A tile laying game where you build the power that your continent needs.
Geopowr is played by 1-3 people (age 7+) in about 25 minutes.
Geopowr is available at the TIX on the Square, Royal Alberta Museum, Mission: Fun & Games and APTtoGAME for about $25.
You can order a Geopowr game to pickup in Edmonton by contacting us (see details below).
We can mail you Geopowr for $41.50 (including shipping, Canada and USA only):
Geopowr Instructions
We're proud to be featured in Edmonton Made's Gifted Catalogue.
Will fossil fuels continue to feed our thirst for power? Can nuclear plants solve our energy problems? Or will a balance of renewables be sufficient? You can work together with other continents or pursue your own ambitions for power.
We all need energy but what type to choose? There are wars fought over oil, Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear power plant accidents, earthquakes induced by geothermal exploration, birds downed by wind turbines, solar and hydro plants taking over the landscape. You choose now.
Our species is naturally tribalistic. But we can choose to be altruistic or selfish, thoughtful or instinctive. Geopowr is a wildy addictive board game for friends and families to play out their personal approach to dealing with the growing energy insecurity and try to address one of the world's most pressing problems.
We are scientists, designers and teachers who care about the state of our planet and species. Our game is designed to be riot for families and friends to play. We also hope that people think about and discuss the options for power generation. We feel that a balanced supply of clean energy is needed and will benefit our health, environment and economy.
Michael Overduin
Scientist/Inventor
Marcella Erksine
Reality Checker/Director
Pancho Eekels
Designer/Artist
Evelyn Eekels
Quality Assurance/Manager
Chloe Overduin
School/Education Liaison
Paul Overduin
Consultant Climatologist
Sienna Overduin
Playtester
Tajo
Junior Playtester
James Overduin
Physicist/Dark Energy
Liana
Junior Playtester
The Geopowr interviewed by CBC in the Pawn & Pint Cafe. Q&A with game designer Michael Overduin: I designed Geopowr with my family, it was really a group effort. We came up with the idea of linking quadrants of energy to create power plants. [...]
Geopowr is about diversifying energy and building power plants for the world and invented in Edmonton by a local scientist working on polymers and drug discovery. See Press Release [...]
Board games have been the foundation of my childhood. I’ve lived in varying climates as I was born in Toronto, raised in Denver and moved between cities in England. Playing games provided a way to think about these places and try to make sense of them [...]
Civilization was built on the back of power, and was spawned when humans created fire. The development of coal and steam energy drove the industrial revolution, and was followed by the discovery of oil in places like Alberta, where this game was invented [...]
Geopowr is designed with textured 3D images to bring energy to life, and appeals to the senses through colour, shape and tactile feel without depending on any text. The energies are drawn in contrasting colours with icons to be easily recognized by anyone [...]
We started Geopowr with a basic premise - connect energy quadrants to build a diversity of power for continents and ideally benefit the world by working together. Hundreds of gameplays later, we have a prototype that balances strategy, tactics and chance, and offers cooperativity and intrigue [...]
Buy Geopowr for 1 to 3 players.
Your conveniently-sized Geopowr Travel Game Box will include these components:
Feel free to provide feedback on your experience with Geopowr, we'll credit you if you wish.
We appreciate your support.
We thank playtesters Darek Burdziuk, Jon den Otter, Nathan Ottenson and Spencer Evans at EPOC.
You can buy one of the first hand made copies of Geopowr by paying CAD 41.50 (only in CANADA or the USA for now).
This will support the craftsmanship of an independent game developer and is greatly appreciated.
We'll then send you a package (no shipping charge) by standard mail with the Geopowr Game Box (Standard American Version) which includes:
We really appreciate your support.
Geopowr
2059721 Alberta Ltd
323 Routledge Road
Edmonton, AB T6R 1B9, Canada
+1 780 222 6281