FRACTALgame
Team up to save Alpine ecosystems!
FRACTAL is the acronym for FosteRing green infrAstruCture in the Alps. It is a transalpine project that has several objectives: to raise awareness among citizens and activate a bottom-up commitment towards the implementation of Green Infrastructures through the signing of a symbolic pact, as well as to develop information and educational materials and offer training activities on Green Infrastructures and Ecosystem Services.
The project was funded by the Interreg Alpine Space Programme and involved 4 partners from Italy (Free University of Bolzano), Austria (Burgenland Business Agency) and Slovenia (National Institute of Biology and Triglav National Park).
You can find more information about the project here.
Dear teachers,
below you can find the FRACTALgame, a cooperative board game available in 4 languages, that you can download and print. It is addressed to students older than 12 years. It includes also a teaching guide to help you teachers set up your lecture.
Enjoy it!
The GAMEBOARD
The gameboard is illustrating the five ecosystems where the game takes place. The board also shows the routes connecting each ecosystem. Unbroken dotted lines represent a direct route from one ecosystem to another that a player can reach in one move (such as from the city to the countryside). Each yellow circle on a route counts as an additional move (such as from the river to the high-altitude mountains).
5 POINT Cards
Each card represents one of the five ecosystems, shown by the icon on the top center of the card. Below the icon are the different ecosystems services that can be lost or restored according to the cards played. Point Cards represent the health of the ecosystems on the board.
4 Eco-Hero Cards
Each Eco-Hero has special powers that their player can use as they choose during the game.
– download here the ENG version
SOLUTION Cards
There are three types of Solution Cards: 1. Green Infrastructure Cards; 2. Bonus Cards that give you additional tools for counteracting harmful effects; and 3. Ecosystem Services Cards.
THREAT Cards
Each Threat Card (dark green back) affects a particular ecosystem, represented by the icon in the upper right corner. The central image illustrates the threat and below it are the ecosystem services that are lost when it is played (these icons match the squares on that ecosystem’s Point Card where you’ll place the green Counters).
REMINDER Cards
On your turn, complete the following three mandatory actions and choose up to four moves to shape your strategy.
COUNTERS
For every Threat Card you draw, place a Counter on the Point Card, starting with the first icon on the Threat Card that hasn’t been covered yet. Fill the Point Cards from top to bottom (first the green row, then the yellow row, then blue, and lastly purple).
