CONNECTED - A Board Game About Europe, Knowledge, and Teamwork

Connected is a trivia-based board game that transforms learning into an active and social experience. Created during the Game Change training course, the game invites young people to travel across Europe, answer questions, discover cultures, and reconnect through play. Instead of endless scrolling, players take an active pause: they move across a map of Europe, explore history, fun facts, culture, and geography, and work together to meet their teammate on the same tile.

About the Game

Everyone needs breaks, but breaks can also become opportunities for learning, communication, and fun. Connected was designed as a game that combines travel, European knowledge, teamwork, and friendly competition. Players move across a Europe-themed board by answering questions correctly and choosing strategies together. The game encourages young people to discover countries, traditions, historical moments, and surprising facts while strengthening communication and collaboration.

Game Overview

Feature Description

Game title: Connected
Target group: 14–30 years old
Players: 2–8 players
Recommended age: 16+
Duration: 30–60 minutes
Type: Trivia / teamwork / travel board game
Modes: Friendly mode and competitive mode

According to the rule book, the game is designed for 2 to 8 players, lasts around 30–60 minutes, and works especially well in teams of two, where partners begin on opposite sides of the map and try to meet in the middle.

Created By

Connected was created by:

Norbert Bonio
Apostolia Analyti-Vaškelytė
Stavros Stavrinidis
Alexandra-Maria Balasa
Hutul Cristina-Odette
Gita Vaškelytė

The Idea Behind the Game

The concept of Connected is simple and meaningful: players are separated on a map of Europe and can only reconnect through knowledge, communication, and strategy. The game turns distance into a journey of questions. Through categories such as Culture, History, Fun Facts, and Geography, players explore Europe while moving closer to each other. The result is a playful educational tool that promotes curiosity, intercultural learning, and teamwork.

Objective of the Game

The goal is for two partners to start from opposite sides of the map and move toward each other by answering questions correctly. The first team whose two players land on the same tile wins the game. In the 2-player version, the game becomes a duel, where players race to reach the other player's starting point first.

Game Materials

The full printable game package includes:

Main materials

Board game (A3 horizontal format)
Box art / poster
History cards
Culture cards
Fun Fact cards
Playful cards
Rule book
Quick start guide

Additional item

Timer or hourglass

The uploaded materials show that the game is built around a large map of Europe board, several themed trivia card decks, playful action cards, and printed guides that make it easy both to learn and to play.

Board and Visual Concept

The board presents a travel-themed map of Europe with connected routes, colored nodes, and decorative elements like passports, tickets, and travel symbols. It visually supports the main idea of movement, discovery, and connection across European countries. The colored nodes connect directly to the question categories, making the board both functional and thematic.

Question Categories

The game includes four main trivia categories:

Culture
History
Fun Facts
Geography

After the first round, players no longer choose freely; instead, the category depends on the color of the node where they are standing:

Yellow node = Culture
Orange node = History
Blue node = Fun Facts
Green node = Geography

The uploaded files show many examples of questions from each category, such as:

historical questions about European countries and events,
cultural questions about music, literature, art, and traditions,
fun facts about unusual customs and surprising facts from across Europe.

How to Play

Setup

Players form teams of 2 whenever possible.
Partners place their pieces on opposite sides of the board.
In case of an odd number of players, one player becomes the Moderator, reading cards, keeping time, and judging answers.
In the first round, players may choose any category freely.

Movement

Players move by answering correctly:

Correct answer alone = move 2 spaces
Correct answer with help from your partner = move 1 space
Wrong answer = stay where you are

Standard movement takes place on the blue roads of the board.

Special Fields

Dish Challenge

When a player lands on a black circled field, they may choose a special challenge instead of a normal trivia question. In this mode:

one player becomes the Describer
the other becomes the Guesser
the describer must explain a dish without saying its name
the team has 30 seconds
if correct, the guesser moves 2 steps

Competitive Mode

Before starting, players can choose between:

Friendly Mode – pure trivia, no sabotage
Competitive Mode – includes Playful Cards and Red Roads shortcuts

In competitive mode, landing on a (+) field allows players to draw a Playful Card, which can create advantages or disadvantages during the game.

Playful Cards

The Playful Cards add a more dynamic and surprising dimension to the game. The uploaded deck includes actions such as:

move forward 3 steps,
pick another question,
change places with another player,
stay a turn,
destroy a road,
build a road,
freeze a team for one round.

These cards make the competitive version more interactive and strategic, while still keeping the game fun and accessible.

Why This Game Matters

Connected is more than a quiz game. It is a learning tool that helps young people:

improve teamwork and communication,
strengthen knowledge about Europe,
discover cultural and historical diversity,
engage in playful non-formal education,
replace passive screen time with active participation.

Because of its educational character and flexible format, the game can be used in youth work, workshops, schools, intercultural events, and community activities.

Downloads

All game materials are available in high resolution for printing and use.

Available files for download:

Board game
Box art / poster
History cards
Culture cards
Fun Fact cards
Playful cards
Rule book
Quick start guide

Download: "Connected—high-res files"

Connected invites players to travel, think, cooperate, and discover Europe in a different way. By mixing knowledge with movement and partnership, the game creates a fun educational journey where the final goal is not only to win — but also to reconnect through learning and play.