On Saturday, March 23 at 9AM, join Chandler Jennings, Spring 2024 Artist-in-Residence, for a community game play session. In this session, participants will play “Daybreak” (more information below). Space is limited to four players and play time is estimated to be 1.5-2 hours. Snacks, seltzer, and coffee will be available at this free event. RSVP here to save your spot.
Want to play but can’t make it on Saturday? Chandler is hosting two other game play sessions. Join in on Wednesday, 3/27 at 7:30PM or on Friday, 3/29 at 4PM.
About the game:
Game: Daybreak is a cooperative game about confronting the threat of climate change and pursuing solutions to it. Players each take on the role of a world power pursuing many different projects that help capture carbon, transition to clean energy, reduce emissions, reinforce global ecological systems, and increase community resilience. Each round, players must communicate and collaborate as they set priorities and play different "local project" cards into their personal tableau before withstanding a series of climate catastrophes. If players are able to cooperate and reach carbon drawdown within a set number of rounds, they win.
Estimated play time: 1.5 - 2 hours
Player count: 4
Complexity: medium
Content warning: This game is full of both existential dread and existential hope related to climate change
About Chandler: Chandler Jennings is an analog games maker, writer, and academic. During his 2024 Spring Research Residency, Chandler is refining "Justice". Part storytelling game and part interactive installation, "Justice" asks participants to theorize, build, and test a system of justice in an imaginary society (with implications for our own).
Chandler’s games try to challenge participants to explore the limits of their political imagination and consider serious issues from unexpected angles. He is particularly interested in how storytelling and imagination can translate into political agency and how these can move beyond the game-space to work towards justice in the real world. Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Chandler received his BA from Pomona College in 2014 and his MA from the University of Virginia in 2023 (both in English). He is very happy to be living in Charlottesville with his wife, Michelle, and their dog, Joni.
The 2023-2024 Research Residency is made possible with support from the Anne and Gene Worrell Foundation.