Below you’ll find links to download and/or play several games created by HEPEX-ers, related to both science and decision-making aspects of hydrological ensemble prediction.

A general presentation about the games can be found here: About Hepex Games (Ramos et al., EGU 2018)

Call for Water

In Call For Water, you will manage a water supply reservoir in anticipation of the summer season based on seasonal forecasts. In the first game round, you are provided with forecasts of varying reliability and confidence, while in the second round, you have the possibility to pay for systematically reliable and confident forecasts. It is: (1) a training on the concepts of forecast confidence and reliability, and (2) an investigation of the levels of forecast confidence and reliability needed to inform decisions.

• You can play the online version here (desktop or mobile)
• Download the slides and worksheets (.zip) here: Call for Water Game - English Version, Call for Water Game - Italian Version
• Reference: stay tuned!

Pathways to running a flood forecasting centre: an adventure game

• You can play the online version here.
• A blog post on the game was published in the Imprex project website: here
• Reference: Arnal et al. (EGU 2017 abstract)

Flood control game

• Download: English (original version),  French, Chinese, Italian, Swedish, Finnish
• Reference: Ramos et al., 2012

Water management game

• Download: English (original version), German
• Reference: Crochemore et al., 2015
• HEPEX blog post

Peak Box game

• Download: Peak Box Game
• Reference: Zappa et al., 2013
• HEPEX blog post

Pay-for-a-forecast game

• Download (play with paper version): Pay for a forecast game
• Download (play online version): Online Pay-for-a-forecast game instructions
• Reference: Arnal et al., 2016
• HEPEX blog post