Game details
Type: Card Game
Topic:
 Biology
Player number: 2 to 10
Duration: 30 mins (2 rounds) to 90 mins (full game)
Audience: Undergraduate University students
Publication date: 2018
Designer(s): Dr Pen Holland (Biology) with Dr Kerry Knox (Education) and Dr Ben Kirman
Additional credits:

Rapid Response Fund, University of York (2018)

Department of Biology, University of York (2018-present)

Digital Creativity Labs Summer School (EPSRC funded; 2018-2019)

Design and Print Solutions, University of York (printing)

Catastrophic

A game of community, conservation and catastrophe

Catastrophic is a card game designed to help players understand how the small things in life can affect large scale processes around the world. Cultivate and support the development of the most robust community of plants and animals, weaken those of your opponents, and adapt to survive the events the planet and your opponents continually throw at you.

Feedback:

“This is the best game ever. 10/10 would play again.”
2019 student

Materials:

Downloadable files

Coming soon

Links and socials 

Website – https://catastrophic.york.ac.uk/ 

Online version – https://catastrophic.york.ac.uk/play-online 

Instagram: @catastrophicgame

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