Once upon a time, there were large and rich land areas, abundant rivers and happy, prosperous villages. A profound harmony reigned between man and nature. But one day, we no longer really know how or why the balance was disturbed. The cohabitation that symbolized this lasting balance and the relationships between man and the plants or animals of the forest were no longer equitable and good for neither nature nor man. The IDEAL game invites you to start from scratch.

The IDEAL game is a board game that aims at conquering a territory with the common goal of maintaining coviability, that is sustainable coexistence and harmony between humans and Nature. Depending on his/her character, each player also has a secret individual objective that can only be achieved after achieving the common goal of finding a sustainable and beneficial equilibrium for humans, plants, and animals in the forest.

Download the Print & Play version

By clicking on the images below you can access the game rules (in Portuguese) (in French) (in English) and you can also print it to play (Portuguese) (French) (English) .

If you have only 7 minutes, watch the demonstration video!

Online version of the game

By clicking on the images below you can access (soon) the application that allows you to automatically calculate the players’ scores and also the online version of the game.

Online version of the game (soon)

Credits

Game design

The game was designed by Laure Berti-Equille, Milena Dutra da Silva and Renan Viera Rocha and was built through collaboration between several researchers and students from different institutions and laboratories in the IDEAL joint Lab.

Design of the Online Version

Ayla D. Rebouças, Rafael Magalhães, Tácito Neves, Rodrigo Rebouças, Larissa Bastos Juvito, Levi Maciel de Souza, Matheus Soares de Lima and Lucas Cardoso dos Santos.

Video Production

Ionáh Mariany de Souza e Santana, Paula Emanuelly Gomes dos Santos, Raimundo Ferreira da Silva Sobrinho and Valquíria Alves da Silva