How did you come up with the idea?

The original concept came about while I was studying a couple courses on Foresight, while teaching a corporate strategy class using an online simulation.

The foresight courses helped crystalize my thinking about trends, systemic incentives and the future more generally. The online simulation had the students representing different teams and competing over a series of rounds to maximize their net profit in various markets and with various products.

Between the two experiences, all the boardgames I play with family and friends and my career in global affairs, I suddenly thought to myself: “I could totally build a game for geopolitics!”.  Using the extra time at home during the 2021 quarantine, I got 80% of the concept on paper in a matter of weeks. After months and months of editing, tweaking, testing, and designing through the last 20%, we got the Beta version!

- Ian