't just a topic for games, it also shows up in music.  Trails and Ways, a band from Oakland, California, often explores environmental themes in their music.  In their latest album, Pathology, the first song is titled "Skeletons"... (Read More)

Game strategies: To cooperate or not to cooperate

August 15th - via: kickstarter.com
In Geoengineering 101, while there is no rule against players telling each other what cards they are playing into the Upcoming Plans stack, in all of the playtests I have run, players did not coordinate what they were playing at all, with a couple... (Read More)

Geoengineering 101: a gameplay summary

August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
While I don't have any gameplay video to show yet, here's a play-by-play summary of a recent game.  This was a 3 person game at the local game night here in Berkeley, with myself and two novice gamers for who this was their first game.  Each of us... (Read More)

Geoengineering 101 game mechanics: 6 turns from midnight

August 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Game Design Journal - some thoughts on the game mechanics When playing Geoengineering 101, the one constant of the game is that temperature goes up by 1 in all hemispheres every turn.  Temperature starts at 3, and once it goes over 8 in all... (Read More)

Some of the inspiration for the game - the book Fixing the Sky

August 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all our backers!  Throughout the next few weeks I'll be writing a bit on some of the inspiration behind the game.  One of the more useful references I came across in making Geoengineering 101 was the book Fixing the Sky by James... (Read More)

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