{"id":344,"date":"2026-05-18T17:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-uwsp-multi.pantheonsite.io\/center-for-land-use-education\/?page_id=344"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:24:14","slug":"zone-the-land-use-game","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/center-for-land-use-education\/clue-training-and-workshops\/zone-the-land-use-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Zone! The Land Use Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fun and interactive, this activity is designed for those who know little about land use planning and zoning. Participants learn by developing two communitites, one unplanned and one planned. Discussion explores the issues and challenges of community growth and change, and community cooperation and conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This game can also be used to explore economic development, provision of services such as transportation, aging communities, wealth and poverty, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zone! is available as a board game for large groups or as a single player online game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-cards white-solid noblockspacetop noblockspacebottom\"><div class=\"site-width\"><section class=\"hcard-container\" aria-label=\"Horizontal Card\"><div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-card-container\" aria-live=\"off\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-block\" id=\"hcard17791237642356475\"><div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-individual split5050 hcard-imgleft\"><div class=\"hcard-infocell\"><h3 class=\"hcard-title\">Learning Objectives<\/h3><div class=\"hcard-content\"><ul>\n<li>Introduce the concepts of land use planning and zoning.<\/li>\n<li>Understand that:\n<ul>\n<li>Conflict between land uses can occur.<\/li>\n<li>It can be difficult to avoid conflict over time.<\/li>\n<li>Growth and change have implications for rural land uses, such as agriculture and forestry.<\/li>\n<li>Some land uses take up more space than others and may have a larger overall impact on the community.<\/li>\n<li>All communities may have locally unwanted land uses (LULUs).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hcard-mediacell\"><div class=\"hcard-images hcard-oneimg\"><div class=\"hcard-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/center-for-land-use-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/05\/Zone-website-102121-players-playing-1000x561-1.jpg)\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"hslider-buttoncontainer\"><button class=\"hsliderBack horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"previous slide\">\u276e<\/button><div class=\"single-card-nav\"><\/div><button class=\"hsliderForward horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"next slide\">\u276f<\/button><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-cards white-solid noblockspacetop noblockspacebottom\"><div class=\"site-width\"><section class=\"hcard-container\" aria-label=\"Horizontal Card\"><div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-card-container\" aria-live=\"off\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-block\" id=\"hcard17791237642356475\"><div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-individual split5050 hcard-imgright\"><div class=\"hcard-infocell\"><h3 class=\"hcard-title\">Contents<\/h3><div class=\"hcard-content\"><p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Facilitator Guide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 Player Quick Reference Cards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 Game Boards (3 x 4 ft.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>80 Player Packets (20 blue, 20 green per game board)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>642 Land Use Cards (321per game board)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>20 Growth Cards (10 per game board)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hcard-mediacell\"><div class=\"hcard-images hcard-oneimg\"><div class=\"hcard-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/center-for-land-use-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-18-122205.png)\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"hslider-buttoncontainer\"><button class=\"hsliderBack horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"previous slide\">\u276e<\/button><div class=\"single-card-nav\"><\/div><button class=\"hsliderForward horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"next slide\">\u276f<\/button><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-cards white-solid noblockspacetop noblockspacebottom\"><div class=\"site-width\"><section class=\"hcard-container\" aria-label=\"Horizontal Card\"><div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-card-container\" aria-live=\"off\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-block\" id=\"hcard1779124085071151\"><div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-individual split5050 hcard-imgleft\"><div class=\"hcard-infocell\"><h5 class=\"hcard-microtitle\">Single Player<\/h5><h3 class=\"hcard-title\">Online Game<\/h3><div class=\"hcard-content\"><p>Our new single player digital version of the Land Use Game gives individuals a chance to build a community with zoning specific cards. Built in ability to take a snapshot of the game board provides the opportunity to capture the development to learn about zoning and discuss challenges.\u200b<\/p><\/div><div>\n<a class=\"uwspbtn uwsp-btn-outline-purple\" href=\"https:\/\/uwspclue.itch.io\/zone-the-land-use-game\" target=\"_self\">Play Zone! 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