Mountain Slide

Can you save a mountain from collapsing when your community depends on its resources?

The Mountain Slide is a cooperative card game where players work together to keep their mountain from collapsing. Taking on different roles within a mountain community, players must complete challenges, manage natural resources and make decisions that affect the stability of their shared environment.

The game was developed by young people during the Democracy XP: Rule the Game, Not the People, the final activity of IYNF's  2026 Democracy Re:Boot – Engage, Defend, Innovate! project cycle.

Keeping the mountain standing might sound simple, but time is running out! As the glacier melts and the community continues to depend on mining and forestry, every decision can have consequences for the mountain's stability. With different roles, limited time to communicate and challenges to overcome, players must coordinate their actions to survive six rounds. How do you meet the needs of your community without putting its future at risk? And what happens when the resources you depend on also threaten your shared environment?

Through the example of a mountain community, The Mountain Slide encourages players to reflect on the relationship between human activities, climate change and collective responsibility. It explores how cooperation, communication and shared decision-making can help communities respond to environmental challenges, particularly when their choices involve difficult trade-offs.

The game can be enjoyed as a cooperative challenge or used as a starting point for discussions and workshops about environmental sustainability, democratic decision-making and community resilience. It's particularly suited to youth exchanges, training courses and other small-group activities where participants can explore how individual actions and collective choices influence a shared future.

You can either choose to download the game here on the website or to contact us at iynf@iynf.org to get a printed copy sent to you. We send the game for free; you just have to cover the shipping costs.

The educational activity and the production of the outcome were kindly funded by the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe and the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.