{"product_id":"boil-order-municipal-water-utility-edition-crisis-simulation-zine","title":"Boil Order — Municipal Water Utility Edition Crisis Simulation ZINE","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #F5A623 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #F5A623 .75pt; padding: 0in 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #F5A623 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #F5A623 .75pt; padding: 0in 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #F5A623 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #F5A623 .75pt; padding: 0in 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #F5A623 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #F5A623 .75pt; padding: 0in 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"margin-bottom: 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #F5A623 .75pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #0d1b3e;\"\u003eBoil Order — Municipal Water Utility Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 5.0pt 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #444444;\"\u003eDigital Download\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #444444;\"\u003eGame Creator: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003ePhilippe Borremans \/ RiskComms FZCO\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #444444;\"\u003eEstimated Time to Play: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e90–120 minutes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #444444;\"\u003eNumber of Players: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e5–8 players plus a facilitator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 8.0pt 0in 2.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #444444;\"\u003eRoles (8):\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eDirector of Public Communications, General Manager, City Public Health Officer, Mayor's Representative, Chief Engineer, Legal Counsel (optional), Community Liaison (optional), State Regulator Contact (optional)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #444444;\"\u003eGame Description:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eBoil Order is a tabletop crisis simulation built around a cyberattack on a municipal water treatment plant — and the 88-minute window of anomalous commands that may or may not have altered chlorination levels for a city of 410,000. Players don't get to wait for the lab result. The technical answer arrives on its own schedule, far slower than the news cycle, and the simulation forces a choice between two failure modes: warn too early and risk panic over water that turns out to be safe, or wait for certainty and risk becoming the utility that let a city drink unconfirmed water for half a day. The Public Health Officer's independent authority to issue her own advisory keeps the pressure real — if the utility doesn't act, someone else acts for it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #444444;\"\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 5.0pt .35in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eExternally-controlled uncertainty mechanic — the Contamination Uncertainty tracker moves on the engineering team's testing schedule, not the communicator's decisions; players must issue guidance before the technical answer exists, and the facilitator alone controls when — or whether — it resolves in their favor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 5.0pt .35in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eDual-authority structural threat — the City Public Health Officer can issue an independent boil-water advisory at any point, stripping the utility of its own narrative if it hesitates too long.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 5.0pt .35in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eA regulatory clock layered inside the crisis clock — a real six-hour mandatory reporting deadline (Round 2) runs underneath the 40-hour session clock, forcing a high-stakes decision before the table has its footing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 5.0pt .35in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eEquity-under-pressure design — 34% of the affected population's primary language isn't English, and every late or English-only communication decision costs trust that's modeled explicitly, not just implied.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 5.0pt .35in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eFacilitator-driven escalation — a 10-round, 40-hour clock moving from the advisory decision itself, through impact and equity gaps, to whether the eventual all-clear is believed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 5.0pt .35in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eFour distinct endgame states — Managed but Damaged, Narrative Lock-In, Dr. Kwon's Advisory, or Trusted Under Pressure — with no outcome in which every objective is achieved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 5.0pt .35in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eScalable — runs with 5 players doubling up on roles or a full 8-person table; the Director of Public Communications role should never be cut.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 10.0pt;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: #444444;\"\u003eGame requires 1d6 and 1d10 (not included with digital download; free online dice rollers work).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EM Disaster Gaming","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48805490655464,"sku":"FZCOMEMDGBOZINE04","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/4317\/5656\/files\/BOILORDERPROMO.png?v=1785009919","url":"https:\/\/emdisastergaming.com\/products\/boil-order-municipal-water-utility-edition-crisis-simulation-zine","provider":"EM Disaster Gaming","version":"1.0","type":"link"}