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Our Futures is a game for discovering new ways of engaging the public in thinking about alternative futures. The basic premise of Our Futures is that participants are randomly offered a series of constraints by drawing cards and rolling a dice, which serve as a primer for imagining a participatory futures activity. The game is played either with a group of individuals competing against each other or in teams in 30-75 minutes. The game has three different gameplay models of varying scope and complexity. The resource includes a printable card deck, game board, instructions booklet, and video explanation. The editable materials are also available on Github.

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Publisher

Nesta

Discipline or practice

Futures and Foresight

Design

About this resource

Country/Territory

United Kingdom

Date Published

2020

License

CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Formats

PDF publication

Game

Card deck

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