Edit crisis narratives, strategy prompts, and portfolio impact stories — then "Set Game" to apply.
Use [WORLD] as placeholder for the player's world name.
What the player sees as the description of each strategy option for this crisis.
Short description of what each strategy actually does — shown as a preview on the allocation screen.
Shown only to market-strategy investors. Describes how their portfolio is undermining their philanthropic work.
Use [WORLD] as placeholder for the player's world name.
By October, Testville's third graders are two reading levels behind. Algebra is being covered by substitutes, bus routes are late, and asthma absences spike in classrooms with bad air. Families want tutoring tonight; principals warn that tutoring will not hold if the teacher pipeline and school funding keep breaking.
How strategy options will appear to players for this crisis.
Put trained tutors, paraprofessionals, after-school meals, and substitute coverage into the highest-need schools this semester.
Students get adults at their desks this week. Attendance and reading growth stabilize, but the same gaps return if the system stays brittle.
Back school finance advocacy, paid teacher residencies, and district-wide evidence-based tutoring so recovery is not limited to one school.
Teacher supply and school funding become less fragile. The payoff is bigger, but it depends on policy fights and implementation time.
Fund community school coordinators, parent leadership tables, multilingual family navigation, and school board budget watchdogs.
Families gain durable power over budgets, staffing, and services. It is slower than relief, but it changes who can act next time.
Replace asphalt yards with shade and green schoolyards, upgrade HVAC and filtration, and monitor clean air around classrooms.
Cleaner air and cooler campuses reduce absences and heat closures. It protects learning conditions, though it will not hire teachers by itself.
Your market portfolio includes school service vendors lobbying Testville to replace certified staff with automated test prep and short-term contracts. The savings lift earnings, while classrooms lose the adults your grants are trying to put back.
| R# | Title | Category | Changed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 📚 | The Bell Rings Thin | education | |
| 2 | 🏥 | The Line Outside Triage | health | |
| 3 | 💰 | The Paychecks Stop | economic | |
| 4 | 🏠 | The Notice on the Door | housing | |
| 5 | 🌾 | The Empty Loading Dock | food | |
| 6 | 🌊 | The Waterline Moves | natural-disaster |