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— The game's collective defeat condition · Based on real Ukrainian experience
"One strong city cannot save a country if the others are in ruins."
War as a learning context
Stay a leader
You are a mayor. Your city is under pressure — from missile strikes, refugee waves, energy blackouts, and disinformation. You have limited resources. You have difficult choices. And your decisions affect not just your own city, but the survival of the whole country.
Cooperate
Be Ready! City on the Edge is a cooperative simulation board game developed in Ukraine in 2026. It translates three years of documented Ukrainian municipal experience into an experiential learning format for adult audiences worldwide.
This is not a war game
It is a game about resilience, resource allocation, collective action, and the real complexity of local governance under extreme conditions. Players leave with more than knowledge — they leave with visceral understanding of what Ukrainian communities have faced.
In the Box of First Edition
Rounds
Rounds spanning November 2021 to present — each based on a real historical moment
Cities
Real Ukrainian cities — each with distinct geography, economy, and vulnerabilities
Mayors
Mayor archetypes — different leadership styles, same impossible conditions
Decisions
Unique project cards — from bomb shelters to solar panels to counter-disinformation
Seven rounds.
Real history.
Game structure
01. Warning Signs
November 2021 -- No effects. Communities live normally. Should anyone prepare for catastrophe?
02. The Last Day
23 Feb 2022 -- Children went to school as usual. Nobody knew it was the last peaceful morning.
03. Day One
24 Feb 2022 -- 4:00 a.m. Full-scale invasion. First shock. First choices. First window of opportunity.
04. Infrastructure Terror
May 2022 -- Systematic strikes on border cities. Will rear cities coordinate — or watch from a distance?
05. Refugee Wave
July 2022 -- Millions move. Mariupol falls. The rear faces a choice: solidarity or collapse.
06. Energy Terror
October 2022 -- Systematic blackouts. Dark streets. Generators in every courtyard. This is the new winter.
07. Looking Ahead
Now -- Vote: rebuild together — or every city for itself? The last strategic decision.
Built for professionals
who work with communities.
Who plays this game
Adult Education Providers
A ready-to-use simulation for training programs on governance, resilience, and community development. Includes a full facilitator script, FAQ, and debrief structure. No prior game experience required.
Municipal Trainers & Policy People
A practical tool for workshops with local government staff. Creates experiential understanding of resource trade-offs, crisis coordination, and the cost of inaction — faster than any lecture.
NGOs & International Organizations
An engagement tool for solidarity and awareness programs. Documented use cases from 100+ facilitated sessions. Already used in educational contexts across Ukraine, with English and Romanian localizations available.
Five leadership styles | Five real places
Mayor archetypes
The five cities
Learning that stays after the game ends
What participants take away
Understanding of how resource scarcity shapes local governance decisions under crisis conditions
Visceral experience of what coordination failure costs — and what solidarity gains
Recognition that resilience is collective — not the sum of individual performances
Practical experience of real challenges faced by Ukrainian municipalities since 2022
Transferable language for discussing community resilience, resource allocation, and crisis response across different national contexts
— From the game's rulebook · Be Ready! City on the Edge · Ukraine, 2026
"This is not an entertainment game. It is a tool for reflection and solidarity. If, after playing, you want to learn more about real Ukrainian municipal resilience — that is exactly what we hoped for."
World of Communities
We are a Ukrainian professional team of game designers, facilitators, and systems thinkers. Our flagship product — the cooperative simulation game World of Communities — has been through three editions, translated into English and Romanian, and certified over 450 facilitators across Ukraine and internationally.
We believe that the most complex topics — war, governance, resilience, identity — deserve the most sophisticated methodological tools. Games are not a simplification. They are a different kind of seriousness.
Be Ready! City on the Edge was developed with the support of DVV International Ukraine as part of a broader effort to share the Ukrainian adult education experience with European partners.
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