“World of Communities” is a Ukrainian board game simulator created for leaders and change-makers. It helps players quickly engage, build collaboration, develop personally, and practice essential 21st-century skills.

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It has never been easier to explore how society functions, how local economies work, and what conditions encourage strangers to start collaborating.


What challenges is this tool already equipped to address?

SOCIAL COHESION

● Helping internally displaced persons (IDPs) integrate into the community
● Identifying the needs of specific target groups
● Easing the effects of crises 

MODERN SCHOOLS

● Student self-governance
● Career guidance and fostering entrepreneurship
● Anti-bullying initiatives and social integration

UNIVERSITIES

● Career guidance and nurturing entrepreneurship
● Developing soft skills for landing a first job
● Building managerial skills for working in global markets

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

● Public engagement and consultations
● Investment attraction and fundraising
● Scenario planning for strategy development

THE PUBLIC SECTOR

● Civic education
● Identifying the needs of target groups
● Activating and connecting with like-minded people

PARTY BUILDING

● Diagnosing party branches
● Developing leadership qualities
● Training for party representatives

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

● Fast recruitment
● Team building, leadership, collaboration
● Business networking

YOUTH WORK

● Activating and connecting with like-minded youth
● Socializing at-risk teenagers
● Exploring tools for youth engagement and participation in community life

2021

World of Communities: Accelerator III

The third, updated and revised edition of the Ukrainian board game "World of Communities," a cooperative strategy game in the social simulator genre.
The game mechanics are as close to real life as possible, and victory can only be achieved through cooperation and interaction.

Unleash the tool's potential.

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Fix It: 100 recipes to fix the community with the “World of Communities” game

Another goal of this book is to dispel the fear that game-based learning is difficult and that it's impossible to figure it out on your own; to counter the belief that "World of Communities" is too difficult; or that after a few sessions, the game will lose its appeal.
What is this?
It’s a collection of models and methods for using the "World of Communities" board game. Each model is presented as a "pill" that "treats" (fixes) something in one of the environments where we live, work, relax, and interact with others. This could be a professional community, a work team, a local community, co-owners of an apartment building, a school community, a business partnership, and so on.
Attention!
By systematically practicing the described recipes and creating your own, you will quickly become a Master of building social capital and an indispensable person, no matter where life takes you! :)


Milestones

A bit of the "World of Communities" game evolution history.

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The "Barrier-Free Community" App

2023

Developed by order of the NGO "Laboratory of Change" with financial support from the UK Government.

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Release of “World of Communities: Accelerator”

2022

The English edition was published during the war.

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"useREuse" App

2021

Developed within the framework of the UN Program for Reconstruction and Peacebuilding with the financial support of the European Union.

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Third Release of “World of Communities: Accelerator III"

2021

This edition was made possible through private investments from participants and partners of the World of Communities network.

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Lumea Comutatilor

2020

An adapted and translated version of the game in Romanian for Moldova, supported by DVV International and the Hanns Seidel Foundation.

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The "Learning Community" App

2019

A partnership project in collaboration with DVV International in Ukraine.

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Second Release of “World of Communities: Coopetition”

2018

Funded by private investors.

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First Release of “World of Communities: Accelerator”

2017

Launched using personal funds from a private investor and a bank loan.

Research

who, how, and why uses the “World of Communities Training Game"
who, how, and why uses the “World of Communities Training Game"

2019

GAME AUTHORS

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Mykhailo Voitovych

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Taras Tymchuk

The team of authors and co-creators expresses gratitude for the support and strength to continue moving forward to all the Game Masters of the “World of Communities” and to everyone who believed in our ideas and contributed to their sustainability with resources.