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Some enterprising folks in the cooperative movement are in the final stages of perfecting a new board game, “Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives,” which they dub as “an innovative way for aspiring and existing cooperators, as well as other interested parties, to learn about co-ops and to practice cooperation.” The project recently completed a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise $8,800 to finish the design and production of the game. Co-opoly is being produced by the Toolbox for Education and Social Action (TESA), a Northampton, Mass, “publisher of participatory resources for social and economic change.”

The first edition of the game is the “workers' cooperative edition.” Future editions are planned for grocer co-ops, artisan co-ops, housing co-ops, and others. As the game makers explain: “These different iterations will address the specific characteristics of each type of cooperative. In this way, we aim to develop a series of games spanning the vast cooperative world. Each new edition (or 'expansion pack') will be available at a very low cost, as the same board will be able to be used for each version of Co-opoly -- they'll just need new cards.”