The Reservoir

A serious sustainability simulation about shared scarcity, regional pressure, and long-term stewardship. Compete for near-term prosperity without collapsing the basin that every region depends on.

90-minute premium simulation Systems thinking Shared resource leadership

Start or join a basin

Use one room code for all regions. Teams compete, but the reservoir is shared by everyone.

How the game works

Each round, every team chooses a water draw, a regional strategy, and a collective stance.

Short-term growth is tempting, but repeated over-extraction lowers reservoir levels and damages watershed health.

At the end, teams are ranked on prosperity, public stability, and sustainability. The whole group can still fail together.

Shared basin preview

Regions compete over one living reservoir. What looks like a local win can become a basin-wide collapse.

Visible live metrics in play
Reservoir level Regional prosperity Public stability Sustainability
Room code
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Regions

Players

Host controls

Round

Reservoir level 100
Watershed health 100
Your team -

Your region decision

Any teammate can update your shared plan before the host advances the round.

1. Water extraction

2. Regional strategy

3. Collective stance

Team note

Regional standings

Host controls

Round history

Final results

Leaderboard

Last basin state

Reservoir
Watershed
Rounds played

Facilitator note

Use the result patterns to debrief how teams balanced growth, public pressure, and shared stewardship under scarcity.