'Facility-wise' is an analogue serious game for collaboration and participatory planning of facilities and services, using a game board with various discussion elements around a topographical map of a specific case. Six to ten participants - real stakeholders with different interests - explore different future scenarios for merging, moving, maintaining, spreading or combining different facilities and services. It can be tailored to different (rural or urban) cases, relating to different topics and geographical scales. Topics can include the provision of local health care, education, sports or even private facilities such as supermarkets. While ‘playing’ the game, stakeholders map out the current state of affairs and discuss future perspectives. The aim is to gain insight into each other's standpoints and to find common ground. It is also possible to play the game as a simulation in which participants play a role.

The serious game Facility-Wise was developed by Suzan Christiaanse (project leader) and Tialda Haartsen from the University Groningen, and Sjoerd IJdema, Ellen Stutterheim and Alies Hoitsma from Partoer. The method was developed through a participatory process, and refined according to feedback and results from six test-cases in North-West Fryslân.

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