About the Game
The Ready for Drought? game is an in-person role-playing game based on the Extreme Event game developed by the National Academy of Sciences. Players work together to solve problems that can arise in their communities during a drought - building a community resilience. They learn to prioritize resources, build coalitions, respond to and assess the impacts of a drought, while practicing critical thinking and improving civic literacy related to drought resilience.
Benefits
- Compliment other educational and outreach tools
Serve as a team building activity and/or ice breaker during meetings, conferences, or in a high school/college classroom.
- Short, simple and low-cost
Playing time 90+ minutes. Downloadable package with the entire game and instructions that can be easily printed.
- Demonstrates the importance of community resilience, communication, and coalitions during a complex and evolving natural hazard
Drought-stricken communities solve realistic challenges with sector-related resources and engagement opportunities (with neighboring populations).
How to Play
Players begin by selecting a role in one of six sectors that were identified as critical for addressing drought mitigation and impacts: