Daybreak - A Stopping Climate Change Game, from The Creator of Pandemic

Solid easy game. cooperative. Base game not too difficult to win but can be adjusted to suit players. Reasonable amount of luck but good options to balance. plays fairly quickly, short rule set. arrived promptly. appears genuine product.

Pandemic is often cited as the game that started modern co-op gaming. Daybreak has great subject matter, fantastic but functional art (even QR codes so you can look up the research behind cards and the rules) and best of all because turns are simultaneous there is no down time as people are encourage to work together in the common goal of achieving drawdown and halting the effects of climate change. The rules are very easy to digest and many videos exist to teach the game (both official and on YouTube from various game content creators). An entire game should not take more than 2 hours. While there are some cards and edge cases that require rules interpretation it is easy enough to find answers on the Boardgamegeek forum.

So much fun. We’ve played it over and over with friends. It’s complex, but once you learn, it’s easy to play. Love that it’s cooperative, rather than competitive. My one feedback for the producers would be to provide one or two more of the cardboard trays so you don’t have to mix so many different game piece types together and sort through them.

Came with product box torn and 2 out of 4 seals broken!! Very poorly kept game, will be returning it.

A brilliant game that really brings home the challenge of fighting climate change, but that leaves you feeling incredibly hopeful that humanity can pull through this existential threat