Ekos: The Path to Resilience

Ekos challenges players to use systems thinking and co-design to envision a more equitable and sustainable city in the face of climate change and other challenges. Your goal – build a network of resilient systems, use resources wisely, and collaborate to improve the adaptive capacity of your systems.

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Your purchase of Ekos includes the following items, as well as digital resources such as a facilitators guide, slide decks, and instructional videos. Please email us if cost is an issue!

  • 1 Game Board

  • 1 Die

  • 20 Resource Chips: Energy, Water, and Infrastructure chips used to build systems. 

  • 46 Event Cards: positive, negative, and challenge events.

  • 6 Actor Cards: City Council Speaker, City Planner, Community Organizer, Ecologist, Designer, and Modeler

  • 6 Actor Tokens

  • 75 System Cards: Cards symbolizing a completed system.

  • 19 Adaptation Cards: An upgrade that protects systems from Events.

  • 1 Points Tracker

  • Rules Pamphlet

  • 1 System key (in the Rules Pamphlet) 

Created by: The Urban Systems Lab at The New School

Genre: simulation, role-playing game, serious game

Number of players: 2 - 6 players; Ages 8+

Duration: 1-2 hours

Languages: English (Spanish/Español coming soon!)