A board game called Kreppuspilið (Recession in English) , has been created mocking the recent financial crisis.
The idea was conceived by Icelander Valur Þór Gunnarsson after losing his job. He suggested the idea to Gogogic chief executive Jonas Antonsson, who told the Financial Times.
It is a fairly standard board game that involves throwing dice and picking up cards that take players on a giddy boom-and-bust journey that will see them buy a private jet and obtain a foreign loan before being brought back to earth with a bump.
The company's blog has more information on the game's rapid development.
A comment left by Jonas Antonsson on the tabletop games blog Purple Pawn gives more details on how the game works.
Players use dice to move clock-wise on the outer rim of the board (pictured). They keep moving in circles until they have picked up 4 items and completed 4 tasks. Basically this involves landing on special squares or gaining said items or tasks through event cards. The items include a private jet, a huge house, etc. The tasks include getting a severence package, protesting outside parliament, etc. The game is won when a player has collected all 4 items and all 4 tasks, made his way to the big square in the middle - which is the press conference, where the player promptly resigns..
The heart of the game is found in the action cards. There are three types. “Recession” cards, “Booming Economy” cards and “Uncertain Times” cards. Each card has a heading, some text (event) and a result.
Currently we’re getting the Icelandic people involved in making up the action cards through the game’s web page - http://www.kreppuspilid.is. This allows us to capture what people are currently thinking and how they see humor or irony in the middle of a downward spiral.
Possible plans for the future include a US and online version.
I think it's a great idea, and would love to see a British version. I think the economic events of the past ten years would be ripe for one.
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