Elba Emergency — Civil-Military Cooperation Game
Cooperative game for practising interagency coordination, leadership and emergency decision-making.
Discover: Elba Emergency — Civil-Military Cooperation Game
What it is for
Italian-context player-versus-environment game for exercising interagency coordination, leadership and decision-making during an emergency on the Island of Elba.
My contribution
Project Officer & Learning Architect; operational Supervisor. Delivered for approximately 60 participants in four parallel groups, supported by eight facilitators, four controllers, three analysts and one supervisor.
How it works
Seven turns represent approximately three operational months, using 28-minute cycles. The system includes 16 Coordination cards, 48 Event cards and 36 Population-at-Risk cards; a 46-page playbook and a 71-slide management deck support delivery.
Results and materials
Training exercise completed in November 2025. Volume IV of the Defence Wargaming Laboratory series (CASD), edited by Adriano Pantaleo, documents design, facilitation and analysis of the results. Full text available as an official pre-publication; release on the CASD institutional website is pending. ISBN 979-12-5515-163-0.
