Daybreak
2023 · 1-4 Players · ~60-120 min · Cooperative
Daybreak is Matt Leacock's climate crisis cooperative game, and it succeeds by making the fight against global warming feel like a solvable puzzle rather than an inevitable doom. Players represent world powers deploying policies to reduce emissions and build resilience, and the engine-building creates a satisfying arc from crisis to cautious hope. The theme is handled with educational nuance rather than preachy simplification, and the cooperative tension rivals Pandemic at its best. Some players find the theme too heavy for entertainment, and the complexity ramp in the first game can be steep.