Purpose of the game:
- To acquiant the players with the scenarios, lifestyle and issues in the mountains.
- To encourage community-led participation. The game assigns a group or individual authority to solve community/environment-based problems while keeping them aware of vulnerabilities.
- To bring them to empathise with their fellow citizens.
- To initiate dialogues and conversations around the subjects, categories and issues that pop us as part of the game.
Printing instructions
Take a print of the first set, place the sheets in reverse and print the second set. The category/ round names shall be printed on one side of the cards and the instructions on the other.
How to play the game?
The game ‘Life in the Himalayan Mountains’ has been divided into 5 Rounds/ categories and can be played by up to 8 teams/ individuals. The categories are as follows-
Impact of Climate Change
Accessibility
Livelihood
Migration
Human-Wildlife Interaction
Instructions for the facilitator-
- The ideal way to play the game is for the players to stand in a straight row.
- The facilitator should place one set of cards (from 1 round/category) in the centre. There is no particular order of the rounds as such.
- You can play all the rounds or select the appropriate ones according to the group dynamics.
Instructions for the players/participants-
- If playing in a group, 4/5 members in each team will allot a representative to pick a card.
- The teams or individuals will take turns picking one card at a go from the deck.
- The individual picking the card reads out the card’s content to everyone.
- The group represented by the individual must act as directed on the card (body movements and stepping forward/backwards).
How to end the game?
Each team must choose from one of the scenarios/cards through which they have stepped backwards or stayed where they were. Once they have decided on it, they should discuss it in the group and draw the possible inferences and solutions for the issue depicted in the card. The players should step up as change-makers and drive positive results for their communities.