Anthropocenes is a cooperative tabletop game about humanity’s environmental footprint and the connection between local and global issues and actions. Players work together at local and global scales to address social, economic, environmental, and political challenges. Players win when they balance local and global needs and before they run out of time to halt runaway climate change.
Anthropocenes has recently completed a first phase of play testing, and we are submitting the game for peer review in September 2024. We will continue play testing the game during this period. If you are interested in using Anthropocenes in your classroom, please contact one of the developers.
Developers
Jason M. Kelly, Indiana University Indianapolis
Fiona P. McDonald, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Design Team
Alex Custodio, Concordia University
Myron Campbell, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Presentations
“Anthropocenes: A Cooperative Environmental Learning Game,” GenCon (31 July 2024), https://www.gencon.com/events/254138.
Support
Support for Anthropocenes has been provided by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Indiana University Research. the IU Indianapolis Arts and Humanities Institute, and the Collaborative & Experimental Ethnography Lab (CE2 Lab) at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.