Daybreak

About this board game

Daybreak is a cooperative climate-action game for 1–4 players, with sessions lasting about 120 minutes. Each player controls a world power and works with the others to confront global heating while building societies that can withstand life-threatening crises.

Players deploy policies and technologies to dismantle the engine of global heating and move the world toward net-zero emissions. Cooperation is central: everyone must coordinate their efforts to address the global challenge and protect people within their world powers.

The game creates clear shared risks for the whole table. Everyone loses if the global temperature gets too high, or if too many people from any one world power are in crisis. Success depends on working together to draw down global emissions to net-zero.

• Cooperative play: all players share the same overall goal and outcome.
• Global climate action: deploy policies and technologies to reduce emissions.
• Resilient societies: build protection against life-threatening crises.
• Shared victory conditions: reach net-zero emissions before the global situation becomes too severe.

Released in 2023, Daybreak focuses on the tension between reducing the causes of global heating and protecting people from its consequences. Its worldwide scope gives every player a role in a collective response, while the shared loss conditions keep attention on the wellbeing of all world powers.

Whether played solo or with a group, Daybreak presents climate action as a cooperative challenge. Coordinate your world powers, deploy effective responses, and work toward a future where global emissions reach net-zero.