Water Games
Water Games is a joint initiative of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Centre for Systems Solutions to celebrate the World Water Day.
We have collected and described a number of different games addressing different water challenges. These games differ with respect to time required to play, a number of participants, type (computer, board, or role-play).

We hope that you find a game that you can use and organize a session for other participants that you invite.
World Water Day
Water Games is a joint initiative of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Centre for Systems Solutions to celebrate the World Water Day.
We have collected and described a number of different games addressing different water challenges. These games differ with respect to time required to play, a number of participants, type (computer, board, or role-play). We hope that you find a game that you can use and organize a session for other participants that you invite.
We would be delighted to hear from you more about your experiences - please share with us descriptions and pictures from your event!

Water games

P.I.P.E.S.
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Nexus! Challenge
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Game of Floods
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River Basin Game
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New Shores: a Game for Democracy
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The World’s Future
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Nexus Game
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Lords of the Valley the board game (Wladcy Doliny)
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Flood Resilience Game
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Sustainable Delta
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Darfur is Dying
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AWQA Water
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We would be delighted to hear from you more about your experiences - please share with us descriptions and pictures from your event! We can publish it on our blog like the posts below!
Posts about water games

Water Games for World Water Day 2019
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Water, Trust, and the Shadow of Flint
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Water Games for World Water Day 2018
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Nexus! Challenge with Herman van der Meyden
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Coasting through environmental change?
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Groundwater governance
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Playing the Lords of the Valley
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Why Nexus Game is more than a game?
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Celebrating WWD17 with Water Games
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WWD17 is all about wastewater
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Why play water management games?
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Thoughts after Lords of the Valley Game Session
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International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Centre for Systems Solutions promote and apply the systems approach, in research and policy, in order to understand and solve complex problems at different scales. Serious games are innovative, participatory tools that can support finding solutions for important water problems. They can also support education on water issues in an engaging and accessible way.