How to play the open data board board game, Datopolis

1. Name | Position
Datopolis – the open
data board game

2. Thanks
For creating the game
For hosting this event

3. Tweet!
Follow @opendatanz
#opendataleadership
#opendatagame

4. Name | Position
Setting up

5. Name | Position

6. Set up the dashboard

7. Example data
Open data
(Anyone can reuse)
Closed data
(Only owner can use,
can be opened)
Private data
(Only owner can use,
cannot be opened)

8. Data types
Transport
(Purple)
Geospatial
(Green)
Democratic
(Yellow)
Health
(Red)
Product
(Pink)
Weather
(Blue)

9. Setting up the data infrastructure
Each player selects a set of coloured counters
One player picks 1 data tile & places it as open data
Each player randomly pick 2 data tiles each
Pick 1 tile to play as closed data next to middle tile
Put one of your counters on your data tile

10. Example set up
data tile
counter

11. Roles
Each player randomly pick a role card
Don’t show other players
This determines how you play
and how you win

12. Reverse side of the role card - Todo list
for each turn

13. Each player is dealt 3 tool cards to
start
Playing the game is about using data
to build tools!
Tools

14. Example tool building

15. Name | Position
Playing the game

16. Release and reuse data
Take a data tile at random (no peaking)
Try to build tools by releasing and reusing data sets
Trade tools and data tiles or “do deals” to open data
You can reuse open data to build your tools
You cannot reuse other players closed or private data

17. Events
Each turn an event occurs impacting
environment, society or the economy
(changes the dashboard)
After building tools, player draws 1 event
card and follows the instructions
If any item on the dashboard reaches -4
you’re in a crisis! Work together to avoid it!

18. Crisis!
CRISIS!!!

19. CRISIS! Emergency response
Player begins turn with -4 dashboard need to respond to
the crisis!
Work with everyone to trade and make deals that result
in tools being built to restore the dashboard above -4
Any tools built are worth 2 impact points
After a third crisis, the game ends, everyone loses!

20. Get some more tools
End of your turn you can
optionally discard any of your tool
cards for another
Pick up tool cards to keep 3 in
your hand at the end of your turn

21. Name | Position
Ending the game

22. Ending the game
The game ends when someone reaches 10 points -
that person is a winner
If your Role’s dashboard score is highest when the
game wins, you are also a winner!
If everyone’s dashboard score is +4 at the end of
the game, then everyone wins 
If the dashboard reaches a crisis a third time, then
everyone loses! 

23. Data types
Transport
(Purple)
Geospatial
(Green)
Democratic
(Yellow)
Health
(Red)
Product
(Pink)
Weather
(Blue)