The Neighbourhoods Online game

The Neighbourhoods Online game is designed to help people explore ways in which they can use the Internet to benefit their local community - whether in town or country.

Below are original materials: go here for the latest developments, new scenarios and cards.

It has been developed by Drew Mackie and David Wilcox as a successor to the original Communities Online Game which is on the Partnerships Online site. That game has the same approach, but placed more emphasis on creating the technical platform for community networking. Before reading about the game, you may wish to find out more about online communities.

The game is designed to be used as part of a start up process for an online community. More here about that process.

Instructions for the Neighbourhoods Online Game

• Invent a fictitious scenario - for example at a conference
• Take a given scenario - an urban neighbourhood
• Describe your own 'real community - whether town or country

Project cards used to develop a plan for the area - UK version

• Description of the cards
• First page of cards
• Second page of cards

Project cards - US version

• Instructions and three cards
• More cards
• Still more cards
• pdf of latest version of the cards

After playing the Neighbourhoods Online game

• Find out more about online communities and the practical steps you can take to create one.
• Take other steps in the process of creating an online neighbourhood.

For more information on the game contact david@partnerships.org.uk or drewmackie@m2ud.com