Let the games begin! LADDER – A game of cunning and collaboration.  A board game that’s anything but boring.

You live and work in rural Calamity County, home to an award-winning carrot festival and its unique carrot currency. Calamity County suffers from frequent disasters.  Helping animals in your community can be a hard row to hoe and you have some competition. The race is on to complete your assignment LADDER and be outstanding in your field. Use the hand you’re dealt to address the situation. Which problem can you fix with a circus tent? Emergency short-term animal shelter? Equipment storage? After-hours cocktail lounge? But watch out - Chaos is always around the corner.

SOMEONE forgot to buy coffee after using the last of it yesterday.  Now you have to pay the community coffers 25 carrots. The coveted Carrot Crown will be awarded to the winning team. LADDER isn’t the only place you should rise above the calamity. In Round 2, use your creativity from the game to level up your real-world plan to help animals in disasters.

It’s game time – come on down!  Who is playing?  Extension educators, emergency managers, and animal response personnel team up to climb the LADDER. Be ready to get your game on. But wait – there’s more! Chaotic calendars?  Travel troubles?  Now you don’t have to be in the same room!  Virtual LADDER is in development.