Many readers will be familiar with Z/Yen’s networking, team-building and training games. Our series of Bourse games including the Technology Bourse, which is based on real investment outcomes in high technology; have all been very successful. We built on our successes with OligopoLuedo, a “merger mystery” which develops M&A skills; and Smugglers' Choice, a game of rum smuggling which teaches competitive game theory.

New for 2007 is WarmGame, designed with help from Mike Young of Corda, a game of international negotiation with the aim of reducing global warming. The governments of six major carbon dioxide producers – the USA, India, China, Russia, the EU and Japan – can make investments in projects such as non-fossil fuel power plants and flood defences, can impose economic sanctions on other countries who are not pulling their weight in the fight against global warming and have to answer questions on climate change.

The game is a good illustration of the tragedy of the commons and also demonstrates game theory and prospect theory. It has been a huge hit so far. Many people who know all our games think it is the best yet. So far we have run WarmGame for the London Accord and the Carbon Trust amongst others. If you have a networking or teambuilding event coming up why not give it a try – if you want to know more, give Mark Yeandle a call.