On the Road Again: Come play with us!

by | Apr 22, 2026 | Board Game, Café Game, Learning Experiences, News, Preparedness, Training, Update, Wildfire

A creative composite image featuring a photorealistic background of a sunny road intersection in California, dominated by a large white directional road sign with multiple black arrows. Driving away on the asphalt is a photorealistic 1940s-style Chevrolet pickup truck in a deep maroon color. The truck is filled with colorful, hand-sketched illustrations of event gear, including a bright blue and red pop-up canopy, a multi-colored prize wheel, game boards, and storage bins. Two simple, hand-drawn stick-figure people sit in the cab, smiling and waving excitedly out the window. A hand-sketched white banner with the "Creative Crisis Leadership" logo and the tagline "Helping communities prepare to be unprepared" flows out from the back of the truck like a flag.

We love the careful thinking and creative design work that goes into every game we build. But nothing compares to the smiles, laughter, and “Aha!” moments that happen when those games finally hit the ground.

Our team is hitting the road to share the fun. We’d love for you to join us!

Public Preparedness Fairs

Sonoma County Wildfire & Earthquake Expo

WHEN: Sunday, April 26 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
WHERE: Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa CA
WHAT: We’re bringing Ember Dodge: Household to help families build wildfire resilience in Sonoma County.

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Solano County Wildfire Community Preparedness Day

WHEN: Saturday, May 2 | 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
WHERE: Vallejo Ferry Terminal Parking Lot, Vallejo CA
WHAT: We’re bringing Ember Dodge: Household to help families build wildfire resilience in Solano County.

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Neighborhood Events

Aldercroft Heights Firewise BBQ

WHEN: Saturday, May 30 | Noon – 4:00 pm
WHERE: Aldercroft Heights CA
WHAT: A special session for Ember Dodge: Neighborhood. We’re helping Aldercroft Heights residents build community and wildfire resilience, one move at a time.

Conferences & Workshops

2026 Natural Hazards Workshop: Game Night

WHEN: Sunday, June 14 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
WHERE: Omni Interlocken, Broomfield CO
WHAT: We’ll be demonstrating the power of game-based learning to the disaster research community using Ember Dodge: Neighborhood.

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2026 Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI) Conference: Workshop

WHEN: Wednesday, June 17 | 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
WHERE: Buffalo State University, Buffalo NY
WHAT: A high-energy Design Studio! We’re challenging the hyper-creative CPSI attendees to see how many Mini Games we can generate together in just 90 minutes.

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Can’t make it to these events? Don’t worry! We’ll soon be scheduling our own dedicated sessions to test our latest builds, and make our games available to more communities.

Interested in playing with us? Get in touch — we’d love to hear from you.

Thank you for your ongoing support and for being part of our mission to make the world more resilient, one community and game at a time!

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